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Compassion International Selects Water Mission as Partner in Global WASH Alliance Designed to Bring Holistic Care to Children and Families

Compassion International Selects Water Mission as Partner in New Global WASH Alliance Designed to Bring Holistic Care to Children and Families Experiencing Poverty

March 4, 2024February 29, 2024 /Leave a comment

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC — Water Mission is partnering with Compassion International on a global safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) alliance through a pilot project initiating in Chimwenje, Malawi. The alliance will strive to bring holistic care to children and families experiencing poverty through safe water access. The newly piloted program will reach Chimwenje’s more…

Ji Ho* in North Korea counts the cost of following Jesus every day. She has to keep her faith secret - or face terrible consequences.

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Following Jesus in North Korea, Despite Poverty and Danger

January 17, 2024January 16, 2024 /Leave a comment

NORTH KOREA — Ji Ho* in North Korea counts the cost of following Jesus every day. Her father was taken away by police agents when his Bible was discovered, and she has to keep her faith secret – or face terrible consequences. *Name changed for security. Ji Ho*: I didn’t know what the book was,…

Hit-making Christian band We Are Messengers is supporting mission agency GFA World's annual "Chickens & Goats" Christmas campaign

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GFA World Launches Christmas ‘Chickens & Goats’ to Fight Poverty

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — Can a chicken really change someone’s life? It’s happening all around the globe, according to mission agency GFA World (www.gfa.org). The Texas-based organization has launched its annual Christmas “Chickens & Goats” campaign on WAY-FM Radio — an opportunity for people to buy life-changing gifts, such as chickens and goats, for families…

Christian charity CRY has launched a campaign to highlight how education is helping to break the cycle of poverty in some parts of the world.

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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Togo

September 26, 2023 /Leave a comment

TOGO — Christian charity CRY has launched a campaign to highlight how education is helping to break the cycle of poverty in some of the neediest parts of the world. This report shares the story of how an orphanage that they support in Togo is providing life-changing opportunities for many young lives through the power…

GFA World (Gospel for Asia) Mission agency launches sewing machine campaign, empowers families in Africa and Asia to escape grinding poverty

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Gospel for Asia Helps Families ‘Sew Their Way Out of Poverty’

May 25, 2023September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — A new three-month campaign aims to help some of the poorest families in Africa and Asia “sew their way out of poverty” — one stitch at a time. Texas-based mission GFA World’s “Sewing Their Way Out of Poverty” campaign aims to provide 500 new sewing machines and vocational training for 500…

GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan, which inspired numerous charities like GFA World Canada, to assist the poor and deprived worldwide, issued this Special Report on Child Sponsorship — Does it Lift the Young Out of Poverty?

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Gospel for Asia: Child Sponsorship — Does it Lift the Young Out of Poverty?

December 1, 2022October 16, 2023 /1 Comment

WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan, which inspired numerous charities like GFA World Canada, to assist the poor and deprived worldwide, issued this Special Report on Child Sponsorship — Does it Lift the Young Out of Poverty? In existence for many years, child sponsorship has been adapted by…

GFA World (Gospel for Asia), founded by KP Yohannan, issued this Special Report on a surprising solution to world poverty: farm animals.

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GFA World Shares a Surprising Antidote to World Poverty: Farm Animals

July 4, 2022September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan, which inspired numerous charities like GFA World Canada, to assist the poor and deprived worldwide, issued this Special Report on a surprising antidote and solution to world poverty: farm animals. Recent decades have seen a general trend toward prosperity in much of…

The church he is a pastor of is the very same one that hosted the Compassion program that altered his story of poverty forever.

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Richmond’s Story: From Poverty to Pastor in Uganda

February 23, 2022September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Richmond’s childhood was a painful and challenging one, marked by extreme poverty, illness, loss and hopelessness. His family often went without food. He suffered from malaria almost a dozen times, and his father was murdered. When he was sponsored and began attending Compassion’s child development center at a local church, the healthcare,…

GFA World says a single farm animal can transform the fortunes of a family in dire poverty, providing food and sustainable income.

