11:15 a.m.; Tuesday, March 15, 2011

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – This morning at around 3 a.m. our time, I received David’s last email before he lost signal. He said that he and Don were speeding north on a deserted expressway headed to Sendai in a van packed full of high-protein food items and bottled water. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Today is a heavy day for us here in Haiti as we stop to reflect and pray for the victims and their families. The Haiti earthquake anniversary is bringing back memories and emotions of those difficult hours, days and weeks that we all endured last year.  Yet through the challenges we faced, it’s amazing and miraculous to look back and see our accomplishments and consider how much we were able to achieve as a team. (more…)

ST. LUCIA – Our two WMI water purification systems are now in St. Lucia and out of customs. The first system is in place and will begin pumping clean water tomorrow morning. (more…)

ST. LUCIA – Just over a week ago, Hurricane Tomas caused huge panic as it moved toward Haiti. With over one million people displaced from their homes and living in flimsy shelters, the media was focused on the camps in Port-au-Prince as the nation braced for the storm. (more…)

Just a day after Hurricane Tomas unleashed heavy rains on the people of Haiti, Operation Blessing headed back to St. Marc to combat cholera with clean water.

ST. MARC, Haiti — Today we were back in the St. Marc region making sure that all of our five water units are working well. We arrived to a sad scene of flooding bought on by the storm the night before. Villagers’ houses were filled with thick filthy mud and dirty puddles of water were all over the village. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — It seems as though Port-au-Prince was spared from the high winds that we feared might come with Hurricane Tomas. This evening there was definitely a sense of relief amongst the displaced people in the camps we serve. But for other parts of the country, the hurricane did spell disaster and this afternoon the OB Haiti team ventured out to Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake and what seemed to also be the epicenter of suffering from today’s floods. (more…)

Twelve-year-old Wilson and his family live in a tent city, but for now, they are one of 25 families taking refuge in Operation Blessing’s Port-au-Prince headquarters until Tomas passes.

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HAITI – We’ve been extremely busy gearing up for the storm that has now definitely turned toward Haiti and, unfortunately, seems to be gathering strength again. (more…)

BABOU LA PORT, Haiti – We woke to some disturbing news today. Our friends at Partners in Health emailed to say that there were people arriving at St. Nicholas hospital in droves, sick with diarrhea and that people were dying from dehydration at an alarming rate. The question was clear: Could Operation Blessing mobilize to provide clean water to an area suspected of having Haiti’s first major cholera outbreak in decades? (more…)

LEOGANE, Haiti – This morning we awoke to the news that there had been heavy flooding outside the town of Leogane (epicenter of the earthquake). We are used to heavy rain showers in the evenings but last night was particularly strong. (more…)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Today we had the official Tide Loads of Hope handover ceremony at the general hospital.  Operation Blessing has been working with the “Loads of Hope” program to help them bring washer/dryer machines to Haiti and completely revamp the laundry facility at the hospital.  Tide also donated washers and dryers to Zanmi Beni children’s home which were also installed this week.  (more…)