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 Is Rushing Relief to Earthquake-Devastated Colombia
Our 767 departed on August 13th, carrying many tonnes of relief to western Colombia, where a magnitude 7.4 earthquake left hundreds dead and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. -
Offering Hope to Flood Survivors in Vietnam
Samaritan’s Purse provides families in Lai Chau, Vietnam, with emergency relief after a flash flood devastated their community. -
Greta’s Canal in Cambodia Brings New Life
Samaritan’s Purse partnered with news anchor Greta Van Susteren to create a new water source for a village once known for its human trafficking. Christians now thrive there. -
A Missionary Surgeon Serves Hurting Venezuelans
Missionary physician Dr. Warren Cooper answers the call to earthquake-devastated La Guaira. -
Trusting God in the Face of Cancer and Conflict
A Ukrainian cancer patient sees food deliveries from Samaritan’s Purse as proof that the Lord has not forgotten her. -
Franklin Graham Meets with Pastors and Hurting Families in Venezuela
Graham encouraged residents from God's Word as he visited earthquake-devastated areas where Samaritan's Purse is serving struggling families in Jesus' Name.
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 while we also share the promise that God will be with them.
