WASH
In Defense of NOT Giving up Chocolate
We are just about a week into Lent. Our co-founder, Dan Haseltine, gives his take on Lent, and it starts with a candy bar. There were not many 4-letter words available to a 9-year-old boy growing up in…
Photo Friday: Smiling
Photo Friday goes to these smiling faces. We had the privilege of meeting them last month and getting to know them. To name a few, meet Irene, Florance, and Emmanuel. These are just a few of the children…
Update from The Real Game of Thrones
During an epic one-day event in July, you valiantly joined us in The Real Game of Thrones to battle for proper sanitation in Cyanika, Rwanda, and fund 21 Johns Before Dawn… Johns as in latrines… you know, kind…
Lent. It Is Not Just for Pockets.
I can’t be the only person when someone first told me he was giving up something for Lent, I thought, “Lint! What a bum deal! I wouldn’t trade anything for those annoying white balls in the pockets of…
Goodbye Chai Tea Lattes
We invite you along on a journey, a journey for water. Watch this video as we walk down the side of a mountain with the children and people of Gasaka, a small village in southern Rwanda.
Glow4Water
Blizzards are hitting the northeast; Chicago is currently covered in snow; and the current temperature at the Blood:Water office is 29 degrees. Needless to say, we’re in the dead of winter. That probably means by now your hands…
Photo Friday: The Real Game of Thrones Update
Do you remember when we launched the one day, online campaign called “The Real Game of Thrones?” We were working to raise enough funds in one day to build 21 latrines in Rwanda. And build them we have! And…
Throw Back Thursday
Uganda 2013: Would you drink that water? During the 2013 season of Lent, we worked to bring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) training to our friends in Uganda so they would learn the dangers of drinking water like…
Big Drill. Big Ask.
Sometimes it’s scary to ask for help. The bigger the ask, the scarier it is. But, it’s often in our most vulnerable moments that we are able to see God work. So here we go. On my last…
