Bill Horan

OBI Vlog: “Worm-buster” pills arrive to Haiti

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

“Worm-buster” pills arrive to Haiti for the first time since the earthquake to help free children of harmful parasites.

OBI Vlog: Clean laundry for Haiti hospital

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

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

Helping Dr. Marhone, a Haitian hero

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Operation Blessing president Bill Horan meets up with Dr. Joseline Marhone at a relief camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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. (more…)

Bringing relief to a Haitian hospital

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Bill Horan of Operation Blessing brings relief to a Haitian hospital in need.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Despite suffering quake damage that destroyed or damaged several buildings and killed hundreds of staff, Haiti’s largest hospital is still functioning 24/7. Doctors and nurses working long hours amid sweltering sauna-like heat are performing heroically in spite of broken and dilapidated equipment and entire departments are functioning outside under tents. (more…)

A home for orphans

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Operation Blessing and Partners in Health work together in Haiti to establish Zanmi Beni, a home and school for orphaned and abandoned disabled children.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This tiny girl is Betty; she is about two years old. To my untrained eye, Betty seems alert and aware, but Loune, from Partners in Health, says she is “a bit slow.” (more…)

Beauty among the squalor

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Children living in Camp Dadadou attend Operation Blessing's school in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE – The rain came down so hard it woke me up in the night. It’s 5 a.m. and I hear water gurgling in the downspout and splattering on the concrete slab outside my door. (more…)

Rainy nights, busy days

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Operation Blessing's Bill Horan explains the relief projects in Haiti.

HAITI – We are in the new house now, and can finally get a full night’s sleep without interruption from street noise, mosquitos or a generator that growls all night like an angry bear. (more…)

Relief for Camp Dadadou

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Operation Blessing brings clean water to Camp Dadadou in Haiti with a Water Missions International water purification unit.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dadadou is a tent city in Port-au-Prince where about 7,000 quake victims are living in tents set up on a sun-scalded AstroTurf soccer field. (more…)

A day in the life of a relief worker

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Operation Blessing delivers relief aid to Balan, Haiti and inspects water purification units throughout the city of Port-au-Prince.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – I’m up at 4:20 a.m. The guest house was still quiet except for the steady purr of the diesel generator in the darkened courtyard.  (more…)

Water arrives to 3,000-person camp

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Operation Blessing brings clean water to Camp Dadadou in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a Water Missions International purification unit.

PORt-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – We started the day meeting with two lead doctors at Partners in Health’s (PIH) temporary headquarters. They told us about a PIH clinic at a camp called Dadadou. They explained that there was no well or source of water for the 3,000 or so people in the camp – only “a large tank” that needed to be filled regularly with truckloads of water. (more…)

Journey for relief: Unreached villages get aid

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Operation Blessing brings medical care and relief supplies including food, water, and tarps to Medan Belize, Haiti.

PORt-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This morning, David, Kumar, Joe, Jon, Pradel and I drove to our rented OBI warehouse across the street from the Port-au-Prince airport. Our local team of 12 Haitian workers and drivers were there, all wearing OBI T-shirts. (more…)

Road to Haiti

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Operation Blessing president Bill Horan arrives in Haiti from the Domican Republic.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  I’ve been awake since 4 a.m. The rest of the Operation Blessing team is still sleeping, but a life-long habit of rising early along with some raucous roosters have me wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. (more…)

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