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Medical Supplies Arrive in Sierra Leone to Provide Aid to Country’s Most Vulnerable
In Sierra Leone, our partner, Faith Healing Development Organization, recently received our shipment of medicines, medical supplies and equipment to be distributed at its clinics in Rokel, Kenema and Bunumbu village in the Kailahun District. We know they will be put...
Thousands of Books to Expand Minds of Tens of Thousands Ugandan Students
Earlier this year, we were able to ship a 40-foot container (approximately 22,000 books) to Kampala, Uganda, where they were distributed by our partner there, Bega kwa Bega to dozens of schools. Those textbooks and reference books will be used to educate tens of...
Medical Supplies Arrive in Sierra Leone, Thousands of Books to Uganda, and more!
Three weeks after Cyclone Idai struck, these orphans are desperate
Bread and Water for Africa's® long-time partner in Zimbabwe, Shinga Development Trust, helps provide loving homes and provides educations for orphans and deserted children. To say that the country is besieged by drastic weather conditions is an understatement. In the...
A visit to our partners in Ethiopia, World Water Day, and more!
World Water Day : Leaving no one behind
A year ago on the United Nations’ World Water Day, we at Bread and Water for Africa® were making plans on bringing safe, clean water to the residents of the small village of Nafami in Sierra Leone where 300 students attending the primary school and 1,000 more...
The Faith Healing Agricultural Project in Sierra Leone
The Faith Healing Agricultural Project (FHAP) is an offshoot of the longtime partner of Bread and Water for Africa®, Faith Healing Development Organization (FHDO) in Sierra Leone and operates with mission of helping small farmers achieve food security. FHAP does this...
Bridging the Digital Divide
At the Legos Christian Academy in Rutile, Sierra Leone, there are hundreds of students who today have stepped into the digital age thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa® and through our partnership with Computer Ministry in Mechanicsburg,...
Kabwata Orphanage Provides Loving Home For Orphan Now Teaching Underprivileged Children
Memory may be her name, but she has little of what her life was like before her life was transformed when she was brought to the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia at the young age of 4 years old. In addition to finding a loving home with Kabwata founder...
Degendo Well
Degendo is a small rural community (pop. 650) in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia where fresh clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and livestock is in short supply. “Like many of the rural kebeles (the smallest administrative unit in the country) in the region,...
A Lesson of Love, Little Emmanuel, Douala’s Clinic, and more
A year in Health Care in Africa
Tragically, millions in sub-Saharan African countries die needlessly every year, particularly young mothers and their infant children. Otherwise healthy children and adults are sickened and die from easily preventable and treatable illnesses due to a lack of safe...
A year of Education
In Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of orphaned and destitute children who have any place to call home, who don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and who have no one to love them and keep them safe. But thanks...
Hope Services’ Esther Ndichafah: Our ‘Mother Teresa of Cameroon’
It is not far-fetched to describe our partner Esther Ndichafah, founder and director of our longtime partner Hope Services Ministry International, as the “Mother Teresa of Cameroon.” We know of no one who has done more for those most in need in her impoverished...
Giving Tuesday: Medical Supplies for Cameroon
Thanks to the support of African children through your generous gifts to Bread and Water for Africa®, we started funding the construction of a clinic/hospital in Douala about three years ago. The clinic was supposed to open in May of 2018, but because of the election...
Harvest Time is Now in sub-Saharan Africa
Right now it’s harvest time throughout sub-Saharan Africa including the countries where we support farming operations to Baraka Farm in Kenya which provides food and support to the Lewa Children’s Home, to the smallholder farmers who subsist on what they can grow on...
Tractor for Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, the soil and growing conditions are ideal for large-scale farming. But people are starving because of a lack of farming equipment necessary to cultivate large tracts of land which tragically lay fallow. However, thanks to our supporters, this fall we...
School Fees in Chad
For untold thousands of children in Chad, just getting clean water to drink and food to eat is a struggle, particularly for orphans and the poorest of the poor in this destitute country – and the idea of going to school is beyond the realm of possibility. But thanks...
Water and Chicken Project in Sierra Leone
In the United States, access to clean water and having an abundant supply of farm-fresh eggs for cooking and baking are taken for granted. Very few homes in the U.S. don’t have running water and a carton of eggs in the refrigerator. That’s not the case in Sierra...
Our International Spokesperson Phyllis Keino Receives Humanitarian Award
For the last 50 years, Bread and Water for Africa® international spokesperson Phyllis Keino has been “a mother to thousands” of children rescued from the streets of Eldoret, Kenya who have been lovingly taken in by the woman they grow to call “mum.” In recognition of...