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GFA World Launches ‘Moo-ving’ Christmas Campaign to Tackle Poverty

December 2, 2021September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – GFA World (Gospel for Asia) founded by K.P. Yohannan, whose heart to love and help the poor has inspired numerous charities like GFA World Canada, reports: A “moo-ving” Christmas campaign aims to lift pandemic-affected families out of extreme poverty — with gifts of cows, goats, chickens and other farm animals. Texas-based…

A powerful story of how one boy broke out of the vicious cycle of poverty in the slums of India, after becoming a Compassion sponsored child.

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Breaking the Cycle of Poverty on World Hunger Day

May 31, 2021March 16, 2022 /Leave a comment

KOLKATA, INDIA — As we observe World Hunger Day this week (Fri May 28), a recent report from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) predicts a steep increase in food insecurity over the coming months across 20 ‘hotspot’ nations – with more than 270 million people at risk of starvation – doubling the pre-pandemic figure….

GFA World, founded by KP Yohannan, reports on the massive challenge of reducing extreme poverty worldwide - through providing education.

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Fighting Extreme Poverty with Ideas & Education that Imparts Values

November 3, 2020September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA World and affiliates like Gospel for Asia Canada) founded by KP Yohannan, issued this Special Report on the massive challenge of reducing extreme poverty worldwide, mainly through providing education, transmitting values. In my original special report for Gospel for Asia (GFA) titled Solutions to Poverty-line Problems of…

375 million children worldwide live in crushing poverty, says GFA report coinciding with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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375 Million Children in ‘Crushing Poverty’ Says Gospel for Asia

October 16, 2020September 16, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — Around 375 million children worldwide — including nearly one-in-six children in the U.S. — live in crushing poverty, says a new report coinciding with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Oct. 17. The staggering global number — equal to the entire populations of the U.S. and Canada combined —…

Literacy Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond is the theme for this years’ International Literacy Day on September 8, 2020.

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Where there is Illiteracy, there is Poverty

September 16, 2020October 18, 2022 /Leave a comment

“Literacy Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond” was the theme for this years’ International Literacy Day on September 8, 2020. UNICEF introduced the initiative in 1996 to encourage governments, businesses, and non-governmental agencies to promote and participate in programs to advance literacy for men, women, and children around the world. The gap…

Noel Yeatts, President of World Help, is an active advocate for social justice and humanitarian needs around the world, discusses, in light of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, women like Som who are trapped in the chains of poverty and the sex industry.

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Poverty Robs Girls of Dignity — Noel Yeatts | Newsmax

June 19, 2020June 27, 2023 /Leave a comment

Noel Yeatts, President of World Help, is an active advocate for social justice and humanitarian needs around the world, discusses women like Som who are trapped in the chains of poverty and the sex industry. Som had the deck stacked against her from day one. She was 20 when she got pregnant with her first…

The World Clock estimates that 492.3 million will live in extreme poverty in 2030. The reduction from 668.9 million in 2016 to 492.3 in 2030 is impressive.

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What the World Poverty Clock is Telling Us

February 28, 2020November 26, 2022 /Leave a comment

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – World poverty. It’s bad. We all know that. But how bad is it, really? Is it as pervasive as we imagine? Or is it worse? And how are we doing to achieve the Number 1 Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations to eradicate world poverty by 2030? Extreme poverty is defined…

Gospel for Asia issues an extensive Special Report on extreme poverty worldwide, how eliminating / alleviation it is possible, but it is not inevitable

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Gospel for Asia Declares Poverty to Be Public Enemy #1

December 11, 2019July 30, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA) issues an extensive Special Report on extreme poverty worldwide, how alleviation and eliminating it is possible, but it is not inevitable. If the modern world is truly a “global village,” that means everyone on earth is our neighbor—and Jesus was very clear about how we are to…

Gospel for Asia - on the frontlines in the fight to end extreme poverty has released a new report declaring extreme poverty "public enemy number one"

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Re-directed Christmas Spending Could End Abject Poverty, Says Gospel for Asia Report

November 1, 2019November 26, 2022 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — Faith-based mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA) – on the frontlines in the fight against poverty–has released a new report declaring extreme poverty “public enemy number one,” and challenging people everywhere to help eradicate it. The release of the report – titled Poverty: Public Enemy #1: Eliminating Extreme Poverty Worldwide is…

“The fact is that poverty is this massive, incredibly difficult problem. There is no silver bullet.” “Small steps. Big change.”

