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Hurricane Katrina :  2008  2007  2006  2005
Tsunami :  2008  2007  2006  2005

United States
2008

Tornado victims sift through the ruins
Red Cross and Operation Blessing support emergency workers
Virginia residents stunned by tornado damage
Tornado destruction: "It smelled like a wet day at the dump"
Tornadoes rip through southeastern VA
Thousands turn out for county-wide clean-up
OBI wraps up Katrina efforts, helps 2.7 million people
OBI and FEMA link arms to aid tornado victims
Deadly tornadoes strike South, OBI responds with aid
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2007

Hurricane katrina mom gets second chance at Christmas
Floodwaters soak Pacific Northwest
OBI delivers aid to California wildfire evacuees
Nagin to Congress: "OBI is only public clinic in New Orleans East" | Video | Photo Essay
Katrina mom gets a second chance | Video | Photo Essay
New Orleans residents still desperate for medical care
Volunteers help make medical event a success
Tornados rip through Arkansas
Rat Busters take on New Orleans
OBI launches new rodent-control program in New Orleans
Widower finds help at New Orleans clinic
OBI provides $1 million in free dental services
OBI continues emergency relief efforts, clean-up in Florida
"Medical Recovery Week" brings relief to thousands
Free medical event offers health care, hope for Katrina's uninsured
"Medical Recovery Week" offers free healthcare to hurricane victims
Hurricane-devastated school gets a facelift thanks to OBI
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2006

Joy of Christmas restored for Hurricane Katrina victim
'Newly-made poor' find relief at OBI medical clinic
New Orleans resident gets extreme makeover
OBI renovates home for displaced family
Pastor offers hurricane victims a "City of Hope"
'Bug Busters' fight threat of West Nile virus in Louisiana
Volunteers save home of struggling couple
Operation Blessing helps local hero
Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates free medical clinic
Churches raising funds for disaster relief
Operation Blessing expands medical clinic in New Orleans East
Single mom gets home makeover
Gambusia fish bite back
Mobile kitchen provides meals and comfort to community
Healthcare crisis in New Orleans
Elderly woman overjoyed with help from student volunteers
Spring Break Students Bring Fresh Start for Katrina Victims
OBI cleans up rat-infested home
Building a ramp for Wade
Katrina's Fury: Then & Now
Operation Blessing to Launch Medical Clinic in New Orleans
'We Love New Orleans' Event Celebrates Katrina Victims
OBI Gives Away Homes to Katrina Victims
Revisiting Katrina: A Story of Hope
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2005

Recovery Efforts Continue in Gulf Coast
Local Church Gives Hurricane Victims a 'Good Night's Rest'
Lousiana Resident Receives Help, New Home
OBI's New Mobile Kitchen Serves Thousands
OBI Distributions Easing Suffering of Katrina Victims
Kitchens Providing Essential Aid to Hurricane Victims
Operation Blessing Responding to Hurricane Katrina
OBI, AmeriCorps Partner to Repair Roofs
Operation Blessing Gets Ready for a Busy Storm Season
OBI Responds to Wilma
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2004

Grateful Hurricane Survivors
Hurricane Victims Discovered Living in a Horse Trailer
Emergency Relief for Low Income Families
NYC Heals Together
Food for Hungry Hurricane Survivors
OBI's Arm of Hurricane Relief Spans Across Florida
Victims of Hurricane Jeanne, Ivan, Frances & Charley Need Your Help
Turning Tragedy into Triumph
Compassion After Ivan's Reign of Terror in Alabama
Florida Couple Cares For Neighbors
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2003

Hurricane Communities Help Each Other
Helping Hurricane Victims Begin Again
Thousands Fed From Mobile Canteens
Driven To Serve
Helping With The Power Crisis
Hurricane Isabel Victims Seeking Relief
Aiding Hurricane Isabel Victims
Hearts Are Healing In NYC
Tornado Relief Continues
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2002

