Samaritan’s Purse stands ready to respond at a moment’s notice whenever and
wherever disaster strikes.
We specialise in meeting critical needs for victims of conflict, disaster, famine, and
epidemics throughout the world, often working through ministry partners on the
ground. We provide food, water, shelter, medicine, and other assistance in the Name
of Jesus Christ.
As the deadly Ebola virus continues to claim more lives throughout Western Africa, Samaritan’s
Purse is leading an aggressive, on-the-ground response in Liberia to stop the outbreak.
Country
Total cases
*New Cases
Total Deaths
Case Fatality Rate
Liberia
6253
1509
2104
34%
Sierra Leone
4130
234
1383
33%
Guinea
1540
none reported
904
59%
Total:
11923
1743
4391
37%
* These numbers are subject to change due to on-going reclassification.
In total, Ebola has already claimed more than 4,800 lives and the infection rate is spiralling out
of control as the total number of cases doubles every three weeks, according to health officials.
Samaritan’s Purse staff are on-the-ground in Liberia working to reduce the transmission
of the Ebola virus.
Currently a team of 15 International field staff is on the ground in Liberia working
alongside 350 Samaritan’s Purse national staff.
On 1st October, Samaritan's Purse airlifted 100 tons of relief supplies to Liberia to fight
the Ebola epidemic.
In cooperation with national and international strategies, Samaritan’s Purse is focusing on the
construction and supervision of Community Care Centres in high-transmission areas.
To fight the fatal virus, Samaritan’s Purse is building Community Care Centres to provide
supportive care and treatment in remote areas of the country under siege from the Ebola virus.
We will train Liberians to run 10-bed facilities that provide basic supportive care.
Samaritan’s Purse is prepared to build and manage up to 15 Community Care Centres in rural
areas across the country.
Nathalie MacDermott (centre), a Cardiff-based UK doctor
is currently serving in Liberia helping to set up community
care centres alongside other Samaritan’s Purse medical
professionals Kathy Mazzella (left) and Kelly Sites (right).
Samaritan’s Purse first Community Care Centre is being built near the outbreak’s
epicenter along the border with Guinea.
Samaritan’s Purse team prays over the community care
centre being build in Zorzor
To stop the spread of Ebola, Samaritan’s Purse is training caregivers to provide
supportive care to their infected loved ones while protecting themselves from infection.
Samaritan’s Purse will educate people in high-transmission areas across multiple
counties throughout Liberia about disease prevention and life-saving hygiene practices.
We will be distributing 50,000 kits filled with basic hygiene items that will help Liberians
protect themselves against Ebola.
Each family also receives a home care kit that
includes head-to-toe protective gear for one
person, medicines, hydration items, disinfectants
and a sprayer.
"If we don't provide education and protective equipment to caregivers, we will be
condemning countless numbers of mothers, fathers, daughters and sons to death because
they chose not to let their loved ones die alone," said Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly of
Samaritan’s Purse.
"With the number of cases increasing exponentially, it's time to think beyond what has been
done in the past in the fight against Ebola," said Samaritan's Purse President Franklin
Graham. "We pray that by training and equipping these families, we can stop the spread of
this deadly disease."
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