Clean water projects
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

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…)
Tags: clean water, Drinking Water, Honduras, Latin America, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Running Water, Spring Water, Water, Yenny
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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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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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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

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…)
Tags: Africa, Bill Horan, Children, clean water, Contaminated Water, Education, Kenya, Maasai, Masai, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Orphan Care, Orphan's Care, Relief, Relief Aid, Relief Supplies, School, Water, Water Well
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

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…)
Tags: Bad Water, Badwater for Clean Water, clean water, John Lester, North America, OBI, Operation Blessing, Operation Blessing International, Water, Water Purification, Water Purification System
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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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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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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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Thursday, November 18th, 2010

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…)
Tags: Artibonite, Artibonite River, Bill Horan, Caribbean, Caribbean Harvest, Cholera, Cholera Outbreak, clean water, Contaminated Water, Disaster Relief, Grande Saline, Haiti, OBI, Operation Blessing, St. Damien Hospital, Teach a Nation to Fish, Valentin Abe, WMI
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

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…)
Tags: Chlorine, Cholera, Cholera Outbreak, Cholera Ward, clean water, Contaminated Water, Disaster, Disease, Haiti, OBI, Operation Blessing, Port-au-Prince, St. Damien Hospital, St. Luc Hospital, Water Filtration, Water Purification System
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