Posts Tagged ‘sanitation’
40 is Everything
Are you trapped in the holiday gift-giving frenzy? Do all the gadgets, toys, and material things lack meaning and feel impersonal? Perhaps it’s time we shift our perspective. $40 provides clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to one person in Africa… FOR LIFE. Clean water is life-changing and crucial to enduring health, and Blood:Water partners…
Read MoreCollect and Protect: Joaquina’s Story
Through water, sanitation, and hygiene training with one of our local partners, Joaquina learned how important it is to always draw water from a safe, protected source or to boil the water prior to consumption when that isn’t possible. As soon as she started implementing the new practices she learned, she saw…
Read MoreThank YOU for Tuning In
On Friday, the Blood:Water staff visited The Wally Show studio to celebrate a successful end to the YOUganda event. The last day presented a seemingly impossible call to action for Wally’s listeners, but they did not shy away from the challenge, making Friday the most impactful day! During the four-day, on-air event, Wally invited…
Read MoreWe’re Bringing YOU into Uganda
Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, 40 billion hours are spent, mostly by women and children, walking to collect water. Blood:Water is entering into new partnerships with two organizations in Uganda to address this issue in the communities where they work, and Wally, from The Wally Show on WAY-FM, just returned from visiting them! All this…
Read MoreWhat 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 importance of developing proper sanitation and hygiene practices. For the past three years, Allison has hosted her…
Read MoreA 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 floors will reveal around 230 bacterial species. But, no worries! A quick trip to the nearest…
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