Help for Baby Isaac
KENYA – Isaac’s life did not begin the way his mother, Naimutie, dreamed it would. Her baby boy was born...Read More
Health & Medical Care
It’s hard to imagine a child dying from diarrhea or a minor cut becoming a life-threatening infection, but this is the reality for many families around the world who have little or no access to health care or who simply cannot afford such treatment. A shortage of basic medical care, knowledge and supplies costs lives every day. Operation Blessing is helping reach the sick and impoverished through free mobile medical clinics, distributing medicine and medical supplies, providing life-changing surgeries, training and equipping community health workers and distributing wheelchairs to the disabled.
FROM THE FIELD
More Medical CareSafety For Pregnant Mothers
In Honduras, Operation Blessing is helping mothers and their unborn children stay healthy by partnering with a local free clinic....Read More
OB Partners Bless Children and Families in Peru
PERU – At just two years old, Andrea needed help desperately. She was sick and her parents, Emerson and Rosa,...Read More
Isaac Needed Help – And YOU Came Through!
When baby Isaac was born with a cleft lip, his mother, Naimutie, was heartbroken. Not only would his condition make...Read More
Miles From Civilization And No Hospital In Sight
Operation Blessing, in partnership with HOPE Citadel Foundation, conducted a medical clinic in the remote wilderness of Taveta, Kenya. Many...Read More
Getting Medicine To The Remote Tribes In Africa
Operation Blessing, in partnership with HOPE Citadel Foundation, conducted a medical clinic in the remote wilderness of Taveta, Kenya. Many...Read More
A Four-Fold Approach to Fighting Poverty
Enjoy this infographic on Operation Blessing’s four-fold pillars of humanitarian relief from our January issue of Blessings Magazine. With your...Read More
Aiding an Abandoned Child with Clubfoot
TANZANIA – Like so many children born with clubfoot, Stephano from Tanzania began his life with hardship. When Stephano’s father...Read More
Serving His Community with the Gift of Health
PERU – A few years ago, Fermin and several of his children could have died from malaria. That’s why he...Read More
Look At All You’ve Accomplished!
Over the last year you have done so many incredible things to help people around the world break the cycle...Read More
THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE
Rural Solutions:
In addition to our medical missions, Operation Blessing trains Community Health Workers in Latin America and Africa to serve their communities. With the combination of our training and a backpack filled with supplies essential to basic medical care, these men and women are able to detect health concerns early. By having trained Community Health Workers within the community, there is someone continuously in contact with families to ensure everyone is healthy.
Teaching:
At Operation Blessing, we don’t only want to treat disease—we want to prevent it. In addition to bringing medicine and early diagnostics and reporting to their communities, our Community Health Workers also educate people on proper hygiene and care. We also partner with outside organizations, like the Mayo Clinic, to provide educational material to those facing serious conditions and their families.
Strengthening Current Health Systems:
Through donations of Medical Gifts-in-Kind, we’re able to provide much-needed medication to clinics and hospitals, allowing them to give quality care to patients for no cost. With resources freed up from medication costs, they are able to spend their funds to improve facilities and care in other ways. If you would like to learn more about contributing Medical Gifts-in-Kind, please visit our page, or call a procurement manager at 1-800-436-6348.
International GIK Medicine Program
Globally minded and community focused, Operation Blessing’s strategic partnerships and special projects strengthen local health systems, equip hospitals and clinics, improve access to health care and offer educational programs to local medical professionals. Learn more about how it works
How does OBI partner with the Mayo Clinic?
In addition to working with our El Salvador team to produce informational videos on respiratory diseases and HIV, the Mayo Clinic also provides hands-on training in the field with Operation Blessing, such as bronchoscopy training and Maternal and Fetal Emergency Care education.
Community Health Workers
In poor, rural com- munities, Operation Blessing is training and equipping community health workers who can provide, organize and explain lifesaving basics to locals for injuries, illness, child- birth and more. CHWs are also equipped with first aid and other basic medical supplies.
WHAT OTHER HEALTH & MEDICAL CARE INITIATIVES DO YOU HAVE?
From hygiene education training to life-changing surgeries, Operation Blessing’s medical aid is making a difference in the world by:
Life-Changing Surgeries
Providing life-changing surgeries is an essential part of Operation Blessing’s international medical relief strategy. Whether it’s cleft lip surgery, cleft palate repair, cataract surgery, or even closing a hole in a child’s heart, these operations have a profound impact on the lives of those that receive them. Thanks to the generous support of our partners, OBI’s world medical relief program is bringing healing to those who cannot afford the surgeries they so desperately need.
Supplying chlorine
Manufacturing chlorine to distribute in areas facing devastating illness, such as cholera in Haiti or Ebola in Liberia. By providing chlorine production units and training men and women on the ground, Operation Blessing provides a constant supply of chlorine to help combat the spread of these illnesses.
Dental Clinics
In places like Guatemala, children and adults often lack access to, or cannot afford, dental care. Tooth infections, cavities, and other dental issues can cause severe pain and loss of teeth. Thanks to your support, Operation Blessing conducts dental clinics with volunteer dentists that provide care free of charge! In addition, Operation Blessing provides dental hygiene training to children in places like Honduras.
Nutritious meals
Addressing nutrition concerns before they become major health risks by providing sources of nutritious meals to children in vulnerable communities in places like Peru and Kenya.