What We Do
When victims of war, poverty, disasters, disease, and famine cry out for help, Samaritan’s Purse is often the first to answer. We specialise in meeting critical needs in the world's most troubled regions, often working through ministry partners already on the scene of a crisis. We pre-position supplies in warehouses strategically located around the world so we can quickly respond to crises, including a warehouse right here in the UK.
When disaster strikes, our fleet of aircraft are equipped to deliver emergency supplies and personnel anywhere in the world within twenty-four hours, and we deploy Disaster Assistance Response Teams comprised of experienced professionals trained in meeting the needs of disaster victims.
Support In Crisis
Support our responses to humanitarian crises around the world. Your gift can help us provide warm blankets, buckets with water filters, cooking utensils, soap, and other daily essentials to give a lifeline to a family that has lost everything, and help them get back on their feet.
“This humanitarian aid is a big help for our village. We simply wouldn’t survive without it.”
Natasha, emergency food recipient in Ukraine
How We Help
Emergency Relief
A storm or earthquake can leave survivors without the basics of daily life. When Samaritan’s Purse responds we often start by handing out needed supplies, including cooking utensils, hygiene items, blankets, a water bucket, and other essentials.
Emergency Medicine
Quality healthcare is crucial in the days following a disaster. We stock hospitals and clinics with medicines and supplies, and we also send fully equipped mobile medical teams to reach people who have no other access to medical help.
Life-Saving Food
After a disaster, food and water can mean the difference between life and death. We provide emergency food kits that include staples such as rice, beans, soy meal, corn, salt, and cooking oil.
Emergency Shelter
People who have lost their homes face the threat of sickness and disease with greater exposure to the elements. Samaritan's Purse responds to many disasters by providing blankets, tents, and heavy-duty plastic sheeting to survivors. We often construct transitional shelters, giving families a place to live while they recover.
Give to International Crisis Response
Your gift for international crisis response can ensure that our teams immediately respond to global crises and help desperate families, many of whom have lost everything.
Stories From The Field
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Samaritan's Purse Rushes Aid to Typhoon Survivors in Vietnam
Our teams are on the ground near Hanoi, the nation's capital, distributing essential supplies and equipment after Typhoon Kajiki tore through the region only weeks ago. -
Bones Made Straight and Souls Refreshed
Dozens of men, women, and children in Nigeria receive life-changing surgeries and hear the Gospel–many for the first time–through a Samaritan's Purse orthopaedic surgical team. -
Seeing the World with Joy
Sight-restoring surgery takes a teenager from shame to hope in Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Sewing Peace in South Sudan
Through Samaritan's Purse livelihoods training, God is rebuilding lives in a land still reeling from war. -
Bringing Hope to Fire-Ravaged Community
A young girl and her family are encouraged through the outreach of Operation Christmas Child after a fire destroyed their neighbourhood. -
Vegetables Save Lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As a young boy suffered from malnutrition in the wake of conflict, Samaritan’s Purse provided critical nutrition, along with skills and supplies for his family to grow abundant harvests.
Can provide all the essentials for a hygiene kit, restoring dignity to victims of crisis and showing them that the Lord has not forgotten them.
Will help meet the needs of vulnerable children after crisis, such as refugees or street children, reassuring them that God loves them.
Equips us to help displaced families settle in new countries while we also share the promise that God will be with them.
