Win tickets to the Well:Done Celebration in Nashville
Live in Nashville? Well, this is your lucky day. We’re giving away three passes to Blood: Water Mission’s Well:Done Celebration at the historic Ryman Auditorium next Tuesday, May 10th.
The event celebrates the accomplishment of a lofty goal that Blood: Water Mission made back in 2005: build 1,000 wells in Africa. Now, thanks to support from their amazing fans and members, the organization, cofounded by rockers Jars of Clay, can proudly say that their mission has become a reality. Their wells will provide clean water for nearly 700,000 people.
The benefit concert will feature music and stories from Jars of Clay, HANSON, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken and renowned Kenyan artist Eric Wainaina. Well:Done is definitely an event you don’t want to miss — especially because it celebrates the idea that YES, it is possible to make a difference in the lives of the world’s poorest people.
So, how do you win the tickets? Easy. Leave a comment on this blog post with an answer to this question:
What is the most interesting fact you learned about water and sanitation in the last six months? Why is it interesting to you?
We’ll pick three comments at random and announce the winners on the blog on Thursday, May 5. We’ll contact the winner via email, so make sure you use an email address where we can notify you if win.
Don’t wanna take your chances? Buy your tickets at Ticketmaster. Ticket levels include $30, $50 and if you want the full VIP treatment, $250.
Good luck!
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May 3, 2011 at 10:51 am
I cant believe we can send a man on th moon but we cant provide sanitation and clean water to every person on our own planet.
May 3, 2011 at 11:03 am
Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease somewhere in the world. This can be remedied by providing children with the basic necessities such as safe drinking water and sanitation. Together, we can make a difference in their lives.
May 3, 2011 at 11:14 am
My husband and I have a small charity, Desanagiving. based out of Nashville, TN. We recently returned from Kiganda, Uganda, where a school of 700+ students draws their bathing, laundry and drinking water from a standing run-off pond also frequented by the local cattle. They sometimes walk 12 kilometers one way in the dry season to obtain water. This needs to change!
May 3, 2011 at 11:22 am
My church supports a ministry in Togo, Africa, and they were able to build the first well EVER in one particular village. Before that well was built, the life expectancy was in the mid-30s, and the number-one cause of death in that area was diseases from drinking unclean water. This week my office didn’t get our water delivery for our water cooler, and we were naturally flipping out… then I remembered the people in our little village and millions of others like them. Even our own neighbors south of us have no drinking water right now due to the tornadoes, and it’s blowing my mind how many times I’ve filled up my water bottle without a thought about it. God bless Blood:Water Mission!!
May 3, 2011 at 11:31 am
I just learned that there is a group of engineers that have created a toilet that is run on solar power and only uses one cup of water to flush. While it is somewhat expensive, it would be so amazing for areas where water very scarce.
May 3, 2011 at 11:36 am
It’s estimated that 50% of the world’s population does not have access to adequate sanitation. That’s HALF the world. Over 3 billion people. If that doesn’t interest you or make you listen, I don’t know what does. It’s statistics like these that should make us not want to sit back and settle for complacency.
May 3, 2011 at 11:38 am
If the trend on water sanitation continues, by 2015 there will be about 2.7 billion people without it. It’s interesting because here in the US everyone expects water to be a resource that is just there. We have shelves and shelves of it at the grocery store and rivers in our backyards, so in the US we’re convinced everything is okay due to our sheltered lifestyles. I just hope people will take the time to not only listen to what is going on, but also care so that we can stop this before it gets to 2.7 billion people.
May 3, 2011 at 11:42 am
Lack of clean water kills more people every year than war.
May 3, 2011 at 11:43 am
In just one day, more than 200 million hours of women’s time is consumed just collecting water for domestic use. This lost productivity is greater than the combined number of hours worked in a week by employees at Wal-Mart, United Parcel Service, McDonald’s, IBM, Target, and Kroger.
May 3, 2011 at 11:50 am
I only have this to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxqr8AJbdsM&feature=youtube_gdata
May 3, 2011 at 12:06 pm
I have realized the significance of clean water due to 3 major things that has happened over the course of the past 3 months.
1. I went on mission’s trip to Africa 3 months ago and the village we stayed in, the children would have walk nearly 4 miles to get fresh water for their families–I can’t imagine my child nor myself having to do that.
