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A Week of Collaborative Learning
In August, we gathered representatives from each of our partner organizations in Nairobi, Kenya, for a week of collaborative learning, sharing, engaging, and relationship building. This was our second annual Partner Summit, designed to create opportunities for our partners to share ideas, experiences, and victories. Hear directly from our partners about what this time meant…
Read MorePilgrimage Music Festival: A Gateway to Our Mission
Two weekends ago, I had the opportunity to represent Blood:Water at the annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn., alongside Dan Haseltine, Blood:Water co-founder and artist relations, and our engagement intern, Amanda Wojcinski! Though we were lucky enough to have our booth in full shade all day, I think we got a very small…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 4
Summary Jena’s sense of defeat continues as she faces more brokenness in the world, and she starts to question if justice is really worth fighting for. As she begins to look for a way to step out of Blood:Water, thinking she can no longer fight against the intense brokenness of this world, her husband, James,…
Read MoreLooking Back on Summer FUNdraising
Yesterday was the first day of fall! As we move into a new season, we want to honor the epic summer fundraisers that supported Blood:Water with their hard work and creativity. We were blown away by all the Lemon:Aid fundraisers who participated this summer, and it’s impossible to highlight all the great work they did! However,…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 3
Summary Upon attending the funeral of a college friend in Lwala, Kenya, Jena learns about the practice of ignoring grief due to the high frequency of death in the community. She also witnesses extreme cultural differences when she spends time with women in the village–including the women’s lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS, the abuse the…
Read MoreDon’t Miss Pilgrimage Pairings Next Weekend!
Get ready for one of the greatest nights of music you will ever experience! John Paul White, known for his deep-rooted, shadowed Americana that served as the backbone of the critically acclaimed, multi-Grammy Award-winning duo, The Civil Wars, will play a haunting set of live music alongside the harmonious and ever-talented pair, The Secret Sisters,…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 2
Summary After touring with Jars of Clay for a while, Jena Lee Nardella flew to Kenya with Joel, a Blood:Water volunteer to investigate possible partners for Blood:Water and strategize for the 1000 Wells Project. While in Kenya, Jena and Joel learned the importance of doing work with the poor community, not for them; that it…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “One Thousand Wells,” Section 1
Summary In the first section of “One Thousand Wells,” we begin to understand Jena’s sheltered childhood and what evolved from her early life in the Bay Area and Colorado. Her first experience with poverty marked her life forever, and it was not experienced in Africa. Instead, it was something most see daily in Union Square–a…
Read MoreWill the Real Dan Haseltine Please Stand Up?
You’ve now met our entire staff, except for one very important member. You know him as the talented lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band, Jars of Clay. We know him as a co-founder of Blood:Water and an artist relations guru on the engagement team. But who knew that he has been kissed by Cyndi…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club Celebrates the One-Year Anniversary of “One Thousand Wells”
It’s back! Blood:Water Book Club returns this month with a book selection we can’t wait to read with you! To celebrate the one-year anniversary of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir release date, we will read “One Thousand Wells” together! We can’t believe it has been a year since Jena once again hit the road with…
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