These are a couple of things that I know to be true. A person cannot live without water. A person cannot thrive without connection. In the day-to-day working-out of life, if we are privileged, we won’t spend too much time reflecting on such truths. We simply enjoy both and keep on living. The first of these truths, the one about water, only becomes a matter of thought right around the time that a catastrophic event has happened. News reports gasp at the sudden need for relief in communities in the U.S. as the scarcity brought on by hurricanes or other natural disasters leave residents r ..read more

  We are immensely grateful for all of our interns and were so glad that Raegan was able to stay on through spring 2023! Plus we brought on a new intern for Fall 2022-Spring 2023, Morgan Chupp!  While she is a new intern to us, she is not new to Blood:Water. In 2019, she and her family went on a Vision Trip to visit our partners in Malawi. So check out her reflection on her experience with Blood:Water, our partners, and why we work with these local heroes, and some questions that give you a little bit of insight into why we are so delighted to have her as a part of our team for this ..read more

  In June of this year, we were thrilled to have our first vision trip of supporters in over two years head over to Kenya to visit some of our partners in the field. Hannah Umphress was among that group, and she was generous enough to share a little bit about her experience seeing them in action, getting a first-person look at why we do what we do. Listen and Learn What does it practically look like to be “whole life,” supporting the dignity and empowerment of not just life before birth but also the whole person until their last breath? This question has been one I have been wrestling wit ..read more

  Often we think of sustainable development in reference to a non-profit or organization that has no reliance on outside funding or assistance of any kind. This mindset is not necessarily wrong, but the topic is much more nuanced than this. What exactly is sustainable development, and does it have a universal definition? Any organization you ask may define it differently depending on their mission and purpose; it can be seen as socially-constructed based on the context in which it is being used.  The concept became universally known after a 1987 Oxford University Press publication ti ..read more

  COVID-19 interrupted the entire world, causing a lot of organizations to pivot services to schools and communities for the “new” needs at hand, and putting a hold on several aspects of WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) efforts globally. That being said, handwashing facilities and hygiene information became all the more important in preventing the coronavirus, and issues associated with inadequate WASH facilities and practices did not cease to exist just because they were temporarily not the highest priority. As the world buckled down on trying to mitigate the effects of the pandemic ..read more

  We recently said goodbye to our wonderful Fall 2021-Spring 2022 interns and hello to our summer 2022 interns, and we are so grateful for everything they accomplish in their short time on our team. If you’re interested in an internship with us, check out our careers page to see what we have available! Here’s a reflection from our Donor Relations and Communications intern, Jake. Jacob Woodford Blood:Water is a special organization. I thought it might be when I applied, and I am sure of it as my internship draws to a close. It isn’t often you have the opportunity to affect change and exper ..read more

  Because we want to make sure that our work in the HIV/AIDS and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) spheres is making a true and lasting difference, we work with grassroots, locally-led organizations based in eastern and southern Africa who are already deeply entrenched in the community. We recently added a few new partners, and are absolutely thrilled to introduce one of them, Rafiki wa Maendeleo Trust (Rafiki)! WHO THEY ARE On the shores of Lake Victoria, three friends in the Rarieda sub-county of Kenya saw the trauma that the AIDS pandemic caused in villages throughout the region, a ..read more

 We are delighted to introduce the newest full-time member of our team, James Karongo, as our Africa Partnerships Portfolio Manager! Please join us in welcoming James, and read on to learn more about him. After a long season of pivoting to ensure the quality of our services to partners and doing everything we can to help them do the same for their communities, God has answered our prayers with such a thoughtful, compassionate, dedicated new member of the team. It is so fun to see the new Kenya office shaping out with these new faces! James is a public health expert with over 12 years’ ex ..read more

 We are delighted to introduce the newest full-time member of our team, James Karongo, as our Africa Partnerships Portfolio Manager! Please join us in welcoming James, and read on to learn more about him. After a long season of pivoting to ensure the quality of our services to partners and doing everything we can to help them do the same for their communities, God has answered our prayers with such a thoughtful, compassionate, dedicated new member of the team. It is so fun to see the new Kenya office shaping out with these new faces! James is a public health expert with over 12 years’ ex ..read more

  We recently said a bittersweet ‘goodbye’ to our 2021 fall - 2022 spring interns, Jacob and Ryan, and ‘hello’ to two fresh new faces! We are excited to tell you that Lauren and Raegan will be joining us for the summer, and we can’t wait for you to get to know them. Read on to learn more about the newest members of our team! Lauren Forrest - Coral Springs, FL Meet Lauren, our new donor relations & communications intern! She’s currently getting her master’s degree in Global Studies at Liberty University, and if you’re craving sushi, she’s your gal. Why did you apply to be an intern at ..read more