The non-profit organization Dr. Kent Brantly, a Texas-based doctor working for the organization, was the first U.S. citizen to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia while treating the disease. Want to share a story? In reflection, he said he has witnessed Gods presence and hand at each step of the way. Sign up to receive email updates on the work of Samaritans Purse, prayer alerts, and volunteer opportunities. [74], Before the field hospital opened, journalists, politicians and LGBTQ activists raised concerns that it was only recruiting Christian medical staff and that it would provide inadequate and discriminatory care. We are working through an extensive network of pastors and churches in Ukraine and Moldova to help distribute assistance to hundreds of thousands of people. PR Newswire. As of April 2015[update], over 124 million boxes had been delivered. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. [27], In 2020, Samaritan's Purse declined federal funding from the Trump administration originally withheld from the World Health Organization. This Is God's Mercy Flight - Samaritan's Purse The DC-8 has a range of 7,000 nautical milesthat's equal to a nonstop flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, all the way to Tokyo. Samaritans Purse - YouTube After a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador, the DC-8 made its inaugural journey to airlift an emergency field hospital along with key medical staff to Ecuador. Upon her return to the US, she sued Samaritan's Purse and their security contractor, Clayton Consultants, a hostage negotiation consultancy owned by Triple Canopy, accusing the organization "of failing to train its security personnel adequately and of willfully ignoring warning signs that abductions were a threat to foreigners." The donations were made through various methods of transportation such as semi trucks being loaded with roughly 80,000 donation goods, being transferred at Piedmont Triad International Airport on the DC-8 airplane, and then being air lifted to Poland where the good are transported across the border to Ukraine. we receive more contributions for a given project than can be wisely applied to that project. Samaritans Purse Helps Set Up Hospitality Centers in Ukraine. to those projects, and we may assess up to 10 percent to be used for administering the gift. Rushing help and hope worldwide. - Samaritan's Purse Doreen talks with Kevin Negaard, executive director of Sunnybrook Church. Samaritan's Purse Combi aircraft are increasingly rare, with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines remaining one of a handful of airlines still operating such aircraft with a Boeing 747 combi.
