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SOMALILAND, Africa -- In a remote orphanage in the heart of Somaliland, hundreds of children cram into small spaces to try and sleep through the night. With no running water and no way to keep the children clean, disease and infections were rampant among the orphans. War and poverty have spiked the number of children without parents or caregivers and orphanages are bursting at the seams. This orphanage in Hargeisa is no exception. In May 2007, Operation Blessing (OBI) staff visited the orphanage and found 327 children living there with only one toilet and no running water.Through the Orphan's Promise program, OBI provided support to renovate the facility. Six months later, the orphanage has showers, sinks, spigots and toilets as well as other water access points in and outside the building.
"For the 13 years I have been here, there has never been a shower," said Bashir, an older orphan. Bashir's parents were killed when a grenade hit his home. Now that the orphanage has clean drinking water, it has made a radical difference in the lives of these orphans and reduced the number of illnesses.
HOW YOU CAN HELP: Operation Blessing's Orphan's Promise is helping to transform the futures of children like these by providing clean water, education assistance, nutritional feeding programs, medical care and more.
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thanks ... ( 1 year ago by qooqane65)

thanks operatingblessing,you are alweys in our hearts

thank you indeed ... ( 1 year ago by Farax999)

thank you indeed and we are ready to help and get involved.

Thank you Operation ... ( 1 year ago by elegance1)

Thank you Operation Blessing for your kind work in Somaliland.

wooow this is so ... ( 1 year ago by smooth2477)

wooow this is so nice. Thank you for helping those poor kids, might god help you with all you are doing for them and for humanity

mustafa he's so cut ( 11 months ago by nagiib00)

mustafa he's so cut

insha allah when i ... ( 10 months ago by biggestps3fan95)

insha allah when i pass university and become an engineer i am going to help the orphans. insha allah

Thank You so much " ... ( 8 months ago by TOGDHEERboy)

Thank You so much "Operation Blessing" May god bless your crew and everyone involved in this project.

For the bottom of ... ( 8 months ago by ahme0130)

For the bottom of my hearth i would like to say thank for the humaniterian help for my home country. It rises alot of underlying issues starting for awareness and helping Orphan kids in Somaliland. My god bless to those who help my brothers and sisters.

I cried when i saw ... ( 8 months ago by Ladyprecious02)

I cried when i saw this video,Little mustafa is so cute Masha'allah, How can we be so busy with our own lifes and forget about Our future children who need us? Operation Blessing you guys are surely Blessed. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and i am ashamed to say that i was not even aware of this before but I will do my part from now on, so help me God!

pure shit ( 7 months ago by bucksatan1)

pure shit

Maybe if those ugly ... ( 7 months ago by bucksatan1)

Maybe if those ugly Islamic fuckers didnt have 14 kids they cant feed it wouldnt be so poor. Strip farming, famine, unsustainable birthrates and liberal faggots like the narrator helping them have more babies all make for massive failure.

Thank you. ( 7 months ago by jalle28)

Thank you.

May god help us all. ( 6 months ago by tnktak)

May god help us all.

why is their a ... ( 4 months ago by Emperor13k)

why is their a cross there

To laugh at the ... ( 2 weeks ago by bucksatan1)

To laugh at the silly niggers that even in the year 2008, still cant get their shit together. AIDS is the answer. AIDS, and armament.