Assisting Children Seeking an Education for a Better Life
In sub-Saharan Africa, roughly 40 percent of children will not spend even one day in a school classroom, amounting to untold millions who will never learn to read or write or do more than the most basic math. Without even an elementary school education, they will...
Books Develop Lifelong Love of Reading and Learning for Ugandan Students
Do the math: 567 boxes + one 40-foot shipping container holding 35,000 pounds of books = 50,000 Ugandan school children in 150 rural schools given the opportunity to not only learn to read, but also develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. This summer, thanks...
An Education for Marcel in One of the Poorest Countries in the World
Marcel, 16, is an orphan in one of the poorest countries in the world – Chad – and as a bright young man, he knows his only hope out of a life of dire poverty begins with graduating secondary school. In addition to finding enough food to eat and water to drink,...
Tuiton Assistance for Blandine
The mission of our partner in Cameroon, Hope Services, is “To build up the capacity of our beneficiaries through the provision of skills that can enable them to be self-reliant thereby avoiding dependency syndrome.” In sum, to provide children with the resources they...
An opportunity for Belitha
Sometimes out of the worst situations and darkest days, a bright light is able to shine, and little Belitha is an example of just that. She was only 9 years old when she arrived at the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre, a longtime partner of Bread and Water for...
Kabwata Orphanage Provides Education Enabling Destitute Zambian Children to Realize Their Dreams
At the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centerin Zambia, Bread and Water for Africa® longtime partner Angela Miyanda take in the county’s most vulnerable – its orphans and destitute children. Her immediate priority lies in the present – to address any health issues...
Water Sachets (packets) Provide Safe Relief from Thirst
Moriba Town, Sierra Leone, has an estimated population of more than 5,000, and thousands more in the surrounding towns and villages of the Bonthe District. However, in the impoverished country “access to [clean water] in the provinces is a big challenge and the Bonthe...
A New Poultry Facility for Sierra Leone
Five thousand chickens is a lot of chickens – especially in an impoverished country such as Sierra Leone. Many go hungry for days on end and chicken is a delicacy compared with the everyday meal of beans and rice. “The evidence suggests that Sierra Leoneans love...
Rainy Sunday… That did NOT stop us!
Nearly a dozen runner and walkers spent a rainy Sunday morning, June 3, to participate in the Bread and Water for Africa® “ Wata for Salone! ” 5K in Arlington, Virginia. The dedicated participants joined together with even more volunteers and those who supported them...
May News from Bread and Water for Africa
The clinic in Douala Cameroon will be fully operational later this month!
Douala, Cameroon, may be the largest city in the country and its commercial and economic capital, but about 30 percent of the population lives in poverty which is a growing problem due to its steadily increasing population. Unlike Cameroonians living in rural regions...
Maize for Lewa
Corn, or maize as it’s known in Kenya, is a staple food for the residents of the East African country. The maize is grounded into flour to make ugali (imagine grits cooked to the consistency of Playdough). The ugali is eaten with sukuma wiki (collard greens braised...
April News from Bread and Water for Africa
‘Wata for Salone!’ Bread and Water for Africa® 5K to Raise Funds for Well in Sierra Leone
At the Logos Academy School in the small village of Nafami in Sierra Leone there are 300 students who don’t have convenient access to safe drinking water – but thanks to our supporters this dire situation will change by the end of the year, and the students’ lives...
Safe Water or Education
What would you choose: Safe Water or an Education? In most villages in Sierra Leone, school-age girls and boys walk up to five miles a day to fetch water for their families. By the time they get back home they are physically exhausted from carrying 40-pound jugs of...
March News
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Kabwata Fish Farming Projects Expands Generating More Revenue for Zambia’s Orphans
With the initial success of the fish farming project at the Kabwata Orphanage & Transit Centre in Zambia, thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®, we were recently able to add two more ponds to the operation thereby enabling the orphanage to reap...
Solar Hot Water Heater System Installed at Lewa Children’s Home
At the Lewa Children’s Home in Kenya, roughly 50 children are provided with everything they need – food, shelter, healthcare, an education and more. They even have electricity, unlike many children in the country, but it comes at a high cost. To help defray that major...
World Water Day
The United Nations’ World Water Day is recognized on March 22 to focus the world’s attention on the importance of water with a different theme each year and this year’s theme being “Nature for Water” – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face...
International Women’s Day
Today we would like to celebrate International Women’s Day with you by sharing the story of a truly remarkable woman and her even more remarkable work. As a supporter of our programs and efforts here at Bread and Water for Africa®, you may know her already as our...
Sierra Leone Maternal Care: Meet Mamie Baindu
We don’t always realize how fortunate we are that our mothers had access to prenatal services and a hospital to deliver us in. In Sierra Leone, most women give birth alone in their homes with no midwife or medical aid, putting them at serious risk for complications....
