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Bible College in Sudan Bombed
"We are deeply concerned for the welfare and lives of the people of South Kordofan, and we condemn the bombing of churches and Christian facilities," Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham said in a statement...Read More..
Phatfish join with Samaritan's Purse to end water poverty
Phatfish, one of the UK’s most well known and well loved Christian music bands, is joining with Samaritan’s Purse to help bring an end to water poverty through our Turn on the Tap campaign.Read More..
Kyrgyzstan HOPE Update
Alan Cutting, our Regional Manager for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, recently traveled to Kyrgyzstan. Read his update on the HOPE project that's being operated by local partners in conjunction with the local church.Read More..
1.1 Million Shoeboxes Sent From the UK
Last Christmas, nearly 1.1 million children from 14 countries across the world recieved a special shoebox gift thanks to the commitment of supporters and volunteers across the UK.Read More..
The Bigger Plan
This month marks the two year anniversary of the tragic Haiti earthquake , it's time to reflect on the work being done and the work left to do. Here one of our volunteers from the US, Debi Lammert, an Advanced Practice Nurse from Tulsa, Oklahoma, writes from our community clinic in Haiti.Read More..
Bon Samaritan Project Changes Lives
Simon Barrington visited Haiti in March 2011, just over a year after the 2010 earthquake which had caused the loss of more than 220,000 lives and injured more than 310,000 and left an estimated 1.3 million people homeless and displaced.
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Fighting Near Yida
Samaritan’s Purse evacuates staff from a refugee camp under the threat of imminent hostilities
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Shoebox gifts bring Christmas joy to children affected by civil war
Thousands of children and adults across the UK are set to bring Christmas joy to children recovering from the aftermath of the brutal civil war in Liberia – by creating shoebox gifts online which will be sent to them through Operation Christmas Child.
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Refugee Camp in South Sudan Bombed
The refugee camp operated by Samaritan's Purse in Yida, South Sudan, was bombed by the government of Sudan at approximately 3:20 p.m. local time on November 10.
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Scott Quinnell backs Operation Christmas Child
Scott Quinnell, the former Wales and Llanelli rugby star, is putting his weight behind this year’s Operation Christmas Child campaign which sends shoeboxes to needy children living difficult lives in several overseas countries.
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A Day Of Action
Samaritan’s Purse has been providing food and other aid to thousands of refugees escaping from the ongoing fighting in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan. More than 5,000 people have sought refuge in North Unity State in South Sudan.Read More..
Maintaining Dignity
Emily Whitworth reports from Kenya, where Samaritan's Purse continues to help people affected by drought and famine-like conditions.
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A Safe Haven
Samaritan's Purse is saving lives by providing food, water, and shelter to refugees in South Sudan.Read More..
Feeding The Hungry
Samaritan's Purse responded quickly to the famine that struck the Horn of Africa, providing urgently needed food and water to people on the Kenya-Somali border. Programme Officer Zeke Rhodes recounts his experiences of working on the front lines of this disaster...Read More..
Walking For Water
Here in the UK, we take it for granted we can simply turn on the tap for a drink of clean water. However, not everyone is that fortunate. In Africa, many have to walk miles for water.Read More..
Finding A Home
Working with staff at Anita Home, the Samaritan’s Purse Child Reintegration programme began the work of tracing Joanna’s uncle in an attempt to find any surviving relatives...Read More..
New things for Operation Christmas Child in 2011
It's that time of year again. Time to dust off those empty shoeboxes, pack them with great little gifts, wrap it up and send it to a child in need through Operation Christmas Child. Whether you are part of a church, school, workplace, community group - or just yourself and your family - there are lots of great reasons to get involved in 2011...Read More..
Flood Relief for North Korea
Samaritan's Purse has sent emergency aid to North Korea in response to the flooding there...Read More..
Blog from Kenya: Desperate Needs
Joni Byker blogs from northeast Kenya, where she has seen first-hand the desperate needs of a people praying for rain...Read More..
Samaritan's Purse UK team brings love to children in Ukraine
A team of ten volunteers from Samaritan's Purse UK have been sharing God's love with children in Poltava, Ukraine...Read More..
Famine in the Horn of Africa
Samaritan's Purse is distributing emergency food to hungry children and families in drought-stricken northeast Kenya...Read More..
Good Samaritans
After many years of civil war, many southern sudanese are eager to return home in anyway they can...Read More..
Update from Liberia
Joni Byker reports from Liberia, sharing with us on how our projects are getting along and the exciting new event that will soon be held in Liberia...
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Celebrating Freedom in South Sudan
There is jubilation in Juba as thousands celebrate the birth of South Sudan as the world's newest country on July 9th 2011...Read More..
