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Collect and Protect: Joaquina’s Story
Through water, sanitation, and hygiene training with one of our local partners, Joaquina learned how important it is to always draw water from a safe, protected source or to boil the water prior to consumption when that isn’t possible. As soon as she started implementing the new practices she learned, she saw…
Read MoreMeet Our Summer 2017 Interns!
After saying goodbye to our 9-month interns, Amanda and Faith, we welcomed two new faces to the Blood:Water office for the summer. We can’t wait for you to get to know our development intern, Chase Maqueda, and marketing intern, Caroline Clark, over the next three months! For now, we asked them a few questions about…
Read MoreWhen Life Gives You Lemons…
The first day of summer is June 20, and already temperatures are rising, kids are either out of school or counting down the days to summer vacation, and parents are making plans to keep their kids learning and occupied until they go back school in the fall. You may have heard us…
Read MoreWhat It Means to Be Fully Human
“To be present with our brothers and sisters in Africa, to understand their suffering, we need to risk being fully human with one another. What I could do was tell their stories.” — Jena Lee Nardella, “One Thousand Wells” For the past nine months as an intern, Jena’s words are what I have seen…
Read MoreI Liked It So Much, I Decided Not to Leave!
“That is the most difficult dilemma for thoughtful, serious human beings: what will you do with what you know?” — Steve Garber When reflecting on both my internship and the path that has led me here, this is the question I have been seeking to answer: what will I do with what I know? And…
Read MoreThank YOU for Tuning In
On Friday, the Blood:Water staff visited The Wally Show studio to celebrate a successful end to the YOUganda event. The last day presented a seemingly impossible call to action for Wally’s listeners, but they did not shy away from the challenge, making Friday the most impactful day! During the four-day, on-air event, Wally invited…
Read MoreWe’re Bringing YOU into Uganda
Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 40 billion hours are spent, mostly by women and children, walking to collect water. Blood:Water is entering into new partnerships with two organizations in Uganda to address this issue in the communities where they work, and Wally, from The Wally Show on WAY-FM, just returned from visiting them! All this…
Read MorePhoto Friday: YOUganda
Where do you go to get water? In Katobo, Uganda, the 350 children who attend Kakindo primary school gather water at the closest source available, pictured in the photo above. Today, Wally, from The Wally Show, is on his way back from Uganda after visiting two of our brand new partners! We can’t wait to…
Read MoreSpringing into My Summer Internship
Project 615’s third annual Nash Spring Bash might have ended slightly early due to the weather, but a little rain did not hinder the impact of the festival! The festivities were held in Centennial Park, where hundreds of Nashville residents and tourists came out to support local philanthropic businesses and nonprofits. Whether it was…
Read MoreChampion for Clean Water
The muscles in my back strain as I stand back up and wipe the sweat from my forehead. Even though the sun has only begun to peek out, the heat gets to me and my knees feel shaky. With great effort, I place the final bolt into a metal form that will soon be…
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