In December 2013, an 18-month-old boy in a village in Guinea was reported to have Ebola virus disease. One case quickly turned into an outbreak that moved through Guinea and Sierra Leone. The first case in neighboring Liberia appeared in the village of Foya in March 2014. By the summer, ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia’s…
Nuestro Ministerio
‘Go and Do Likewise’
A team of 11 women in the Holland, Michigan, area is tending to the needs of their “neighbors in a ditch” by stitching! Over the past nine and a half years, the ladies have created over 6,000 purses and totes, giving all of the proceeds to Samaritan’s Purse. The group, aptly called Purses for Samaritan’s…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Restaurando sueños después del desastre
“It was my dream but now it’s really a nightmare.” For Victoria, the past three summers living along the Ahr River in western Germany were spent relaxing alongside friends and neighbors, exchanging laughter and homemade baked goods. “This was my dream apartment,” Victoria said. “It was so beautiful to live here…The people here, we all…
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Empujando hasta el límite – por una buena causa
Matt and Jessica Cook stood satisfied at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro staring out at a carpet of clouds hovering nearly two miles below them. The father-daughter duo from Cuba, Missouri, had reached Africa’s highest peak—19,341 feet above sea level—after an almost weeklong test of strength and endurance. With a love for Samaritan’s Purse and…
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Oficinas alrededor del mundo
To extend our base of operations, Samaritan's Purse opened offices in Canada (1973), the United Kingdom (1989), Australia/New Zealand (1995), Germany (2019), and Korea (2020). Each office works toward the same goal of taking the love of Jesus Christ to victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, and disease. To contact one of our international…
Operation Christmas Child
Liberty University Shoebox Challenge
The 2019 Shoebox Blitz is now over. Thank you for your interest. Liberty University Shoebox Blitz Join the Blitz! Your community group could get a rare opportunity to take an expenses-paid trip together to witness children hearing and responding to the Gospel through Operation Christmas Child outreach events! The community group that wins our Liberty University…
Operation Christmas Child
THIS WEEK: U.S. COLLECTION SITES JOIN GLOBAL CHRISTMAS PROJECT TO SEND JOY TO CHILDREN OVERSEAS
Nov. 12 – 19: National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts BOONE, N.C., Nov. 12, 2018 — As Thanksgiving Day approaches, U.S. families are expressing their gratitude by giving back. They are filling shoeboxes with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items to send to children in need around the world. For many…
Operation Christmas Child
NOV 26: DENVER GRAND OPENING AND DEDICATION EVENT
Operation Christmas Child Commemorates 25th Anniversary, Opens Permanent Facility for Rocky Mountain Region DENVER, Nov. 23, 2018 — Volunteers, Denver residents and project organizers are celebrating the grand opening of a permanent ministry center for Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization. Since 1999, Denver has offered a seasonal home to one of…
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Official Contest Rules for Hobby Lobby Gift Card Giveaway on Instagram
Official Contest Rules for Hobby Lobby Gift Card Giveaway on Instagram By participating in this contest and submitting your comment to enter this contest (the “Contest”), you (“Contestant”) accept and agree to the following Terms and Conditions: Dates: The Contest runs Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EDT (“Contest…
