Posts by Aaron Sands
2024 Annual Report: Stories of Partnership & Strength
This year’s report highlights not only the impact made in 2024, but also marks 20 years of living into our mission and walking alongside our partners. We hope you will see the consistent thread running throughout: local partners and their communities owning their work, their health, and their stories.
Read MoreCelebrating Excellence: Blood:Water’s 2024 Leadership and Community Hero Awards
In 2019, Blood:Water launched two awards to recognize and celebrate excellence and service within our partner community: the Leader of the Year Award and the Community Hero of the Year Award. We’re excited to announce our honorees for 2024.
Read MoreA Playground for OLPS: Creating Space for Play and Connection
In February 2025, our local partner in western Kenya, OLPS, received a wonderful gift of play – a fully equipped playground for its students. The playground was donated and installed by Elevation Church and Kids Around The World (KATW) through their partnership with Blood:Water.
Read MoreBlood:Water Announces Leadership Transition
We are very excited to announce that our Board of Directors has named Nadia Kist as our next Executive Director. Nadia brings 12 years of experience with Blood:Water…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions – Funding Freeze
We’ve received a number of questions about the federal aid funding freeze and whether it’s impacted us here at Blood:Water. So we thought it may be helpful to share some of the most common questions, along with our answers! Q: What is the “funding freeze”? In January 2025, the new administration issued a stop-work order…
Read MoreHope in Crisis
The recent funding freeze threatens decades of progress toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For the 26 million people living with HIV on the African continent, uninterrupted access to care isn’t just important – it’s vital for survival. Yet within this challenge lies tremendous opportunity. The opportunity to lead and accelerate an end to the deadliest…
Read MoreVoting is Open! 2024 Community Hero of the Year
The Community Hero of the Year Award recognizes community heroes within our partners—staff, community leaders, health workers, peer counselors, and volunteers—whose acts of service are changing lives in profound ways. Learn more and vote before the deadline.
Read MoreFederal Employees & Retirees GIVE HAPPY!
Attention Federal Employees! Are you a Federal employee or retiree? Then you likely already know about CFC – but maybe you didn’t know that Blood:Water (#68394) is one of the vetted organizations you can partner with through your campaign pledge! The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is for Federal employees & retirees who want to GIVE…
Read MoreBlood:Water Convenes 2023 Partner Summit in Nairobi, Kenya
We are overjoyed to convene our 2023 Blood:Water Partner Summit in Nairobi, Kenya September 25-29, 2023! As one of our Leader Collective offerings, the Partner Summit is our biennial, all-partner in-person gathering that aims to convene and cultivate our partnerships community. This week-long engagement aims to deepen peer learning, develop leaders, expand networks, and create…
Read MoreMy Carolina Highlights Blood:Water and the Raleigh Community
Scott Morris and Doug Suriano visited with Amber Freeman and Carly Bragg on the set of My Carolina to discuss their current fundraising efforts for Blood:Water to sponsor the next round of grants for our organizational strengthening programs…
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