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On the Ground Podcast Linktree
On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse A podcast taking you to the frontlines and behind the scenes of Samaritan's Purse work around the world. Learn More Explore more of the work of Samaritan's Purse, check out these links below. First Mobile Homes Given to Hurting Families After Helene Read about how Samaritan's Purse work continued after the hurricane. Learn…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Clean Water Offers Hope
A full-scale invasion continues to devastate the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine, where residents have tragically lost their jobs, property, and all they have worked for their entire lives. But perhaps the worst effects of the war came when the local hydroelectric plant was blown up by enemy forces, leaving people without access to one…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Deadly Tornadoes Rumble Through Tennessee
Tornadoes swept across Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 9, causing extensive property damage, dozens of injuries, and at least six deaths. The most devastated areas are in Montgomery County, around Clarksville, and in Davidson County, around Hendersonville, Madison, and Gallatin. The National Weather Service rated the Clarksville storm as an EF3 tornado, with around 700…
Gift Catalog
Why Goats Are a Big Deal
Christmas Catalog Give a Dairy Goat MADELINE LIVES in an impoverished village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She struggled to provide for her children until she received goats from Samaritan’s Purse and training on how to care for them. These animals have now become a tangible source of blessing, as her original three…
Wildfire Victims in California Experience Hope
Jaime Gomez, 59, heard there might be evacuations in his Altadena, California, neighborhood, situated just below Eaton Canyon in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, because of an approaching wildfire that broke out in the early evening of Jan. 7. So, he went outside to have a look. “I walked out and all I…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to More than 35,000 Armenians
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Media
Biography: Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell Graham Born June 10, 1920 Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China Died June 14, 2007, age 87 Montreat, North Carolina Parents L. Nelson Bell (died 1973) Virginia Leftwich Bell (died 1974) Married William F. "Billy" Graham Jr. 1943 Children Virginia "Gigi" Graham, 1945 Anne Graham Lotz, 1948 Ruth Graham, 1950 William "Franklin" Graham III, 1952 Nelson…
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Workshop of Faith and Hope
Walter Lewis barely missed one great flood in Boone, North Carolina. That was 85 years ago—about five years before he was born. He did not escape a second great storm, Hurricane Helene, which hit late last year. More than eight decades ago, the 1940 flood triggered more than 2,000 landslides and caused 16 deaths. It’s…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Dairy Goats Improve Nutrition for Families
Sister Guylaine’s goats bleat loudly as she walks among them pointing out how many there are now. They started with 25 goats last year, a gift from Samaritan’s Purse, and now there are ten more. She is one of the sisters who serve the community through Little Sisters of Evangelization church in Babonde, a community…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Greenhouses Help Families Expand Crops, Grow Seeds of Faith
Felix and his wife, Sofia, were used to scraping together a living for their three children from the mountainous fields of Palca, Bolivia, despite harsh rainy seasons and frigid temperatures. The precarious conditions meant experiencing several lean months trying to make ends meet between harvests. When a Samaritan’s Purse agriculture project in the area gave…
