The December 26 2004 tsunami that nearly obliterated Blang Kubu killed more than 216,000 people across South
Asia and left several million more homeless. As news of the catastrophe circled the globe, Samaritan’s Purse began mobilizing the largest disaster response in the 35-year history of the organization. Even as our teams deployed across the region, we arranged for churches in India and Sri Lanka to begin meeting emergency needs. Samaritan’s Purse soon had personnel on the ground in the hardest-hit areas of Sri Lanka and Indonesia distributing survival kits containing cooking stoves, lanterns, blankets, and other necessities. Our teams were among the first relief workers to reach several isolated villages...

Source - SAMARITAN’S PURSE, Tsunami Relief
MINISTRY UPDATE
December 2005

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