Monday, April 22, is Earth Day, held annually on this date since 1970 to serve “as a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future,” states...
Bread and Water for Africa® Supports Free Mobile Clinic Operation Serving Rural Villages in Malawi
In Malawi there is a small village named Mseka which is located in an extremely hard-to-reach area due to poor road infrastructure, and the hundreds of residents who call it home must travel a long distance, oftentimes ill and on foot, to the nearest health clinic....
Kebeneti Clinic Serving Rural Kenyan Community with Support from Bread and Water for Africa®
But for the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®, the residents of the area surrounding the Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in rural Kenya would not have convenient access to affordable healthcare in their community. Bread and Water for Africa® established a partnership...
World Health Day 2024: Bread and Water for Africa® Endorses Theme of ‘My health, my right’
Sunday, April 7, is the World Health Organization's (WHO) World Health Day with the theme: “My health, my right” aiming to address the health challenges caused by a myriad of ways from diseases and disasters, to conflicts causing death, pain, hunger and psychological...
World Water Day 2024: ‘Water for Peace’ and Our Efforts in Ethiopia to Repair Wells Amidst Drought and Conflict
This year, the theme for the United Nations’ World Water Day campaign is “Water for Peace,” which focuses on the critical role water plays in the stability and prosperity of the world. As the UN notes, “When water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal or...
Nearly 85 percent of Rural Schools in the DRC Lack Safe Drinking Water: Bread and Water for Africa® is Working to Change That for Hundreds of Students
Following a successful pilot project to provide clean water to students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who had been drinking contaminated water from nearby Lake Tumba in 2023, we are looking forward to continuing our new partnership this year with...
Bread and Water for Africa® Clean Water Projects: A Look Back at 2023, A Look Ahead into 2024
Since 1997, Bread and Water for Africa® has been working to provide people living in remote rural villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa with ready access to clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing, and saving them (especially young girls) with the...
Mushroom Cultivation: A New Hope for Sierra Leone
Mushroom growing in sub-Saharan Africa? Who would’ve thought it? Well, the United Nations’ World Food Program for one. In its March 2021, report “Zimbabwe: Mushroom-growing means independence for women farmers” the WFP stated: “Mushroom farming was identified as a...
WASH Program Calls For ‘Hygiene for All’ at Konzere Primary School in Malawi
At the Konzere Primary School for Girls in the Chikwawa District of Malawi, the 789 girls who are enrolled there currently have no choice but to use a toilet facility that is described as “a miserable, unhygienic facility that brings fear and danger among them.” Alex...
Bread and Water for Africa® Enables Kibera School Students to Pursue Their Dreams
Right now, in Kenya, there are 42 primary school graduates, including the Seed School, located in the heart of the Nairobi slum of Kibera, who want nothing more than to continue their education onto secondary school where upon graduation they will realize their dreams...
Farmers Training Program Participant in Sierra Leone ‘Can’t Wait for the Next Farming Season’
Sierra Leone is among the poorest nations in the world; a country where more than half of the population suffers from malnutrition and more than 500,000 children are at immediate risk of death due to severe malnutrition and the accompanying illnesses caused by a lack...
Bread and Water for Africa®: A Look Ahead to Continuing to Save Lives in 2024
It’s said that an organization’s mission is defined by its budget priorities, and at Bread and Water for Africa® our priority is to save lives. That may sound like hyperbole, but it’s a literal statement of fact. For 2024, our largest single budget item – 23 percent...