How can hiding a treasure help a child in Africa get clean water?
Going on a treasure hunt with your children here in the UK. Providing clean water to children living in Africa. One couldn't possibly be related to the other. Right?Read More..
Love in a tin shack
Walking through the narrow, dusty alleyways of Kibera - the largest slum in Africa and recently the focus of Comic Relief celebrity fundraising - it is easy to miss one of its prized jewels...Read More..
Welcome to Team Samaritan's Purse
On a sunny April Sunday in London, six runners emerged from the throng of the London Marathon as the first participants in Team Samaritan's Purse...Read More..
Courage To Go On
Samaritan's Purse, with a big assist from local Christian volunteers, continues to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami...
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Crisis in Sudan
Intense fighting has erupted along the border between north and south Sudan, and the people of the Nuba Mountains are caught in the crossfire.Read More..
Samaritan's Purse Conference 2011
Over 200 volunteers from all over the country gathered in dudley for the annual conference to share with each other and hear from our overseas guests...Read More..
Helping Refugees in Sudan
A tense stalemate continues between north and south, as Samaritan's Purse provides aid to people driven from Abyei by northern troopsRead More..
Cholera cases increase in Haiti
Samaritan's Purse medical teams in Haiti are caring for the sick as the outbreak intensifies...Read More..
Food Crisis in North Korea
The Samaritan's Purse President draws attention to critical needs in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...Read More..
Marathon Reflections
Bev Kauffeldt, program support manager for our work in Liberia and wife of Country Director Kendell, ran the London Marathon...Read More..
Turning back the tide
Samaritan’s Purse is equipping local Christians to reach out to their neighbors recovering from the tsunami...
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Samaritan's Purse runners excel at London Marathon
Six supporters of Samaritan's Purse from three different countries around the world took part in the London Marathon...Read More..
Japan: A Story of Survival
The scene was like something straight out of a movie. Otomo heard the emergency siren on March 11...Read More..
Samaritan's Purse to provide aid to refugees from Ivory Coast
Samaritan’s Purse is to provide immediate humanitarian relief to tens of thousands of refugees caught up in the current conflict in Ivory Coast.Read More..
Turn on the Tap hits 1 million mark
Turn on the Tap celebrates 1 million people receiving clean water worldwide...
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Turn on the Tap joins with MPs in World Water Day Event
The Turn on the Tap team joined MPs in a symbolic walk for water in Westminster to commemorate World Water Day on Tues March 22...Read More..
Japan: Supplying Hope
Samaritan's Purse is continuing to distribute aid to survivors of the earthquake and tsunami...
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Haiti: What's Changed?
Alex Day from Samaritan's Purse UK reflects on his recent trip to Haiti and asks the question: "What's changed?"..Read More..
Households in the Heat
Katy Talbot just completed an internship in Kenya, where she worked on a project to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kinango, a rural area in the southern part of the country. She blogs about one of her final assignments...Read More..
What's in a Title?
Simon Barrington, Executive Director of Samaritan’s Purse UK, blogs about a remarkable man he encountered when visiting a village in Haiti affected by the earthquake...Read More..
HOPE in Central Asia
Alan Cutting, Regional Manager for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, reports on the work of Samaritan's Purse HOPE programme amongst the churches in Central Asia...Read More..
Cleansing Water
Community water systems and hygiene education from Samaritan's Purse help to save lives in Haiti...Read More..
Haiti: A Year of Healing and Hope
Samaritan’s Purse has helped hundreds of thousands of people since the earthquake shook Haiti last January...Read More..
OCC In The Crimea
George Luke, a freelancer writer, recently returned from being part of Operation Christmas Child distributions in the Crimean region of the Ukraine. He blogs about his trip...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Light in a dark place
Doctors and nurses working with Samaritan’s Purse are overcoming challenges to provide compassion and care for cholera patients...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Heartbreak and Hope
Roseann Dennery from Samaritan's Purse writes about the heartbreak and hope she is seeing on a daily basis in Cite Soleil, Haiti...Read More..
World AIDS Day Celebrations
After working with Samaritan’s Purse UK for four years, Katy Talbot went on the Samaritan's Purse internship program. She is currently working in Kenya, on a project to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Katy blogs about a recent celebration that took place on World AIDS Day.Read More..
Haiti: Walter reports from the fray
Walter Hope is one of our volunteers currently out in Haiti, helping with logistics to combat the spread of cholera. In this following report he describes some of the challenges he is facing...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Jesus is in this place
God’s mercy is seen when doctors and nurses working with Samaritan’s Purse save the life of a young child. Samaritan’s Purse writer Melissa Strickland reports from Haiti.Read More..
