As a nonprofit and charitable organization, we partner with local African charities and NGOs to provide clean water, healthcare, food, education, orphan care, and more. Every project we support helps African children and families build a healthier, more self-sufficient future.
We’ve worked with partners to provide clean water across Africa for many years. Whether it’s for a school, clinic, or farm, these life-changing water projects improve health, reduce hardship, and offer hope for a better future. Thanks to our generous supporters, our work continues in 2025 and beyond.
We currently work with local organizations in these African countries: Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Our programs span across Africa through trusted partnerships with locally based charities and community organizations. Each partner leads projects that provide clean water, food, education, healthcare, and orphan care tailored to their communities’ needs. Together, we build healthier, more self-sufficient futures.
Right now, children are barely surviving against incredibly harsh conditions all across Africa in countries like Ethiopia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and in refugee camps in Kenya. These children simply need the basic necessities of life...
Poverty in Kenya remains a persistent challenge in 2025, affecting millions of people despite notable gains in the national economy. While Kenya has experienced steady growth over the past decade, many families and communities continue to face daily hardships,...
Maria is a 15-year-old girl in Zimbabwe whose life was marked by trauma at a young age. “At just 14,” reported Rumbidzai Chadamoyo, a social worker at the Shinga Development Trust in Mutare, “she was being physically and emotionally abused by her biological...
On this International Literacy Day, Bread and Water for Africa® celebrates the power of literacy and the dignity of learning. With every school desk delivered, we are not just furnishing classrooms—we are unlocking opportunity, hope, and brighter futures for...
Out of the 190 countries around the globe, in 2024 the Republic of Chad ranked #13 based on “Purchasing Power Parity” (PPP) which compensates for differences in living costs and rates of inflation which better assess an individual’s buying power in any given...
Bread and Water for Africa® first began working with Bega kwa Bega (BkB - Shoulder to Shoulder in Kiswahili) in Uganda in 2020 to construct concrete barriers around fresh water spring sites, which are necessary to prevent animal and human contamination to protect...
Bread and Water for Africa
Bread and Water for Africa® is a BBB-accredited charity with a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. Our mission is simple, provide a brighter future for Africa's Children! Learn more at africanrelief.org
For thirty-nine years, Bread and Water for Africa® has partnered with clinics and orphanages across the continent to care for children who have nowhere else to turn.
Together with our local partners, we have fought epidemics, delivered clean water, and ensured that orphanages have the medicines, food, and supplies they need to keep children safe and cared for.
Much has been achieved. But much remains to be done.
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Does it shock you that more than 92 million children across Africa are battling extreme malnutrition right now?
In Ethiopia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and in refugee camps in Kenya, orphaned children are the most vulnerable of all. For them, a cough can become pneumonia, a sip of unsafe water can mean cholera, and a skipped meal can mean the difference between strength and sickness.
These are not just numbers — they are the daily realities faced by children growing up without parents, relying on orphanages for their survival. But together, we can change this.
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Maria is just one of the many children in Zimbabwe who were able to attend school last year thanks to Bread and Water for Africa®.
Many of these children have never been to school and rely on educational assistance and safe homes to access their rights and their future. Your support can make more of these stories possible — giving children the chance to learn, grow, and thrive.
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“The love and care she received at Lerato healed the wound of having no one to care for her,” said Rumbidzai Chadamoyo, a social worker with Shinga Development Trust.
Maria knew she had to escape to change her life. At just 14, she endured daily abuse from her mother in Mozambique — left out of school, forced into chores, and told she was “a burden.”
With courage and faith, she made the dangerous journey across the forest border into Zimbabwe, hoping to find her father and a fresh start.
Instead, she was placed at Lerato Children’s Home, where everything began to change. With support from the home — and from Bread and Water for Africa® — Maria was given the chance to go back to school for the first time in years.
It wasn’t easy. She had missed years of lessons and faced a language barrier, but she worked tirelessly to catch up. This year, Maria moved from last in her class to ninth place, and she’s determined to keep climbing higher.
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At just 14, Maria’s life was full of fear and hardship. Living with her mother and stepfather in Mozambique, she faced physical and emotional abuse.
“My mother used to beat, mock, and scold me in front of my stepbrothers and sisters because my father in Zimbabwe was not sending money for my upkeep,” she shared.
Maria stopped going to school while her siblings attended, spending her days doing chores and quietly dreaming of a life she wasn’t allowed to have.
She wept daily, wishing for a chance to learn, to grow, to simply be a child.
Read more of Maria’s story here: africanrelief.org/when-hope-was-lost-you-restored-it/
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📖 “Education is the cornerstone of sustainable development, and it begins with the youngest members of our society.” – Haramaya University
In Gondar City, Ethiopia, children squeeze onto broken benches or share a single desk with classmates, struggling to write, read, or focus. With our partner, the Amhara Development Association- ADA Head office , Bread and Water for Africa® is providing 500 desks, turning overcrowded classrooms into spaces where children can sit comfortably, focus on their lessons, and fully engage in school.
🧡 You can help lay the foundation for a child’s future — donate today: breadandwaterforafrica.harnessgiving.org/donate/?checkout=10836&selected-method=one-time&amount=3...
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