Although the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, has had a library for the orphaned and destitute children and youth living there for many years, its materials were what Sima Miyanda described as “old, worn and out of date.” That was its status...
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Bread and Water for Africa® Paving the Path Towards Self-Sufficiency for Orphanage in Tanzania
As with all the programs supported by Bread and Water for Africa®, our ultimate goal is to help our partners become self-sufficient by growing enough grains, vegetables, and other staple products to provide enough food for the children and families they serve and...
Bread and Water for Africa® Working Today to Provide Clean Water to 50,000+ Sierra Leoneans This Year, and for Many More Years to Come!
In 12 small, rural communities in Sierra Leone there are 50,902 girls and boys, women and men who are is desperate need of access to safe, clean water. At one time – decades ago – the residents of the villages had clean water coming fresh from the ground, but a lack...
Bread and Water for Africa® to Ship Prenatal Vitamins to Ethiopia to Help Ensure Better Outcomes for Pregnant Women and Infants
Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and girls and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25 percent in recent 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 Chad,...
Banana Plantation in Uganda Producing Once Again Following Flooding Thanks to Supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®
Bananas, whether “table” bananas for eating out of hand, in cereal or ice cream splits, and the cooking banana (plantains) are an extremely nutritional food, notes the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Banana plants are also “very easy to grow...
Mumba’s Story: From the Kabwata Orphanage to Medical University Graduate
About two decades ago, Mumba was born in a Zambian prison. The mother did not want the child the child to grow up in prison because of the environment was not ideal for a child and the extended family were not anywhere close for help. Having no choice, not long after...
Second Flooding at Ugandan Orphanage on Shores of Lake Victoria Calls for Emergency Response from Bread and Water for Africa®
After hearing from Rev. Sr. Mary Peter Namasinga/Local Superior at the Kyasira Home of Hope for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children on the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe, Uganda, in October 2023 about a devastating flood in 2020 that left 62 children and their...
Mokoba Clinic: Saving Lives in Sierra Leone with Support from Bread and Water for Africa®
Millions living in impoverished sub-Saharan African countries face daunting challenges on a daily basis for their very survival, with perhaps the availability of clean drinking water and food security at the top of the list. However, besides water and food, access to...
With Successful Completion of First Toilet Facility at Malawian School, Bread and Water for Africa® Embarks on Second WASH Project
Earlier this spring, we at Bread and Water for Africa® received a letter from Debora Mkweya, Girls’ Matron at the Konzere Primary School in Ngabu, Malawi, a small town of about 7,000, located about 60 miles from the nation’s second-largest city of Blantyre to thank us...
Angela Miyanda: ‘Mother of Many’ Over Three Decades of Caring for Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Zambia
This Mother’s Day Bread and Water for Africa® is recognizing Angela Miyanda, founder and director of the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia is our second-longest serving partner. It was in 1998, just one year after the incorporation of Bread and Water for...
Water for Africa: Transforming Lives Through the Clean Water Program
Water is the essence of life, a fundamental human need without which survival is impossible. Yet, access to this basic necessity remains out of reach for millions of people across the globe, particularly in underserved African communities. The dire implications of...
Every day is Earth Day at Bread and Water for Africa®: Helping to Train Farmers in Sustainable Agricultural Methods in Malawi
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...