Post Tagged with: "Operation Blessing"

This week at CBN Asia, we are looking at how our humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing Philippines, is bringing hope and cheer to the under-privileged children of our nation. Ang mga batang pinupuntahan during Holiday of Hope and Cheer, ‘yung mga batang hindi nakaka-experience ng saya, ‘yung mga batang nasa mga stressful situations, yung Operation Blessing gumagawa ng mga activities pagbibigay [...]

This week at CBN Asia, we are looking at how our humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing Philippines, continues to help those who have been affected by Typhoon Pablo. In the two weeks that Operation Blessing Philippines has been doing disaster relief in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, they have already distributed relief goods to more than 8,000 people and fed 2,000 [...]

This week at CBN Asia, we stand with the more than five million Filipinos living in the more than two thousand barangays in Southern Philippines that have been affected by Typhoon Pablo. According to Charlita: Limampung taon ako nakatira rito. Ngayon lang kami binagyo ng ganito. Walang natira sa gamit namin. Pati yung bahay naming nagiba. To date, our humanitarian [...]

(visit this page to partner with Operation Blessing Philippines in our current relief operations in Compostella Valley) The death toll is now over 500 after a major typhoon hit the Philippines earlier this week. More than 400 people are still missing, and more than 310,000 people have lost their homes. In the southern island of Mindanao, powerful Typhoon Bopha wiped [...]

TAYTAY, Rizal — Roderick loves to play outdoors. He is an energetic kid who enjoys the warm weather while chasing and playing tag with other kids.  He is having fun while the other kids make fun of his condition—being special. Roderick has bacterial meningitis, which caused his learning disabilities, hearing loss, visual impairment, and immobility. His mother thought it was [...]

This week at CBN Asia, we will be looking at how our humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing, transformed the lives of an Aeta community in Mabalakat, Pampanga through Operation Blessing’s program, Communities of Hope. ‘Yung mga kababayan nating mga Aetas sa Pampanga, hirap tugunan ang pangangailangan ng kanilang pamilya. They couldn’t even afford to pay for a water bill that would [...]

TAYTAY, Rizal – It all started one fine September morning last year. Nanay Socorro, 67, woke up not feeling well. Then she realized she couldn’t move her feet to stand up. Last thing she remembered was she stumbled and fell on the floor.  Immediately, Nanay Socorro was rushed to the nearest hospital. The doctors confirmed the old woman had a stroke [...]

Recently, CBN Asia’s humanitarian arm, Operation Blessing, received an award of recognition for its exemplary disaster relief efforts during typhoons Pedring and Quiel. Pero alam niyo bang hindi ito ang unang award na nakuha ng Operation Blessing? Operation Blessing was also chosen as the NGO of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and the NGO of the Year for Peace [...]

TAYTAY, Rizal – A life full of hardships is nothing new to Jennifer. She was born with a club foot. While growing up, she was left by her parents to her grandmother.  Though embattled with sufferings at such an early age, Jennifer did not let her disability become a liability. Instead, she used it as a motivation to keep on [...]

MABALACAT, Pampanga — This town experienced abundance of water in extreme measure when the August monsoon rains drenched floodplains in Pampanga. Some Kapampangans wished that instead of flooding the streets, water would flow freely from the faucets in their bathrooms and sinks.  Daisy Cortez, 40, a mother of nine from Sitio Dungan in Barangay Tabun, was one of them. Her family was [...]

SANTO TOMAS, Pampanga — Years ago, Kriezl used to be like most children. She lived a carefree life, making the most of her childhood. Like her friends, she loved sweets and enjoyed their delectable taste. But after a grave diagnosis that turned her life around, those enjoyable treats became poison and her carefree life was soon became complicated with insulin injections.  Kriezl Incillo, [...]

MUNTINLUPA CITY — “It will probably be here ‘til December,” said Analie Elvinea of the chest-high flood that invaded her home in Barangay Poblacion. The unprecedented monsoon rains that swept the Philippines over the past week has left countless communities drenched, and it looks like many of them will stay that way for some time. Analie’s barangay lies on the [...]

Back-to-back typhoon and monsoon rains in the Philippines have already surpassed the deluge brought by 2009’s Typhoon Ondoy, the worst flooding in the country’s recent memory. After days of flooding spawned by Typhoon Gener, Operation Blessing, the humanitarian arm of CBN Asia, was able to serve 400 displaced families in the towns of Angono in Rizal and Obando in Bulacan. PHOTOS: See Operation Blessing [...]

RODRIGUEZ, Rizal — “God is good!” exclaimed 24-year-old mother Nice Sarmiento, who lives in the foothills of the Sierra Madre. After months of earnest praying, the Lord finally granted her request. “I kept asking God if He could restore my sari-sari store,” she shared. And during one rainy morning in June, her request was granted. Test of Faith For more [...]

VIGA, Catanduanes — At one point in her life, she thought her dreams will forever remain a dream. But thanks to Operation Blessing’s wheelchair distribution project, Angelica is now a few steps away from reaching her goals. In her sixth grade, Angelica was stricken with polio. Great sadness filled her heart. She felt everything was taken away from her and [...]