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Water Facts
It seems like there’s a “day” for everything. There’s important ones like World AIDS Day and Wear Red Day, and there’s even silly ones like Kazoo Day and Chocolate Covered Raisins Day! Well, this Saturday marks World Water Day. But, really, what does that mean? It’d be easy to just let Saturday pass us by without…
Read MoreThe Dignity of Dorkas
It’s been a number of years now, but this story continues to remind us why our work goes beyond just helping Africans, and what our underlying desire is to see through these partnerships. Our band and Co-Founder Jena Nardella were doing community visits in the Kono region outside of Kisumu, Kenya. Each day, we would…
Read MoreWorld Water Day 2014
I am 36 weeks pregnant—just about a month away from welcoming a baby into our family. James and I are excited and a bit uncertain as to what we’re about to get ourselves into! Together, we have been consumed by the following questions about daycare: What type of parenting should we follow? What should we…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope is our partner in Zambia. They have a dynamic staff that serves the communities by producing Biosand filters. Contaminated water from a river or water hole is poured in the top of the filter and slowly runs through layers of sand and gravel which remove pathogens and suspended solids from contaminated drinking…
Read MoreWell and Good
Volunteers back in the U.S. who come alongside Africa to make a difference are a key ingredient to helping us see the end of the HIV/AIDS and water crises. We at Blood:Water are grateful for our volunteers. We are so grateful, I want to introduce you to one of them—our friend Tori Langley. Tori just…
Read MoreJacksonville House Concert
They are the heroes. You are the fuel. That’s what we truly believe at Blood:Water—that we are coming alongside hidden heroes in Africa who desire to address the HIV/AIDS and water crises and we need your help back home to fuel the movement. On March 6, Blood:Water advocates, Alan and Bonnie Verlander did just that.…
Read MorePhoto Friday: A Long Walk
Hiding behind her bucket is her 3-year-old daughter. They have an hour walk to their nearest water source where she’ll fill up 60 pounds to carry back in 105 degree heat. But you wouldn’t know it from the smile on her face. Desert people are amazing. Blood:Water has regional water rehabilitation projects, including dam reconstruction and…
Read MoreSave a Drink for this Season of Lent
Lent is just a few days away, and I often need to be reminded about the spirit of Lent. Each year, my husband, James, and I read through a devotional called Bread & Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter. Here are five helpful points that the editors of the book have laid out for the reader—reminders…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Friends
Our Friday photo blog comes from Barak’s recent trip to Kenya, visiting partners and communities. “Friends are like flowers… You may be mzungu, I may be African, but we can be friends in the garden of love” ~ song sung for us by school children in Marsabit, Kenya.
Read MoreGet Off Your Grass Party—Volunteer with Blood:Water
The word volunteer conjures up some good memories for me. It seems like I have always been volunteer minded. I was the president of Key Club in high school where we volunteered monthly to help those in need all over my hometown of Charlotte, N.C. So when Blood:Water asked me to come be the Manager…
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