In 1983, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first discovered in Belgium, according to a report published by the United States National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library. “However, the epidemic was recognized much later in most parts of...
Working with the Our AIM Foundation (OAF), over the past few years Bread and Water for Africa® have teamed up to improve the lives of tens of thousands of Malawians through our healthcare and clean water and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programs. Bread and...
At the Masanduko Primary School, located in Masanduko Village in the Chikwawa District, Malawi, there are 499 girls, 496 boys and several staff members who are unable to use the school’s latrines which are severely damaged and very dangerous for use. Because of the...
For many impoverished children living in the Kenya slum of Nairobi known as Kibera, they are faced with an impossible choice – whether to take the opportunity to attend school, or to spend their days begging for shillings so they can eat. They understand that...
There are many dedicated educators in Sierra Leone seeking to provide students with the best opportunity for their students to learn in their classrooms, but often as the students are striving to pay attention to the lesson, they are stymied by the fact they are...
In Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe right now there are hundreds of orphaned and abandoned children who have a warm bed to sleep in at night, are receiving three meals a day and are attending school without fear of being turned away due to a lack of ability to pay...
In 2019, Bread and Water for Africa® began a five-year initiative to ensure that students at the Seed School in the Kenyan slum of Kibera, located on the outskirts of Nairobi, receive meals every school day. Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya and one of the largest...
Today, October 16, is World Food Day, commemorating the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, with this year’s theme of “Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future.” “Around 733 million people are facing...
In Uganda, “poor sanitation and hygiene, as well as unequal access to safe drinking water, make thousands of children very sick and at risk of death.” So says UNICEF, noting that WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) “are essential for life and health, but they are...
In rural Malawi, 37 percent of households – more than one-third of the population – lack access to improved drinking water sources and toilet facilities resulting in poor sanitation and hygiene which are “major contributors to the burden of disease and child...
According to the Gates Foundation, nearly 500,000 lives could be saved by 2040 if low- and middle-income countries adopted Multiple Micronutrient Supplements, the world's most complete prenatal vitamins. "So now we're trying to make sure every pregnant woman in...
Of all the programs that Bread and Water for Africa® supports, including WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) projects, agriculture and food self-sustainability, education and healthcare, it is orphan care that is nearest and dearest to our hearts which melt when we...