It’s typically a long chain of tragic events that leads mothers and their malnourished babies to the pediatric ICU at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. When they arrive, that’s when Dr. Michael Bryant first sees them and hope begins to grow. Dr. Bryant examines the poorly cut umbilical cord on a patient named Favor, who…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Restoring War-Torn Ethiopia
Restoring War-Torn Ethiopia Samaritan’s Purse is helping displaced people through our Hope for Tigray program. Ethiopia Projects 013235 $ Give Hope Though unnoticed by the world… God has not forgotten them. Just a few years ago, terrible violence overwhelmed a remote part of northern Ethiopia called Tigray. While the war is now over, the fight to survive continues.…
Operation Christmas Child
The Greatest Journey Discipleship Challenge
3 days. 150,000 Children. Days 00 Hours 00 Mins 00 Secs 00 119,523 Children Sponsored 119,523 Children Sponsored June 19-21, 2023 June's 3-Day Discipleship Challenge is over, but you can still give boys and girls the opportunity to go on The Greatest Journey! Thank you and may God bless you. Children ↑ ↓ Total Amount Give Now…
Health & Medical Ministries
The Gift of New Life
Nomin and Tsomo say that God has given them three gifts through the ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. They each received Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts in Mongolia when they were children. As adults, they both had little ones with heart defects that recently were repaired through our Children’s Heart Project. And, both of the mothers…
Children's Ministries
Teaching Children God’s Word in Colombia
Four brothers migrated from Venezuela to Colombia with their mother three years ago in search of better living conditions. They were among many Venezuelans fleeing their homeland as it experienced an economic crisis, making food and medicine hard to come by. The family settled in Bucaramanga, located in northern Colombia, where migrants have built makeshift…
Operation Christmas Child
Into a War Zone with Shoebox Gifts and Groceries
Into a War Zone with Shoebox Gifts and Groceries Operation Christmas Child volunteers demonstrate God’s love to children in need. In one city in Asia, brutal fighting left homes and businesses in ruins and caused the death of dozens of citizens. When an Operation Christmas Child team in a less affected area heard of the devastation, they quickly…
Operation Christmas Child
How to Pack a Shoebox
How to Pack a Shoebox Operation Christmas Child delivers great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. Each box packed full of quality toys, school supplies, and personal care items becomes a tangible expression of God's immense love for the child. For many, it is…
Operation Christmas Child
A Special Bible, Packed in a Shoebox, Makes Its Way to a Remote Pacific Village
Alex and his parents regularly attended meetings of a local cult for years in their remote village of the Philippines. But, we praise God that last year he heard and received the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the outreach of Operation Christmas Child. Toti Ramos, the pastor of one of our partner churches from a…
Our Ministry
Hispanic Ministries
Strengthening Hispanic Church Partnerships Empowering the Hispanic Church In 2021, President of Samaritan’s Purse Franklin Graham created Hispanic Ministries to further strengthen ministry partnerships with the Hispanic church. Hispanic Ministries equips, mobilizes, and partners with Hispanic churches to impact the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Samaritan's Purse has long supported the domestic and…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Relief Arrives to Help the Starving in Sudan
Samaritan’s Purse has recently trucked nearly 12,000 metric tons of food for starving people in Kordofan, Sudan. The baskets of food, part of an emergency relief initiative, are going to families in overflowing displacement camps scattered across the remote region. We have provided food and other relief to assist more than 180,000 men, women, and…
