Disaster Relief

Orphan Grain Train Norfolk volunteers loaded for the Philippines today. The Philippine Islands has been hit by three major disasters in the last few months. Two powerful typhoons and a Magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Cebu impacted many people living in t...

The water station in Treasure Beach is still serving Great Bay and the surrounding communities. Using the Orphan Grain Train water filtration system, water is processed from a pond Monday through Wednesday, and residents can pick up water for the wee...

The water purification system has been set up in Great Bay, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Each person coming to receive fresh water, walks away with two 2.5-gallon containers of fresh drinking water. We are grateful to all our donors who made it possible f...

Brent Kummer, Director of OGT Logistics and Bob Schleppenbach, OGT Logistics Driver left Norfolk on Tuesday to drive to Miami with a water purification system that can process 4,200 gallons of water per day. The state-of-the-art purifier along with 8...

Orphan Grain Train in partnership with #missionmules is traveling to Jamaica to bring a sea water purifier and food. The first team of three will be bringing a portable desalination system designed to serve up to 4,300 gallons per day of fresh drinki...

Orphan Grain Train’s Bob Schleppenbach is on his way to Burnsville, N.C. to deliver a 28-bed sleeping trailer for volunteers. Mary Bates, North American Lutheran Church’s Disaster Response Director is currently in Yancey County coordinati...

Orphan Grain Train Houston was blessed to be able to deliver care baskets and a gift of financial support to survivors of the flooding in Kerrville, Texas. We are blessed to be a blessing for those in need. Please continue to pray for those who lost ...

Orphan Grain Train is working with Mike Toberer, trail boss, President and CEO of Mission Mules of Harmony, North Carolina to bring disaster relief to the outlying areas affected by the flooding of the Guadalupe River. Mike partnered with OGT to deli...

In July, Orphan Grain Train – Ohio made two deliveries to North American Lutheran Disaster Response in Caldwell, Ohio. The two loads together contained at least 100 pieces of furniture, more than 80 boxes of linens and blankets, hygiene supplie...