Posts Tagged ‘World Water Day’
World Water Day 2024
World Water Day is March 22. For the Blood:Water Community, it is a time to both celebrate and recommit ourselves to the work of ending the water crisis.
Read MoreBlood:Water on Today in Nashville for World Water Day
World Water Day 2022
The water crisis impacts about 4 out of every 10 people across the globe: 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water sources, and 4.5 billion lack safely managed sanitation services. As we approach World Water Day on March 22nd our goal is to raise $75,000 to help our partners continue to address these barriers to education. Thanks to a special matching grant, your gift this month can be MATCHED – dollar for dollar up to $25,000! – enabling our partners to reach TWICE as many people. That’s double the impact.
Read MoreWorld Water Day: The Story of Chifenthe Preschool (Part 2)
For Chikalema to have a well to draw drinking water from rather than the unclean rivers is hard to believe,” the Village Headwoman declares. “Now that we have a well, I am very confident that the community will take care of it since it is the only good source of clean and safe water… This well will save lives in my village.”
Read MoreWorld Water Day: An Answered Prayer
In the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, community members share similar stories of struggling to find clean water, often walking 7 hours round-trip and still falling ill because the source of the water, despite the long walk, is unclean. Abba Ashebir Hailemariam has lived in one of these communities for his 82 years of life,…
Read MoreComing Soon: World Water Day
MARCH 22 IS WORLD WATER DAY …a day set aside to focus our attention on the global water crisis. It’s never too early to start making plans to join the conversation! Blood:Water already has exciting ways to do just that. On World Water Day, we will be launching KIDDO, an online fundraising platform encouraging…
Read MoreA 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 be filled with concrete. I had chosen this “low-impact” job because I had nearly fainted while mixing…
Read MoreThe 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, and advancing the education of the next generation. 40 dollars. That represents the cost of clean water, and…
Read MoreJoin 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 to honor. So instead of just one day, we’re going to extend a 20-day challenge to YOU.…
Read MoreLive Music. Good Food. Great Partners. #WorldWaterDay
The World Water Day Celebration is a chance to celebrate the work that has been done to serve over 1 million Africans with clean water, and to continue to provide life-giving resources and support to Africa-based initiatives impacting the water crisis. The partnership between Lightning 100 and Blood:Water is one born of respect, admiration, and…
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