May 2023 – Gala Update Gala Update: We just completed our 11th annual gala- it was a great night. We were so blessed that Dustin and Alex were able to make it back to the United States to help present at our gala. We were also blessed to have representatives from Convoy of Hope traveling all the way from Cleveland,…
Church Partnership – Lutheran Church of the Cross Lutheran Church of the Cross (LCC) has been a strong supporter of Blessman International for over two decades. In 2002, LCC sponsored its first trip to Mexico with Blessman International (then called Blessman Medical Ministries), the first of many trips. For several years, LCC continued to partner with Blessman International to go…
Matsemela Creche Water and Sanitation Matsemela Creche is one of the sites where Blessman International built an Enviro Loo waterless toilet and drilled for water. The creche has 92 pre-schoolers. It is also a favorite for mission team members to spend the morning reading and plating with the children. The well is not only supplying fresh drinking water for the…
Boledia Creche Water and Sanitation Today’s Mission Moment comes to us from Salome. Boledia Creche has a water well sponsored by HyVee and the One Step Water Program. Blessman International also built an EnviroLoo waterless toilet for the daycare. Fresh vegetables from the vegetable garden form part of the children’s daily meals, because the daycare does not need to buy…
Kutulano Day Care Water and Sanitation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsLlTmoEXMs Ma’am Tinny from Kutulano Day Care thanks Blessman International for the well and Enviro Loo toilets. The children from this Daycare love to sing and dance! Tinny also ensures that the children are looked after on weekends and even takes the little ones to church on Sundays. The well has allowed the daycare…
Jennifer’s Mission Moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eItqGqtugY Today’s Mission Moment comes to us from Jennifer. The children at the daycares and Del Cramer Children’s Campus enjoyed playing and spending time with Jennifer! The community optical outreach helped many of the elderly get glasses, something that we take for granted in the United States.
April 2023 – Feeding Children We are preparing to head back to the States after a productive three-month season here in South Africa. This month I would like to focus on our child feeding program. We first started feeding children 13 years ago with a generous grant from one our ministry partners. The grant was $250,000, and it made it…
Meet our Team USA Meet our team from the United States offices. Video(4/4)
Johanney Thanks HyLine and Flying Dutchman Johanney the Mountain View Farm manager and his team moved the chickens to their new home at Del Cramer Children’s Campus. This will form part of a new project at Blessman International called An Egg a Day. We moved 350 laying hens donated by HyLine Poultry company to Del Cramer to begin our feasibility…
Molly’s Mission Moment Today’s Mission Moment comes to us from Molly! Molly shares the highs and lows from her week in South Africa. A high for Molly was an optical outreach we did in the community with older members of the village. A low for Molly was hearing the stories of the babies at the Ngwane Babyhouse. The children at…