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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.

A song rises from the rubble

Thursday, July 15th, 2010


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. (more…)

Class under the mango trees

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

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. (more…)

Her name is Lovely

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

 

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. (more…)

Helping Dr. Marhone, a Haitian hero

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

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…)

Birthday fun for Haiti’s orphans

Monday, June 21st, 2010


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. (more…)

Thank you to our “moms” in Haiti

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

 

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – May 30 was Mother’s Day in Haiti, so we held a special party for our “moms” at Zanmi Beni, the orphanage we started in conjunction with Partners in Health. (more…)

Bringing relief to a Haitian hospital

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010


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

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…)

Flight to Savanette

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This morning I joined a Haitian Pastor, Pastor Volner, on a helicopter flight to a remote community that we have been serving with food supplies. On the way we landed in a village called Pouille, home to a rural community of 1,800 people. (more…)

“Loads” of hope

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – My day started with a distribution in downtown Port-au-Prince with The Salvation Army. OBI teamed up with them to hand out our collapsable water kits to 2,000 families. The Salvation Army has been working with a specific camp and do distributions twice a week, usually handing out food. (more…)

Bringing laughter to children at Dadadou

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – On January 12, I was in Jerusalem getting ready to fly to London that night and then on to Niger, West Africa. (more…)

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