Clean water projects

Live Your Faith: Water for Yenny

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Yenny in Honduras has to make 3 or 4 trips to collect water every day

Over the next two weeks we’ll be sharing a series of inspiring stories and videos as part of our annual partnership drive. As you reflect on these stories, consider joining our efforts and renewing your support as an Operation Blessing Monthly Partner.

HONDURAS – Four times a day, Yenny descends a steep mountain slope from her village to collect water from their only source—a natural spring. But it isn’t the trip down the mountain that is so grueling; it’s the climb back up. (more…)

Haiti recovery: Two years later

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Rebuilding Haiti, 2 years later

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…)

Watch: Celebrating Nastalie’s Gift of Love

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…)

Food, water for impoverished Haitian community

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Little boy in Haiti waits for food distribution.

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…)

Protecting the children of Kenya

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

In Kenya, Operation Blessing is building a school for Masai children.

KENYA – Today we visited a Masai village where Operation Blessing is building a new school. This building will prevent the need for children to walk over two miles through tall grasses where they have sometimes been trampled by elephants and attacked by lions. (more…)

Badwater for clean water

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Children around the world are drinking bad water, but John Lester and Operation Blessing are trying to change that.

DEATH VALLEY – 5 days. 306 miles. 1 goal. Find out what’s driving Jason Lester, ESPY award winner and ultra endurance athlete, to run 306 grueling miles along the Badwater course through Death Valley to help raise $1 million for Operation Blessing’s clean water projects. (more…)

Turning a problem into a solution

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The houses in the village of Medal Belize have thatched roofs that allow rain to penetrate through.

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…)

A tender touch

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

LUBEN, Haiti- I’ll never forget the day I met young Nastalie.

Operation Blessing staff revisits the village of Luben, Haiti where OBI had distributed Lifesaver Jerrycans during the cholera outbreak.

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Scientists’ research could lead to breakthrough in fight against cholera

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Operation Blessing assists two scientists researching the cholera outbreak in Haiti

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…)

Bringing clean water to St. Lucia

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

 Operation Blessing brings two WMI water purification units to St. Lucia in the wake of Hurricane Tomas

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…)

Scientists plan boat trip down the cholera-contaminated Artibonite River

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Operation Blessing assists two scientists researching the cholera outbreak in Haiti

HAITI – We are leaving at 7 a.m. for a three hour drive north to what I call “The Mesopotamia of Misery,” otherwise known as the Artibonite River. The Artibonite seems to be the main source of the cholera bacteria in Haiti. (more…)

“Fear hangs over Haiti like a thick fog”

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Operation Blessing and St. Damien Hospital develop an isolated cholera unit in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – In Port-au-Prince, cholera is killing people, and hundreds of thousands of Haitians are held hostage by fear of catching the disease. Most Haitians think of cholera as a death sentence. (more…)

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