Posts Tagged ‘zambia’
Photo… Video Friday: Seeds of Hope
This week’s Photo Friday will be Video Friday. We want you to get to know who we work with in Africa a little better. So today, we’re diving a little deeper with Seeds of Hope in Zambia.
Read MoreAn Awe-Inspired Firsthand Look: An Update from Zambia
Blood:Water’s story began with a trip to Africa. This trip ignited a passion that bore a vision to see the end of the HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa. We would like all of our supporters to be able to share in that vision and experience firsthand the work that is being done with their…
Read MoreFinding Common Ground: Boerne, Texas, and Kaloko, Zambia
Tucked on the hillside of a landscape that more resembled a treed African savannah then the middle of Texas, our friends Steve and Nancye Drukker hosted more than 50 of their closest friends and family for a special Father’s Day house concert earlier this week in Boerne, Texas. It was apparent from the moment that…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Bio-sand Filter
In America if we saw a massive concrete structure with spray paint on the front in someone’s home, we’d probably turn a blind eye. But in Africa such a piece is the pride and joy of many homes—and more than that, it’s life-saving. During our most recent trip to Zambia, this woman could not wait to…
Read MoreGoogle Kids Build Biosand Filters
This year at Google’s “Take Your Child to Work Day,” kids had the opportunity to hear about the value of clean water and even build their very own Biosand filters! Ruth Doane, a dear Blood:Water friend, shared with Googlers’ kids what it means to have clean water, and showed them photos from the vision trip…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Community Health Promoters
Photo Friday comes from Zambia. This photo shows a group of Community Health Promoters (CHPs) in Ndola. CHPs are important because after learning what proper sanitation looks like, they then train their own communities on how to improve their health. Specifically, CHPs train their communities on water, sanitation, and sygiene, also known as WASH. Teaching…
Read MorePhoto Friday: Wally & Sam
Thank you to everyone who joined in the Drill It & Fill It event with The Wally Show! Sam works with our partner in Zambia. He was grateful to hear about the Drill It & Fill It plan, and so thrilled when he found out the drill rig funding was complete. Want to hear just…
Read MoreWally Tried His Hand at Drilling It and Filling It
Find out what happened when Wally joined a drill rig team and built a few biosand filters. He did both prior to the Drill It & Fill It campaign. Check out what Wally had to say about working at a drill site: Today was an amazing day as I got the opportunity to work with my…
Read MoreWould You Rather: The Zambia Edition
This week we are recapping the inspiring blogs the Wally team posted from their trip leading up to the Drill It & Fill It campaign. From Bekah: Would you rather: have purple skin or green hair? Would you rather: have a loud neighbor or a rude coworker? Would you rather: drink contaminated water or pool water?…
Read MoreToday is a Beautiful Day
You may have heard about the Drill It & Fill It campaign that happened a couple of weeks ago, hosted by The Wally Show on WAY-FM. Before the campaign kicked off, Wally and his team went to Zambia to visit some of the communities that will receive clean water because of the campaign. While they were…
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