Update (March 10): Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, visited with members of our Disaster Assistance Response Team today and then crossed over into Ukraine to meet with soon-to-be-refugees and to hear their stories. He held their hands and provided words of comfort. “I want the Ukrainian people to know that Americans…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Former Vice President Pence Visits Team at Ukraine Border; Emergency Field Hospital to Be Ready Soon
A Lifeline for the Conflict-Weary in Ukraine
As bombs continue to rain down over cities across Ukraine, Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief specialists on the ground remain committed to meeting the rapidly growing physical and spiritual needs of families in crisis. We have five medical facilities operating throughout the country, and a robust non-medical relief response as well. Our teams are laboring around…
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Shoebox Gifts Help Churches Share the Gospel Across Ukraine
Millions of children have fled to western Ukraine or left the country entirely since war broke out last February. Each of them has a different story of confusion, fear, and trauma. Churches across Ukraine are meeting the practical needs of the displaced in many ways, including providing shelter and food. Samaritan’s Purse alone has provided…
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Emergency Field Hospital Airlifted, Now Being Set Up in Ukraine; Please Keep Praying
UPDATE (March 6): The DC-8 landed safely in Poland and materials for the Emergency Field Hospital have been transported to Ukraine. The Samaritan’s Purse team is now in the process of setting up the facility on the outskirts of Lviv. Based on recent assessments, it has been decided to increase the capacity of our Ukraine…
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Equipping Unsung Heroes to Deliver Relief Deep Inside Ukraine
Pastor Vitaly* stands outside a Samaritan’s Purse warehouse in Ukraine waiting for his truck to be loaded with relief supplies. “Sometimes I receive questions like ‘do you fear it?’ or ‘are you scared about this?’ and I answer no,” he said. “I am not scared because there is something that moves me more than my…
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Serving the Survivors in Ukraine
While lying in a cot at the Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital, Yulia was eager to share her story. Still sore from her long-awaited surgery, she spoke softly—wincing as she shifted in her bed. A nurse wearing blue scrubs branded with the organization’s cross logo hovered close by, smiling and nodding as she listened along.…
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Airlifting Medical Supplies to Ukraine
The scene resembled something out of a movie. Bomb craters pockmarked the front lawn of an institution meant to bring healing and care. “A lot of sick people had to evacuate,” Dr. Tamara explained as she looked out over the property of the recently-shelled hospital in her hometown in central Ukraine. “This hospital was really…
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Providing Desperately Needed Water in Ukraine
How do you survive without clean water? This is the difficult question some residents of a Ukraine town grappled with after attacks on their water supply lines. One church gathered whatever containers they could find—ranging from buckets, iron barrels, and a 500-liter plastic container—and began hauling water from wells on the outskirts of the city.…
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New Emergency Field Hospital Deployed in Ukraine
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed our Emergency Field Hospital to a recently liberated area in Ukraine. Our facility opened Oct. 3, and we are already treating patients and performing surgeries. Our DC-8 aircraft is scheduled to bring more medical supplies this week. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health has asked Samaritan’s Purse to provide medical support to…
Rushing Relief Supplies to Flooded Southern Ukraine
The Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 departed in the early hours of June 9 from our hangar in Greensboro, North Carolina, carrying more than 40,000 pounds of relief supplies destined for flooded communities in southern Ukraine. “We are sending these life-saving supplies in Jesus’ Name and want to remind the people of Ukraine that they have not…
