ONE was lucky enough to spend a very special evening with partner Blood:Water Mission for the Red Tie Gala in Nashville, Tenn. The event, which coincided with World AIDS Day, was a celebration of the tremendous work that has been done around the world to fight HIV/AIDS. Bill Frist at the gala ONE was especially

ONE volunteers in Nashville joined partner agency Blood:Water Mission earlier this month for their annual Water:Walk in honor of World Water Day. Tennesseans gathered to walk a mile in the women’s shoes who carry water to their families in Africa every day. Participants started downtown, carrying plastic jugs and buckets, and walked a mile to

Ben Skoda from Venture Expeditions, talks about his organization’s efforts to fight poverty through adventure. When it comes to addressing HIV/AIDS and water crises in Africa, most of us do not lack heart. Unfortunately, many of us have a desire to act, but are deterred by the lack of a platform or the resources to

Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay and founder of Blood: Water Mission, reflects on his experience at ONE and (RED)’s World AIDS Day event, and compares the HIV/AIDS epidemic to a dragon. I’m sitting in a mostly quiet airport eating an international dinner (read: China Panda), trying to remember names and faces and

Dan Haseltine, lead vocalist of Jars of Clay, tries to help readers visualize what it means to bring clean water to 1,000 communities in Africa. If I asked you to think about 384 million people, would you be able to find an image in your minds eye? If I tried to get you to visualize

Musician and activist Charlie Lowell from the band Jars of Clay talks about an exciting new development with his organization, Blood:Water Mission. They’re on track to completing their thousandth water project next spring! Jars of Clay in Africa It started with a simple equation. A human equation. One US dollar can provide clean water for

There’s a not to miss story in today’s Washington Post on keeping promises and meeting commitments. In 2005, the same year G7 governments made commitments to Africa at Gleneagles, the band Jars of Clay and the organization they founded, Blood: Water Mission set a goal and promised they would help provide clean water for people

On World AIDS Day, our friends at Blood:Water Mission—an organization that works to creatively and thoughtfully raise awareness and funds for the HIV/AIDS and water crises (including some fantastic work earlier this year around the Water for the World Act)—unveiled a brand new website. Check out the site today and read stories from Africa, watch