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Gospel for Asia Declares Poverty to Be Public Enemy #1

October 30, 2019November 26, 2022 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Earlier this month, Gospel for Asia released a special report entitled “Poverty: Public Enemy #1.” Author Palmer Holt of InChrist Communications shared the almost incomprehensible fact that some 736 million people worldwide earn less than $1.90 a day, less than many of us spend for our favorite morning latte. The Tip…

With more than 250 million women in Asia unable to read or write, faith-based mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA, www.gfa.org) today cited literacy as a "miracle cure" to release women from poverty.

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Literacy is ‘Miracle Cure’ to Absolute Poverty for Women Says Gospel for Asia

September 6, 2019March 30, 2022 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — With more than 250 million women in Asia unable to read or write, faith-based mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA) cites literacy as a “miracle cure” to release women from generational poverty. To mark International Literacy Day, Sunday, Sept. 8, the humanitarian organization located in Texas announced it was publishing a…

Special report entitled “Seeking Justice & Defending Human Rights” conveys GFA’s concerns about the impoverished in Asia.

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Gospel for Asia Highlights Injustice of Extreme Poverty in Asia on World Day of Social Justice

February 26, 2019August 18, 2023 /Leave a comment

Special report entitled “Seeking Justice & Defending Human Rights” conveys GFA’s concerns about the impoverished in Asia. While welcoming an international day of awareness that turns the global focus on issues keeping millions in grinding poverty, missionary organization Gospel for Asia is year-round helping to bring relief to the underprivileged trapped in that cycle. In…

Multidimensional Poverty is not just the absence of income, money and resources required to meet needs, but also the multidimensional consequences

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Understanding Multidimensional Poverty in South Asia

February 13, 2019May 24, 2022 /Leave a comment

Poverty. You know it when you see it – but, can you define it? A World Perspective Dictionary.com defines poverty as “the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; the condition of being poor.” It defines “poor” as “having little or no money, goods, or other means of…

Oxfam released a report entitled “Public Good or Private Wealth.” There is a great deal of burden on meeting the needs of those in an extremely poor family

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Oxfam Issues Poverty Report Prior to the World Economic Forum

January 24, 2019August 6, 2022 /Leave a comment

DAVOS – Three thousand world leaders are expected to meet at the World Economic Forum in this Swiss community from January 22nd through the 25th. The theme of this year’s forum is “Trust: The world’s currency.” Immediately preceding the event, Oxfam released a 40-page research report entitled “Public Good or Private Wealth.” Oxfam is an…

How to help those who, because of their extreme poverty, are often prevented from enjoying the rights the United Nations has described as “universal.”

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Gospel for Asia Report Addresses the Plight of the Poor Around the Globe and the Oppression They Endure Because of Their Poverty

December 14, 2018August 23, 2022 /Leave a comment

Gospel for Asia Spotlights Special Report on the 70th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human RightsWILLS POINT, Texas—To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948, Gospel for Asia (GFA) is spotlighting its special report “Seeking Justice and Defending Human Rights Wherever Poverty and Oppression Exist.”…

One study found that if all the students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 170+ million people could be lifted out of poverty

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Gospel for Asia Says Education is one of the Keys to Ending World Poverty

