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Become a Community:Builder and Get an Exclusive Blood:Water Camelbak
It’s almost summer, which means sporting a water bottle is a must. How about sporting Blood:Water’s newest exclusive Camelbak? At Blood:Water, we are blessed by all our amazing donors who make this life-changing work possible in Africa. One group of folks donate monthly, and we call them our Community:Builders. There are numerous reasons monthly commitments…
Read MoreKenya Help?
Imagine living in a world where you don’t have running water. Imagine living in a world where a bush is your toilet. Imagine living in a world where all you do is walk day after day to find suitable drinking water. Imagine living in a world where you have no access to medicine to fight…
Read MorePhoto Friday: She Can
These Kenyan women have taken charge of their communities and their futures—building latrines and hand-washing stations, and starting micro-finance programs by making and selling bricks used for building homes and water tanks.
Read MoreA Day in the Life of Wally: His Trip to Kenya
This April, Wally from WAY-FM joined Blood:Water on a Vision Trip to Kenya. Wally is a great advocate for the work of our partners in Africa. Here is a post from some of his experiences there. One day during my trip to Kenya last week started and ended with a smile from one of the…
Read MoreStay Classy for Blood:Water
What do you and your friends like to do? Cook together? Eat meals together? Prank each other…lovingly? Celebrate birthdays together? Go to parties or weddings? Probably all of the above, because those are the things I love doing with my friends. Personally, every year around November my friends and I have a beard growing contest…
Read MoreHope in the Dark
A small radio station just outside of Knoxville was simply excited to score an interview with former UT Athletic Director Mike Hamilton. It didn’t matter the interview had very little to do with sports and more to do with a non-profit back in Nashville. You see, Aaron, the news director of WECO, knew nothing about…
Read MoreWhat You Mom Doesn’t Want for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away. Don’t panic. Blood:Water is here to help. Before you rush to the store to buy your mom a gift you may think she wants—such as a plant, or an appliance for the kitchen, or the latest and greatest diet book—consider instead a gift that will last a…
Read MoreEvery Contribution Counts
volunteer1 volunteer 2 It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. You can use your talents and skills to help end the HIV/AIDS and water crises. He’s reflection from a high school senior who helped raise awareness for Blood:Water. On April 12, 2014, Reynoldsburg High School’s Encore Academy held an Art Expo. This was…
Read MoreBecause you are, I am.
Because you are, I am. Four years ago, I visited a remote community in the desert region of northern Kenya called Marsabit. I had heard about this community since the day I started with Blood:Water—about the people’s resilience in the difficult environment, about their pursuit of health care and access to water, about the joy…
Read MoreDancing Like a Child
We had the privilege of having Drew Holcomb of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors join Blood:Water on a Vision Trip to Kenya. This post details one of his experiences there. A few weeks ago I was in the desert in northern Kenya dancing like a child in a crowd full of children. These young students,…
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