Stories & Articles
Operation Blessing is committed to help transform people’s lives – from one who is desperate to one who is full of hope. But we cannot do so on our own. We need YOUR HELP.
Volunteer Story: Giving the Gift of Time
Christmas and New Year celebrations are occasions we usually look forward to being with our families and friends. But Ryan Del Barrio, 42, Operation Blessing’s (OB) volunteer, heed the call to travel hundreds of miles away from home to gift his time and skills to...
Clean water for Odette-affected areas in Bohol
"The water is so precious to us now because since the Typhoon Odette, we really have no water in the island. The price of 5 gallons of water container escalated to ₱100 ($1.95) from only ₱40 ($0.78) before the typhoon,” shares Pastor Samuel Blanco, 42, a minister in...
A Teacher’s Extra Effort
Teacher Jason Sarno has been teaching at Sapang Munti Elementary School (SMES) in Barangay San Mateo in Norzagaray, Bulacan for over seven years now. He hails from the same town but needs to travel for an hour to get to the school. The school caters to roughly 94...
Displaying resilience amid the pandemic
For Rachell Anne Buen, wife to a Dumagat-Remontado bloodline, life has been a tough trek she and her family endure much like the journey to Brgy. San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan where they live. That’s why when Operation Blessing has reached their place to extend help,...
LCS helps bring back clear vision
The past couple of months left Soledad Gogolin, 76, in visual difficulty as she struggled going through her daily routine. Both her eyes were affected with cataract, a clouding of the lens of the eye which impairs her vision. If it progresses, her future is unclear....
Serving Delicious and Nutritious Meals for Undernourished Kids
Every mealtime, Joan Tamang, 26, was always having difficulty feeding her children, resulting in their stunted growth. So she was overjoyed when she learned that their local church, Faith In Christ Alone, partnered with Operation Blessing to provide daily feeding for...
A Mother’s Answered Prayer
“I am not ashamed of doing everything for him since he can’t live without me,” said Dominga Martin, looking fondly at her son who was peacefully waiting for his new gift of mobility. Nanang Ingga, as she wanted to be called, is 79 years old; but despite her age, she...
Hope after the storm
“The water was waist-deep we had to move our belongings and place it on top of our double deck bed. We couldn’t go out because it was very windy, we had to endure the flood until 4 in the morning. We couldn’t sleep, we kept praying for safety, and for the typhoon to...
No Longer Homebound
She has been crawling for 45 years. She was suddenly deprived of her mobility, so her husband and sons have been tending to her every need since. When Visitacion Batangan, now 65, gave birth to her first son, she felt a surging pain in the lower part of her body....
Broken house but not a broken hope
The family of Lilibeth Anos, 43 years old and mother of 3, is just one of the hundreds that were affected by typhoon Jolina when it hit Samar province last September this year. Their house is made of wood and nipa’s, and it was badly damaged. Most of their belongings...
Father’s sacrifice fuels daughter’s dreams
“I can see that it is very hard for our father to serve not just as a father to us, but also as a mother, so I promised myself to study hard until I graduate and someday help lessen my father’s hardships,” says Jessa Domingo. When Jessa’s parents separated, she and...
Struggles end as gratitude begins
A severe tropical storm locally known as Maring made a heavy rainfall on October 11, 2021, in northern Luzon, wreaking havoc on the region. Many people from different municipalities and barangays have been affected and displaced due to rising floodwaters. One of the...