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Photo Friday: Dancing
“I spent today in a community that dug a 1.5 mile pipeline by hand with hoes and shovels to pipe water into their community. The original water source required hiking 1,000 feet down into a valley and then carrying a 40-pound jerry can of water back up. Definitely something worth dancing about.” – Barak Bruerd, Program…
Read More“Sunny Days”
Blood:Water is currently seeking interns for the spring semester. The deadline to apply is December 1. Click here to apply. And check out this guest blog from our current intern, Joey. In my first year of high school, I was the starting quarterback for the freshman football team. Don’t be too impressed, we only defeated…
Read MoreMoving Beyond a Concert
There are quite a few places across the country that are special to Blood:Water, and Holland, Mich. is definitely on that list. In many ways, the Blood:Water story began here when our co-founders, Jars of Clay, met Steve Garber at a forum hosted by Hope College. Since then, we’ve had the fortune of being a…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “When Helping Hurts,” Parts 3 and 4
We hope you’ve enjoyed reading “When Helping Hurts” along with our staff! If you missed last week’s discussion post, you can check it out here. This week we’re looking at Part 3: Doing Short-Term Missions Without Doing Long-Term Harm and Part 4: Getting Started on Helping Without Hurting. Now that we know the general principles…
Read MoreMorning Muse
“Let us remember that the work of justice is a long-suffering narrative- both for the individuals who are today enduring the brunt of the world’s worst injustices and for people of faith committed to moving the needle.” Martin Luther King, Jr. rightfully noted, “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal…
Read MorePhoto Friday: What’s In a Name?
From left to right meet Tallaso, Aube, Kame, and Gumato. What’s in a name? Names create identity. They separate individuals from the collective. They endow personhood. Names embody qualities and aspirations. For many, the selection of a name is a sacred act. But perhaps more simply, a name connects us; it is what separates strangers from…
Read MoreAn Unexpected Internship
Blood:Water is currently seeking interns for the spring semester. Click here to apply. The deadline to apply is December 1. And check out this post from our current intern, Caroline, on what it’s been like interning for her. Interning for Blood:Water was the last thing I expected to do with my first season in Nashville.…
Read MoreWhat do you get when you mix water skis, Dancing with the Stars, and a great tan? Meet Erin!
You’ve met Jake, Aaron, Katy, Barak, and Nadia. Now we would like to introduce you to our native-Hoosier marketing coordinator, Erin Todd! Born and raised in Indiana, you can always count on Erin to bring back corn and stories of water skiing at her family’s lake house when she returns to the office from visiting…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “When Helping Hurts,” Part 2
We hope you’ve been enjoying reading “When Helping Hurts” along with our staff! If you missed last week’s discussion post, click here. This week we’re looking at Part 2: General Principles for Helping without Hurting. Now that we have a foundational understanding of poverty, it’s important to consider the ways we can best help end…
Read MoreWhere Systems and Data Meet Blood:Water
It is truly amazing how much life can change in a year. For me, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind: I graduated from college, moved across the country, welcomed a son into my family, joined the Blood:Water team, and in recent weeks, traveled across the world in pursuit of an unexpected calling. As…
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