by Chelsea Lord | May 9, 2018 | Child Development, Clean Water, Disaster Response
SENEGAL – In many countries, accessing a computer is as easy as walking into the next room or visiting your local library. But in Dakar, Senegal, it can be difficult for children to find a computer they can use to help them learn and grow. That’s why Operation...
by Operation Blessing | May 4, 2018 | Clean Water
PERU – Perched high in the Peruvian Andes, the city of Cusco was once the capital of the ancient Inca Empire. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, nearly 2 million tourists a year flock to this iconic destination. For those living in the mountains and valleys...
by Chelsea Lord | May 2, 2018 | Clean Water, Disaster Response
MAURITANIA – Women living in Nouakchott — the capital of the African country of Mauritania — have little more than the work of their hands to help them provide for their families. Operation Blessing is working with local organization, Hands for Africa, to create the...
by David Goldfinch | Apr 25, 2018 | Clean Water, Disaster Response, Medical Care
KENYA – In addition to groundbreaking biological mosquito control projects in places like Honduras, Operation Blessing teams are also responding to recent outbreaks of dangerous and deadly mosquito-borne disease such as malaria in Kenya. During a recent distribution,...
by Operation Blessing | Apr 23, 2018 | Medical Care
GUATEMALA – When their daughter Dulce was born, loving parents Alfredo and Erenia were overjoyed. However, the doctors had some bad news. “Since Dulce was born we knew that things were not right,” Alfredo said. “The doctors told us that she was born with strabismus,...
by WPSecurityLock | Apr 20, 2018 | Clean Water, Disaster Response
LIBERIA – Imagine the life of a villager in remote Africa: living in a mud hut, working the fields each day, growing crops like rice and cassava. There’s no easy access to education or health care. One must travel long and dangerous distances, or simply manage without...
by David Goldfinch | Apr 18, 2018 | Child Development
HAITI – In 2010, a devastating earthquake affected millions of Haitians. Makeshift “tent cities” formed out of the rubble of Port-au-Prince. The vulnerable children living in these areas succumbed to begging, suffered violence, and quickly became malnourished....
by Operation Blessing | Mar 14, 2018 | Clean Water
There’s nothing more essential to human life than water. Without it, the human body can’t survive more than a few days at most. Though safe water is something often taken for granted in the western world, in developing nations water can be the single greatest need for...
by David Goldfinch | Mar 7, 2018 | Child Development
In Mexico the non-profit “El Pozo De Vida” functions as a refuge for women who have been trafficked and sexually abused. They provide a safe space for these women to live and recuperate from the trauma of sex trafficking. But the safe-home they were renting for these...
by Chelsea Lord | Feb 26, 2018 | Disaster Response
TEXAS – Annie has always been an advocate for others, especially after surviving a kidnapping when she was a teenager. But when her home was left in ruins after Hurricane Harvey struck, she struggled to find someone willing to help. Over four feet of water flooded...
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