Supporting Tennessee's Tornado Survivors
In Remembrance We Press Forward
Fire Victims Ignite Unity
Disaster Relief For Flood Victims In The South
After Six Months The Healing Continues
Flood Relief For Appalachia
American Children's Healing Words Delivered To Afghan Students
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2001

Feeding New York Relief Teams
Hunger Strike Force Delivers Relief To Determined Rescue Teams
New York Rescue Teams Mark 10 Days
OBI Assists Tennessee Fire Fighters In New York Relief
Reporting From Ground Zero, New York
OBI Partnering Ministry Serves At "Ground Zero"
OBI's New York Center Plans To Bring Long-term Relief To Rescue Workers
OBI Responds to Tuesday's Devastating Attack
Operation Blessing Mobilizes To Help Victims In Today's Terrorist Attacks Against The U.S.
News Flash... OBI Volunteers Send Help To Houston Flood Victims!
North Dakota Preps Levees as Dangerous Floodwaters Begin To Crest
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Africa
2008

OBI responds to ethnic violence in Kenya
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2007

Supplies help flooded Nigerian villages stay alive
Cries of Sudan
A Father's love
Sudanese doctor treats 150 patients a day
Stranded flood victims in Mozambique head home
Relief efforts resume in flood-stricken Mozambique
Rising floodwaters leave thousands stranded
Floods in Mozambique leave thousands homeless
Relief for Sudan's refugees
War-torn Somalia battles floods, malaria
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2006

OBI and Humedica to bring medical relief to over 40,000 refugees
Flood Relief Ends in West Africa
Refugee crisis in Darfur
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2005

Aid, Medicine Arrives for Flood Victims in West Africa
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2002

To Zambia With Love
Southeastern African Famine Relief Continues
OBI Helps Goma's Volcano Victims
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2001

Mercy Packs For Mozambique Flood Victims
Dangerous Floods Hit Mozambique Again!
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Asia
2008

Relief efforts start to pour into China
Massive earthquake rocks China
Estimated 1.9 million survivors in need
OBI disaster relief specialist on the ground in Myanmar
Aid worker: "All we can do is pray"
Death toll climbs; relief workers struggle to get in country
Cyclone slams Burma, death toll on the rise
OB China helps snowstorm victims prepare for spring
China's orphans and elderly battle icy conditions
China hit with worst snow storm in 50 years
Widow and daughter start over after the cyclone
Elderly cyclone victim reaches out for help
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2007

After harrowing journey, water systems arrive safely
Cyclone claims one man's entire family
Pregnant flood survivor safely gives birth
Cyclone victims: "The sea has become our enemy"
OBI rushes aid to the people of Bangladesh
Medicine reaches Bangladesh cyclone victims
Indonesians traumatized by string of earthquakes
OBI first to arrive in quake zone in Indonesia
China not spared from floods
India floods displace millions, cholera on the rise
Flooding devastates Pakistan | Video | Photo Essay
Health clinics open on earthquake-devastated island
Indonesian landslides bury villages
New health centers, school for Indonesian earthquake victims
Flood relief continues in Indonesia
Indonesian floods leave 340,000 homeless
Flooding and landslides in Indonesia displace 400,000
Cash-for-work programs revitalize typhoon-devastated communities
Survivor recalls hope and tragedy behind 2004 tsunami
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2006

Mother and infant buried alive, OBI medical teams evacuate to safety
OBI builds new roofs for typhoon-damaged homes
Colorful crepes create successful microenterprise
Typhoon Milenyo tears into the Philippines
Fire destroys homes in Indonesia
Volcanoes, mudslides, and oil spills plague the Philippines
Brick factory aids in recovery
Bricks and boats bring employment opportunities to Indonesia
Flooding continues in Central Borneo
OBI continues to treat victims of quake, tsunami
Emergency medical teams reach flood victims in Indonesia
Emergency medical teams reach flood victims in Indonesia
Medical teams treat wounded in remote Indonesian villages
Reaching the homeless of Indonesia
Aid arrives for earthquake victims
Relief continues for survivors of Indonesian earthquake
Operation Blessing medical teams rush to treat quake victims
Operation Blessing is first-responder at Indonesia earthquake
Relief for Mudslide Survivors in the Philippines
OB Indonesia Opens Emergency Medical Clinic for Flash Flood Victims
Tsunami Relief: One Year Later
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2005

