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A Special Report from SAMARITAN’S PURSE • pg. 1
DELIVERING GOOD NEWS AND GREAT JOY TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD
SPECIAL REPORTA P R O J E C T O F S A M A R I TA N ’ S P U R S E
INSIDE :
“I want every child to know there is a God who loves them.
I WANT EVERY CHILD IN THIS WORLD TO
KNOW HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST.
This is what Operation Christmas Child is all about.”
Franklin Graham
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ORDER ONLINE TODAY
WWe praise God for every person who filled shoeboxes with toys, school
supplies, and hygiene items to bring Christmas joy to children overseas.
Thanks to your generosity, Samaritan’s Purse will deliver a tangible
expression of God’s love to over 11 million boys and girls in 109 countries
this year. Best of all, each shoebox provides opportunities for local churches
to share the Good News of God’s greatest gift—His Son, Jesus Christ.
After receiving their shoeboxes, many children are invited to
participate in The Greatest Journey, a 12-lesson discipleship program that
teaches them how to faithfully follow Christ and share Him with family
and friends. More than 7.4 million children worldwide have enrolled in the
course since 2010, and 3.3 million have accepted Christ as their Savior.
2015 • Operation Christmas Child Special Report
04 EQUIPPING THE LOCAL CHURCH Shoeboxes help plant
seeds for the Gospel in
every corner of the globe.
10 THE GREATEST JOURNEY After they
receive their shoeboxes,
children are invited to
take part in a 12-lesson
discipleship program.
14 AROUND THE WORLD A pictorial
"wrap-up" of shoebox
distributions around the
world.
20 BEHIND THE SCENES Operation Christmas
Child supporters across
America inspire others to
get involved.
MILLION GOSPELOPPORTUNITIES!11
Go to billygrahambookstore.org to order Operation Christmas Child: A Story of Simple Gifts,
a collection of Christ-exalting stories of lives that have been changed through this ministry.
THAT’S THE POWER OF A SIMPLE GIFT!
GO INTO ALL THE WORLD
AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION.
— MARK 16:15 —
”
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F rom Belize to Botswana and from Chad to Cambodia, God is using Operation Christmas Child to
help expand His Church to the ends of the earth. A simple gift can bring joy and comfort to hurting
children and open doors for entire communities to hear the message of love and redemption from sin
through Jesus Christ. As these eternal truths take root, broken families find restoration, churches are
established, and a new generation of believers bear witness to the Lord’s faithfulness.
EQUIPPING THE LOCAL CHURCH
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PANAMA
COSTA RICA
NICARAGUA
HONDURAS
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMA�
MEXICO
BELIZE
Christmas Day 2015 passed
uneventfully for many of the boys
and girls living on the Caribbean
island of Caye Caulker, several
miles off the coast of Belize. Sadly,
the holiday has always been just
an ordinary day, as their families are
too poor to afford gifts and many had never
heard about the true meaning of Christmas.
But the holiday season was not yet over, and these
children would soon experience one of the happiest
events of their lives. A water taxi carrying hundreds
of Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes left a Belize
City port and churned through choppy waves to
reach the island.
A radiant group assembled at the distribution site
exchanging smiles and laughter as they opened the
boxes to discover an assortment of treasures—stuffed
animals, coloring books, and school supplies.
Through skits and the presentation of the Gospel
booklet "The Greatest Gift," the children also had the
opportunity to respond to the Good News of Jesus
Christ.
Franklin Graham, who joined local church leaders
in handing out shoeboxes on the island and in other
locations in Belize, told the children that God has
already given them the best present they could ever
receive. That gift is His Son, Jesus, who came at
Christmas some 2,000 years ago to bring salvation to
a world lost in sin.
“We want every child to know they are
precious and loved by God, and these shoeboxes
help demonstrate that,” Graham said.
Christians in Belize are seeing
their prayers answered as God
uses Operation Christmas Child
shoeboxes and The Greatest
Journey discipleship lessons to
saturate the smallest country in
Central America with the Gospel.
Virtually every child in the
entire nation will receive a shoebox
gift from Operation Christmas Child before they
grow up. Some people even describe Belize as the
“Shoebox Nation.”
