New Releases
Operation Christmas Child
Good News Comes to Colombia
Franklin Graham joined an Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Cucuta, Colombia, where many of the children who received gift-filled shoeboxes are living with their families as refugees from Venezuela.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Filling the Gap after Cyclone Idai
After Cyclone Idai severely damaged the local hospital in Buzi, Mozambique, Samaritan's Purse erected an Emergency Field Hospital in the area to fill the gap for medical care. Please pray for our staff as they treat patients and hold out the hope of the Gospel in Jesus' Name.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Off the Beaten Path
Samaritan's Purse is providing emergency relief in the form of tarps, water filtration kits, mosquito nets, and other supplies to some of the hardest hit and most remote areas of Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai that destroyed thousands of homes. Please pray for the people of Mozambique and for our staff as they serve in Jesus' Name.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Being the Hands and Feet of God
Samaritan’s Purse erected an Emergency Field Hospital in Buzi, Mozambique, in the wake of Cyclone Idai that destroyed 90 percent of the village. Please pray for those who are sick or injured, and for our medical staff as they seek to be the hands and feet of God to those who are hurting.
Crisis & Disaster Response
College Students Rebuild Houses During Spring Break
Students from John Brown University and College of the Ozarks volunteered with Samaritan’s Purse during their spring break to help rebuild houses in Texas that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Operation Heal Our Patriots
Veterans Reunite in Texas
Hundreds of military couples attended the 2019 Operation Heal Our Patriots reunion in Dallas, Texas, where they enjoyed a time of fellowship and worked on strengthening their marriages and their faith in Christ.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Overview 2019, Full Length
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, brings Good News and great joy to children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. But that's not all. Through The Greatest Journey, our 12-lesson discipleship program for shoebox recipients, entire communities are transformed by the Gospel. A great overview video to share with your church or group, available in three different lengths.
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Ray of Light
Laun and Maria Hinkle's home in Fremont, Nebraska, was severely damaged when heavy rainfall, combined with rapidly melting ice and snow, caused catastrophic flooding. Volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse brought “a ray of light†to the couple by mudding-out their house, removing destroyed belongings, and sharing the hope of the Gospel.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Liberty University Students Volunteer in Alabama
Students from Liberty University joined other university groups during Spring Break to help hurting homeowners in Lee County, Alabama. A deadly, devastating EF4 tornado and a dozen other twisters ripped through the area March 3. Our volunteers have been on the ground since March 4.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Call for Volunteers in Panama City
Volunteers are needed in Panama City, Florida, to remove debris, repair houses, and comfort hurting homeowners in the wake of devastation caused by Hurricane Michael. More than half of the 1,700 work orders we have received still need to be completed.
Water & Hygiene
Water is Life
Billions of people don't have access to clean water, which results in chronic illness and death. That's why Samaritan's Purse has clean water projects around the world, drilling freshwater wells, providing household water filters, constructing latrines, and teaching personal hygiene.
Women & Children
An Open Heart
Children's Heart Project, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse, arranged life-saving heart surgery in 2016 for Munkh-Ulzii, a young girl living in Mongolia. On the day of the operation in the Cayman Islands, our staff shared the Gospel with Munkh-Ulzii's mother who invited Jesus Christ into her heart.
Medical Ministries
Venezuelans Find Shelter in Colombia
Samaritan’s Purse is providing food, shelter, and other essential items to thousands of Venezuelans who are fleeing economic ruin in their own country to seek a better life in Colombia.
Operation Christmas Child
25 Years of Shoeboxes Celebrated in Charlotte
Franklin Graham, along with hundreds of processing center volunteers, celebrated 25 years of what God has done through Operation Christmas Child.
Construction Projects
Rebuilding What ISIS Tore Down
Samaritan's Purse is restoring hundreds of houses destroyed by ISIS on the Nineveh Plains, so that Iraqi Christians can return home with dignity and rebuild their lives. Franklin Graham recently visited the area to see the project's progress.
