World Refugee Day 2022
Lives Transformed in DRC’s Dungu Territory
Violence and instability have long plagued the Dungu Territory of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Churches, schools, and houses burned down during armed conflict decades ago have never been rebuilt, leaving communities seemingly trapped in spiritual and physical poverty. In the wake of so many years of violence, many families have been left with…
Donor Ministries 2022 Year-End Impact Report Ministry Overview
Cleft Lip & Palate Surgical Teams
Humanitarian Catastrophe: Sudan’s Ongoing War Against Its Own Citizens
Ken Isaacs, Vice President of Programs and Government Relations for Samaritan’s Purse, testified Wednesday at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C., that focused on the extent of government-sponsored violence against Sudanese citizens. Read his testimony below. Chairmen McGovern and Wolf, distinguished Representatives, and fellow guests of the commission, I would like to…
South Sudan
The Ongoing Human Rights Crisis in Sudan
Today is Blog Action Day, when people around the world are joining together to blog on the topic of Human Rights. Ken Isaacs, Vice President of Programs and Government Relations for Samaritan’s Purse, writes about the human rights issues still occurring in Sudan, where the government is attacking its own people. What is all the continuing…
Pray for Peace in South Sudan
South Sudan has been struggling to avoid an outbreak of civil war. Fighting—both political and ethnic—has resulted in at least 1,000 deaths. More than 600,000 people are displaced. A tenuous ceasefire is now in place, but renewed violence is an ever-present danger. Samaritan’s Purse evacuated more than 70 expatriate employees during the height of the…
Massive Relief Effort Continues in South Sudan
It’s been a tough year for the people of South Sudan. Political conflict between rival factions in the capital, Juba, took an ugly turn in December 2013 and violence spread throughout the country. Tens of thousands have been killed. The nation, still the world’s newest, remains fractured. The continuing turmoil has displaced about 1.9 million…
Celebrating Over 500 New Churches in South Sudan
God receives thanksgiving and praise at a special service to mark the end of a program to restore houses of worship in South Sudan Hundreds gathered at the Akuem Cathedral in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Sunday to celebrate and thank God for the rebuilding of more than 500 churches destroyed as…