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How to Share Your Story
A few weeks ago, I attended a gathering called Momentum. It’s was collection of music artists and their labels, radios stations, promoters and non-profits all gathered together to learn, grow and adapt to the ever changing landscape of radio and broadcast music. Throughout the week, we had opportunity to hear from industry leaders how radio…
Read MoreTake Our Quiz
So you want to help Blood:Water, but you’re not sure how? Our interns put together quiz to spark your next fundraising campaign! There are so many moving parts that make up the overall operation of carrying out Blood:Water’s mission. These parts, coming in all different shapes and sizes, are only at their best when they…
Read MoreThe Real Heroes
We are so grateful to have had two wonderful UNC interns spend their summer with our partner in Uganda. Last week, Brianne summed up her experience for us. Now it’s Tori’s turn. As I reflect on a summer spent well spent, I can’t help but come back again and again to the people I worked…
Read MoreDesktop Reminder
You can raise awareness about Blood:Water just by changing your desktop wallpaper. As Blood:Water’s Lead Creative, I spend my days designing with the goal of ending the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa.
Read MoreChurches
Every year people in Africa spend 40 billion hours walking to reach water. Your church can help shorten their walk. We have a variety of church initiatives for all times of the year.
Read MoreA Hero in Fighting the HIV crisis
When we think of heroes in the fight against the HIV/AIDS crisis, we often think of Bono or Bill and Melinda Gates for the unprecedented platform, voice and resources they have given to the cause. We think of those on the frontlines providing the medical and social care to HIV-positive individuals and communities. And we…
Read MoreThe Impact of a Summer
Now that our UNC intern, Brianne, is home from Uganda and back in class, she reflects on her summer in Africa. Since returning to campus for the start of the semester, I have been asked no less than 50 times, “What did you do this summer?” I answer with the same spiel about the projects I…
Read MoreMountain Top Experience
In a recent blog post, our President of Engagement Jake Smith told you about our annual Dig Deeper weekend in the mountains of North Carolina. Check out this blog post from two of our attendees. Dig Deeper 2014 was a “mountain top experience.” Not only was it located in an absolutely gorgeous area of God’s…
Read MoreDigging Deeper with Blood:Water
At Blood:Water, we love digging deeper. But the great thing is that digging deeper doesn’t always have to do with wells; we love going deeper into relationships, as well. We recently held our Dig Deeper 2014 weekend in the mountains of North Carolina. This special weekend allows us to not only deepen our relationships with the…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Tumaini Medical Center
Last month at the Tumaini Medical Center in Marsabit, Kenya, three babies in our Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) program were tested for HIV, and all three tests came back negative! With proper counseling, medication, and monitoring, it is entirely possible for an HIV-positive pregnant mother to deliver a baby free of HIV. We…
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