In the United States, tuberculosis (TB) is not much on the mind of Americans in the country where 8,300 cases were reported in 2022, making the incidence rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 persons, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Compare that...
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Kebeneti Secondary School Library Project Completed: ‘The Best Place to Be’ Says Grateful Student
Even in this increasingly digital age, students of all ages all around the world still rely on the printed page and the books they’re contained in for much of their educational growth and progress – especially for those in sub-Saharan African countries where...
This Mother’s Day, Bread and Water for Africa® Recognizes ‘Mothers’ of Many in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Mother’s Day is celebrated each year on the second Sunday in May in the United States, this year on May 14, and also on that day around the world in countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe where our partners the Lewa Children’s Home, the...
Prenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplements Shipped by Bread and Water for Africa® Helping to Ensure Healthy Births for Mothers in Cameroon
Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and girls and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25 percent in the past two years in a dozen countries, for the most part all located in sub-Saharan Africa, including countries where Bread and Water for Africa® works such as...
Bread and Water for Africa®: Preventing Malaria on World Malaria Day, and Every Day!
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2022 issued in December, there were 247 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2021 resulting in 619,000 deaths with the WHO African Region continuing to carry a disproportionately high share of...
Economic Empowerment for People in Africa: Farms for the Future
When 12-century philosopher Maimonides wrote about the eight degrees of charity, he said: “Lastly, the eighth and most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity by preventing poverty, namely, to assist the reduced brother…by teaching him a trade, or by...
Bread and Water for Africa® Helps to Fight Malaria and Other Deadly Illnesses in Sierra Leone Through Shipments of Medicines and Medical Supplies to Our Healthcare Partners
In Sierra Leone, the challenges are many for more than 8.8 million residents (2023 current est.) who live in a country which spends less than 9 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare compared to 18.8 percent in the United States in 2020, according...
Kebeneti Clinic is Saving Lives in Rural Kenya with Help from Bread and Water for Africa®
The Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kericho, Kenya was founded in 1966 in a two-room mud building with the mission of serving children and adults in desperate need of healthcare in a rural region of the country where medical services were extremely limited. And decades...
World Health Organization and Bread and Water for Africa® Continue to Work for ‘Health For All’ on World Health Day
This Friday, April 7, marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s World Health Day when “in 1948 countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain...
Living in Tanzania: How We Help With Health, Education, and More!
Tanzania is an African country located between the continent's eastern and central regions. With a population of roughly 63.3 million people, it is one of the most populous countries in Africa. Tanzania has a diversified economy featuring both industry and...
Bread and Water for Africa® Working to ‘Accelerate Change’ for Thousands This Year Through Clean Water Projects
“Accelerating Change” is the theme of the United Nations’ World Water Day 2023, held annually on March 22 since 1993 to highlight the importance of fresh, clean water and its WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) goals for people throughout the world. At Bread and...
Bread and Water for Africa® Helping to Fight Deadly Cholera Outbreak in Malawi on Two Fronts
The headlines are disturbing and tragic: “Children face acute risk amid Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak” – The Guardian, March 10, 2023 “Malawi’s deadly cholera epidemic hits the poor hardest” – Reuters, March 9, 2023 And this from Rudolf Schwenk, UN Children’s...