Samaritan’s Purse has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by caring for critically ill patients, launching infection prevention and control projects around the world, and adapting existing projects to align with COVID-19 health guidelines. In spring 2020, we simultaneously operated two Emergency Field Hospitals in New York City and Cremona, Italy, both coronavirus hot spots in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Southern California
Updated Jan. 16: Our Emergency Field Hospital has opened in Lancaster and our medical team is treating patients. We expect a steady influx of patients to arrive over the next several days. — Jan. 13: Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to Los Angeles County to see final preparations before our Emergency Field Hospital opens.…
Our Ministry
Mid-Year Report
Mid-Year Impact Report July 2021 Thank You COVID-19 U.S. Disaster Relief Tigray Conflict Response Bahamas Global Work Thank You Following the example set by the Good Samaritan, Samaritan's Purse provides help to people who are suffering and living in desperate circumstances. We seek them out in communities torn apart by tornadoes, on difficult migrant trails snaking…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cleft Lip Project Celebrates 10 Years in South Sudan
People in the village told the young mother to toss her newborn daughter into the nearby river. They said both the child and family were cursed and would always be despised. But Dakeech believed her daughter, Nyani, to be a precious gift from God. She refused to end Nyani’s life because she was born with…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cataract Surgical Team
Cataract Surgical Teams Medical Specialists Needed Chaka's life dramatically changed when her vision deteriorated and everything began looking like smoke. She could no longer enjoy cooking, which was her favorite thing to do. Chaka was also unable to collect wood from the forest to sell as firewood, and without a job or income, she had to…
Construction Projects
Brick by Brick
“The people from our community are hungry for the Word of God,” Pastor Eusebio said, standing on the unfinished second floor of his church in El Alto, Bolivia. The city of almost a million people spreads out around him in all directions, full of people he hopes will come to know the saving love of…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
Samaritan’s Purse is serving communities in Uganda, where more than 140 confirmed cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have been reported since the outbreak was declared in September. In Kampala and surrounding areas, we are providing healthcare workers with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) trainings to bolster the capacity nationwide to care for Ebola patients and…
Our Ministry
2023 Year-End Impact Report
Thank You Ukraine Response Children's Heart Project U.S. Disaster Relief Operation Christmas Child Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Ukraine Response Our teams evacuated more than 300 people and distributed emergency relief items. Read More Children's Heart Project In 2023, Children's Heart Project facilitated life-saving surgeries for 54 children born with congenital heart defects in Bolivia, Mongolia, and…
Our Ministry
Franklin Graham’s Journey From Lost to Spreading Hope
By Beth Brelje | Originally Published in The Epoch Times May 02, 2024. Updated: May 06, 2024. Used with permission. BOONE, N.C.—A bird is thumping into the window of Rev. Franklin Graham’s office at Samaritan’s Purse international headquarters in Boone, North Carolina. He says it happens every spring, and he doesn’t know why, but this…
Our Ministry
Anti Human Trafficking Landing Page
Help Prevent Human Trafficking Human Trafficking/Exploitation 013964 $ Give Samaritan's Purse works in Asia, South America, and Africa to help protect those who are most vulnerable to trafficking and slavery. Stay informed about our work. Sign up for email updates Around the globe, vulnerable people are targeted by traffickers every day. They are promised bright…
