by Operation Blessing | Jan 9, 2024 | Medical Care
PERU – There is no place quite like it: the Floating Uros Islands of Lake Titicaca—the highest navigable lake on earth. Tourists flock to the southern highlands of Peru to see this remarkable site and learn about its inhabitants. Here, on the outskirts of the...
by Operation Blessing | Jan 8, 2024 | Disaster Response
JAPAN – Following an earthquake in Japan, Operation Blessing Japan (OBJ), an international NGO, began emergency disaster relief activities on January 4th, following the 7.6 M earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture at 4:10 p.m. on...
by Operation Blessing | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
ISRAEL — Jovelle is alone now—because terrorists took her husband’s life. “He didn’t even see our son,” she said, weeping. “It was only 3 weeks before my due date.” On October 7, Hamas militants invaded Israel near the Gaza strip, brutally murdering civilians without...
by Operation Blessing | Dec 10, 2023 | Disaster Response
MOROCCO – Just as 14-year-old Oumaima’s family settled in for a good night’s rest, suddenly the shaking began. Cups and plates clacked, and items started leaping from their shelves. The crash of glass breaking mingled with muffled shouts as the walls and roof...
by Operation Blessing | Dec 9, 2023 | Clean Water
MEXICO – When 8-year-old Claudia was still a very small child, she would cry when she had to gather water with her family. Helping her parents carry water from the cisterns a half- mile away had been a chore for Claudia since she was just 5 years old—old enough...