Samaritan's Purse
Samaritan's
Purse is a Christian international development organisation partnering with
churches the world over to bring hope, help and self sustaining future to local
communities.
Samaritan's Purse UK is part of a global family and our work internationally, falls into three main areas:
- Emergency response: contributing personnel in disaster areas, food distribution, shelter
- Long term development: water and sanitation programmes, HIV and AIDS programmes, livelihoods programmes, partner capacity building
- Church and community support: Operation Christmas Child, short-term volunteer teams, gifts in kind, child and family support
Since 1995, when Samaritan's Purse UK merged with children's charity Operation Christmas Child, the organisation has gone from strength to strength and is now a credible and fast growing NGO working in countries across the former Soviet Union and Africa.
We are proud of our international partners, who share our vision of empowering the local church to be an agent of change within their communities.
One such partner, The AIDS Intervention Projects (TAIP), work with churches in Uganda to improve the quality of life of children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS by enhancing the capacity of local church-based community organisations to provide care and support for them.
One of the community members who benefited from the project is Maria (on the right in the photo), a recent widow who is currently looking after six children aged between 1 month and 13 years. A lady from the local church's Good Samaritan Team, Eva (centre in the photo), visits twice a week and provides support for Maria as well as life training for her children.
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