How do you make a house a home without its roof and windows? One Ukrainian family no longer has to worry, thanks to repairs provided by Samaritan’s Purse and our local partners. Katerina* and her two children, Ionna*, 14, and Denys*, 8, are grateful to be in their home again, even in a country still…
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Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Urgently Needed Food to Ethiopia
Update (Feb. 26): A second Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 airlift departed Feb. 26 from Greensboro, North Carolina, carrying supplies for displaced people living in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. This flight will deliver additional relief supplies, including thousands of solar lanterns and more than a thousand rolls of tarp for repairing or constructing shelters. Our work…
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Don’t Ask Why, Ask What
Watch the video above as Ricky Skaggs, a 15-time Grammy award winner and longtime friend of Franklin Graham, talks about the work of Samaritan’s Purse around the world. He urges viewers to get involved—we should all be asking “What can I do?” when a disaster hits. Samaritan’s Purse currently offers volunteering opportunities in three locations…
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Biography: Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham William “Franklin” Graham III President & CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse Growing up Graham William Franklin Graham III, born July 14, 1952, is the fourth of five children of the late evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, the late Ruth Bell Graham. Raised in a log home in…
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Hurricane Dorian Relief Press Kit
← Media Resources Photos B-roll Press Releases Approved Quotes Fact Sheets Web Banner Ads Media Contact Kaitlyn Lahm (828) 406-0365 klahm@samaritan.org Hurricane Dorian Relief Press Kit Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a devastating Category 5 storm—one of the most powerful on record. The hurricane left complete destruction in its wake. Samaritan's Purse is providing clean…
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Hurricane Dorian Relief
Help Provide Relief After Hurricane Dorian Give × Hurricane Relief Hurricane Relief - 013779 $ Give Volunteer Facebook Twitter email Response in Bahamas Transitions to Repairs, Trauma Support, Disaster Response Training Facebook Twitter email Samaritan’s Purse is launching several additional projects in the Bahamas to help families rebound from Hurricane Dorian. We also continue to…
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Hurricane Dorian Relief Photos
Hurricane Dorian Response 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. Details ⋮ Greensboro, NC Sept. 2019Samaritan's Purse airlifted more than 360 tons of critical relief supplies to…
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Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll PSA Graphics Operation Christmas Child Media Resources Press Kits Spring Storm Responses Full Press Kit Fact Sheets B-roll Photos Israel Response Full Press Kit Press Releases Fact Sheets Photos Press Releases May 5, 2024 Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Emergency Supplies to Sudan Mass displacement…
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Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers at Work in Tornado-Devastated Midwest
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are at work in Nebraska and Iowa, and will begin work soon in Oklahoma, in the wake of deadly weekend storms–spawning scores of tornadoes–that hit the Midwest and Plains leaving widespread destruction and killing several people. . Many more volunteers will be needed soon in hard-hit communities as we help homeowners in…
Serving More Hurting Oklahomans and Others in Multi-State Response
A weeks-long onslaught of deadly storms has left a growing wake of destruction across the central U.S. Now, more Oklahoma communities are reeling in the aftermath of powerful twisters. Tornadoes carved a 37-mile trail of destruction from the town of Hominy to Bartlesville, ripping up an estimated 200 homes in The Sooner State, killing at…
