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Disaster Response

Under the Disaster Response Program, Operation Blessing has a three-pronged approach:

disaster preparedness and management training

relief goods distribution, and

recovery and rehabilitation.

One example of OB’s rehabilitation project after Typhoon Yolanda is the Community of Hope (COH) – a resettlement project in Tacloban that aims for a sustainable community through provision of housing and livelihood programs.

FROM THE FIELD

Rising from the rubble

by | March 13, 2023 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

Pastor Rafaelito Alosbaños, Jr. of Batuan, Bohol had never seen anything like it. "The super typhoon that hit our town was unlike any storm I had ever experienced. The wind and rain were so intense, it felt like everything was coming to an end." Pastor Rafaelito had...
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Under a makeshift roof

by | March 10, 2023 | Disaster Response, One Step Ahead Campaign, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

As a fisherman's wife, Ebsel Bone, 32, was used to living with very little. However, when a powerful storm ripped through their island and destroyed her home, she found herself struggling to keep her children safe and dry under a makeshift tarpaulin roof. Ebsel was a...
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Fruit Vendor Goes from Struggling to Thriving

by | February 14, 2023 | Community of Hope, Disaster Response, Livelihood, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

When Super Typhoon Yolanda hit the island of Leyte, Operation Blessing was among the first to organize relief efforts. But the assistance did not end there. We constructed the Community of Hope (COH), a community development project for Yolanda's most severely...
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Flooded with Hope

by | February 13, 2023 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

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God Hears Our Cry for Help

by | February 9, 2023 | Disaster Response, Stories | 0 Comments

God Hears Our Cry for HelpOn Christmas Eve, Rossel and his 7-year-old grandson, Luke, were not celebrating, but fighting for their lives—clinging to a solar light pole as chest-deep flood waters rushed toward them. “I was so scared, not just for myself but especially...
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Reconstruction materials brought hope to Limasawa residents  

by | January 9, 2023 | Disaster Response, Stories | 0 Comments

Limasawa Island was one of the most severely affected areas by Super Typhoon Odette (Rai), with 90% of the islanders' homes destroyed.  "The typhoon was intense; we thought it wasn't that strong at first, so we didn't evacuate. But, the strong wind made us nervous so...
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Losing big for something bigger

by | December 6, 2022 | Learn more about Livelihood, Livelihood, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down face-to-face classes in 2020, Community of Hope (COH) resident Juna Gamboa made an important decision for her children. “I had to give up my work in pharmacy for 8 years to help my children with their learning modules,” she shared....
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Feeling blessed

by | November 29, 2022 | Community of Hope, Learn more about Livelihood, Livelihood, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

“I feel so blessed! We are part of the last batch to arrive at the Community of Hope (COH), but blessings continue to overflow. We now have electricity, the road was fixed and cemented, and now there is livelihood assistance for us,” shares Jacob Tonido gleefully....
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Mabini Family’s road to progress

by | November 15, 2022 | Community of Hope, Disaster Response, Livelihood, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

Liza Mabini, 54, sells vegetables in Tacloban City Market with her husband, Romeo. They are both hard-working and very hands-on in their business. The Mabini family is one of the 97 families residing in Operation Blessing’s Community of Hope (COH) in Palanog. COH is...
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Bringing joy to a Dumagat’s home

by | October 25, 2022 | Disaster Response, Stories, Testimonies | 0 Comments

The Dumaya family, belonging to the Dumagat indigenous tribe in Dingalan, Aurora, lives a simple life close to the nature. The head of the family, 50-year-old Marshall Dumaya, catches fish and harvests rattan for a living. Believing there are 15 more years to wait...
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