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Worlds Collide
Very few people can say that they get the chance to have their worlds collide beautifully. Past, present, and future. Old friends and new. Celebrating something bigger than themselves, walking away different than the people they were when they walked in the door. This was my experience from the Winston-Salem House Concert on Tuesday night.…
Read MoreBlood:Water Takes a Pilgrimage
The inaugural year of the Pilgrimage Festival was one for the books! With three stages and an A-list lineup that included catalog acts such as Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson, the buzz leading up to the festival made involvement a hot commodity. Blood:Water was amply represented at the festival with a booth and a Lemon:Aid…
Read MoreMiss the Book Tour? Catch It Here.
If you weren’t able to join us on the “One Thousand Wells” book tour, we have good news. Our friends at Tattered Cover-Colfax in Denver, Colo., recorded the entire event there, and it’s now available as a podcast! Listen as co-founder Jena Lee Nardella reads segments from her memoir, and shares about the journey that…
Read MorePhoto Friday: From the Farm
On Tuesday, Little Big Town joined us for our annual Farm event. It was a beautiful night and an incredible performance. We are so grateful for the generous support they’ve shown Blood:Water over the years, and the lasting change that has been created as a result. We are also thankful for each person who spent…
Read MoreShe Sings Arias. She Speaks Swahili. She’s Nadia!
You know Aaron, Jake, Katy, and Barak. Now we’d like to introduce you to our classical-singing, Swahili-speaking technical director, Nadia Kist. Although Nadia is a native New Yorker, she’s lived in Nairobi, Kenya, for the last 11 years. During her time there, she has visited 11 countries on the African continent, and learned to speak…
Read MoreHope Lutheran Church: The Walter Project
This summer, we were blessed by the many churches that participated in The Walter Project. There were many creative and hardworking children’s ministry programs that used our curriculum for their Vacation Bible School or Sunday school. Hope Lutheran Church in Greece, New York, stood out, as they had a three-week VBS program this summer with…
Read MoreThe Countdown Is On
1000:1000 means one thousand hours for “One Thousand Wells.” In the one thousand hours surrounding the release of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” we have been busy celebrating by providing 800 kids with clean water! We wanted to do something really special to honor the story of “One Thousand Wells,” as well…
Read MorePilgrimage & Hootenanny
The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival and Blood:Water! For all the narratives about working slowly and being a sailboat of an organization, sometimes things move quickly. Six months ago I became aware of a new music festival taking place in my own hometown of Franklin, Tenn. In an attempt to be a good steward…
Read MorePhoto Friday: #my1000wells
If you’ve read co-founder Jena Lee Nardella’s memoir, “One Thousand Wells,” you’ve learned how an audacious goal to bring clean water to 1,000 communities in Africa taught her to love the world instead of save it. Now we want to hear about yours! What is your one thousand wells? What is your audacious goal? Write…
Read MoreSand Dams Create Extra Water Points in Marsabit
Because of the incredible generosity of our donors, some really exciting projects are happening in Africa! For example, two sand dams were recently completed in Marsabit County, Kenya. A sand dam works by burying a concrete wall to create an underground reservoir to collect runoff water. When runoff water from seasonal rain passes through the…
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