Dear Friends, On one of my first trips to Haiti, my team was offering a relief clinic in a remote area in the mountains. Dust, exhaust and smoke filled my nose and mouth as our bus jolted along the “road” to our destination. We arrived at a complex of dilapidated cinderblock buildings and my eyes
By Dr. Mike Fruscione | October 22, 2018I just got back from our Haiti medical mission trip and am so grateful to Spaugh Dameron Tenny and Bless Back Worldwide for this amazing opportunity. I cannot rave enough about every aspect of the trip- from the wonderful patients we met, to the care we provided and the culture we experienced.Bless
The latest update in Haiti and NicaraguaAs many of you know, our summer trips this year were complicated by unrest in Haiti and Nicaragua. Because Bless Back focuses on empowering local leaders, these interruptions to our trip schedule did not affect the important work that’s happening on the ground at both sites. Bless Back and
By Kaylah Holland, BBW VolunteerI never thought Haiti would be “my thing”. My teenage cousin found Bless Back through a friend and wanted to serve with them in Haiti. However; she needed a guardian and according to her, I am cooler than her mom. We pulled in my nephew and on July 14, 2017 the
In what started on April 18 as protests against proposed social security changes, Nicaragua has since become a country embroiled in a battle for political reforms and human rights. Nicaragua was until recently one of the safest countries in Latin America, but now families are afraid to leave their homes after dark. Barricades set up
Memories are made through shared experiences, and there are no sweeter moments than those spent in service. Many of our Bless Back families have made our trips a new tradition with grandmothers, mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters each finding a spot to use their unique gifts and talents. The beauty of our work in Haiti
Are you using your skills as an administrator, organizer, planner, or communicator for a purpose that brings joy and satisfaction? If you are looking for a place to invest your HEART, then Bless Back needs you!Our teams traveling overseas are a vital part of implementing our projects, but there is a plethora of unseen work
You know that feeling you experience when someone just “gets you”?? When they describe their thoughts and views and you just want to jump on your chair and shout YES because that’s how you feel too?? Well, we did that at BBW recently when we came across an article written in the Economist.According to the Economist, The Wall
At Bless Back, when we dream, we see happy children going to school, business owners serving their communities, and patients leaving our medical clinics with prescriptions to make them feel better. We have put some of the real life, tangible items that are needed to make these dreams come true on our new Bless Back
The Bless Back Business Academy is hard at work helping small business owners in Nicaragua set and reach their goals! To date, they have worked with over 170 entrepreneurs like Regina Rafaela Carcache, owner of Pastelría Regina. Regina started attending the Business Academy workshops in June 2015. She received an $812 loan in April 2016