Hundreds of churches from 15 denominations
across Belize are implementing a national strategy
that covers every corner of the nation over a six-year
period.
This is crucial, because Belize desperately needs
the Gospel. Over 80 percent of adults describe
themselves as Christian, but only 10 percent attend
church regularly. Belize is plagued by poverty, broken
families, gangs, drugs, and the highest HIV infection
rates in the Western Hemisphere.
Next to one of the churches that handed out
shoeboxes in Belize City is a school,
where only one of the
200 students
EQUIPPING THE LOCAL CHURCH
BELIZE
ANTICIPATION: Greta Van Susteren joins in the fun at a shoebox distribution in Belize. She and husband John Coale helped hand out the gifts.
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REACHING THE UNREACHED Three shoebox distributions took place in 2015
among the Achuar, a remote Amazonian people
of nearly 20,000 souls. In villages accessible only
by canoe, Peruvian church leaders proclaimed the
Gospel to families in the Achuar language. Afterwards
they handed out shoebox gifts to the children. One
boy was so delighted that he gave papayas to the
presenters as a “thank you.” Many of the parents said
they had never heard this message about God or
Jesus before. Praise God for the seeds of faith that are
being sown in their hearts.
BELIZE: Franklin Graham delivers Christmas greetings to children at a church in the Rootsville squatter settlement outside Belize City.
PERU
“Thank you very much for sending these shoeboxes to hard-to-reach places where many children need to hear the message of salvation.”
— Belen Salazar, Operation Christmas Child volunteer and former shoebox recipient in Peru
comes from a traditional family with a mother and
father at home.
“Children will tell you, ‘My dad was never in my
life,’” said Arita Lemus, the national coordinator
for Operation Christmas Child in Belize. “When
we can teach them that God is a father to the
fatherless, that makes a difference in their lives. It’s
powerful that we get into the kids’ lives early.”
Arita’s husband, Eduardo, is a retired pastor
who mobilizes churches throughout Belize to
participate in Operation Christmas Child. He says
The Greatest Journey discipleship lessons fill a
huge void. “Ninety percent of the churches do not
have anything like this,” he said. “These lessons
really ground the children as they grow up.”
Over 500 Christians across Belize have been
trained as volunteer teachers for The Greatest
Journey. Many of them, Arita said,
received shoebox gifts when they were
younger. “A simple shoebox made a
difference in their lives. That’s how they
heard the Gospel and got saved, so now
they want to share it.”
A N EW G E N E RAT I O N O F B E L I EV E RS
“A small present in Moldova opens so many doors,”
said Andrei Ciobanu, a pastor and church planter in
the southern part of the country. “Operation Christmas
Child is a great opportunity to share the Gospel with
both children and adults.”
Pastor Ciobanu is excited that
Samaritan's Purse is taking Operation Christmas
Child and The Greatest Journey discipleship program
to communities that do not celebrate Christmas or
understand its significance.
Local churches in the former Soviet republic are
even handing out shoebox gifts in public schools.
That’s a dramatic change from decades ago under the
Communist regime when Christians could not openly
practice their faith.
“I remember from my childhood how at school we
praised the name of Lenin,” said Pastor Ciobanu. “Now
at school, children praise the Name of the Lord. This is
the beginning of a new church,” he said.
MOLDOVA
“A small present in Moldova opens so many doors.”
MOLDOVA: Children celebrate receiving their shoebox gifts in a nation where local churches have distributed more than 1.3 million shoeboxes since 1997.
EQUIPPING THE LOCAL CHURCH
Andrei Ciobanu
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B U I L D I N G A N EW F O U N DAT I O N
We praise God that 29 new churches are
thriving in one West African nation, in part
because of Operation Christmas Child and
The Greatest Journey. These churches are
lights shining in some of the darkest parts of
the country—among unreached groups whose
populations don’t know Christ or anyone who can
tell them about Him.
Of this nation’s 18 million people, 4.5 million
are unreached. The churches planted as a result of
Operation Christmas Child are spread across seven
of the nation’s 28 ethnically distinct groups.