November 27, 2018August 5, 2022 /Leave a comment

Gospel for Asia Believes Alleviating Poverty Starts at School Wills Point, TX — As the world “goes blue” to mark World Children’s Day (Nov. 20) Gospel for Asia (GFA) is bringing attention to another color in its efforts to improve the lives of children at risk—the red line of poverty. The organization spotlights the desperate…

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Solutions to Poverty Line Problems of the Poor & Impoverished

November 21, 2018July 30, 2023 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA) Special Report – Discussing the impact of education on the eradication of extreme poverty. When considering the issues of poverty and lack of education, an old saying comes to mind: “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Poverty and low education are each self-perpetuating: Those born into…

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Scandals of Poverty: Seeing the Poor Through Jesus’ Eyes

May 15, 2018May 20, 2022 /Leave a comment

“Blessed is he who considers the poor.” – Psalm 40:17 Wills Point, Texas – GFA (Gospel for Asia) – Discussing the scandals of poverty. Nearly everything about poverty is scandalous. The United Nations Millennium Goals include the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. Faith-based organizations and other NGO’s, major businesses, and UN member states have…

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Seeking Justice and Defending Human Rights Wherever Poverty and Oppression Exist

April 25, 2018March 26, 2022 /Leave a comment

Gospel for Asia (GFA World) Special Report on the worldwide issue of extreme poverty Written by Palmer Holt of InChrist Communications More than 80 years after George Orwell wrote in his classic Animal Farm that “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others,” his barbed observation on disparity rings ever truer for…

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US Dry Cleaning Corp & World Help Partner to Alleviate Global Poverty

March 11, 2018November 16, 2022 /Leave a comment

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The U.S. Dry Cleaning Corp., doing business as Tuchman Cleaners, an Indiana dry cleaner chain and World Help, an international humanitarian organization, have formed an unexpected partnership to fight global poverty. Tuchman Cleaners, who has 24 stores in Indianapolis, has joined forces with humanitarian aid group World Help to help develop impoverished…

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Gospel for Asia Relentlessly Focused on Helping Poor Overcome the Cycle of Poverty

January 10, 2018May 20, 2022 /Leave a comment

For more than 11 years, Gospel for Asia has published a Christmas Gift Catalog filled with opportunities for people in the West to be involved in helping transform the lives of families in Asia who live in poverty. Since that time, more than 1 million families have been helped and many reports about how Gospel…

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The Church’s Role in Eradicating Poverty [UPDATE]

December 22, 2017September 6, 2022 /1 Comment

The Church tries to build healthy communities in impoverished areas, often times through hand-outs or one time gifts that do not help families out of poverty. By providing work opportunities, the Church can build communities and help eradicate poverty. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are most often supported by the Church and its congregants in such a…

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Child Poverty Rate Expected to Rise After Brexit

August 15, 2017July 30, 2023 /Leave a comment

Photo by Andrew Dunn When Brexit happens, about 30% of children will be living in poverty, because of welfare cuts. Per CNN, “The number of children living in poverty in the U.K. will spike to around 30% over the next five years because of government welfare cuts, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.” This…

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Alleviating Poverty through Work

November 10, 2016October 14, 2022 /Leave a comment

Alleviating Poverty By Providing Work Jesus promised we would always have the poor with us. This does not mean we should ignore the poor. But how can we help those in poverty? We should give income generating opportunities to the poor as we’re able to. Items from Gospel for Asia’s Christmas Gift Catalog help provide…

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Global poverty is declining, though evidence seems scant to some

April 8, 2016February 15, 2023 /Leave a comment

Jesus said the poor would always be with us, and he was right. Scores of impoverished people have inhabited this globe, suffering from multiple hardships. But there is evidence that extreme poverty — the estimated 1.4 billion people in countries outside the US who do not have access to clean water, enough food, sufficient clothing…

In the spring of this year, a law was enacted to establish May 14 as the Day of Solidarity between Romania and the State of Israel.

