HIV/AIDS
A Step Toward Zero Discrimination
Blood:Water held its annual Red Tie Gala last week in Nashville. In conjunction with World AIDS Day on December 1, this event recognizes the leaders and unsung heroes who are leading the charge in the HIV/AIDS fight. We…
Blood:Water Book Club: New Month, New Book
If you haven’t heard, we’ve started a Blood:Water book club! Each month, we’ll choose a book that has somehow shaped what we know as an organization, that relates to our work, or that provides inspiration. (We’re also open…
One Month Left Till Red Tie Gala
As we head into the holiday season, we prepare for our fourth annual Red Tie Gala, which is just about one month away. Returning to the Country Music Hall of Fame, we expect about 500 local, regional, and…
An Unexpected Internship
Blood:Water is currently seeking interns for the spring semester. Click here to apply. The deadline to apply is December 1. And check out this post from our current intern, Caroline, on what it’s been like interning for her….
Photo Friday: Stocked Shelves
In this week’s Photo Friday, we are giving you an inside look at the New Life Medical Center’s drug store in Kitgum, Uganda. A senior nursing office is checking which medications are out of stock. The center specializes…
Miles for Wells
We are constantly in awe of our incredible fundraisers who give their time and creativity to help bring clean water and HIV/AIDS care to communities in Africa. Because our work is done through local partners in Africa, opportunities…
Photo Friday: HIV Testing in Isiolo
This week’s Photo Friday comes from the new Blood:Water partner Instagram competition we talked about in our blog post yesterday. Our partner in Isiolo, Kenya, Food for the Hungry (FH K), sent us this photo of a doctor…
From 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,…
She Sings Arias. She Speaks Swahili. She’s Nadia!
You know Aaron, Jake, Katy, and Barak. Now we’d like to introduce you to our classical-singing, Swahili-speaking technical director, Nadia Kist. Although Nadia is a native New Yorker, she’s lived in Nairobi, Kenya, for the last 11 years….
Motherhood and Lost Causes
Our co-founder, Jena Lee Nardella, has put the pen to paper quite often lately… well I suppose in this day in age it’s more like finger to keyboard. Regardless, we want to share two of her recent blog…