An elderly couple wearily recounted the story of fleeing their home, feeling that they had just escaped with their lives. “We ran from the bombs. The first bombs came on our buildings,” the wife recounted. “We just decided to flee to anywhere else that was safe. Anywhere our eyes could see. Our region was bombed…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse provee ayuda a más de 35 000 armenios
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Exvicepresidente Pence visita un equipo en la frontera con Ucrania; Hospital Móvil de Emergencias pronto estará listo
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…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Actualización Ucrania: quinto vuelo de Samaritan’s sale con ayuda; intervención médica en cuatro ubicaciones; comida y otras distribuciones en proceso
UPDATED March 23 A fifth Samaritan’s Purse airlift departed today carrying more than 19 tons of relief, including medical supplies for area hospitals as we work to strengthen the logistics and supply chain for the suffering medical system in Ukraine. • Our doctors and nurses have seen more than 1,000 patients since the beginning of…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Franklin Graham se reúne con el equipo de Samaritan’s Purse en Ucrania
Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, traveled to Ukraine this past weekend to meet with our teams who have been at work there since the early stages of the conflict. Samaritan’s Purse has around 170 staff members on the ground in the region, including doctors, nurses, lab techs, logisticians, and many others. Inside Ukraine, we…
Sanidad y ayuda en el camino
Close to 4 million people have fled Ukraine since the conflict began, with another 6-7 million people internally displaced. Many families are transient within Ukraine—moving from one town to the next searching for safety. They often spend just a few nights in a new location before it too becomes a target of the war and…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
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…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Drama Team Shares the Gospel in South Sudan Refugee Camp
Jumu arrived alone in Ajuong Thok refugee camp. His two brothers were killed during Sudan’s civil war, and his parents refused to travel south—terrified of leaving the only home they’d ever known in the Nuba Mountains. Jumu, now 22, desperately wanted to find Christian fellowship in the South Sudan refugee camp, and he’s now experiencing…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse lleva ayuda a los refugiados de Sudán en Chad
Our DC-8 aircraft left North Carolina on July 26 headed to Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, with urgently needed relief for those who’ve fled fighting in neighboring Sudan. Once our plane lands and is unloaded, transport trucks will then carry the emergency supplies to refugee camps along the country’s rugged, eastern edge. The relief includes nearly 900…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Ministry to Congolese Children Fleeing Violence Leads to Healing
Tears stream down the faces of Congolese refugee students as they share war stories of losing their parents, homes, and belongings—everything they had. “There is a problem on my heart,” Destiny, a second grader, said. “I lost my mother, father, and sister. After that, the people I lived with tortured me. When I remember it,…