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Day of Solidarity Between Romania and Israel

October 22, 2024October 21, 2024 /Leave a comment

ISRAEL — In the spring of this year, 2024, a law was enacted to establish May 14 as the Day of Solidarity and Friendship between Romania and the State of Israel. It is the date on which the modern State of Israel declared its independence. This decision reflects how relations between the two countries have…

Samaritan’s Purse to deliver relief supplies to hard-hit areas in response to Hurricane Helene—with more airlifts going out every day.

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Samaritan’s Purse Coordinating Largest Civilian Airlift Operation in U.S. History

October 21, 2024 /Leave a comment

BOONE, NC — Samaritan’s Purse has completed more than 210 helicopter and fixed-wing missions to deliver emergency relief supplies to some of the most isolated and hard-hit areas of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in response to Hurricane Helene—with more airlifts going out every day. From small helicopters to Black Hawks to Chinooks, capable…

Residents of Mekoryuk, Alaska, give thanks for the Samaritan’s Purse volunteers who are building a new church in their village.

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Building a Church and Bringing Hope in Alaska

October 17, 2024October 14, 2024 /Leave a comment

MEKORYUK, ALASKA — Residents of Mekoryuk, Alaska, give thanks for the Samaritan’s Purse volunteers who are building a new church in their village to replace the current structure that is in dangerous disrepair. Kristin Holben – Samaritan’s Purse: We are on Nunivak Island in the village of Mekoryuk, Alaska, which is over 20 miles from…

Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham was in Israel to dedicate two armored ambulances in a ceremony with Magen David Adom.

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New Armored Ambulances for Israel

October 17, 2024October 14, 2024 /Leave a comment

ISRAEL — Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham was in Israel to dedicate two armored ambulances in a ceremony with Magen David Adom, the nation’s emergency services system. Samaritan’s Purse will be providing a total of 42 rescue vehicles, 22 of which have already been donated. Yonatan Yagodovsky – Magen David Adom: Early morning, October 7th,…

In response to Hurricane Helene, The Salvation Army EDS teams were activated to provide critical support and relief operations.

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The Salvation Army Responds to Widespread Devastation Following Hurricane Helene

October 15, 2024October 14, 2024 /Leave a comment

ALEXANDRIA, VA — In response to Hurricane Helene, a Category 4 storm that made landfall in Florida on September 26 and devastated several surrounding states, The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) teams were activated to provide critical support and relief operations. The organization is on the front lines, assisting survivors and first responders across…

The Hope for Children Balarampur projec has brought much-needed relief to the residents of Danga Para Village by inaugurating a new bore well

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Hope for Children Project Brings Fresh Water to Danga Para Village

October 15, 2024October 9, 2024 /Leave a comment

DHAKA, BANGLADESH — The Hope for Children Balarampur project in the Diocese of Dhaka has brought much-needed relief to the residents of Danga Para Village by inaugurating a new bore well. This recently inaugurated well addresses the community’s dire need for clean, arsenic-free drinking water. Although the village had tube wells in place, they were…

Nepal flood relief: GFA World respond hurricane Helene scale flood

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GFA World Responds as Nepal Reels from Deadly Hurricane Helene-Scale Floods

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024 /Leave a comment

WILLS POINT, TX — U.S. mission organization GFA World (www.gfa.org) is responding to deadly floods in the South Asian nation of Nepal — a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Helene in the U.S. As the Southeastern U.S. reels from the devastation and death toll caused by Helene, the landlocked nation of Nepal — famous…

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Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations

October 8, 2024October 7, 2024 /Leave a comment

BOONE, NC — Samaritan’s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic necessities due to infrastructure damage caused by Hurricane Helene. The international Christian relief organization has also deployed an Emergency Field Hospital to assist Cannon Memorial Hospital in Avery County,…

Samaritan's Purse Responds to Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Georgia and Florida.

