Our Partners
Leader of the Year – Geoffrey Kinaalwa
Each year, Blood:Water honors one of our active partners with the Blood:Water Leader of the Year award. Today, we are showcasing Geoffrey Kinaalwa, the Executive Director of Partners for Community Transformation (PaCT)! Geoffrey is a communicative, responsive and enthusiastic leader who strives for excellence and models a zeal for mission that ripples throughout every level of his organization.
Leader of the Year – Julius Mbeya
Each year, Blood:Water honors one of our active partners with the Blood:Water Leader of the Year award. Today, we are showcasing Julius Mbeya, the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lwala Community Alliance (LWALA)! The best way to describe Julius is as a “leader of leaders.” While this is always true, in 2020 this characteristic really shone.
Measuring the Impact of HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa
As an HIV/AIDS response organization, we love sharing inside looks into how AP works, because they explain so much about the effectiveness of local leaders in community-based work. So here’s another look into these data points and how they are counted in areas affected by HIV/AIDS.
Leader of the Year – Hermella Woldehana
Each year, Blood:Water honors one of our active partners with the Blood:Water Leader of the Year award. Today, we are showcasing Hermella Woldehana, the Executive Director of Drop of Water (DoW)! Hermella holds the highest standards for herself and those she works with, and Blood:Water is honored to be a part of her fearless journey.
Two Brothers: The Story of LWALA
Erastus Ochieng was a school teacher in Lwala, Kenya with a dream of building a local health clinic. Knowing personally how important HIV treatment was, he wanted others to receive this life-saving care before it was too late. Erastus passed away before the clinic was built. But his two sons knew that hey needed to continue fighting for their father’s vision.
4 Key Characteristics of an Empowered Community
A lot of organizations want to help communities in need, but what does it mean to empower a community for sustainable progress? In this article, we’re laying out four key characteristics that define an empowered community. We’ll also talk about how Blood:Water works to provide grassroots organizations with more tools to give people what they need to take hold of all the ways they can improve their families’ lives.
Because You Understood (Message from Jake)
2020 tested and tried us all in ways we couldn’t have imagined. And while most of the world was experiencing a global health crisis for the first time, our partners were not. The reality is that they spend most of their days addressing the world’s greatest health challenges experienced from lack of clean water or the effects of HIV/AIDS. When the time came for them to rise to this new challenge, there was no wavering, only action. And from what we have seen, their efforts are working.
The Impact of Clean Water & Sanitation for One African Village
Veronica Allan lives in Chifenthe, close enough to the new ECD center to fully feel the effects of its resources. There she can access the new VIP latrine where her fellow students, teachers, and caregivers can access a safe sanitation facility.
What Will This Day Ask of Us?
As the United States wakes up from a contentious election, I’m reflecting on what I am being asked to do on this day.
Organizational Strengthening: The IDF
we want our partners to be strong enough financially, technically, and internally, to continue the work long after their partnership with Blood:Water concludes. So, our OS program aims to provide insight, support, and resources so that organizations can strengthen their efficacy, longevity and health based on how they report they can be best served.