Flooding in Philippines Forces Evacuation of Thousands
OBI Relief Teams Bring Aid to Earthquake Victims
Recovery and Rebuilding in Aceh
Perseverance Yields Provision for Tsunami Victim
OBI Center Integral in Tsunami Victim's Recovery
Operation Blessing Adopts Indonesian Villages
Building Boats & Rebuilding Lives in Indonesia
Earthquake Critically Injures Little Cynthia
Building Homes for Indonesian Tsunami Families
Indonesian Boy Wants Life to Be Normal Again
New Fishing Boats for Thai Tsunami Survivors
A Wave of Compassion for Zakaria
Helping Tsunami Survivors Like Udin
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2004

Filipino Typhoon Victims Receive Assistance
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Disaster Relief Given To China's Summer Mud Slide & Typhoon Victims
North Korea's Farmers Are Starving!
Food For The Farmer
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Europe and Middle East
2008

Community centers offer refuge for war victims
Centers open for Israel's war victims
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2007

Devastating floods wreak havoc in southern Romania
Trees for Israel
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2006

Monsoon floods wash out Indian villages
War-torn villages receive food, water
Number of Mideast Refugees Surge
OBI aids thousands in Israel and Lebanon
OBI distributes food, aid to Israeli and Lebanese refugees
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2005

Romania Flood Relief Lends Essential Supplies
OBI Relief Teams Give Blankets to Earthquake Victims
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2003

Delivering Aid with Military Help
Iraqi Patients Cool Off In Looted Hospitals
Volunteer Nurses Teach Life In Iraqi Labor and Delivery
Volunteer Surgeons Save Mozafar's Life
Restoration For An Ancient People
Rebuilding Afghanistan One Family At A Time
Help Feed Hungry Afghan Families
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2002

Two Brothers' Journey To Freedom
Healing In Afghanistan Has Begun
Tending A Precious Package
Lifting The Veil Of Depression
A Lost Childhood
Healing The Wounds Of Afghan Children
On The Scene Mending The Broken
Constructing Solid Shelter For Quake Victims
From The Field: The Promise of Healing
Urgent Need For Afghan Quake Victims
Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core
On-the-scene Report:Innocence Lost In Afghanistan
A Relief Worker's Diary - A Kabul Encounter
An Afghan Widow's Story
Gratitude From Lalender, Afghanistan
Lalandar's Caravan of Hope
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2001

Afghan Relief Will Continue Into 2002
OBI Disaster Team Reaches Flooded Indian Villages First
Halt! Kosovo Construction Zone Ahead!
Rescuing India's Disaster Victims
India's Earthquake Victims Receive Assistance
Urgent Need in India
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Latin America
2008

Girl survives after wall collapses; OBI aids Peru's flood victims
Water systems provide immediate relief for Bolivians
Water purification systems aid hospital patients, flood victims
Water systems arrive for flood-ravaged towns
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2007

