We praise God for what He has done through Samaritan's Purse in 2023.
2023 Year in Photos
We ministered in Jesus' Name to desperate people around the world, rushing relief to victims of violent conflict, natural disasters, disease, and poverty. From an earthquake in Turkey to war in Ukraine, from wildfires in Hawaii to a hurricane in Florida, we responded with critical aid and the hope found only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We also helped bring healing to burn victims in Armenia and provided life-changing surgeries to children across several countries. Our medical volunteers served in mission hospitals across the world, while closer to home God moved in the hearts and marriages of wounded U.S. veterans and their spouses through Operation Heal Our Patriots. We also got to see God work mightily in the lives of millions of children and their families through Operation Christmas Child outreach events and discipleship classes. In all these efforts and more, our ministry is all about Jesus—first, last, and always. To God be all the glory.
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Armenia: A medical team made up of surgeons, nurses, and physical therapists served in Armenia to treat patients severely burned by a gas station explosion.
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Children's Heart Project: Surgical teams provided lifesaving heart surgeries for children and created opportunities for the Gospel to be shared with families from all over the world.
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Global Connect: We gathered with thousands of partners, volunteers, and churches from all over the world to celebrate what God is doing through Operation Christmas Child.
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Israel Response: Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham surveyed destruction in Israel and met with local leaders and others whose lives and communities were upended in devastating attacks by Hamas. We are providing 21 ambulances, food, and other relief.
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Livelihoods: Samaritan's Purse teams helped provide livestock, agricultural tools and training, and livelihoods opportunities so families can provide for themselves.
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Maui Wildfire: We worked in multiple communities helping residents in Jesus' Name as they searched through belongings and grieved many losses following the deadly Maui wildfire in early August.
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Operation Christmas Child: Operation Christmas Child delivered its 200 millionth shoebox in early 2023, commemorating the monumental milestone in Ukraine.
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School Construction: We completed our 46th school construction project in Cambodia this year. In places like Cambodia, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, and South Sudan, Samaritan's Purse is building schools to help at-risk children learn how to read, write, dream, and enjoy a tangible expression of God's love for them.
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Turkey Earthquake Response: We deployed a 52-bed Emergency Field Hospital near Antakya, Turkey, following the devastating February earthquake that caused widespread damage and left tens of thousands of people dead and missing.
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War in Ukraine: Samaritan's Purse and our partners have distributed more than 221 million pounds of food to those in need in Ukraine since the war broke out in Feb. 2022.
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World Medical Mission: Volunteer doctors and other medical professionals served at mission hospitals all over the world as part of our World Medical Mission.
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Give To Where Most Needed
Will cover a week of food for a starving child and help us share with their parents the hope found only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Can provide Biblically based trauma counselling and spiritual care, while introducing people to the Lord who is near to the brokenhearted.
Can help to send out a doctor or nurse who will deliver medical care and the message of everlasting hope in Jesus' Name.
