What We Do
Common ailments often go undetected in many developing countries and quickly become a matter of life or death. Most face the real threat of never receiving life-giving treatment. Samaritan’s Purse provides doctors, nurses, medical equipment, and other aid while administering hope through the healing power of the Great Physician.
Support Medical Ministries Today
With your support, those living with conditions such as heart defects, cleft lips and cataracts can receive life-changing surgery, and together we can show them how precious they are in the eyes of God.
“What began as a very small, fledgling programme, God has brought to fruition time and time again. My hope is that the patients have an encounter with Jesus and remember the love they felt here.”
Karen Daniels, manager of the cleft surgical teams
How We Help
Cataract and Cleft Lip Surgeries
In many countries around the world, adults suffer from cataracts that actually cause blindness. Children with cleft lips are also abused and shunned by society. Samaritan’s Purse sends volunteer medical teams to perform both cataract and cleft lip and palate surgeries for patients of all ages, while sharing the Good News of Christ’s eternal triumph over darkness.
Children's Heart Project
Through the Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse arranges for surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries such as Uganda, Mongolia, and Bolivia, where the required medical expertise and equipment for this type of surgery are not available.
World Medical Mission
World Medical Mission is the medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse that enables doctors and other medical personnel such as doctors and dentists a unique opportunity to serve on short-term missions in the field. Missionary doctors are the lifeblood of overseas Christian hospitals, helping to fill critical staffing needs for medical facilities that typically operate with limited resources in remote corners of the world.
Medical Equipment & Supplies
Samaritan’s Purse supplies surgical equipment, oxygen concentrators, X-ray systems, patient monitors, stethoscopes, ECG recorders, and other items to parts of the world where quality medical provisions are in short supply. Our technicians install the equipment and teach local staff how to use the machines.
Give To Medical Ministries
Your gifts help us provide life-changing surgeries, medical equipment and health services to care for those suffering and improve the quality of life in developing regions.
Stories From The Field
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Literacy Efforts Help People Read the Bible in South Sudan
Church-based training teaches people to read God's Word—transforming hearts and communities. -
Franklin Graham's Digital Update for January 2025
Read Franklin Graham's January 2025 update. Learn more about our Emergency Field Hospital in Sudan, as well as our work in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. -
Healing the Hurting
Samaritan's Purse is partnering with local churches to bring physical relief and spiritual comfort to displaced women and children in Ethiopia. -
Bringing Fresh Water to the Hills of Cambodia
Samaritan’s Purse is supplying schools and homes in western Pailin province with water filters that help prevent disease and improve the quality of life for many people. -
Cattle Bring Hope to Families in Vietnam
Samaritan's Purse livelihood programmes restore families and communities in Vietnam. -
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in War-Torn Sudan
Samaritan's Purse began receiving patients at our new medical facility in the North African nation on Dec. 25, bringing hope and healing to some of the millions displaced by civil war.
Can contribute towards providing life-changing operations for children with a cleft lip or palate.
Can change the life of someone with cataracts, living in darkness, and help introduce them to Jesus, Light of the World.
Can be used to support Christian missionary doctors who have a heart to share the Gospel through medicine.