Shoebox World launched by Samaritan's Purse
Samaritan's Purse has launched the UK's first ever online shoebox initiative, called Shoebox World...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Epidemic rapidly grows
Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses desperately work to save lives as the disease threatens to overwhelm Haiti...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Treatment centre opens
Samaritan’s Purse medical personnel are treating cholera patients at a new facility in Cite Soleil...Read More..
Haiti cholera response: Every person matters
Samaritan’s Purse staff battling the cholera outbreak focus on providing physical, spiritual, and emotional care for everyone they treat...
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Cholera spreads in Haiti
Samaritan's Purse ramps up our efforts as the disease reaches densely populated areas. The cholera outbreak that already has claimed more than 500 lives now has reached Haiti's capital, potentially endangering millions of people who live in Port-au-Prince...Read More..
Solve your Christmas shopping headache...
Our Samaritan's Purse gift catalogue is a unique way to not only solve the problem of wondering what to buy your loved one for Christmas, but also an opportunity to reach out to someone in poverty in an amazing way...
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Samaritan's Purse responds to Haiti cholera outbreak
Samaritan's Purse has responded to the cholera outbreak in the Artibonite region of Haiti, with medical, water, sanitation and hygiene teams on the ground...Read More..
Liberia: The road to recovery
An exciting new report has highlighted the amazing impact that Samaritan's Purse has had on the country of Liberia since we began working there in 2005...Read More..
Haiti: The Other Side of the Story
Gary Martyn spent a week in Haiti reporting on Samaritan's Purse’s work in the six months since the earthquake. Read his thoughts here...Read More..
Operation Christmas Child celebrates 20th anniversary by sending shoeboxes to Haiti
Over 15,000 children who were victims of the earthquake in Haiti will this Christmas receive gift-filled shoeboxes sent by children in the UK as part of Operation Christmas Child.Read More..
Child & Family Support programme to expand into Africa
Having supported 5,400 children and families in Eastern Europe, the Child & Family Support programme aims to expand into Africa with the help of Samaritan's Purse supporters...Read More..
Jerry Can Challenge takes Soul Survivor by storm
Hundreds of young festivalgoers have taken up 'The Jerry Can Challenge' at Soul Survivor over the past few weeks...Read More..
Alleviating hunger in Niger
A cash-for-work programme is helping hungry families in the midst of a food crisis in Niger...Read More..
'What's your promise?' asks Micah Challenge and Samaritan's Purse
This Autumn, Samaritan's Purse is joining with Micah Challenge to help change the world through millions of tiny promises - promises to remember the poor in our everyday lives. It's called What's Your Promise? and we'd love you to get involved.Read More..
Picking up the pieces
Alan Cutting reports on what he encountered during his recent trip to the troubled southern Kyrgyzstan cities of Osh and Jalalabad...Read More..
Humanitarian aid distributed in southern Kyrgyzstan
Local partners in southern Kyrgyzstan have been distributing aid to those caught up in the recent ethnic violence...Read More..
Delivering HOPE in Swaziland
Churches in Swaziland are discovering they can bring hope to those in need through what they already have...Read More..
Haiti: Six months after the earthquake
A look at how life has changed for some of the survivors of the January earthquake...Read More..
Samaritan's Purse responds to 'silent crisis' in Niger
With half the population of Niger facing starvation, Samaritan's Purse UK is responding with a 'cash to work' initiative for the neediest families...Read More..
Welsh rugby star runs marathon for Samaritan's Purse
Welsh rugby star Garin Jenkins raises thousands of pounds for Samaritan's Purse...Read More..
Without water and sanitation, millions are trapped in poverty
Simon Barrington appeals for supporters to help us lift more families out of water poverty...Read More..
Simon Barrington returns from visit to Haiti
Simon Barrington returns from a visit to Haiti with an urgent message that more help is needed...Read More..
Samaritan's Purse joins World's Longest Toilet Queue
Samaritan's Purse joined in the World's Longest Toilet Queue on World Water Day 2010...Read More..
Time for the trip of a lifetime
Come on a Samaritan's Purse Discovery Team this year and prepare to be changed...Read More..
Critical need for shelter in Haiti
Samaritan's Purse has identified shelter as a critical need for survivors of the earthquake in Haiti..Read More..
Massive Earthquake in Chile
Samaritan's Purse is responding with emergency relief items to the recent earthquake in Chile.Read More..
A wind of heaven
Hospital patients in Cite Soleil, Haiti, find joy in the midst of pain...Read More..
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