Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a working-class town of nearly 78,000 people, are weather weary. They have seen their city ravaged by two hurricanes, crippled by an ice storm, and inundated by floodwaters—all within the past nine months. First, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, roared into Lake Charles in late August. It was the…
Our Ministry
Clean Water
Clean Water. Changed Lives. Clean Water Projects 013659 $ Give Samaritan's Purse is working in communities around the world in Jesus' Name to provide hurting people with access to clean water. Stay informed about our work. Sign up for email updates Samaritan's Purse has water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects in many countries, including Ukraine, Vietnam, Cambodia, Liberia, South Sudan,…
Construction Projects
A New School and Brighter Future
In a remote Cambodian village, nearly 80 elementary-aged students huddle into three overcrowded classrooms. At 9 a.m., the heat creaks in, unbearable as the dry-season sun presses down on the rusted tin roof atop walls of dilapidated timber. Any space not filled with desks and students in the stifling structure is lined with small collections…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Pacific Coast Warrior Ride Supports Operation Heal Our Patriots
More than two dozen motorcyclists joined Edward Graham on Saturday, Nov. 13, in California for the first-ever Pacific Coast Warrior Ride. The event, hosted by Latitude 33 Adventure Tours and longtime Samaritan’s Purse supporter Mark Mitchell, helped raise awareness and financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to post-9/11 wounded veterans…
Picking Up the Pieces After Oregon Fires
“Evacuate now!” Around 3 p.m. on September 8, Stephen MacAuley was playing the piano in his Phoenix, Oregon, townhouse when he saw a police car drive by and heard an officer announce the emergency warning through a bullhorn. Stephen knew wildfires had been reported in the area, but he never thought they would reach his…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Responding to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia
Samaritan’s Purse teams in our Asia offices continue to help alleviate suffering during the COVID-19 global pandemic, finding critical ways to support men, women, and children during this uncertain time. In the Philippines we partnered with a local architecture and design firm to construct the Caloocan City emergency quarantine facility to support the overflow of…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Dairy Project Feeds into School Meal Program
When schoolchildren in Chuma, Bolivia, are served yogurt packs for breakfast, they are often made with ingredients from Samaritan’s Purse agricultural projects cultivated in their own community. What’s more, Samaritan’s Purse helped a cooperative of local farmers establish a community production center where they process and package the yogurt. The yogurt making started with our…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Team Patriot Gets Wounded Veterans Serving Again
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Price was performing a routine training session with the Afghan Army when his students suddenly turned on him and ambushed him and his squadron with gunfire. Brandon took two bullets to the chest plate and one to his leg, and as he was being treated by a medic, a remote-powered…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Flooding in South Asia
Devastating monsoon rains have caused flooding and landslides in South Asia and Southeast Asia, killing hundreds of people and displacing millions throughout the region. Homes are in shambles, and many people are suffering with serious injuries. Samaritan’s Purse is working with local partners in the hardest-hit areas to meet the immediate needs of flood victims.…
Franklin and Edward Graham Lead High Country Warrior Ride
The eighth annual High Country Warrior Ride, held May 18, raised significant financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to military couples with a spouse wounded in combat operations after 9/11. Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham and his son, Edward, a 16-year Army veteran serving with the 75th Ranger Battalion, led…
