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Pilgrimage & 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…
Read More#WaterWednesday Giveaway
It’s that time again! We love our loyal Blood:Water blog readers, and to show our appreciation for our readers, we are giving away a Water is Life t-shirt and stainless steel water bottle. To enter the giveaway, tweet to your followers: “Help me win the @bloodwater #WaterWednesday giveaway by favoriting or retweeting this tweet!” Then email…
Read MoreThat’s a Wrap!
The “One Thousand Wells” book tour ended on Saturday night in the Bay Area. It was a bittersweet night atBook Passage in Corte Madera, where many friends and family members of co-founder Jena Lee Nardella came to not only celebrate Jena’s memoir, but to welcome her to the city! Jena has recently become a member…
Read MoreMeeting Beatrice
Last week, we introduced you to our two new interns. Today you get to hear a little more about Kat! —“What made you want to go on a mission trip to Africa?” I get this question all of the time when people hear about my trip last summer to Mfangano Island, Kenya. The only response…
Read MorePhoto Friday: West Coast Book Tour
We kicked off the West Coast leg of the “One Thousand Wells” book tour in Seattle last night. A great crowd showed up at the University Book Store, including our co-founder, Jena Lee Nardella’s college roommates, camp buddies, former Blood:Water employees, and lot of loyal Blood:Water supporters. But the guests of honor were Jena’s parents,…
Read More“What is Next is What Was and What Is” — Reflections on a Book Tour
When Blood:Water first launched, co-founder Jena Lee Nardella spent hours on a tour bus with the band Jars of Clay. Eleven years later, lead singer and Blood:Water co-founder, Dan Haseltine, joins her on a tour across the country, helping champion her memoir, “One Thousand Wells.” Dan has written a guest post for Jena’s blog on what it…
Read MoreUpdates from the Field on Instagram
If you aren’t following us on Instagram, now is the time to start. More now than ever before, you will be seeing current photos and updates from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia. Updates like this one: Sometimes the updates will show a need; sometimes the updates will show progress on projects you have helped…
Read MoreMeet Our Fall Interns
Blood:Water has two office interns dedicating their semester to creating lasting change in Africa. Meet Caroline and Kat – our ladies of the fall. Who run the world? GIRLS! Meet our engagement/marketing intern, Caroline Archer, a newlywed from Carrollton, Georgia. Why did you apply to be an intern at Blood:Water? I just finished my undergrad…
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