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Press Release Emergency Field Hospital Deploys to Southern Haiti 8-17-2021
Samaritan’s Purse Ramps Up Medical Response; Emergency Field Hospital Deploys to Southern Haiti BOONE, N.C., Aug. 17, 2021—Today, at the request of the Haitian government’s Ministry of Health, Samaritan's Purse deployed an Emergency Field Hospital to southern Haiti. The international Christian relief organization sent the trauma hospital—complete with a laboratory, pharmacy, and an operating theatre.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse On the Ground in Haiti After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Southern Cities
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted southeastern Haiti near the port city of Les Cayes. The Saturday morning temblor caused severe damage—destroying homes and trapping people in the rubble. More than 1,000 have died and casualties are feared to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. Our teams…
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Haiti
On Saturday, Aug. 21, Samaritan’s Purse opened an Emergency Field Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti. The 36-bed unit is helping fill the gap in the local healthcare system after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the country Aug. 14. The Samaritan’s Purse field hospital is complete with an operating theatre, pharmacy, laboratory, and three patient wards.…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Water Project Promotes Physical, Spiritual Health at Haiti School
In the steep hills of Grand-Goâve, Haiti, Mount Carmel primary school is now teeming with activity, which is a welcome change. Before Samaritan’s Purse built a water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facility there, its 100 students didn’t have access to bathrooms or clean water to wash their hands. As a result, a number of children…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Student’s Love for Music Blossoms in Haiti
Moise dreamed of learning how to play the piano. But that vision seemed unlikely to be fulfilled as the Haitian boy grew up in extreme poverty. He lived with 10 family members in a two-room shack with no plumbing, electricity, or running water. They slept on the bare floor and sometimes went days without food.…
Health & Medical Ministries
A Week in the Ward
April Perry, an Advanced Practice Nurse at Duke University Medical Center, just finished a one-week stint working at a Samaritan’s Purse cholera treatment center in Haiti. April has worked in Haiti for over 10 years, promoting public health initiatives in urban slums and rural villages with Luke’s Mission. April also has traveled to Uganda and…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter January
Franklin Graham Update | January Children's Heart Project Hearts Mended,Souls Saved Dear Friend, In just a few weeks, I will be in Ukraine to deliver the 200 millionth shoebox gift for Operation Christmas Child. Please pray for Samaritan's Purse teams working on the frontlines to feed and care for victims of the war, and for the shivering multitudes who…
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International Disaster Relief Photos
International Disaster Relief These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: “Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.” These photographs are not for commercial use. Ukraine 2023 By partnering with local churches in Ukraine, Samaritan’s Purse distributed over 100 million pounds of food…
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Emergency Field Hospital Photos
Emergency Field Hospital These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: “Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.” These photographs are not for commercial use. Antakya, Turkey 2023 Samaritan’s Purse doctors treated thousands of patients after back-to-back earthquakes in Turkey and Syria killed…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Christmas Celebration at the Greta Home!
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham along with journalist Greta Van Susteren and her husband John Coale joined residents and students of the Greta Home and Academy for an exciting Christmas celebration in Haiti on Dec. 18. During this annual Christmastime tradition, students presented a special program recounting the Biblical story of Jesus’ birth. In addition,…
