International Disaster Relief
Samaritan’s Purse Rushing Critical Relief to Southern Brazil After Catastrophic Floods
10 May 2024
Over 100 confirmed dead, 160,000+ people displaced and nearly 1.5million affected.
It has now been 500 days since the crisis in Ukraine began. Samaritan’s Purse was there at the beginning helping in Jesus’ name, and we are still there working with our partners supporting people in their time of need, and re-establishing new lives.
A recent dam collapse has added to the hardships facing the resilient Ukrainian people. On June 6, the Kakhovka Dam caved in after a significant explosion, unleashing the waters of the nation’s largest reservoir on tens of thousands of people in southern Ukraine. Samaritan’s Purse quickly responded with critically needed relief for hundreds of families in the flood zone, showing the loving of Jesus Christ.
Three days after the collapse, Samaritan’s Purse airlifted 18,000 kilos of relief supplies aboard our DC-8 aircraft. Since then, we have been working alongside local ministry partners and churches to rescue more than 300 people from their flooded homes and distribute nearly 5,000 hot meals and 90,000 litres of potable water.
“The flooding was two and a half metres deep. Everything was destroyed inside my home,” one man said. “The food, water, everything Samaritan’s Purse supplied is amazing help because everything I had was destroyed.”
As part of our continued relief for the people of the Kherson region, Samaritan’s Purse is committed to providing 10 new potable water sources; we will drill wells and install reverse-osmosis systems. Samaritan’s Purse will also clean up and remediate 1,000 flood-affected homes.
Please pray for the families impacted by this sudden and unexpected flood. Pray also for the Samaritan’s Purse team and local church partners as the need in Kherson is great.
