Lute Tembo has lived at the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, since she was three weeks old – and at 24 today, it had been the only home she had ever known before moving into a home nearby she shares with Kabwata staff member Beatrice, and Aggie,...
The rural Kalabo District in Zambia is a difficult area to work in as the terrain is mainly deep Kalahari sand resulting in most villages not having basic water supply infrastructure, according to Elisha Ng’onomo, executive director of one of our newest partners,...
Whether in the United States or Zambia, children who have the opportunity to spend time “exploring” the world through books at their local libraries experience greater levels of inquisitiveness and a develop a desire to learn...
During the decades that Bread and Water for Africa® has been supporting children’s homes in sub-Saharan Africa countries including Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, our supporters who make it all possible are not only helping to provide for their most...
This Thursday, September 8, is UNESCO’s (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) International Literacy Day, held annually since 1967 “to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance...
Hello, my name is Agnes, and I offer my greetings from the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia where I grew up and lived for 18 years – practically all my entire life! I have no other family but my “family” here at Kabwata and it is with my gratitude that I...
Today, December 1, is the United Nations’ World AIDS Day which this year, the theme is: END INEQUALITIES. END AIDS. END PANDEMICS. World AIDS Day is organized through UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, to highlight the urgent need to end the...
The Centers for Disease Control has issued travel advisories for Americans considering traveling to Zambia and Zimbabwe where Bread and Water for Africa® partners the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre and the Lerato Children’s Village, respectively, operate. Of...
At the Kabawata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia, our longtime partner Angela Miyanda. Its founder and director, is caring for 62 children –36 girls and 26 boys – all orphaned or abandoned and brought to her by the country’s Department of Social Welfare. Among...
At Bread and Water for Africa®, we have been promoting foodself-sustainability in Africa for over two decades. The COVID-19 era has increased the need more than ever. The COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia is having a devastating impact on the economy of the country, and on...
Angela Miyanda, founder and executive director of our longtime partner in Zambia, the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre, just reported to us some troubling news about the situation in her country: “The numbers of the COVID-19 have been rising very fast, reaching...