Among one tribe who are only 0.2 percent
evangelical, a pastor has served in a village since 1993. Despite faithful efforts to
evangelize, he did not see a single person come to Christ for 21 years. But in 2015,
Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts opened a door for a church to be planted
in the village. As a result of these generous gifts, parents have given their children
permission to attend church. In addition, the local imam is now telling the children
of the village to go to church to learn about God. This was unheard of before gift-
filled shoeboxes were distributed.
In another village, several pastors tried to share Christ but were turned away.
Only when one of the pastors organized a shoebox distribution for 400 children in
cooperation with village and school officials did that change. The village chief was so
moved by this expression of God’s love that he gave his entire family permission to
become Christians. He also provided land to build a church. Both children and adults
there have now accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior.
A village of animist worshipers formerly "welcomed" Christians who tried to visit
by stoning them. But now through Operation Christmas Child and The Greatest
Journey discipleship course, children in that community have come to Christ and
are now serving as strong prayer warriors in the local church.
*Because of security concerns, we are not able to identify specific locations and names.
—Elshadai International Christian Centre, Zambia
WEST AFRICA: Open hearts led to “open doors” when the children in this rural village received shoebox gifts. A church was planted in the community and the congregation continues to grow as more children and adults receive Jesus as their Savior.
AFRICA*
“We thank God for the gift boxes
that gave our local church
an opportunity to present
the Gospel to children. We
have seen our boys and girls
grow in faith through The
Greatest Journey lessons.
They are now able to pray
and share the Word of God
with other children. May
God bless all partners and
supporters of Operation
Christmas Child."
THE POWER of The Gospel:
“GO THEREFORE
AND MAKE DISCIPLES”—MATTHEW 28:19 —
In over 100 countries, local churches are following Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts with The
Greatest Journey, a dynamic discipleship course developed by Samaritan’s Purse that teaches boys and
girls to faithfully follow Christ and share Him with others. When they graduate, the children receive a
certificate and a New Testament in their language to further equip them to be lifelong disciples. Some
of them have led family members to Christ, and now they are attending local churches. Here are some
glimpses into how God is using The Greatest Journey to build His kingdom around the world.
THE GREATEST JOURNEY
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SSHUKURAN WAS DRIFTING TOWARD VIOLENCE, BUT THE LORD USED AN
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX TO CHANGE THIS 12-YEAR-OLD
BOY’S HEART.
“When he received the gift we were very
happy. That was the beginning of knowing
God,” his mother Agnes Banda said. The toy
cars, airplane, books, pens, and soap inside
delighted them both. Shukuran’s favorite
part, though, was "The Greatest Gift" Gospel
booklet he received along with his shoebox.
Interested in what he read about Jesus,
Shukuran accepted the invitation to come
to The Greatest Journey classes
offered by the local church in his
Malawi village. That’s where he
gave his heart to Christ. After the
second week of the course, he
asked his mother and siblings to
attend church with him, where
they also became Christians.
Sadly, Shukuran’s father
immediately left his family
because of their new
faith. Now Agnes washes
clothes and bakes to try
and earn enough money
to feed her children and
pay their school fees, but
she often comes up short.
Despite these struggles, Shukuran is
becoming a spiritual leader. Now with a
changed heart, he is no longer obsessed
with violence and is passionate about
sharing God’s love. People affectionately
call him “pastor” because he is always
organizing events at church—including
evangelistic campaigns for their
community. His peers follow his example
in outreach.
Pastor Henry Mankanamba, the
actual pastor of the church, said of his
protégé, “The same child who was
rude became humble.” Shukuran
forgave his father for abandoning
the family and not providing for
their financial needs.
Remembering Shukuran’s
shoebox gift, Pastor
Mankanamba said, “It was
a drop of love. To them, it
became an ocean.” Now with
hope, his mother said, “I
know when I go to God I will
find help.”
5.2 MILLION
children graduatedsince 2010
71 LANGUAGES for Bible materials
2.7 MILLION boys and girls
participated this year
3.3 MILLION
reported decisions for Christ since 2010
MALAWI
Shukuran, whose name means “thank you” in Arabic, shares what he has learned in The Greatest Journey with other children.
