Operational Summary:
OBI is providing emergency food, water and medical relief to thousands in Haiti. Teams are working with IsraAID to provide emergency medical care at relief camps; installing water treatment plants and delivering critical medical supplies and equipment to aid Dr. Paul Farmer’s Partners in Health, hospitals and relief camps; started daily feeding programs for children; coordinated with the US Navy to ship more than 290 tons of OBI relief supplies such as bottled water and baby food; providing logistical support and transportation of supplies with Mission Aviation Fellowship; and deployed an OB El Salvador medical team to help treat Haiti victims evacuated to hospitals along the Haiti/Dominican Republic border.