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Unexpected Adventures
If I were to ask you to imagine an average day in the field with an international aid worker, you might describe someone running around with action-packed days saving the world one child at a time....
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Remembering Motherhood
Being a mother is difficult. It’s especially hard in a country torn by war, when the need to survive overcomes everything else. Running from rebels who burn homes and kill innocent people has been the...
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An Opportunity to Teach Health and Share Christ
I worked as a volunteer with Samaritan’s Purse for several months before I began working as an employee of the Maternal and Child Health program. I knew that I would increase my knowledge by...
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U-gan-da Where?
Sometimes, when I’m greeted by the family of cockroaches living in my kitchen, when I’m squeezing into a foul-smelling latrine, or when I’m dreaming of hot showers and ice cream cones, I ask myself...
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Helping Others in Old Age
Mrs. Oanh is an elderly woman who wants “to improve her knowledge to help others better.” She has the heart to help people, especially her husband, three children, and six grandchildren, learn healthy...
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Mother Seeks Good Health for Her Baby
Tak Deab is 22 years old and eight months pregnant with her second child. She and her husband are farmers in Kratie province in Cambodia. During her first pregnancy, Deab didn’t know how to take care...
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Transformed by Christ
During the massacres by the Lord’s Resistance Army, we were forced to flee after we were attacked and our houses and belongings were taken from us. We lost everything. It was too much for my husband to...
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Small Steps to Not Fixing Poverty: Loving Now
As we drove down the bumpy road, I wondered what this next visit would hold. For the last few days, we had been traveling throughout the province of Snoul, seeing the different projects, taking photos,...
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Training for Midwives
You live in the highlands of Vietnam. You are 20 years old, married, and expecting your first baby. You and your husband live in a simple house surrounded by other simple houses on the edge of rice...
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The Universal Language of Love
The clouds hang low and the coconut trees, bordering expanses of paddy fields, stand tall. Although there’s so much beauty in this land, the real beauty lies in the people. While the extent of my...
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Preventing a Miscarriage
After I had two miscarriages, my husband and I were unhappy with each other. Tensions were so bad between us that we were considering divorce. We didn’t know what had caused the miscarriages, and my...
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Prepared to Prevent Trafficking
I live in Lai Chau City and work for the Provincial Women’s Union. The Women’s Union is an official organization of over 13 million Vietnamese who work to increase the capacity and knowledge of women...
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Nutrition Training Saves Lives
The terrible events caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army in 2008 destabilized our lives. We were displaced. When peace returned to our town, we returned too, but we learned that it wouldn’t be easy to...
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Improved Health in the Congo
I thank God that He has given me the opportunity to be a leader mother with Samaritan’s Purse. The organization gives trainings on maternal health and teaches us about hygiene and how to be healthy....
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Hygiene Programs Prevent Child Fatalities
My husband and I didn’t finish primary school. He mines gold for a living, but it doesn’t provide enough for us. In order to eat, I must work in the fields. I grow beans, maize, sweet potatoes,...
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Learning About More Than Health
As a public health intern with Samaritan’s Purse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I’ve been blessed with professional and personal experiences I wouldn’t have had otherwise. I’ve had the...
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Healthy and Strong
The drive from Niamey to Banibangou can politely be described as bumpy. In reality, one should probably bring an extra seat cushion. The deteriorated road leading to the small Nigerien village passes...
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Marriage as a Blessing
Mario and Marie France Weddings are joyous occasions. No matter where you are in the world, weddings are a sign of love and happiness. In the lives of Mario and Marie France, the decision to marry...
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Knowledge and Skills to Protect
I had heard of human trafficking before this training from the village leader, but I had never attended a formal training course like the one Samaritan’s Purse conducted. The trainer’s use of pictures...
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