For nearly his whole life, 40-year-old Denis Kiyaga, of Namagoma Village in Uganda, risked his life every time he took a drink of water from unsafe water sources in his community. But that was before Bread and Water for Africa® stepped up to protect the village’s...
As it was in the first year of the now 39-year history of Bread and Water for Africa® … CLEAN WATER CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR EMPHASIS OF OUR WORK. It started with digging deep wells to bring water to villages without access to clean water in sub-Saharan African...
“When small farmers are able to produce more while preserving the land’s fertility for future generations, they can improve their families’ nutrition and become self-sufficient for the long term.” So stated the Gates Foundation in 2011 upon U.S. philanthropist Bill...
Access to basic healthcare is something many of us take for granted. But for countless families across Africa, especially in remote villages, it remains an ongoing struggle. The healthcare initiatives of Bread and Water for Africa® strives to change that reality....
The overall objective of the Rural Youth Development Organization – Sierra Leone’s (RYDO-SL) Farmers Training and Capacity Building Project, supported by Bread and Water for Africa®, (BWA) is to improve the farming and business skills of participants in the areas of...
“Today’s youth are tomorrow’s family farmers, and maintaining interest in farming as a profession is vital to future food security.” So says Joseph Kobba, program director for our partner Rural Youth Development Organization – Sierra Leone (RYDO-SL), our in-country...
In December 2023, Alex Steven Bango, a pastor and chairman of the Faithful Heart Foundation (FHF) in Malawi, reached out to Bread and Water for Africa® for assistance in constructing desperately-need toilet facilities (latrines) at the Konzere Primary School for...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, is endowed with exceptional natural resources, including minerals such as cobalt and copper, hydropower potential, significant arable land, immense biodiversity, and the world’s...
With a new year upon us, all of us at Bread and Water for Africa® want to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters across the United States and around the world who are enabling us to fulfill our mission to help tens of thousands of children, mothers and...
At Bread and Water for Africa®, nothing fills our hearts with joy more than seeing the smiling faces of orphaned, abandoned and other vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa who have found loving homes where, thanks to our supporters, they are sheltered and fed,...
In 2024, Bread and Water for Africa® was able to provide support to a total of 485 orphaned, abandoned and destitute children and youth under 18 in four sub-Saharan African countries either living in orphanages and children’s homes, or through an outreach foster care...
In Uganda, nearly one-third of the population of more than 48 million (16 million individuals) lack access to clean water. In addition, around one-third of children live in households that are described as moderately water-deprived, with 20 percent being “severely...