Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines, Inc. (OB) is a non-profit humanitarian aid foundation that provides short-term medical, disaster relief, feeding and community development assistance to economically disadvantaged people in the Philippines and Asia. OB is committed to responding with appropriate resources to people in dire need by mobilizing volunteer medical teams, logistics and other trained emergency relief personnel to handle the procurement, transportation and distribution of food, clothing, medical and other supplies. OB continues to enhance its capacity to provide community assistance programs to serve as many people as possible.

Structure
OB works with the appropriate government agencies, such as the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and with non-government organizations in the target localities. It is duly registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Social Welfare and Development as a donee institution.

Background
OB is the Asian counterpart of the US-based Operation Blessing International. Since 1994, OB humanitarian missions have expanded their reach from areas all over the Philippines to other Asian countries like China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan. In 1996, OB officially became the humanitarian arm of CBN Asia, Inc., which was founded by Gordon Robertson, son of The Christian Broadcasting Network Chairman and Founder M.G. "Pat" Robertson.

Programs
OB is committed to initiate a variety of strategic national and Asia-wide programs, partnerships, and special projects to relieve human suffering by providing the basic necessities of life and developing healthy, self-sustaining communities.

• HEALTH CARE

Operation Blessing provides free healthcare services, medicines, supplies and education to individuals and communities that have little or no access to medical resources or assistance. These services, extended by volunteer healthcare professionals, are combined with warm, compassionate care that has been the hallmark of Operation Blessing outreaches.

EMERGENCY AID

Be it a natural or man-made calamity, Operation Blessing is quick to lend a helping hand. OB mobilizes volunteers to distribute much-needed relief items such as foodstuffs, clean drinking water, clothing, and medicines in disaster-stricken areas. OB also provides trauma counseling for disaster victims as well as disaster management training for local churches to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills for handling such emergencies.

COMMUNITY/FAMILY TRANSFORMATION

Operation Blessing uses a holistic approach to achieve its vision of transforming initially a family and eventually an entire community from a life of poverty and misery to one of self-sufficiency and dignity.

BLESS-A-CHILD: Addresses the health needs of malnourished pre-school children through the provision of nutritionally balanced meals, free education, and monthly health care for one whole year.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL: Offers education sponsorship for impoverished children in the form of school fees, supplies and uniforms.

LIVELIHOOD: Financially needy individuals, especially parents of children enrolled in the Bless-a-Child and Back-to-School programs, are equipped with practical training, tools and resources essential to attaining economic self-sufficiency. It affirms the principle of not only giving man fish but also teaching him how to fish. Beneficiaries are also taught and encouraged to save up through the Bayanihan Banking Sytem.

WELLS

In many communities that Operation Blessing visits, the availability of safe, clean water is a common predicament and is a major cause of health and sanitation problems for residents. OB meets this need by drilling wells that provide fresh, potable water.

CHILDREN'S OUTREACH

Many young children today are deprived of a home and basic necessities, either due to extreme poverty and/or the absence or early death of their parents. Depending on the needs of the children in the communities it serves, Operation Blessing develops programs that impart love and instill hope among the future generation. These include gift-giving, summer school programs, and kids' camp.

HOLIDAY OF HOPE AND CHEERS

This program focuses on sharing the message of hope to the needy and hurting during the Christmas and Lenten seasons. Over the years, Operation Blessing has brought hope and cheer to orphans, the elderly, special children, prison inmates, indigent children, Muslim families, children of missionaries, and dependents of soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.