Caribbean
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

HAITI – Two years ago, a devastating earthquake ripped through the nation of Haiti—changing it forever. Since then, so many of you have made such a significant impact in these communities that we wanted to share just a few of the things your support has accomplished over the last two years. (more…)
Tags: Caribbean, clean water, Disaster, Disaster Aid, Disaster Assistance, Disaster Relief, Disaster Victims, Earthquake, Food Distribution, Haiti, Medical Aid, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Orphan Care, Rebuild, Relief, Relief Aid, Relief Supplies, Water Purification
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
HAITI – About a year ago I had a chance to meet a little girl from Haiti, her name is Adianne.
Adianne was first brought to us because she had a severe bone infection and she also had sickle cell anemia. (more…)
Tags: Adianne, Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Earthquake, Haiti, Medical, Medical Aid, Medical Care, Norfolk, OBI, OBI Video, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Virginia
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Haiti – I’ll never forget the day I met Nastalie.
Our team had just arrived to her village of Luben, Haiti, which is in the heart of the region where the deadly cholera outbreak started.
The village is surrounded by rice fields, which just two months before had been flooded with cholera-contaminated waters, surrounding the village with disease and basically cutting them off from any aid or hope of help. (more…)
Tags: Caribbean, clean water, Disaster Relief, Drinking Water, Haiti, Lifesaver Jerrycans, Luben, Nastalie, OBI, OBI Video, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Relief, Relief Supplies, Water
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Operation Blessing staff Lara Coleman shares the latest on OBI’s relief and development projects in Haiti.
MEDAN BELIZE, Haiti – Today we brought our water truck and another vehicle filled with food down the treacherous road towards Lake Azuei. We were able to deliver 4,000 gallons of clean water and nearly 1.5 tons of food to the 45 families living in the village Medan Belize. (more…)
Tags: Canez, Caribbean, clean water, Drinking Water, Food, Food Distribution, Haiti, Haiti Projects, Hunger, Hunger Relief, Lake Azuei, Manny Food, Medan Belize, OBI, Operation Blessing International, Orphan Care, Water
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Operation Blessing staff Lara Coleman shares the latest on OBI’s relief and development projects in Haiti.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – After months of waiting and watching the little fish grow it was finally time to harvest the tilapia from Operation Blessing’s aquaponics system at Zanmi Beni Children’s Home.
Excitement was in the air as everyone watched the tilapia harvest and anticipation grew as the kitchen staff cleaned, breaded and fried the protein-packed fish. (more…)
Tags: Aquaponics, Children, Fish Farm, Haiti, Harvest, OB Haiti, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Orphan, Orphan Care, Partners In Health, Port-au-Prince, Tilapia, Zanmi Beni, Zanmi Beni Children's Home
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011

MEDAN BELIZE, Haiti – The rainy season has officially started in Haiti, and while the rains are needed for crop production, for many people the season spells trouble. Last year flooding from heavy rain spread cholera, resulting in the tragic death of thousands of Haitians. (more…)
Tags: Caribbean, clean water, Community Development, David Darg, Haiti, Lifesaver, Lifesaver Jerrycans, Lifesaver Relief, Medan Belize, Microenterprise, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Rain, Rainy Season
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – It’s Mother’s Day in Haiti, and for the kids at the Zanmi Beni Children’s Home it’s a time to celebrate and say thank you to all the staff “moms.” All of the children at Zanmi Beni are either orphans or were abandoned at birth, so it is the female staff members here that have developed special bonds with the children and shown them motherly love all year long. (more…)
Tags: Caribbean, David Darg, Haiti, Mother's Day, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Orphan, Orphan Care, Orphan's Care, Orphans, Port-au-Prince, Zanmi Beni, Zanmi Beni Children's Home
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

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…)
Tags: Caribbean, David Darg, Disaster Relief, Earthquake, Haiti, Jessica, Medical Aid, OBI, one-year anniversary, Operation Blessing, Port-au-Prince, Relief Aid
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
LUBEN, Haiti- I’ll never forget the day I met young Nastalie.

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Tags: Cholera, clean water, Haiti, Lifesaver Jerrycans, Luben, OBI, Operation Blessing, Relief, Survivor
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

LUBEN, Haiti – Tony Cece, OBI’s video producer, was on the ground in Haiti at the height of the cholera outbreak, and now, 2 months later, he is back to visit the patients he helped. (more…)
Tags: Caribbean, Cholera, Cholera Outbreak, Cholera Survivors, clean water, Disease, Haiti, Luben, OBI, Operation Blessing
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010

GRANDE SALINE, Haiti – At around 7 a.m., we loaded the box truck with a boat, motor, fuel, and about 50 gallons of chlorine solution, picked up scientists Stacy and Gretchen, and headed up the road toward St. Marc. (more…)
Tags: Artibonite, Artibonite River, Caribbean, Chlorine, Cholera, Cholera Outbreak, Cholera Relief, Cholera Response, Cholera Source, Grande Saline, Haiti, OBI, Operation Blessing, St. Marc
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Thursday, November 18th, 2010

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…)
Tags: Canaries, Caribbean, clean water, David Darg, Disaster Relief, Hurricane Relief, Hurricane Tomas, OBI, Operation Blessing, Puritabs, Relief Aid, St. Lucia, Water Purification System, Water Test Kits, WMI
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