2. After returning my close friend had gotten very sick and spent 3 weeks in the hospital due to a parasite from–unclean water.
3. Due to the tornado disasters that have taken place over the past couple of weeks Alabama has had a lack of water–which you wouldn’t think possible in the USA.
These very things make me realize we should never take one single thing for granted–not even water.
May 3, 2011 at 12:50 pm
Thanks to the Stones River Watershed Association, Murfreesboro children are being educated about the health of our water through hands-on participation in GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. This interests me because I care about the health of my community whether it benefits me or my grandbeauties.
May 3, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I’ve learned how much of a difference a small change makes – giving up coffee or a meal out and giving that money to support clean water efforts. It’s important because we’re called to love our neighbors, and efforts like B:WM teach me new ways to do that.
May 3, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Because I have access to clean drinking water, I am wealthier than more than half of the brothers and sisters I share this planet with.
May 3, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Nearly 1 billion people suffer needlessly without access to safe water. I am convinced this can change with this kind of campaign – one village at a time. It’s incredibly important work. Your work is fudamentally changing lives in africa and around the globe…Thank you.
May 3, 2011 at 6:33 pm
By installing rain barrels on my house, I’ve learned that a small 500 sq ft apartment can collect 100 gallons of water with just a little rain – and that’s only with half the roof draining to it. This helps me conserve water (using it to water my garden) – one of our most precious resources.
May 3, 2011 at 10:28 pm
I’ve learned that every day over 4,000 children die from cases of diarrhea, which are caused by lack of proper sanitation and hygiene. These deaths are completely avoidable with smarter investment in better santitation infrastructure and access to clean drinking water, which would prevent waterborne illnesses.
May 4, 2011 at 1:05 am
I have learned so much the last few months about how many people around the world are suffering because of not having access to safe, clean water. And about all the amazing people that are helping to change that. We really can make a difference when we stand together. Thank You for all the great work that you do!
May 4, 2011 at 10:06 am
most households water usage happens through flushing the toilet…It it’s yellow let it…
May 4, 2011 at 10:13 am
I have re-learned the evils of bottled water (and soda) So much pollution that comes from these bottles. Such simple steps to carry a bottle and drink tap water (or buy a RO filter for your tap if you can’t do that) help the environment so much and the water actually tastes better and is usually cleaner than bottled.
May 4, 2011 at 10:23 am
I work with a community in Jacmel Haiti and one of our focuses is water and sanitation. Every time I go there I am reminded how much we take these things for granted.
May 4, 2011 at 10:34 am
A little giving goes a long way. Giving clean water = showing Christ’s love to those in need.
May 4, 2011 at 12:26 pm
A lack of clean water leads to Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS because these mothers are forced to breast-feed babies, instead of mixing the unsafe water with formula. Potable water is crucial in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
May 4, 2011 at 1:31 pm
well water isn’t always the microbially cleanest, but it is the inspiration to our modern carbon filters. plus, personally, i think it tastes better than well water!
May 4, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I’ve learned how cheaply you can help bring clean water to people who need it! It makes me realize that no matter who you are, you cando something to help!
May 4, 2011 at 6:46 pm
The same amount of money used to fund the royal wedding could’ve given everyone in the world a source of clean drinking water. Wow. It puts in perspectice how much money we waste compared to what clean water costs.
May 5, 2011 at 5:53 pm
The facts that stood out most to me are: The Romans had better water quality than half the people alive now, only 63% of the worlds population have access to improved sanitation, waterbourne diseases cause 1.4 million children’s deaths every year, woman spend thousands of hours collecting and carrying water each year, half of the world’s hospitalizations are due to water-related diseases & over 50% of all water projects fail within the first year. These statistics are mind boggling to me! People can help, people can make a difference & people can erase these stats. It’s amazing how far one US dollar can go in these countries/situations. If people only fully grasped where they put their money and how much they could do, we’d have a better world. We waste so much and take so much for granted. Seeing these countries/places first hand also will definitely help put everything into perspective. Making people aware of these stats, like you guys do, is the first step in helping erase them. It’s on us to do the rest. I still have faith in people to do so
May 5, 2011 at 8:31 pm
I never before connected the fact that the FIRST tool each African village needs to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic is CLEAN WATER! Usually the focus is put on the lack of medicines, but this fact made so much sense to me when Blood: Water Mission brought it to my attention.