OBI brings $500,000 in medicine to Mexico's flood victims
Water systems bring relief to flood victims
Mexico floods leave 500,000 homeless
Refugee camps provide shelter, aid for Peru's earthquake victims
Food, supplies reach Felix victims in Nicaragua | Video | Photo Essay
Food, medicine airlifted to storm-ravaged Nicaragua | BLOG | Video | Photo Essay
Aid slowly arrives for victims of Hurricane Felix | Photo Essay
Hurricane Felix still poses threat of floods, mudslides
Mexico's Mennonites struggling after Dean | Video
Families take refuge in stable to escape Dean's floods | BLOG | Video
Roof panels, food bring relief to hurricane victims | BLOG | Video
Dean hits Mexico a second time | Video
Hurricane Dean slams Mexico
Emergency supplies reaching 10,000 quake victims a day | Video | Photo Essay
Relief efforts pour into hardest hit areas of Peru
Blog: Peru quake survivors camp outside in bitter cold | Vlog
8.0-magnitude quake strikes Peru, OB medical teams dispatched
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2006

New rice mill spurs Nicaraguan economy
Operation Blessing feeds over 6,000 Guatemalan children
Rice Mill Revives Nicaraguan Village
Refugee Camp in El Salvador in Dire Need
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Tarahumara Indians Receive Drought Assistance
Giving Nourishment To El Salvador's Earthquake Victims
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2001

El Salvador Slowly Rebuilds After Winter's Earthquakes
OBI Helps World Care With Medical Relief In Chile
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Hurricane Katrina
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2007

Mayo Clinic is making the rounds with OBI in New Orleans
Rat Busters take on New Orleans
OBI launches new rodent-control program in New Orleans
Widower finds help at New Orleans clinic
OBI provides $1 million in free dental services
"Medical Recovery Week" brings relief to thousands
Free medical event offers health care, hope for Katrina's uninsured
"Medical Recovery Week" offers free healthcare to hurricane victims
Hurricane-devastated school gets a facelift thanks to OBI
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2006

Joy of Christmas restored for Hurricane Katrina victim
'Newly-made poor' find relief at OBI medical clinic
New Orleans resident gets extreme makeover
OBI renovates home for displaced family
Pastor offers hurricane victims a "City of Hope"
'Bug Busters' fight threat of West Nile virus in Louisiana
Volunteers save home of struggling couple
Operation Blessing helps local hero
Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates free medical clinic
Operation Blessing expands medical clinic in New Orleans East
Single mom gets home makeover
Gambusia fish bite back
Mobile kitchen provides meals and comfort to community
Healthcare crisis in New Orleans
Elderly woman overjoyed with help from student volunteers
Spring Break Students Bring Fresh Start for Katrina Victims
OBI cleans up rat-infested home
Building a ramp for Wade
Katrina's Fury: Then & Now
Operation Blessing to Launch Medical Clinic in New Orleans
'We Love New Orleans' Event Celebrates Katrina Victims
OBI Gives Away Homes to Katrina Victims
Revisiting Katrina: A Story of Hope
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2005

Recovery Efforts Continue in Gulf Coast
Local Church Gives Hurricane Victims a 'Good Night's Rest'
Lousiana Resident Receives Help, New Home
OBI's New Mobile Kitchen Serves Thousands
OBI Distributions Easing Suffering of Katrina Victims
Kitchens Providing Essential Aid to Hurricane Victims
Operation Blessing Responding to Hurricane Katrina
OBI, AmeriCorps Partner to Repair Roofs
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Tsunami
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2007

Literacy center spells hope for tsunami victim
Presidential service awards honor volunteers
Survivor recalls hope and tragedy behind 2004 tsunami
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2006

Brick factory aids in recovery
Bricks and boats bring employment opportunities to Indonesia
Tsunami Relief: One Year Later
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2005

Perseverance Yields Provision for Tsunami Victim
Operation Blessing Adopts Indonesian Villages
Recovery and Rebuilding in Aceh
Perseverance Yields Provision for Tsunami Victim
OBI Center Integral in Tsunami Victim's Recovery
Building Boats & Rebuilding Lives in Indonesia
Building Homes for Indonesian Tsunami Families
Indonesian Boy Wants Life to Be Normal Again
New Fishing Boats for Thai Tsunami Survivors
A Wave of Compassion for Zakaria
Helping Tsunami Survivors Like Udin
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