Featured
Crisis & Disaster Response
The Will to Live Again
Cyclone Idai destroyed entire towns and villages in Mozambique. Samaritan's Purse quickly responded and has now set up an Emergency Field Hospital. We are also providing emergency shelter, blankets, solar lights, and clean water, giving the people there "the will to live again," as one man said.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Standing in Faith in Mozambique
Pastor Mario Casquinha's church in Beira, Mozambique, was severely damaged by high winds and flood waters when Cyclone Idai ripped through the country. But his congregation is standing in faith, praising God for sparing their lives and giving thanks to Him for the critical supplies provided by Samaritan's Purse.
Feeding Programs
A New Harvest
A local farmer in Bolivia is thankful to God for sending Samaritan's Purse engineers to teach him how to plant and harvest golden berries. The new crop provides him with a stable source of income for his family and enables them to remain in their home near Chuma.
Medical Ministries
In His Hands
Maryelis, a 9-year-old Venezuelan girl, asks for God to help her economically devastated country where food and money are scarce. She and her mother are among those we've treated at our free medical clinics over the border in Colombia.
Crisis & Disaster Response
A New Outlook on Life
Keith Miles of Opelika, Alabama, shares how God changed his outlook on life, after he and his family survived a devastating tornado that destroyed their home.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Great Time to Give Back
Samaritan's Purse is helping rebuild homes in Texas that were severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Edward Graham recently visited some of the rebuild sites and asked for more volunteers saying "it's a great time to give back and let other people know about the Good News of Jesus Christ."
Operation Heal Our Patriots
A New Peace
Army Staff Sergeant John Hosea was severely wounded in Afghanistan and his combat-related injuries threatened to destroy his marriage. His wife, Sara, reached out to Operation Heal Our Patriots for help. She applied to the program, and they were accepted to go to Samaritan Lodge Alaska for a week of marriage enrichment. There, God brought a new peace to their lives and their marriage.
Women & Children
Bat-Ulzii's Story: From Patient to Pastor
When Bat-Ulzii was 13 years old he learned he had a heart problem. Lifesaving surgery could not be performed in Mongolia, but through our Children's Heart Project he received the necessary operation in Texas-and came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, years later, he is a pastor serving a local congregation in Mongolia.
Women & Children
Miigaa's Story: Hearts Healed, Lives Transformed
Through our Children's Heart Project, Miigaa, then a 14-year-old girl living in Mongolia, received lifesaving surgery and later accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. Now an adult, Miigaa is giving back and helping heal the hearts and lives of others as she studies to become a cardiologist.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Love Your Neighbor
Billy Graham powerfully reminds us that "love is the medicine for the sickness of the world" and that every hurting person on earth is our neighbor who Jesus commands us to love.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Time for a New Beginning
Homeowners whose houses burned to the ground during the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are finding hope to start again. Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers continue to share God's love with residents and help them locate treasured possessions in the ashes.
Women & Children
Franklin Graham Visits Children's Heart Project in Mongolia
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham recently traveled to Mongolia to meet the families of children who have benefited from lifesaving surgery through Children's Heart Project.
Operation Christmas Child
Taking the Gospel to the Unreached
Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts create unique opportunities to share God's love with children living in remote communities across the world that have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Overview 2018, Full Length
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, brings good news and great joy to children around the world. And the work doesn't stop there. Through The Greatest Journey, our discipleship program for those who receive shoeboxes, whole communities are being transformed by the Gospel. A great overview video to share with your church or group, available in three different lengths.
Medical Ministries
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Samaritan's Purse medical teams offered every patient expert care and Christian compassion at our Emergency Field Hospital outside Mosul, Iraq, from Jan.-Sept. 2017.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan's Purse Ministry Overview
Samaritan's Purse is on a rescue mission in Jesus' Name, providing physical and spiritual relief to those affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Share this video with your friends and let others know how God is at work around the world.