Shukuran
On the nation’s second largest island, in
the village of Laduna, 15 children gathered
under a mango tree to learn about Jesus in The
Greatest Journey class. The boys and girls were
so excited about what they were studying that
they invited their parents to come to class as
well.
By the third lesson they had grown to more
than 80 participants! So for the fourth lesson
they relocated to the top of a hill under a larger
mango tree.
Seeing the need for more space yet, they built a
large open-air shelter on top of the hill. This allowed
the children to meet for class under the mango tree
and for the parents to receive the same content with
more age-appropriate instruction in the structure. A
church of 100 now worships under this shelter every
Sunday.
Not far from Laduna, in the village of Vunika, 80
children emerged from their homes among the sugar
cane fields to hear the Gospel and receive an Operation
Christmas Child shoebox gift. Pastor “Waisea,” who had
walked six hours from his home in Labasa to be there,
invited all the children to return to begin The Greatest
Journey class the next week.
Thirty children returned. In Lesson
One, Pastor Waisea taught about Creation,
emphasizing that people are made in God’s
image. Eleven-year-old Melvin was so moved
by what he heard that he gave his heart to
Christ at the end of the lesson.
Melvin's life changed so completely that
his grandfather, the local witch doctor, took
interest.
Soon the rainy season set in and the village
succumbed to mud. The Greatest Journey class began
meeting in Melvin’s home next to the main road.
Around this time, his grandfather became very sick.
Desperate, he asked Melvin to bring Pastor Waisea
to pray for him. “Just tell him to bring that Jesus
with him. I want to know that Jesus,” said Melvin’s
grandfather.
When Pastor Waisea challenged him to abandon his
idols and trust in Christ, the witch doctor repented of
his sin and surrendered his life to Jesus.
“ The idol worship stopped.”
FIJI
FIJI: Sitting under a mango tree, boys and girls pause during The Greatest Journey class in Laduna to thank the Lord for the opportunity to learn more about Him.
THE GREATEST JOURNEY
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Melvin’s grandfather then invited
Pastor Waisea to hold church in a
shed in his yard. The Greatest Journey
students brought their families to
the services. When they outgrew
that building, Melvin’s grandfather
extended the roof to accommodate
more people.
Soon overflowing from the
expanded shed, a neighbor across the
road offered them a quarter of an acre
to build a church. Forty people came to
their first service.
One elder said, "On Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, and Saturdays the people
used to meet to pray to their gods.
Then the shoeboxes came and the
Bible lessons were preached to the
children in their homes. After about six
months, the idol worship stopped. Now
100 people regularly attend the Vunika
church." We praise God for opening
doors and touching hearts with His
truth and salvation.
INDIA: The Greatest Journey classes include skits and games that help children learn Bible stories and memorize Scripture.
MEXICO: At a children’s home in Guadalajara, girls and boys learned about the love of their heavenly Father through The Greatest Journey discipleship course.
LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME . . .
FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM
OF GOD — LUKE 18:16 —
”
“AROUND THE WORLD
Their smiles and joyous laughter speak a universal language. In 109 countries across the globe, the
Lord used Operation Christmas Child to bless boys and girls who have endured poverty, famine, disease,
and war. From traumatized Syrian refugees living in camps in southern Europe to earthquake survivors
in Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains, Samaritan's Purse was able to share the Good News of Jesus Christ
thanks to your simple shoebox gifts filled with toys and love.
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MALAWI: What’s more exciting than a surprise gift prepared by a child on the other side of the world? These boys and girls eagerly wait to discover the treasures in their shoeboxes.
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CAMEROON: Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes brought delight to these girls at Songkwari Church in the city of Londji.
AROUND THE WORLD
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IRAQ: Fleeing war and terror, these children were happy to receive shoebox gifts from Samaritan's Purse at a displacement camp in northern Iraq.
UGANDA: Rowboats are used to transport cartons of shoeboxes to children living in remote river settlements.
HONDURAS: School children in Intibuca receive toys, classroom supplies, and "The Greatest Gift" illustrated Gospel booklets that tell the story of Christ’s birth.
