Crisis & Disaster Response
Hurricane Relief Updates
Help Provide Hurricane Relief Samaritan’s Purse Helping Homeowners Rebuild After Devastating 2018 Hurricanes Share Tweet Pin Emaily Subscribe Samaritan's Purse has volunteer teams working in the Carolinas to help homeowners rebuild and repair homes severely damaged by Hurricane Florence. Disaster relief work continues in the Florida Panhandle where Hurricane Michael wiped out whole neighborhoods and…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
The Business of Blessing
For families living in the slums of Cambodia, life is anything but easy. Collecting plastic and growing vegetables in urban ponds are traditional ways that residents have generated limited income. With new construction across the country forcing the poorest people to relocate, even those opportunities are dwindling. As a consequence, rates of domestic violence, gambling,…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Reaping a Harvest in Liberia
Watta harvested more than 10,000 cucumber and bitterball crops this year in Liberia’s Lofa region. While those are impressive totals, she has even higher hopes for the pepper and corn crops that she’ll harvest in a few weeks. She’s learning how to farm better thanks to the Samaritan’s Purse RECAL program. The previously unfruitful soil…
Women's Programs
A Very Present Help in Trouble
When Marie* fled her village with her five children, there was no time for the 34-year-old widow to explain to her young ones why they had to leave their home so quickly. Violence and insecurity have rolled like a storm through eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent years, and an estimated 1.7…
Construction Projects
Construction Projects Benefit Rural Alaska
Robert Mobley says it’s difficult to anticipate what you’ll find at the edge of the world, which is where he felt like he landed several summers ago in Kipnuk, Alaska, near the Bering Sea. The beauty, remoteness, and great need were surprising at first, but that’s also what has kept Robert returning to the 49th…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Vulnerable Congolese Increase Growing Power
In rural parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), living with a disability can be extremely difficult—even putting food on the table is a challenge. Recently, though, Samaritan’s Purse agriculture and livelihoods teams have been working hard in eastern DRC to train some local farmers in how to more efficiently grow flourishing gardens. “These…
Children's Ministries
Children in Crisis
Helping Children in Crisis Around the World Samaritan’s Purse provides education, shelter, daily necessities, loving care, and more to children at risk worldwide. Read and watch stories from Liberia and Vietnam. Millions of boys and girls are living in poverty, facing daily dangers from hunger, violence, and exploitation. That’s why Samaritan's Purse is hard at work in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Helping Gardens Grow in Eastern Ukraine
Widows Natalia and Maria have renewed hope now. In a country laid barren by war, the gift of garden tools and seeds from Samaritan’s Purse will help them grow new life and provide for their families. As believers in Jesus Christ, the two see this provision as a sign of God’s favor and encouragement even…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter March 2025
Franklin Graham Update | March Franklin Graham Update | March God Opens a Channel of Peace Dear Friend, Samaritan's Purse has been working in Sudan for decades, and I've been there many times. The country is once again in chaos, devastated by two years of civil war. Millions have fled the fighting. A failed harvest plus the sudden arrival of 700,000 displaced people has…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Gardening Brings Abundance, Resilience in Difficult Places
Though it’s the heart of the dry season, Angelina bends to tend to the bountiful beans growing in a flourishing patch of earth. It makes sense that Samaritan’s Purse staffers chose this spot for a training garden, as the nearby stream boasts banks lush with thriving plants. Beyond the river, scrubby acacia trees seem to…
