Posts Tagged ‘zambia’
Why Sally Keeps Racing For Clean Water
Through her Race for Clean Water last October, Sally Kuhn ran, biked, and swam 140.6 miles and raised $8,234.67 to support water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Africa. Here, Sally shares more of her story… “I first read about the water crisis in Africa about seven years ago. It’s truly a crisis when people…
Read MoreChampion for Clean Water
The muscles in my back strain as I stand back up and wipe the sweat from my forehead. Even though the sun has only begun to peek out, the heat gets to me and my knees feel shaky. With great effort, I place the final bolt into a metal form that will soon be…
Read MoreChanged 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 ineffective, or worse, actually hurting the poor with this “poverty industry” of misconceived foreign aid? Well, let…
Read MoreSmall Changes, Big Difference for Joyce’s Family
Joyce lives in Kaloko, Zambia. She’s a mother of three, determined to do everything possible to protect the health of her family. Since receiving a biosand filter in her home, Joyce has also joined the Healthy Home Initiative program led by our local partner. Through the program, Joyce has adopted every practice to ensure that…
Read MorePhoto Friday: From the Field
Today’s Photo Friday comes from our partner in Zambia, Seeds of Hope International Partnerships. Drilling begins on a borehole that will provide clean water to over 1,000 students at Mawilo Primary School in Chifubu Ndola, Zambia. Your support helps make life-saving projects like this possible. Thank you.
Read MoreThrowback Thursday
We are throwing it back today — not once, but twice. The picture on the left shows how a community in Twapia, Zambia, used to retrieve their drinking water. The picture on the right shows why they no longer have to do that. And thanks to our partners in Zambia, their well is maintained, and…
Read MoreFrom the Field Photo Updates
Did you know our partners in Africa do more than help provide clean water and HIV/AIDS medical attention? They help treat communities as a whole — heart, soul, and body. What do we mean? Did you know in Ethiopia, our partner, The ACT Project, organizes soccer club-Bible studies? They do so to create deep, lasting change in…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Going Digital
This week’s Photo Friday highlights a program we introduced to you last week. Last week we had a team in Zambia training our partner Seeds of Hope International (SoHIP) on digital data collection. SoHIP is already putting the training to use. In this photo they are monitoring where water filters have been installed and which ones have been checked to…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Shorten the Walk for Evelyn
Get ready to start seeing more photos from our partners in Africa, especially on our Instagram account. This photo comes from Zambia. Evelyn is drawing water for her house from a roadside pond in Zambia. She’s collecting water at the pond, instead of spending hours walking to reach water. That’s not a choice she should have…
Read MoreA Heart-Changing Trip to Zambia
If you dare to be inspired, visit Blood:Water’s partners in Africa. From Kenya to Zambia to Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda. They are resilient, creative, resourceful, and hospitable. And, that is what we had the gift of experiencing when we embarked June 29 on a Blood:Water Vision Trip to Ndola, Zambia, to visit our partners, Seeds…
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