Samaritan's Purse Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Ukraine aid === The organization stepped efforts to aid Ukraine in the midst of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian-Ukrainian conflict]] in 2022. The organization donated various supplies especially for the youth in schools such as medication, food, supplies, blankets, tarps, and bags. 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 goods are transported across the border to Ukraine. The organization accomplished its 30th airlift donation in the month of September having started in February, equating to roughly 4 airlifts per month. It is estimated that 5.5 million Ukrainians were aided due to the efforts with food, water, and supplies. Furthermore, the organization provided roughly 30 emergency field support hospitals in Lviv with the result of aiding nearly 18,000 patients.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shimron |first=Yonat |last2=Smietana |first2=Bob |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Purse became a $1 billion humanitarian aid powerhouse |work=Religious News Service |url=https://religionnews.com/2022/09/09/franklin-graham-samaritans-purse-shoeboxes-humanitarian-aid-powerhouse/ |access-date=September 10, 2022}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page