Jars of Clay

== Blood: Water Mission ==
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Lead singer Dan Haseltine visited Africa in 2002, which in turn inspired the founding of [[Blood: Water Mission]], a non-profit organization created to raise awareness and money for the [[poverty]] and [[AIDS]] stricken regions of the continent.<ref>{{cite web |title= Why We're Here| url=http://www.bloodwatermission.com/?em1204=43910l | access-date= March 22, 2008}}</ref> The name is derived from, as Haseltine says, "The two things Africa needs most" - clean blood and clean water. The mission has begun the 1000 Wells project, an effort to have a thousand new [[water well|well]]s built throughout Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title= What We're Doing| url=http://www.bloodwatermission.com/?em1204=43911 | access-date= March 22, 2008}}</ref> The group recently met their goal of providing clean water to 1,000 African communities through the organization they founded, Blood: Water Mission, and its 1,000 Wells Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fusemix.com/en/the-leak/1715-jars-of-clay-completes-1000-wells-project-fusemixcom |title=Jars of Clay completes 1,000 Wells Project |publisher=Fusemix.com |access-date=December 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308171651/http://fusemix.com/en/the-leak/1715-jars-of-clay-completes-1000-wells-project-fusemixcom |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Former Bassist for Jars of Clay Aaron Sands serves as Administrative Director for the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodwatermission.com/about-us/staff.php |title=Staff |publisher=Blood Water Mission |access-date=December 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103081158/https://www.bloodwatermission.com/about-us/staff.php |archive-date=January 3, 2012 }}</ref>