As we’re on the ground in 19 countries across Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, we’ve got a story or two about the impact your gifts have had on the people we work with.

Here are just a few of our favourites:

Water story - Dean makes a difference

Last year 11-year old Dean raised over £40 selling cakes and toys outside his home. Instead of keeping the money for himself, he decided to buy a water filter for a family in Africa.

The water gift Dean bought went to someone like Sra Avelina in Chicualcuala, Mozambique. The gift of a BioSand Filter and training on how to use it has made a real difference. “Since I’ve had the filter, my children rarely get diarrhoea,” she says. “That filter has changed my family’s life.”

HIV and AIDS story - Great news from Amy

Choose one of our HIV and AIDS gifts and transform the life of a child like Amy. Born HIV positive, baby Amy was abandoned at an orphanage in Simferopol, the Crimea.

Our partnership with the Good Samaritan organisation in the Crimea has, helped Amy flourish into a little girl who knows she’s loved. Because now she has someone to read with her, laugh with her, cuddle and pray with her as she grows into a future full of promise.

Livelihoods story - The miracle goat

We love this story from Mary:

“I received a goat from Samaritan’s Purse via the Quicken Trust and it has changed my life. I have called the goat ‘Miracle’ because now I have milk to drink and sell. I had to keep taking my daughter to the health clinic up the road so many times, but since we have had the goat’s milk to drink she hasn’t been to the clinic once in eight months! Thank you for your help.”

Emergency story - Gift of life

Seven year old Soe was trapped under a pile of debris when a church pastor in Myanmar found him. He placed him with local Christians whose makeshift camp, supported by Samaritan's Purse, provided emergency food, water and blankets for children traumatised by the storm.

For children like Soe, an emergency gift delivered by a Samaritan’s Purse disaster response team, can literally mean the gift of life.

Teams story - Team players

When one of our short-term teams went to Belarus to run a camp for kids whose lives were marked by abandonment, alcohol and abuse, they had some amazing things to say when they got home:

“The kids were wonderful, so loving and giving. We couldn’t fail to love them back and wanted to be with them as much as we could.”

“We received love, warmth, respect, friendship and a huge lesson in humility. Where else could you hope to get that?”