Andy Castillo, Operation Christmas Child regional director for North and Central America, was interviewed during a recent trip to his native Honduras. He and his team took part in several festive outreach events while there. You became involved in full-time ministry, and specifically children’s ministry, in a unique way. How did that come about? Castillo:…
Health & Medical Ministries
Former World Medical Mission Post-Residents Help Save Lives in Honduras
By Dr. Anne Hotz, a career medical missionary, who together with her husband Dr. Isaac Hotz, began working at Hospital Loma de Luz in Honduras in 2015 through World Medical Mission’s Post-Residency Program On a Sunday afternoon I got a call from the nurses’ station: “We have a 39-year-old lady who is in labor. It…
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DC-8 Press Kit
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets Photos B-roll Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 Aircraft The Samaritan's Purse DC-8 aircraft allows the international Christian relief organization to respond to global disasters at a moments' notice. Since it first deployed in April of 2016, the DC-8 has carried more than 5.6 million pounds of cargo on 147…
Crisis & Disaster Response
The Light of Hope Breaking Through to Storm-Weary Lives
UPDATE (Dec. 22): Samaritan’s Purse is wrapping up our hurricane response in Honduras after providing critical physical aid and spiritual encouragement to suffering people over the past six weeks. Our medical staff treated more than 3,700 patients through the Emergency Field Hospital and mobile medical teams. We also partnered with local churches to distribute more…
Our Ministry
Children’s Heart Project
Children's Heart Project 013687 $ Give Healing Hearts, Now and for Eternity For more than 25 years, Samaritan's Purse has arranged for critical congenital heart surgery for 1,500+ boys and girls from over a dozen countries. "We look forward to serving more and more children," said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. "We pray for physical healing…
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Fact Sheet: Emergency Field Hospital
Emergency Field Hospital Overview The Emergency Field Hospital is mobile and ready to deploy at a moment's notice to provide emergency medical relief in disaster-stricken areas where medical infrastructure is damaged, overwhelmed, or nonexistent. Since its inaugural deployment to Ecuador in 2016, Samaritan's Purse has cared for tens of thousands of patients at 23 Emergency…
Operation Christmas Child
2023 Operation Christmas Child Special Report
11.3 MillionShoeboxes packed by people from 11 countries 5.1 MillionChildren participated in The Greatest Journey 2.9 MillionDecisions made for Christ Informe especial Special Report “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” Hebrews 10:23 Informe especial Special Report “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Launches Spanish Website
Samaritan's Purse Launches Spanish Website to Inform, Encourage, and Mobilize Hispanic Community Boone, N.C., Feb. 1, 2022—Samaritan's Purse launched an official Spanish website to reach and engage Spanish-speakers in their heart language. Now, you can stay up-to-date on the global work of Samaritan's Purse in Spanish via SamaritansPurse.org/ES. Samaritan's Purse maintains an active presence in…
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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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Fact Sheet: Douglas DC-8
Douglas DC-8 Cargo Aircraft Samaritan’s Purse Aviation Since 1975, Samaritan's Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of natural disasters, war, famine, and other emergencies. To support the work of Samaritan's Purse around the world, the aviation…
