by Operation Blessing | Sep 5, 2024 | Health & Medical Care, Latin America, Stories, Videos
COSTA RICA – Yuleisi, a 24-year-old single mother from Costa Rica, faced a daily struggle that impacted every aspect of her life. Diagnosed with Pterygium, an eye condition that caused blurred vision, burning, and irritation, Yuleisi’s ability to work and...
by Operation Blessing | Sep 5, 2024 | Latin America, Safe Water Projects, Stories
MEXICO – Extreme poverty has long marked many of the rural villages throughout the Chiapas region in southern Mexico. Families have struggled to meet their most basic needs—like access to healthcare, finding water to drink, and earning a livable income. They had...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 20, 2024 | Africa, Brazil, Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief Stories, Europe, Latin America, Natural Disaster, Stories, United States
WORLDWIDE – This year we’ve already seen countless tragedies around the globe. The U.S. has faced hundreds of tornadoes and powerful storms. Flooding has ravaged Kenya and Brazil. War and political upheaval continue to wreak havoc in Ukraine and Israel. And vulnerable...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 18, 2024 | Health & Medical Care, Latin America, Videos
MEXICO – Iker, a spirited five-year-old from Mexico, was born with an umbilical hernia. As he grew, so did his discomfort. What started as a minor inconvenience soon became an unbearable pain, especially after playing or running. “My tummy hurt a...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 16, 2024 | Africa, Hunger Relief, Microenterprise, Stories, Videos
SENEGAL – Focusing on school can be difficult enough on its own. Studying for tests, keeping up with the coursework, plus balancing the rest of life can prove to be challenging. Now compound this with the stress of dealing with a personal tragedy. Astou, a young...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 15, 2024 | Health & Medical Care, Hunger Relief, Stories, United States
UNITED STATES – Delbert and Belinda were used to living a stable life until illness swept in and changed everything. Delbert became sick while at work and was admitted to the hospital. Diagnosed with MRSA and double pneumonia, he faced a long hospital stay and slow...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 15, 2024 | Health & Medical Care, Latin America, Stories
HONDURAS – Five-year-old Josue loves to play soccer and dreams of becoming a police officer someday. But Josue was born with a hernia that only got larger and more painful as he grew. Your generosity would be the catalyst that would help restore health to this child....
by Operation Blessing | Aug 14, 2024 | Latin America, Safe Water Projects, Videos
HONDURAS – In Yarguera, Honduras, the need for clean water was urgent. Families were suffering from waterborne illnesses, and children like Michel had no safe water to drink. The water scarcity negatively impacted every area of their lives. The people of...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 13, 2024 | Asia, Safe Water Projects, Stories
INDONESIA – It might seem like such a simple thing to those of us here in the States: making sure people have access to pure, fresh drinking water. But in the mountainous region of Indonesia, it has not been simple at all. Generation after generation watched its...
by Operation Blessing | Aug 12, 2024 | Health & Medical Care, Hunger Relief, Latin America, Microenterprise, Videos
HONDURAS – The future looked bleak for Jorge and his family after an accident broke his leg. As a hardworking woodcutter, his family depended on him to provide for their daily needs. With his leg broken, they faced hunger. To make matters worse, Jorge...
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