Pakistan Relief Blog 4: Life In The Camps

September 2nd, 2010 by Kumar Periasamy

SUKKUR—It is 6:30 in the morning. Mostly women and children seem to be getting ready for work. Young teenage girls were preparing breakfast; men sipping a cup of tea. Those who were rushing to work had a quick breakfast and by 8 a.m. the camp is almost empty. Read the rest of this entry »

Pakistan Relief Blog 3: “LifeSaving” water arrives to relief camps

September 1st, 2010 by Kumar Periasamy

SUKKUR, Pakistan—This morning as I was leaving the camp the leader said, “These are our children, and they will be ours, thank you for helping them.” I asked myself, “Why did he say that?” Read the rest of this entry »

Pakistan Relief Blog 2: A Child’s Joy

August 31st, 2010 by Kumar Periasamy

SUKKUR, Pakistan—I was tossing back and forth thinking of the children I met in the camp who were in dire need of medicines, a bath, and clean clothes. There were no toilets or bathing facility in the camp. When it got dark there was nothing much to do. There was no electricity. Read the rest of this entry »

Pakistan Relief Blog: Faces of Desperation

August 30th, 2010 by Kumar Periasamy

PAKISTAN—As I entered the waiting area before boarding the flight to Lahore, I realized I was already in Pakistan. The people, their dress, the language, their heavy carry-on baggage, massive duty free items, etc., etc.—this is it—welcome to another world. Read the rest of this entry »

OBI Vlog: Clean laundry for Haiti hospital

August 26th, 2010 by Bill Horan

Find out how a unique partnership between Operation Blessing and Tide is helping the largest hospital in Haiti.

A song rises from the rubble

July 15th, 2010 by Sarah Pate


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—A little over a year ago, I was standing in a hospital room in Belladere, Haiti, listening to a haunting melody. We didn’t know her name or age—but we knew why she had come. Read the rest of this entry »

Class under the mango trees

July 15th, 2010 by Sarah Pate

Port-au-Prince, Haiti – It’s not your typical classroom—there are no walls and no desks. But for the children of Zanmi Beni, it’s the perfect place to learn. Read the rest of this entry »

Her name is Lovely

July 14th, 2010 by Sarah Pate

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – I entered the children’s dormitory at Zanmi Beni and slowly navigated my way through the maze of cribs that filled a large room. Read the rest of this entry »

Helping Dr. Marhone, a Haitian hero

July 6th, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Even as darkness fell, sticky heat smothered Port-au-Prince like an electric blanket turned all the way up. As I stepped from the cool sanctuary of the Land Cruiser, my glasses fogged up; so I took them off and slipped them into my shirt pocket. Read the rest of this entry »

Birthday fun for Haiti’s orphans

June 21st, 2010 by David Darg


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Most of the orphans of Zanmi Beni Children’s Home in Port-au-Prince have very little background information in their files. We know their names and that they are beautiful, but that’s about it. Read the rest of this entry »

Teams reach a cut-off village with aid

June 15th, 2010 by Operation Blessing

GUATEMALA – Panabaj is a community of around 75 families at the edge of Lake Atitlan. At least 40 of these families were affected when a mudslide completely buried their homes. Roads were blocked because of the mudslides and aid could not get into the community. Read the rest of this entry »

Relief arrives to mud-soaked villages

June 3rd, 2010 by Operation Blessing

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala – Because of the Mt. Pacaya eruption on May 27 and Tropical Storm Agatha’s landfall only a few days later, many people in Guatemala are struggling. According to the national disaster authority, CONRED, 152,488 people have been affected and 142,959 people displaced. In several villages, houses were seriously damaged and there is little access to channels of communication.

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