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The Power of Community
Community. It is a word we use a lot around here because it’s not only one of our stated values, but also the key to creating lasting change in Africa. Community engagement is at the core of the work we do alongside our partners in Africa. However, community engagement in the United States can transform lives…
Read MorePhoto Friday: From the Field
Today’s Photo Friday comes from our partner in Zambia, Seeds of Hope International Partnerships. Drilling begins on a borehole that will provide clean water to over 1,000 students at Mawilo Primary School in Chifubu Ndola, Zambia. Your support helps make life-saving projects like this possible. Thank you.
Read MoreWorld Toilet Day: Game of Thrones Update
One epic day last July, we joined in The Real Game of Thrones. For 24 hours we waged a battle for 21 royal thrones (or toilets, as they say). Today, on World Toilet Day, we salute the valiant efforts of those who stood with us in saying #wecantwait. World Toilet Day is about taking action…
Read MoreTomorrow is World Toilet Day!
We want you to take action tomorrow on World Toilet Day to help provide access to latrines for communities in Africa! Access to a latrine greatly increases sanitation and hygiene practices that are so important to the health and development of a community. You can make a difference on World Toilet Day by giving the…
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “Visions of Vocation,” Part 2
For today’s Blood:Water Book Club, we will review chapters 4-5 of Visions of Vocation by Steve Garber. Summary: “Knowing what I know, having heard what I’ve heard, having read what I’ve read, what am I going to do?” (82) Implication is not just an acknowledgment of a situation in your mind, but recognizing your calling and…
Read MoreMusic Monday: Leigh Nash and Matthew Perryman Jones
Can you believe that it is already mid-November!? We have had some amazing artists collaborate with us, and some that have even rolled through the Blood:Water office to play a few songs! From Sandra McCracken and Brady Toops to Greg Holden and Sufjan Stevens to our very own Joey Maloney, we have been enjoying…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Joy from Rwanda
Water is bringing hope, joy, and life to our friends in Nyamagabe, Rwanda. Thank you for standing with Africa.
Read MoreHappy Veterans Day
To all who have served, thank you.
Read MoreBlood:Water Book Club: “Visions of Vocation,” Part 1
For today’s Blood:Water Book Club, we will review chapters 1-3 of Visions of Vocation by Steve Garber. visions-of-vocation Summary: Any understanding of vocation begins with paying attention, with having eyes that see with the heart. The world around us has moments that are outrageous, that pierce the soul, that bring tears of sorrow, grief, anger, or…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Partner Instagram Competition
“Technology is best when it brings people together.” -Matt Mullenweg, Social Entrepreneur. More than ever before, we are able to bring in the moment pictures from Africa to you. You’re probably thinking, well, businesses have been able to do that for over a decade now thanks to Skype, Facebook, Instagram, you name it. But for our…
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