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Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Widespread Devastation from Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Landfall

October 7, 2024 /Leave a comment

BOONE, NC — Samaritan’s Purse is responding to overwhelming needs in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida following the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene. The Category 4 storm made its historic landfall with 140mph winds along Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday night leaving an enormous path of destruction that flattened homes and…

The Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services teams have mobilized to provide relief operations as Tropical Storm Helene approaches Florida

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The Salvation Army Mobilizes Mass Relief Operation for Victims of Hurricane Helene

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 /Leave a comment

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) teams have mobilized to provide support and relief operations due to Tropical Storm Helene. Helene hammered Florida, and then moved Northward causing severe impacts, including widespread power outages and flooding, The Salvation Army’s trained disaster personnel have activated mobile feeding units and are opening shelters…

Samaritan’s Purse staff is on the ground across northern Vietnam delivering vital aid to communities devastated by Typhoon Yagi.

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Critical Aid Arrives in Vietnam After Typhoon Yagi

September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 /Leave a comment

VIETNAM — Samaritan’s Purse staff is on the ground across northern Vietnam delivering vital aid to communities devastated by Typhoon Yagi. Super-Typhoon Yagi swept through northern Vietnam on September 7th. Severe flooding and landslides buried entire villages under mud and debris, resulting in more than 200 lives lost and more than 100,000 displaced from their…

Samaritan's Purse is responding to south central Louisiana after Hurricane Francine rapidly intensified into a category 2 hurricane.

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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Louisiana in the Wake of Hurricane Francine

September 28, 2024September 25, 2024 /Leave a comment

BOONE, NC — Samaritan’s Purse is responding to south central Louisiana after Hurricane Francine rapidly intensified into a category 2 hurricane unleashing 100mph winds and heavy rainfall on coastal communities. Today, a Disaster Relief Unit—a tractor-trailer filled with tools and equipment—is on the way to south central Louisiana where strong winds downed trees and extensive…

After facing persecution for his Christian faith, when Issa* fled his home in Syria to start a new life in Iraq, the mechanic lost everything.

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Mechanic in Iraq Shares Tools to Know Jesus With Customers

September 12, 2024September 10, 2024 /Leave a comment

LEBANON — After facing extreme persecution for his Christian faith, when Issa* fled his home in Syria to start a new life in Iraq, the mechanic lost everything. All his possessions and his livelihood had been taken from him. But all that changed when Christian charity Help The Persecuted invested in his business to repair…

Homeowners give thanks for the Samaritan’s Purse volunteers who are helping them recover from flooding caused Hurricane Debby.

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Cleanup Continues After Hurricane Debby

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 /Leave a comment

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — Homeowners in Savannah, Georgia, give thanks for the Samaritan’s Purse volunteers who are helping them recover from flooding caused by remnants of Hurricane Debby. Dipyanti Shan – Homeowner: So after the storm, Debby left, there is everything normal the next day. Kids go home, and everything is normal. But the Friday, we…

Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are bringing relief to homeowners in Savannah, Georgia, following torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby.

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Responding in the Southeast of America after Hurricane Debby

August 29, 2024August 27, 2024 /Leave a comment

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are bringing relief to homeowners in Savannah, Georgia, following torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby that led to massive flooding. Raven Walker – Samaritan’s Purse: Samaritan’s Purse is here in Savannah, Georgia, due to Hurricane Debby, which has caused widespread damage across this area. We are seeing lots of…

Children in Sudan Suffering After 500 Days of Conflict

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Sudan’s Children Suffering After 500 Days of Conflict

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 /Leave a comment

SUDAN — With the conflict reaching 500 days, Sudan is now facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with children bearing the brunt of the suffering. According to a new report released by international aid organisation World Vision, the crisis for children and families in Sudan, reveals 26 million people in Sudan are expected to experience acute…

The Salvation Army's EDS teams launched relief operations after Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Florida.

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The Salvation Army Activates Relief Efforts After Tropical Storm Debby Makes Landfall

August 15, 2024August 14, 2024 /Leave a comment

ALEXANDRIA, VA — The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) teams launched multistate feeding and relief operations after Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in Florida as a Category I hurricane on the morning of Aug. 5. While the system was downgraded to a tropical storm later in the day, forecasts predict that Debby will bring…