Samaritans Purse

Pastor John lives in the remote village of Kalo in Central Province, PNG. In 2006, our local partner, Living Light Foursquare Church of Port Moresby took 200 Operation Christmas Child boxes and distributed them through Pastor John. News of the shoe boxes drew people in and excited children came from villages all around.

The Port Moresby church then helped the village build a church… and then they put in a water pump. This transformed life for the village in a whole new way. (more…)

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1 in 8 people in the world still do not have access to safe water and that’s why Samaritan’s Purse has a goal to raise $500,000 for safe accessible water by World Water Day on March 22nd, 2010. The great news is that we have already received more than $300,000!

In 2009 this enabled us to install 1,561 BioSand Water Filters, dig 111 wells, install 2 water tanks and drill 8 bore holes. We also dug 2 ponds. With your help we were able to give 25,648 people water in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Liberia.

We are so excited at the prospects of being able to help even more people get access to safe water in 2010. Thank you for helping us as we work towards this goal.

For more information about Turn On The Tap, visit www.turnonthetap.org.au

It’s hard for us to imagine how it would be to not have safe accessible water. Sangseoun is 31 years old; he lives in Sdokprey village in Takeo province. He is married with three children. He has firsthand experience of this challenge…

“My village did not have clean water to use and so the people in the village had big problems. Many in the village were sick and we did not have water to drink. Before I was married for a time all the members in my family were sick and we did not have the money to pay for hospital fees and so they sold their rice fields. (more…)

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Operation Christmas Child

Many innocent children are caught in poverty and hostile environments, trying to survive while constantly at risk of being exploited. Samaritan’s Purse is there to offer compassion assistance and protection. (more…)

The street has been nicknamed Dark Street for many years. Lost in the slums of Papua New Guinea, locals knew Dark Street for its nightly gun battles between young people and the police. Mothers would lay awake listening and wondering if their older children would come home, and how many more minutes before the baby woke again from the noise.

Recently, Pastor Magi shared how for generations clans fought against other clans, passing on their hate for the individuals and families of the rival clans. The hate is so deep that the children grow up believing that if they talk to their enemy they could be killed themselves. (more…)

Dear Friend,

I know you’ll join me in celebrating the fantastic news that 303,921 children in the Asia Pacific region have been given their very own Operation Christmas Child shoe box. – Read the full story

Logistically, so many things need to come together for this program to be a success. Every link in the chain is crucial. So thank you for everything you did to make this amazing project possible! 

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Operation Christmas Child

Too many innocent children are caught in poverty and hostile environments, trying to survive while constantly at risk of being exploited. Samaritan’s Purse is there to offer compassion, assistance and protection. 

Operation Christmas Child is often the first step in bringing help and hope to a child in need. Our local churches and partners find these innocent victims and provide long term assistance such as aid, health care, housing, clean water, sanitation and education.

Read Pov’s Operation Christmas Child story.

Education

Education is critical to breaking the cycle of poverty. However, many children in poor countries do not get access to school. In Cambodia alone, 10 percent of children do not attend primary school and only one third continue through secondary school.

The educational projects of Samaritan’s Purse help communities build schools, train teachers and purchase supplies. Educating children builds hope and gives a reason to believe that there can be a different tomorrow.

Read Toul Prasat’s story.

Health, HIV & AIDS

Tragically, an estimated 5 million people in Asia were living with HIV in 2007. Around 380,000 died from AIDS-related illnesses that year, with the same number newly infected. Countless other health issues from maternity deaths to physical disabilities also affect hundreds of thousands of people each year. 

Read about Nikki.

Community Empowerment, Livelihoods and Livestock

Samaritan’s Purse provides Bible-based training for emerging leaders to increase their ability to address problems and create self-sustainable communities. This enables these leaders to run grassroots projects that share God’s love in practical ways such as health and nutrition, education, small business and housing.  One such example is a Women’s Small Business Support program started after the tsunami in Amirthakali, an impoverished Sri Lankan town.

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Water & Sanitation – Turn on the Tap

One child dies every 20 seconds from diseases related to drinking dirty water. Samaritan’s Purse is committed to changing this appalling statistic by improving quality and access to water by providing wells, rainwater harvesting solutions, BioSand Water Filters, health and hygiene programs and training. 

Read about BioSand in Indonesia.