Organizational Strengthening
A Matter of Health and Strength (PART I)
Self-made success is the unicorn of the business world—there is no such thing. I add my “Amen!” to a 17th century poem by John Donne, which begins, “No man is an island, entire of itself.” When…
If You Want to Go Far, Go Together (PART II)
THREE YEARS AGO, WE BEGAN HOSTING AN ANNUAL PARTNER SUMMIT, WHERE WE GATHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS FOR A WEEK OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING. THROUGH TRAINING AND PEER LEARNING SESSIONS, OUR PARTNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO…
If You Want to Go Far, Go Together (PART I)
Three years ago, we began hosting an annual Partner Summit, where we gather representatives from each of our partner organizations for a week of collaborative learning. Through training and peer learning sessions, our partners have the opportunity to…
Partner Summit 2017: Attendees Highlight
Learn more in the chart below about 10 of the 13 partners that will be joining Blood:Water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the third annual Partner Summit. *unlisted attendees: Water Access Rwanda, Uganda Diocese, Global Forum for…
A September Prayer Request
As we look forward to the next few months here at Blood:Water, we are excited for continued hope and healing in Africa as a result of your generous support and our partners’ work. One upcoming event stands…
Meet Our Newest Partner from Malawi!
We are so excited to announce that we have recently started working with a new core partner! We will be coming alongside Partners in Hope in their mission to provide a holistic approach to HIV/AIDS in the local…
A Week of Collaborative Learning
In August, we gathered representatives from each of our partner organizations in Nairobi, Kenya, for a week of collaborative learning, sharing, engaging, and relationship building. This was our second annual Partner Summit, designed to create opportunities for our…
When the Music Changes
Yesterday marked the kickoff of our second annual Partner Summit! Representatives from our partners working in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia, and our two newest partners from Malawi and Mozambique have gathered in Nairobi for a week…
A Center of Growth for a Community
Earlier this month, Nadia Kist, our technical director, visited Ethiopia ACT. ACT is our local partner in Suki, an informal settlement on the southwestern edge of Addis Ababa. She went to begin the Institutional Development Framework assessment process,…
Photo Friday: Going Digital
This week’s Photo Friday highlights a program we introduced to you last week. Last week we had a team in Zambia training our partner Seeds of Hope International (SoHIP) on digital data collection. SoHIP is already putting the training to use. In this…