INDIA: The boys and girls at this orphanage erupted into joy as they shared the treasures in their shoeboxes with each other.
ECUADOR: The only way to deliver shoeboxes to some isolated Amazon settlements is by plane or canoe.
NEPAL: Many young survivors of the spring 2015 earthquakes lost their homes and belongings. Samaritan’s Purse provided immediate emergency relief to their families, and in December we delivered gifts of hope to encourage the children.
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AROUND THE WORLD
PHILIPPINES: With her two youngest children seated behind her and three children walking beside her, this Filipina mom shares in the excitement of returning home from a shoebox distribution.
SSixty miles south of Houston sits the little
village of Wild Peach, Texas, home to one
convenience store and Grace Baptist Church,
a congregation of 25.
In 2013, Pastor Mark Brumbelow was
ecstatic when they more than doubled
their usual Operation Christmas Child
contribution and packed 43 shoeboxes.
The next year, though, he sensed God
wanted them to pack 500. The congregation
initially thought he was crazy, but they
packed 532 shoeboxes. Their generosity
overflowed, but Mark was concerned their
Christmas missions offering would suffer as
a result. He said, “Last year after packing 500
shoeboxes, our missions offering doubled
over what it had ever been before. I’m telling
you, Luke 6:38 is true. ‘Give, and it will be
given to you.'"
Still, the congregation was surprised
when in 2015, Mark believed God wanted
them to pack 2,000 boxes. They decided to
trust God for the goal. June Reeves, a
27-year employee of Walmart®, brought in
bags of items for shoebox gifts, including
300 pairs of flip-flops. Charlie Meazles, a
Marine veteran of the Korean War, also got
involved. As he packed his shoebox, he
said, “I do it for the kids everywhere. I hope
they come to know Jesus as their Lord and
Savior.”
Since Grace Baptist has participated
more in Operation Christmas Child, they
have seen the Lord's provision. Each year,
God has provided more than enough money
to cover the $7 shipping cost for each box
they pack—including all 2,118 of them in
2015.
“We haven’t done anything special, but
seek to obey God and what He’s told us to
do,” Mark said. “There’s nothing special about
Grace Baptist Church or its preacher. But I
tell you there’s something mighty special
about the God that we serve.”
SMALL CHURCH WITH A TEXAS -SIZE HEART
BEHIND THE SCENES
TEXAS: Members and friends of Grace Baptist Church in Wild Peach, Texas, gather for a shoebox packing party, intent on preparing 2,000 gifts.
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BEHIND THE SCENES
“My dream is to make other
kids’ dreams come true,” said
Jordyn McNeal, a 9-year-old from
Alabama. “I want them to know
that God loves them.”
That’s what motivated her
to rally friends to pack 5,000
shoeboxes in 2015. She issued a
challenge to youth in schools and
churches. Through letters, phone
calls, and Facebook messages, Jordyn got people
from coast-to-coast involved.
But Jordyn wasn’t just looking to others to
pack boxes. She personally set out to fill 1,000 of
the 5,000 shoeboxes by asking stores, hospitals,
and dentist offices if they would donate items like
toys, toothbrushes, and soap. Then she hosted a
huge packing party, inviting friends to help her fill
the boxes with all the supplies she gathered. She
also encouraged more than a dozen churches to
participate in Operation Christmas Child for the
first time.
Praise God, Jordyn exceeded her goal,
personally packing 1,320 of the 5,161 shoeboxes
collected through her efforts.
And Jordyn has found other ways to stay
involved with Operation Christmas Child. She
was excited to share her passion for the project by
speaking at community celebrations at four of our
Processing Centers in Denver, Colorado; Orange
County, California; Dallas, Texas; and Charlotte,
North Carolina during the Christmas season.
“I want them to know that God loves them.”
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
"WE'RE PART OF A TEAM"
CHRISTMAS JOY: James Buller, 6, and Keria Teul, 7, in Belize City are among more than 1,000 children who received boxes personally packed by Jordyn McNeal in 2015.
