Blood:Water is an international nonprofit that partners with African community-driven organizations to end water & HIV/AIDS health disparities through organizational strengthening & financial support. Since 2004, Blood:Water has partnered with grassroots organizations in sub-Saharan Africa to join them in serving the communities where they work and to improve the health of community members. Through outreach and intimate knowledge of the areas where they work, our partners identify and empower local heroes to champion issues affecting the health of community members.
On this episode of APF Podcast Series, we had as guest, Nadia Kist, the Director of Africa Partnerships for Blood:Water. We had interesting conversations that centered around the organization's goal, strategy and effects of leveraging local partnerships for sustainable impact in communities.
Nadia also provided insights on community-based philanthropy. This is an exciting episode you don't want to miss if you are leaning towards community-based philanthropy and stay abreast of what opportunities are there and what pitfalls to watch out for?
Nadia Kist
Nadia Kist is a leader in Global Health Philanthropy with over 18-years of experience leading HIV-focused programs and organizations in Africa. She is committed to building equitable community-centered models of philanthropy that address the complex interconnected drivers of socio-economic and health disparities. She endeavors to achieve this through positions responsible for strategic leadership and direction setting within institutions that aim to influence global health through dignifying, equitable and effective philanthropy. At the heart of her work is a personal vision to see the fullness of life rightfully accessed and protected at an individual level across communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS.
The latter portion of her career progressively focuses on developing and scaling African-led and community-driven funding models for health. Throughout her career, she provided technical and managerial oversight to multi-million-dollar public health programs at regional, national and sub-national levels throughout the East and Southern African region. She has extensive experience managing complex programmatic implementation and grant partnerships with academia, host governments, faith and civil society organizations.
She has a demonstrated track record of influencing health policy processes, through sensitive government engagement and collaborative approaches to technical advisement. She sits on the board of the East Africa Philanthropy Network (EAPN), hold membership with the Africa Philanthropy Forum (APF) and the International AIDS Society (IAS). She is also the Board Chair and co-founder of Seeds for Hope (SFH), a youth-focused charitable trust expanding access to formal education through academic scholarships in Kenya.
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