Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground in Selma, Alabama, and Griffin, Georgia, after a violent and deadly storm system swept across the Southeast on Thursday night, Jan. 12. Two Disaster Relief Units—tractor trailers stocked with equipment and supplies—are in position in the two locations. Volunteers started work in both Alabama and Georgia on Sunday,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Strong Finish in Georgia
Multiple twisters with winds up to 150 miles per hour tore through Spalding County in mid-January, damaging more than 2,000 properties in the Griffin area. Just two days later, Samaritan’s Purse set up a base camp at Oak Hill Church in nearby Williamson. This past Friday (March 17), our U.S. disaster relief team completed more…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Lives Transformed in DRC’s Dungu Territory
Violence and instability have long plagued the Dungu Territory of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Churches, schools, and houses burned down during armed conflict decades ago have never been rebuilt, leaving communities seemingly trapped in spiritual and physical poverty. In the wake of so many years of violence, many families have been left with…
Samaritan’s Purse Work Rolls on in Alabama
The Jan. 12 storm system that shook 79-year-old Annie Pearl Avery’s home spawned dozens of deadly tornadoes that tore off roofs and uprooted trees across the Southeast. Numerous communities and hundreds of homes were left in shambles. Annie said surviving the EF-2 tornado that ripped through her Selma, Alabama, neighborhood was a terrifying experience. “Glass…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Celebrating God’s Work in Selma; Tornado Cleanup Continues in Georgia
The storm system that swept across the southeastern U.S. on Jan. 12 spawned numerous tornadoes, leaving destruction and devastation in their wake. Parts of Alabama and Georgia took direct hits from the twisters. In the days following, Samaritan’s Purse volunteers were on the ground clearing trees from homes, patching damaged roofs, and cleaning up yards…
Volunteers Still at Work in Georgia
Zanina Berry was preparing dinner for herself and her granddaughter in the kitchen of her Griffin, Georgia, home on Jan. 12 when she heard a “big bang” outside. The noise was alarming, but what happened next was genuinely frightening—the windows of her house started to violently shake. VOLUNTEER IN GRIFFIN Zanina knew a tornado was…
Volunteers Encouraged to Proclaim the Gospel
Last week, more than 1,200 Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief volunteers and Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains gathered for the 2022 Sharing Hope in Jesus’ Name Conference in Orlando, Florida. This was a long-awaited, in-person reunion of the disaster relief “family” following the inaugural conference in 2019. The pandemic did not, however, prevent volunteers from…
Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers Bring Relief in Jesus’ Name to Georgia and the Florida Panhandle
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE MICHAEL RESPONSE LATEST Oct. 18, 8:30 a.m. Our volunteers are hard at work in Albany, Georgia, and in the Florida Panhandle where our teams have received more than 1,500 work orders between the two locations. More than 300 volunteers so far have helped respond to the need. Many…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Seeds of Love and Hope
Jean Tisu was finally able to walk in peace as he strolled the rows of beautiful cabbages in his high rubber boots. “The life of a displaced person due to war is not good at all,” Jean said. “We were chased away from our homes. When we arrived here, we had a hard life.” Jean…
Samaritan’s Purse Responds to More Tornadoes in the South
Deadly tornadoes ripped across parts of Alabama and Georgia on Thursday, March 25, leaving behind a 100-mile path of destruction. VOLUNTEER INFORMATION ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA | SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA | NEWNAN, GEORGIA Areas in and around Birmingham and points east were hit hard by the latest storms. Newnan, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta, also reported widespread…
