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DISASTER RESPONSE
Helping hurting communities recover and rebuild after crisis.
Rush Relief Now
Wherever disaster and poverty strike, you can be there to make a difference for someone in need. Your generosity provides emergency food, clean water, medical aid, and shelter, bringing hope to those who are suffering. But recovery doesn’t end when the storm passes. Your support also helps families rebuild their homes, restore their incomes, and regain stability for the future. Be a lifeline today.
Recent Disaster Responses
Where Your Generosity is Bringing Hope
Together, We Strike Back
When disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, or other humanitarian crises strike, YOU are there to show hurting people God’s love.
Operation Blessing staff and volunteers are among the first on the ground, partnering with emergency management and local churches to bring food, clean water, medicine, and other vital supplies to meet the immediate needs of the suffering.
Then, after others have left, you continue to help with the long-term disaster recovery process. We assist hurting homeowners with debris clean up and repairs, as well as empowering families with microenterprise solutions to get back on their feet.
Operation Blessing’s Impact
FY 2025 STATS
8
different types of disasters
33
global responses in 12 countries
13
disasters across 11 U.S. states
HOW WE RESPOND
When the world is in trouble, our teams rush to help in the following ways:
When disaster strikes, every second counts. You provide emergency food, water, medical care, and shelter to families facing devastation.
Impact: Immediate relief saves lives, gives hope, and shows God’s love in times of crisis.
Relief doesn’t end when the storm passes. Your support repairs homes, restores livelihoods, and helps communities recover stronger.
Impact: As homes and incomes are restored, families regain stability for the future.
Preparation saves lives. You help communities create emergency plans, stock relief supplies, and support refugees in rebuilding their lives.
Impact: Families and communities become more resilient to future crises.
Volunteer
Be the hands and feet of Jesus! When major hurricanes, tornadoes and other devastating storms strike the U.S., volunteers become a key component of Operation Blessing’s disaster relief efforts. From serving hot meals and handing out bags of relief to helping residents salvage precious belongings and aiding in debris removal and cleanup, OB volunteers are critical to bringing relief in real time
Natural Disasters
When disasters like tornadoes or earthquakes leave communities devastated, our teams rush immediate relief to the hurting and provide help with the recovery process afterwards. We bring critical supplies like food, water, and cleanup materials to disaster victims as well as medical care and repair assistance.
Hurricane Relief
Powerful cyclonic storms bring destructive winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges to coastal regions.
Tornado Relief
Rotating funnel clouds with intense winds cause localized damage to communities in their path.
Earthquake Relief
Sudden ground shaking from shifting tectonic plates damages buildings and disrupts lives.
Wildfire Relief
Fast-moving fires fueled by dry vegetation and strong winds ravage forests and communities.
Flooding Relief
Rising water levels from heavy rains or overflowing rivers ruin homes and infrastructure.
Drought Relief
Extended periods of low rainfall lead to water scarcity, crop failures, and hardship.
War and Humanitarian Crises
During some of the world’s worst moments, you can make a difference. Your support makes it possible for Operation Blessing to bring food, medical care, clean water, and shelter to refugees, victims of war, internally displaced persons, and others in need during times of disaster, conflict, and crisis.
How You Can Help
In the face of violent conflicts, political instability, and mass displacement, Operation Blessing brings hope and vital resources to families caught in the crosshairs. Our crisis response teams rapidly mobilize to reach devastated communities with food, clean water, medical care and other critical aid.
Response Strategies:
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- Emergency Food and Water
- Mobile Medical Care
- Shelter and Essentials
- Refugee and IDP Assistance
- Emotional and Spiritual Care
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Recent Crisis Response Highlights:
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- Ukraine: Providing emergency food, water, and medical aid to families displaced by war
- Chile: Supporting emergency medical needs and long-term rebuilding efforts after historic wildfires
- Armenia: Offering assistance to refugees and IDPs fleeing ethnic conflict
- Israel: Helping families find shelter and supplies after being forced from their homes by Hamas
Your support empowers Operation Blessing to bring practical help and renewed hope to hurting families in their darkest hours. Join us in showing God’s love to those in crisis.
GET INVOLVED
Put Your Compassion into Action.
Join Operation Blessing in bringing hope to the hurting across the U.S. and worldwide.
Drew Friedrich, President