Over a million Haitians were left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake. 

With 230,000 dead in a nation of 10 million, no one was spared from the grief and loss.

Samaritan’s Purse medical teams began arriving in Haiti within 24 hours of the earthquake.

Our medical teams helped the little hospital at Baptist Haiti Mission care for 9,600 earthquake victims.

We chartered ocean-going barges to deliver 14 shiploads of emergency supplies and heavy equipment from Florida to Haiti.

We have removed over 10,000 dump-truck loads of rubble, clearing hundreds of sites where reconstruction can begin. 

Samaritan’s Purse was able to reopen and staff a clinic at a church in the Cite Soleil slum.

Rolls of heavy-duty plastic enabled Haitians to build tents and shelters where they could escape the tropical weather. 

We distributed thousands of blankets to families who had lost everything they owned. 

In the weeks following the earthquake, Samaritan’s Purse distributed over 9,000 tons of food.

Over 340,000 survivors received food assistance from Samaritan’s Purse.

Samaritan’s Purse installed water filtration systems in 36 communities to improve public health. 

Temporary shelters built by Samaritan’s Purse featured strong lumber frames, weatherproof plastic siding, and tin roofs.

By the end of 2010, Samaritan’s Purse had provided housing for over 10,400 Haitian families.

Haitian Christians working with Samaritan’s Purse held classes to teach children the importance of clean hands and clean hearts. 

Children learn the proper way to wash their hands to prevent the spread of disease.

Using loudspeakers mounted on a truck, we were able to tell crowds of people how to prevent the spread of cholera.

Children learn the proper way to wash their hands to prevent the spread of disease.

Nurse Taryn Lepp cares for a cholera patient at a makeshift clinic set up by Samaritan’s Purse. 

Dr. John Potts places an IV line to administer life-saving solution to a cholera patient.

Franklin Graham shares the joy of Christmas with boys at an Operation Christmas Child distribution in Cite Soleil.

Thousands of children like these would not have received Christmas gifts if not for shoe boxes packed by people like you.

Along with the shoe boxes, children received booklets in the Creole language to tell them about God’s greatest gift of all, His Son, Jesus Christ.