Your generosity and faithfulness in supporting Operation Blessing has touched the lives of so many this year. To show you just how much the compassion of people like you means to victims of disaster, disease and poverty worldwide, we've put together this special Thanksgiving message just for you.

In an effort to stave off malnutrition and help provide food security for villagers in Senegal, Africa, Operation Blessing has launched an agriculture project that is transforming 20 acres of land into a fertile farm. It will also become a training facility where Senegalese from all over the country will be instructed in efficient agricultural methods they can take back to their communities to start similar farms. To learn more visit: www.operationblessing.org

11-year-old Andre and his family struggle to keep food on their table. The times when they have no food to eat, Andre goes to the garbage dump to search for food for his family. Find out how Operation Blessing’s gift of an organic chicken farm is giving their family a healthier alternative. To find out more visit: www.operationblessing.org

Operation Blessing recently helped a young pregnant woman, Aisatou, and her son as well as others in her village by equipping them with a key tool to fight against malaria: insecticide-treated nets. Join the net, save a life: www.ob.org/jointhenet

Within 12-14 hours of the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake in West Sumatra, OBI's first medical teams had deployed and were providing emergency medical relief to victims. To find out more about our disaster relief efforts, visit: www.operationblessing.org

Atlanta Master's Commission students bring hope to their community that was devastated by flood waters. To learn more about our disaster relief efforts in Atlanta, visit: www.operationblessing.org

An Israeli medical team joins Operation Blessing’s relief efforts to reach victims still reeling from devastation caused by two recent typhoons. To learn more about the partnership and OB's disaster relief work in the Philippines, visit: www.operationblessing.org

For 11 families living in Powder Springs, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, hope has finally returned thanks to some hard work and a helping hand from The Home Depot. To learn more about our partnership with The Home Depot, visit: www.operationblessing.org

After being laid off from his job in the auto industry, Mike only had Cheerios to feed his family. But today, Mike and his wife are giving back to the community that helped rescue them.

Operation Blessing and The Home Depot team up for a one-day special event to help prepare families for disaster.

Orange and white t-shirts blanketed parts of Norfolk last week as part of a combined volunteer effort between The Home Depot and Operation Blessing. Volunteer teams helped residents clean up after recent flooding left extensive water damage to their homes.

Torrential downpours flooded southern Taiwan and China when Typhoon Morakot came ashore in early August. Operation Blessing quickly responded to the disaster, teaming up with local partners to aid survivors.

Cheri is one of many residents in Spartan Village, an inner city community of Norfolk Virginia, whose lives were turned upside down when heavy rains brought unexpected flooding.

After an inner city community in Virginia is flooded, a team of staff and volunteers from Operation Blessing helps families clean up and start over. For more information: www.operationblessing.com

Amina went to an Operation Blessing International training center and learned how to sew, make hats, and more. Now she has her own business, and teaches others what she has learned.

Ruth is 12 years old, but has never been able to go to school. She was born with osteoporosis, and is unable to get around on her own. Operation Blessing provided her with a wheelchair, and now she is enrolled in a local school.

On May 12, 2008, an earthquake completely destroyed the village of Yao Jin. Through Operation Blessing's support and the villagers' hard work, 54 new homes stand tall where, last year there was only rubble. To learn more about the China Quake Project, visit: www.operationblessing.com

Jose has a dream of becoming a soccer player. Last year he became sick, and suffered from parasites. Operation Blessings Parasite Campaign comes to Peru, Jose and other children recieve anti parasite medicine.

Winters for the people who live in the mountain regions of Peru can be bitter. Operation Blessing sends a medical team to bring medicine and aid to the people.

Every two seconds, a child is orphaned. Operation Blessing's Orphan Care program helps those in need.