Posts Tagged ‘Photo Friday’
Photo Friday: Divine Waters
Ugandan partner Divine Waters shows how dramatically community life is affected by this clean water well in the Lira District.
Read MorePhoto Friday: Unbridled Joy
If you ever have the privilege to go to Africa, it’s hard to be prepared for the joy you will encounter. It’s likely not the first thing you would expect visiting a vast land with such complex struggles and rampant corruption. But to the degree that there is suffering and trial, you will find an…
Read MorePhoto Friday: She Can
These Kenyan women have taken charge of their communities and their futures—building latrines and hand-washing stations, and starting micro-finance programs by making and selling bricks used for building homes and water tanks.
Read MorePhoto Friday: Quality Testing
As communities gain access to safe water, it’s important to also train them on hygiene and sanitation, and to follow up with testing to be certain the water source remains clean over time. This photo is taken at their main campus of our partner in Zambia, SHIP. Thanks to our field staff Nadia for the…
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 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 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.
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