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Happy National Popcorn Day
Today is National Popcorn Day! But, to be perfectly honest, at Blood:Water, every day is popcorn day. We eat popcorn almost every day. Around 2 p.m., someone usually shouts out, “Does anyone want popcorn?” I don’t know what it is, but popcorn gets us through the day, even more than coffee. In honor of National Popcorn…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Meet Adam
Photo Friday from the field in Isiolo, Kenya: Meet Adam Muhammad. He’s one of the kids our team met in Isiolo. He lives within walking distance from a the Tumaini Clinic, a medical center Blood:Water helped build. Kids Adam’s age have the highest death rates for easily preventable illnesses like malaria and diarrheal disease. Just…
Read MoreThe Fight for Water
Meet Nguni Manunga. Nguni lives in Zambia, in the town of Kaloko. He was the first chairman of the school in Kaloko and works to teach people how to read. In his town of 15,000 people, there are two wells. However, the wells are regulated by the government, so water only comes twice a week.…
Read MoreCome Meet The Next Million
Mazy, Dancer Mazy loves to play, but this young girl really loves to dance. Instead of playing and dancing like most kids her age in the United States, Mazy usually spends her afternoon walking to collect water for her family. She joins a group of other children, and, together, they walk to a stream quite…
Read MoreFour Myths About Africa
Among the staff at our office in Nashville, we spend a fair amount of time in Africa. We organize vision trips that allow our donors to see our work in action, and we go to meet with our partners in the communities we serve. We’re no strangers to the beautiful continent, its rich culture, and…
Read MoreTaking a Chance
Our spring interns started last week, and we love hearing how our they come to Blood:Water. Here’s how our marketing intern, Julia Nusbaum, found her way here. I have had many internships. One for every year I’ve been in college and grad school it seems. I’ve had internships that I have loved—where it hurt to…
Read MoreHe is a Bass Playing, Hiking Machine. Meet Aaron.
Each month, we are going to spotlight a Blood:Water employee to help you get to know us a little better! Erin Todd will kick it off for us sharing fun five facts to introduce you to Aaron Sands, our director of systems. Aaron lives in Nashville with his wife, Cari, and their two children, Sam…
Read MoreRed and Pink Aisles
It’s blows me away that the season of Lent is just around the corner. The older I get, the faster time flies. Mom warned me of this. To give a little perspective on how close Lent is picture what your local pharmacy and grocery store look like right now. Stocked full of pink and red…
Read MoreHighlights from Be the Movement
Since launching Be the Movement in May of last year you have raised over $25,000! What an incredible accomplishment! It has been a blessing and an honor to watch you raise money for our friends in Africa, so much so that I wanted to take a little time to review some of my personal favorite…
Read MoreMy Blood:Water Internship
We have a brand new round of interns starting today for the spring semester. We are so excited for them to join us. One of our interns from the fall shares what it’s like to intern with Blood:Water. Heather and the other summer interns It was my senior year of college, and I had applied…
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