Education is a lifeline for millions across Africa. It creates opportunity, improves health and income, and helps communities grow - especially in places facing deep poverty. Yet sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of educational exclusion in the world. One in...
Across Africa, millions of young lives hang in the balance as families struggle to find enough nutritious food. According to a 2024 UNICEF report, nearly one in three children under age five in Eastern and Southern Africa (30%) and West and Central Africa (32%) live...
The Carilino Orphanage, located in the Mont-Ngafula commune of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Bergamo, takes in orphaned and vulnerable children, providing them with a safe and...
Last September, we reported on the great need for the rehabilitation of the Kagbaima Health Center in Sierra Leone, where thousands live on an income of less than $1 a day, and a $10 medical bill would equal two weeks’ pay. The Kagbaima Health Center, the only medical...
Imagine “sharing a scoop hole” with hundreds of fellow villagers as your only water source. Such was the case in nearly a dozen Zambia villages until this spring when thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa® we were able to step in and fund the drilling...
“In 2025, an estimated 7.6 million people, including 3.5 million children, will require urgent humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe due to the El Niño-induced drought, a food and nutrition crisis, floods and public health emergencies.” * We at Bread and Water for...
In 1998, the organization that would become Bread and Water for Africa® awarded a grant of $5,000 to the Kabwata Transit Centre (later the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre) in Lusaka, Zambia, upon the request of its founder, Angela Miyanda, who had formed a...
Earlier this year, the World Bank released its Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) which shows that “acute hunger has grown in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year… around 295 million people are now facing high levels of acute food insecurity.” The GRFC provides...
In Mwanza, Tanzania, just a couple of years ago the Watoto Wa Africa (WWA – Children of Africa) orphanage which then housed nearly 100 orphaned and abandoned children and youth was on the verge of being forced to close by the government due to its financial...
This Mother’s Day we at Bread and Water for Africa® remain committed to doing all we can to ensure that thousands of expecting women in sub-Saharan African countries, including Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone, have the opportunity to have the best possible...
While malaria is rare in the United States with roughly 2,000 confirmed cases reported annually, such is not the case in sub-Saharan Africa where in 2023 there were 246 million cases and 569,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Friday, April...
While many organizations that help orphans in Africa work to address critical issues like clean water, healthcare, poverty, and education, millions of children remain highly vulnerable. When there is so much to do, it can seem like a long-enduring uphill battle. We...