Erdene, who had cardiac surgery in February through our Children’s Heart Project, is back in school in Mongolia and telling all his classmates that he has a new heart. “Thank you, Jesus for healing me. I love you so much,” he prays. Erdene, 6, is now lively and active, which wasn’t possible for the first…
Children's Ministries
Children in Crisis
Helping Children in Crisis Around the World Samaritan’s Purse provides education, shelter, daily necessities, loving care, and more to children at risk worldwide. Read and watch stories from Liberia and Vietnam. Millions of boys and girls are living in poverty, facing daily dangers from hunger, violence, and exploitation. That’s why Samaritan's Purse is hard at work in…
Media
Children’s Heart Project Photos
Children's Heart Project 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. United States When they arrive in the city for their surgery, the child, caregiver, and interpreter are hosted,…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter June 2024
Franklin Graham Update | June Franklin Graham Update | June Eyes and Hearts Openedto Christ in Alaska Patriots find healing ✝ for their lives and marriages Dear Friend, Operation Heal Our Patriots got off to an incredible start this year in Alaska. Our first two planeloads of military couples arrived mid-afternoon on the Sunday before Memorial Day, and before the sun went down that evening…
Our Ministry
Operation Heal Our Patriots 2022 Special Report
Hope for the Journey Dear Friend, The wounded veterans who participate in Operation Heal Our Patriots tell us some heartbreaking stories. After multiple combat deployments, many return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other physical and emotional wounds. All of the couples who come to our Samaritan Lodge Alaska are in fragile…
50 Years of Ministry
Children’s Heart Project Provides Lifesaving Operations
Through Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse arranges surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries such as Uganda, Mongolia, and Bolivia, where the required medical expertise and equipment for this type of surgery are not available. Since 1997, more than 1,400 boys and girls have received lifesaving operations through our project. Partner…
Operation Christmas Child
VeggieTales Help Kids Learn About Giving
VeggieTales Help Kids Learn About Giving As we prepare to celebrate God’s amazing gift—the sending of His Son—Christmas is a perfect time to show His love to others. This season, Operation Christmas Child and VeggieTales are partnering together to teach kids about giving. Bob, Larry, and the rest of the veggie characters want others to…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Rushing Relief to the Western Pacific After Super Typhoon Sinlaku
UPDATE (April 21): A second flight has departed North Carolina for Saipan with solar lights, generators, jerry cans, blankets, and shelter plastic. Relief supplies from our first airlift have already been distributed to hundreds of families. Our outpatient clinic and mobile medical teams are preparing to support local hospitals and provide care in remote locations.…
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…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Motorcyclists Support Military Couples in Annual Warrior Ride
Despite the rain, more than 150 riders on over 100 motorcycles rode up and down the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway on Saturday, May 18, to support Operation Heal Our Patriots. The group departed from Samaritan’s Purse International Headquarters in Boone, North Carolina, for the roundtrip run to and from Grandfather Mountain. This was the 13th…
