WASH
PART I: Shared Experiences
In a two-part blog, Blood:Water founder and senior development officer, Dan Haseltine, shares what makes Blood:Water so unique in the way it works. PART I: SHARED EXPERIENCES “Just let me do it!” The words came out as more…
A Cup of Cold Water on World Water Day
By Dan Haseltine and Jenny Eaton Dyer, Ph.D. I stopped to wipe the sweat from my eyes when I noticed the giggling. I’d been hunched over, deep in concentration, replacing bolts in a metal form that would soon…
The H:20 Twenty-Day Water Challenge Begins Today!
319 MILLION. That is the number of men, women, and children who do not have access to clean water in sub-Saharan Africa. Water, provided alongside sanitation and hygiene training, plays a significant role in building healthy communities, facilitating equality,…
A Ripple in The Water
After feeling called to generously give while listening to Jars of Clay speak about Blood:Water on the radio, Patty Consoli wanted to have something tangible to pass down to her family to represent her gift, and the beauty…
Join Our Super(Bowl)-Sized Water Challenge Next Month
20 days. Nothin’ but water. Can you do it? World Water Day is a day to celebrate water, but also to observe water-related issues around the globe. That’s a big day… an important day… one that we love…
Changed Forever, For the Better: Part II
In yesterday’s blog, Sarah Walker shared about her experience traveling to Zambia with our October Vision Trip. Today, she shares how her mindset about development changed during the trip. — So how do we alleviate poverty without being completely…
Abundant Riches: Part I
Sarah Walker recently traveled with Blood:Water on a Vision Trip to see the work of one of our local partners firsthand. In today’s blog, she shares what she experienced when she arrived in Zambia. — Before I went,…
What a Relief! World Toilet Day is Tomorrow!
Often, because of the urgent need for clean water, the development of best practices in sanitation and hygiene are overlooked. That’s why we are grateful for Blood:Water supporters, such as Allison Boley, who shine a spotlight on the…
A Handy Innovation in Africa
Today, the average person will touch their phone 2,617 times. We will touch our faces and other communal objects between 3.3-3.6 times per hour (and that is being conservative). Oh, and don’t forget that a swab of most…
Addressing Water Shortage in a Desert Community
Bubisa means “windy place.” It is a harsh, desert environment in northern Kenya, where scarce resources like water are critical for survival for the people and their livestock, upon which they depend. In 1954, a borehole was installed…
