Tag Archives: Bill Horan

Beauty among the squalor

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORT-AU-PRINCE – The rain came down so hard it woke me up in the night. It’s 5 a.m. and I hear water gurgling in the downspout and splattering on the concrete slab outside my door.

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Rainy nights, busy days

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Bill Horan

HAITI – We are in the new house now, and can finally get a full night’s sleep without interruption from street noise, mosquitos or a generator that growls all night like an angry bear.

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Relief for Camp Dadadou

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Dadadou is a tent city in Port-au-Prince where about 7,000 quake victims are living in tents set up on a sun-scalded AstroTurf soccer field.

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A day in the life of a relief worker

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – I’m up at 4:20 a.m. The guest house was still quiet except for the steady purr of the diesel generator in the darkened courtyard.

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Water arrives to 3,000-person camp

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORt-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – We started the day meeting with two lead doctors at Partners in Health’s (PIH) temporary headquarters. They told us about a PIH clinic at a camp called Dadadou. They explained that there was no well or source … Continue reading →

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Journey for relief: Unreached villages get aid

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORt-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – This morning, David, Kumar, Joe, Jon, Pradel and I drove to our rented OBI warehouse across the street from the Port-au-Prince airport. Our local team of 12 Haitian workers and drivers were there, all wearing OBI T-shirts.

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Road to Haiti

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Bill Horan

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – I’ve been awake since 4 a.m. The rest of the Operation Blessing team is still sleeping, but a life-long habit of rising early along with some raucous roosters have me wide-eyed and bushy-tailed.

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“An amazing exhibit”

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Bill Horan

BEIJING, China – Yesterday we unveiled a dramatic photo exhibit – near Beijing’s Tiananmen Square – depicting the recovery of Yao Jin village following the Great Sichuan Quake. The event is part of the 1-year anniversary celebration recognizing the incredible … Continue reading →

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Bringing light into the darkness

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Bill Horan

ITALY – As I approached the rubble of a 700-year-old church in Villa Sant’Angelo, Italy, a small, historic village that was devastated by the April 5 quake, I noticed that time had stopped. According to the local mayor, the quake … Continue reading →

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Adopt-A-Village: Yao Jin Rebuilds

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Bill Horan

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Vision for a new village takes shape

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Bill Horan

YAO JIN, China – This morning while driving to the village, I spotted the yellow crane towering above the trees from about a mile away. In such a peaceful rural setting, the crane looked out of place in the same … Continue reading →

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Crane convoy arrives, teams work into the night

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Bill Horan

YAO JIN VILLAGE, China – Having spent most of my life in the contracting and construction business, I am all too aware of the countless factors that can upset the “best laid plans of mice and men.” There are many … Continue reading →