Samaritan's Purse

his theologian degree in 2003. Earning his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2009. Brantly and his wife Amber served as medical missionaries in Monrovia, Liberia, with World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse. Brantly missionary work was driven by his faith in God and a desire to make a difference. "He intended to be a missionary before he became a doctor," friend Kent Smith, an elder at Southside Church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas, told CNN…

In the Shadow of Ebola is an observatory documentary that focuses on the lives in Liberia under the deadly Ebola attack. Concerning the film’s title, the word “Shadow” implies the serious Ebola leaves problems like deaths, hunger and social disturbances in the vulnerable Liberia. In fact, daily lives’ problems of citizens in different stages of the spread of disease are also addressed. Subjective this first-person narration may be, viewing the event from Urey’s family perspective could be one of…

the boxes they pack up is sent out to different countries and is given out to children so all of their boxes goes to someone they have videos showing the kids receiving the shoeboxes. In 1993 Operation Christmas Child grew and was adopted by Samaritan’s Purse an organization ran by Franklin Graham (“About Operation Christmas Child”). Operation Christmas Child has collected over 135 million shoeboxes worldwide (“About Operation Christmas…

A Comparison of Social Work Practices in ISFW and Samaritan’s Purse Social work is always needed around the world. Some may ask what is social work or what does social work really focus on. Social Work is a professional discpline that reaches out to unstable individuals, families and groups. It helps improve social change, development and makes a difference. There are Christian based non-profit organizations that are passionate and talented individuals that are helping to achieve in the United…

Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease that has been infecting thousands of people in the West Africa for years and recently America. Ebola was discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Sudan. Researchers believe the disease is animal borne and that bats are mostly the original reservoir. There are 5 different types of Ebola; Ebola virus, Sudan virus, Tai forest virus, bundibugyo virus, and Reston virus. The Reston virus is the only…

clean medical equipment on my days off from school. He enjoyed many Heritage Festivals while I had the tedious work of voluntarily picking garbage in the summer’s hot sun. Participating in Food Bank food drives, sending gifts overseas through Samaritan’s Purse, decorating the North East Community Hospital at Christmas, or taking a leadership role in Environmental Issues at school all the while maintaining good grades all requires the qualities of discipline and good will which my grandfather…

Community involvement has always been a personal priority for which I strive; I believe all of us have been shaped by our community, therefore we have the responsibility to ensure that others receive these same benefits both within our community and beyond. As someone who has benefitted greatly from the community through the presence of role models that have had a very positive impact on my development, I wish to fulfill that role of a positive influence in the life of someone else. One such…

When I was just a young girl, I remember dreaming about faraway places. How do other people live? What do they think about? How can I help people who are so far away? What language do they speak? When I was in 9th grade in Kentucky, my favorite class was AP Human Geography. It was a class about all of the things I had been dreaming of since I was a girl. We studied cultures, populations, economies, and how people relate to systems. I loved every moment of it. The next year, I was given the…

Describe the country’s current response to the disease. Does it have programs underway to address the problem? Is there a major involvement by any big international agency or academic institution? Does the country seem to be giving this problem the attention and resources it deserves? The government and people of Liberia need to be praised for the determination they had, to defeat Ebola regardless of the limited resources available to them. According to a recent article in Forbes, Liberia has…

On March 11, 2011, a disaster took place in Fukushima, Japan. A magnitude of 9.0, an earthquake struck Tohoku, which resulted in a Tsunami. Due to a chain of disasters on this day, the Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima had a malfunction. This is not the first time something like this so drastic happened in Japan. Chernobyl, the disaster in 1986 was the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. Although, Fukushima following the Chernobyl disaster was not as deadly, it not only affected people…