Samaritan’s Purse opened an 18-bed Ebola treatment center in Komanda in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Jan. 17. Medical teams are ensuring the comfort and expert care of every patient as they serve in Jesus’ Name. “By coming to treat people with this difficult disease, we as Christians are showing God’s love…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Faith on the Front Lines of Coronavirus
UPDATE: A more recent story from Italy has published. See “Hands of Comfort, Care Reach Out During Pandemic.” — Twenty seconds. A lot can be accomplished in 20 seconds. As Samaritan’s Purse medical staff repeatedly wash their hands at our field hospital in Italy, they’ve also dedicated that 20 seconds to intentionally praying for each…
Health & Medical Ministries
Glorifying God in Ethiopia
As first-time volunteers with World Medical Mission, Drs. Mark and Melisa Agness didn’t have any lofty goals when they arrived at Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia last fall. They simply wanted to minister to patients and staff and make whatever difference they could. Not only did the experience exceed their expectations, but the California couple…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Changing Lives One Seed at a Time
Tucked away in the lush greenery of Grand-Goâve, Haiti, are dozens of bean fields ready to be harvested. Nore and his fellow farmers planted the beans three months ago, and now their family and friends are helping them with the harvest. Harvesting beans involves pulling the full-grown plants from the ground and plucking off each…
Health & Medical Ministries
The Power of Being Present
Anyone who has survived medical school knows the experience can feel like a perpetual marathon—a grueling four years of mental and physical weariness—followed by another round of three to seven years of residency training. So when Dr. Daniel Dyer needed a break from the books, he looked for a place where he could put his…
Our Ministry
The Importance of Water
By Abby Anderson, who works with her husband, Mark, to manage the Egbe Hospital revitalization program in Nigeria. We continue to have severe water shortages on the compound, and what we thought was bad has continued on to worse. We have three boreholes that pump water into two storage tanks. But to pump the water…
Health & Medical Ministries
Restoring Sight in South Sudan
When Yinat went to his garden to gather sorghum he did not expect such an ordinary day would deal him such a dreadful incident. A spitting cobra lurking among the plants attacked and spit not once, but twice in Yinat’s eyes. That was 20 years ago, and Yinat hadn’t seen well ever since. He developed…
Operation Christmas Child
Missouri Volunteer Motivated by Jesus’ Last Words
Springfield area resident fulfills dream to reach children for Christ through Operation Christmas Child. Jill Cobb of Mountain View, Missouri, does what she does because she’s focused on Christ’s final words on earth, which begin: “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19, NKJV). She volunteers as an area coordinator for Operation Christmas…
Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child December 12-15-20
Operation Christmas Child Celebrates Millions of Gift-Filled Shoeboxes Amidst a Pandemic Year BOONE, N.C., Dec. 15, 2020—Despite a global pandemic, millions of shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child were collected the week before Thanksgiving following a curbside drop-off model at more than 4,000 locations nationwide. Creativity, determination, and faith inspired many…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Label Options
Shoebox Label Options Track My Shoebox Get Labels Activate Labels Track Labels Discover your shoebox gift’s destination. Once shoeboxes are processed in late December or early January, you can check country destinations here if you donated online and attached the bar code label to your shoeboxes. Follow Your Box Enter one of the following in…