Bob Pattison, church relations volunteer
for South Orange County, California, works to
encourage church involvement with Operation
Christmas Child through his area team. His
specific coverage responsibility is the San Juan
Capistrano area.
Bob is excited about the Samaritan’s Purse
project because “this is a tangible way to show
the children that God loves them. Then it works
upward: through the children, parents are saved,
communities are saved.”
Bob also enjoys serving with other volunteers.
He said, “I’m a captain, but I can’t do it without
mechanics, flight attendants, and co-pilots. As
with Operation Christmas Child, we’re part of a
team. As congregations working together in the
body of Christ, we can make a big impact.”
Year-round Connect volunteers are critical to
the work of Operation Christmas Child and provide
an opportunity, through local area teams, for many
more people to serve Christ effectively.
Jordyn McNeal
Betty Lung’s passion for sharing
the Gospel is infectious. When she
found out about Operation Christmas
Child through a magazine in 1998, she
introduced the project to her church,
New York Chinese Alliance, located
in New York City’s Chinatown. The
church immediately got involved.
Betty said, “I wanted to do it for my daughter
Andrea, to let her learn how to share, to love people,
and to reach out with the Gospel.” That year they
packed about 20 boxes as a church.
In 2008, the church’s interest in the project
peaked when Samaritan’s Purse delivered shoeboxes
to earthquake victims near Chengdu, China. Betty
said, “They’re not just delivering shoeboxes to people
we don’t know. They’re doing it for the people we are
related to.”
Then in 2012, just after Hurricane Sandy
hammered the area, the church opened its doors as
a shoebox drop-off location. Now in her fourth year
of coordinating this effort, Betty welcomed a host
of shoebox packers who came to drop off their gifts
during National Collection Week.
Victoria Martin, 75, walked 30 blocks pushing
eight shoeboxes in a cart in order to hand them off
to Betty and send them on their way to children in
need. Victoria said, “I pray every day, ‘Fill my heart
with Your love.’” Her shoeboxes are just one way she
expresses the Lord’s compassion.
At the same time, students from Nyack College in
downtown Manhattan dropped off 44 shoebox gifts.
It was the first time the students packed shoeboxes in
a school-wide effort.
Arlene Delrio was next to unload bags of shoebox
gifts. She said, “Our church is in the middle of the
projects on the lower east side of Manhattan. We ask
them to give to those less fortunate than they are.”
Betty rejoiced in each of the 1,250 shoeboxes
delivered to New York Chinese Alliance Church this
year. She said, “It’s not just a gift. It’s the Gospel that
goes with it.”
FROM CHINATOWN TO THE WORLD
“It’s not just a gift. It’s the Gospel that goes with it. ”
NEW YORK: Nyack College students Alivia Mendez, Vastie D’Haiti, and Yadilka Ramos drop off their school’s first Operation Christmas Child gifts.
Victoria Martin
Betty Lung
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BOONE, N.C.: This Processing Center is one of eight warehouses where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers prepare shoebox gifts for shipment overseas.
KIDS HELPING KIDS: A young scout with the organization Trail Life® shows the school supplies and other great items he included in his overflowing shoebox.
AlbaniaAngolaArgentinaBahamasBelarusBelizeBeninBoliviaBosnia BotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCentral African Rep.ChadChileColombiaCosta RicaDem. Rep. of CongoDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaFijiGabonGhanaGrenada
GuineaGuinea BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasIndiaIndonesiaIraqJamaicaKenyaLatviaLesothoLiberiaLithuaniaMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaliMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMongoliaNamibiaNigeriaPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPoland
Republic of CongoRomaniaRwandaSaint LuciaSaint Vincent SamoaSenegalSerbiaSierra LeoneSlovakiaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSurinameSwazilandTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoUgandaUkraineUSA (Native Americans)
UruguayVanuatuZambiaZimbabwe
WHERE DID YOUR GIFTS GO?
In 2015, Samaritan’s Purse collected 8,765,637 gift-filled
shoeboxes in the United States. Another 2,447,373 came
from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland,
Austria, Finland, Spain, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Those gifts were delivered to children in 109 countries,
many of which are listed below*:
*Some countries are not listed for security reasons
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