The mission of Operation Blessing International (OBI) is to demonstrate God's love by alleviating human need and suffering in the United States and around the world. As a worldwide relief organization founded in 1978 and headquartered in the United States, OBI has helped millions of people in more than 90 countries and every state. The primary goals of OBI are to provide safe water, hunger relief, medical aid, disaster relief, and vulnerable children and orphan care that will make a significant long-term impact on those in need. Through a network of domestic and international partners including individual donors, volunteers, corporations and churches, OBI maximizes and leverages resources to respond strategically in an ever-changing world.

OBI focuses on not only providing physical relief to those in emergency settings, but also equipping beneficiaries with sustainable solutions to combat poverty and move individuals from life-threatening suffering to a place of sustained security. Through education, life-skills training, safe water, health prevention and treatment, and holistic community development, Operation Blessing is committed to helping the impoverished. We’re committed to listening to the needs of each community we serve, instead of telling them what we think they need, addressing the core issues behind poverty, rather than only treating the symptoms.

Operation Blessing is active in 39 countries on an ongoing basis around the world through in-country offices with field staff, strategic localized partnerships and a strong volunteer base. Headquarters staff is composed of experts in the core sectors of Operation Blessing's mission. They collaborate with staff or partners indigenous to the country, who provide a cultural sensitivity, extensive network and knowledge of the region that lead to effective, efficient, and appropriate humanitarian aid interventions. This collaboration is essential, connecting the authentic needs of suffering to expert solutions. Expertise, access, and adaptability position Operation Blessing to address the various causes of human suffering around the world. Domestically, Operation Blessing has a fleet of tracker trailers that travel over a million miles per year to distribute food products and relief supplies to those in need across the United States. OBI's Hunger Strike Force is the conduit that feeds individuals and families through a vast network of food pantry partners as well as distributing disaster relief supplies during major disasters. OBI's experienced disaster relief teams use these relief supplies to provide emergency responses and long-term recovery to victims affected by natural disaster. Operation Blessing is a leader in effective mass volunteer management during disaster responses, often working with church partners and other groups to deliver aid to disaster victims.

Operation Blessing International maintains records and data in multiple gradations. First, all OBI programs generate numeric data output that is used as basic performance indicators to track/verify that funding is being used effectively and efficiently. Secondly, OBI community development projects are designed with a specific and measurable results framework at its foundation. The purpose is to track success, promote learning, and provide transparent accountability. In consultation with staff experts - including a monitoring and evaluation section, indicators relevant to each programmatic sector define a standard and logic supporting the programs. Data points are collected at baseline and also at given intervals within the program design. Then evaluation is conducted to determine progress and outcomes. Program improvement tools are also contained within the OBI Monitoring and Evaluation “Toolbox" that assists in-country staff to modify and improve their program if it is not achieving the goals in the initial framework. Lastly, once a program goal is achieved, Operation Blessing uses guidelines based on industry standards to transition the development program into a sustainable program that the beneficiaries can maintain.

As a worldwide relief organization founded in 1978 and headquartered in the United States, OBI has helped millions of people in more than 90 countries and every state--and that footprint continues to expand. . Operation Blessing has established itself as a leader in the disaster relief field, being first-responders to major disasters in the United States, as well as internationally. OBI's Hunger Strike Force has been a reliable source of food aid for a network of more than 5,000 partners around the U. S. Within the last 10 years, OBI has continued to mature its program focus to now include long-term sustainable community development as well as specific disease prevention interventions. Chlorine production has been one method that OBI has used to combat the spread of water-borne illness such as cholera in Haiti to Ebola in Liberia. These strategic focuses allow OBI to continue to deliver relief and implement sustainable development, while at the same time have a deeper and longer-term impact solving critical problems associated with poverty.