Kobby’s Story -Lewa Children’s Home
Kobby was abandoned when she was only 7 years old and the first home she can remember was the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. “When I came to Lewa Children’s Home, I felt good,” Kobby said. “I attended KipKeino Nursery School and I have continued...
Why solar power?
You may have heard that we plan to install solar panels at Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya. But you may be asking yourself, “why solar power?” The answer is simple. We want to provide a brighter future for African children, and solar power does precisely that...
The power of Solar Power
Africa is “going green” and we are doing our part to take advantage of the tremendous amount of solar power potential available throughout the continent. As reported recently by Africa.com, Africa has an immense energy crisis. With a population of close to 1 billion,...
A Lesson of Love and Caring for the Children of Lerato Children’s Village
Alisa’s tale is a story of tragedy and hope. The little 6-year-old had gone through a lot in her young life – being physically and emotionally abused and becoming infected with HIV. She understandably is emotionally disturbed and has difficulty concentrating.But all...
Photos from the Kabwata Orphanage and Zambia, Africa
Take a look our collection of photos from the Kabwata Orphanage, and Zambia, Africa.
A success story from Zimbabwe
“One day I will be Dr. Daniel Kabweza,” says Daniel, who thanks to our supporters was able to not just attend school, but excel. He is now set to graduate and looks forward to going to university to study medicine. Daniel is one of 58 primary and high school students...
December News
Read the latest news from over the past month at Bread and Water for Africa.
2017 was a year of joy for so many
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/liSZjAXTGXg" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> Thousands of African children will be able to greet the new year full of hope, thanks to...
A letter from Phyllis
Below is a letter from our spokesperson, Phyllis Keino R.N. We hope you find her words to be as inspiring and hopeful as we did. Dear Friends, On the eve of a brand new year full of hope for thousands of Africans whose lives you made better in 2017, I wish to take...
Our Orphan Program
We work with amazing partners in Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Zambia to provide loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children. At these orphanages, children find a loving, caring home where they truly become family. These children receive nutritious food and the healthcare...
Water Well Update
This past June, we organized our very first 5K run to fundraise for a water well in Kombolcha, Ethiopia. We are happy to announce that the water well, after months of geological surveys and site adjustments, is finished! Ethiopia was gripped in a devastating drought...
Sheba’s Story
Phyllis Keino, our international spokesperson and founder and director of the Lewa Children’s Home in Kenya, is the mother to more than 235 orphans – including one little girl named Sheba who is almost 10 years old. Sheba was born with physical deformities of her...
Helping to Battle the AIDS Epidemic
While the AIDS epidemic may have fallen off the front pages in the United States, it remains an urgent and critical problem around the world – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – causing millions of children to lose one or both of their parents at a very young age,...
#ShoesforKenya: A campaign to provide shoes for children in Kenya
Thousands of children living in rural Kenya are considered fortunate to be able to attend school. But many of them live miles from their school, and of course, there being no school buses to carry them back and forth, some walk 10 miles round trip, or even more....
A solar project that gives hope and health
Earlier this year, we ran pipes from a clean water source about two miles away from the Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kericho, Kenya so it would no longer have to rely on rainwater collected in storage tanks and now have access to all the water they need for patients,...
Lewa Children’s Home Mini Documentary
In 2009, documentary filmmaker Christopher Cannucciari visited our program partner Lewa Children's Home in Eldoret, Kenya and made a fantastic mini-documentary. He did a wonderful job capturing the life-changing impact that Phyllis Keino and Lewa have on these...
Solar Hot Water System Helps Keep Kenya Clinic Sanitary
The Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kericho, Kenya has been providing much-needed healthcare services to the people living in this underserved area of rural Kenya since 1966. But until recently, the doctors and staff managed to get by without a reliable supply of fresh...
Bread and Water for Africa® Provides Emergency Drought Relief for Starving Ethiopians
Life is hard for the nomadic people struggling to survive in the arid Afar region of Ethiopia. For generations, they have managed to be able to keep themselves and their cattle alive in the drought-prone region. But this year’s severe drought is the worst these people...
Stories from Sierra Leone – Some of those you’ve helped
Over the past few weeks, communities across the globe have been faced with challenge after challenge! Weather emergencies here in the United States and Sierra Leone have hurt so many that live in the path of these destructive storms. Once again, from all of us at...
The Disaster and the Aftermath – Sierra Leone Update
The Disaster Once again, from all of us at Bread and Water for Africa®, our hearts go out to the people of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has had a history of natural disasters and violence. In the 1990s they suffered through a horrific civil war, then in 2014 the...
Devastating Flooding and Mudslides have hit Sierra Leone
Devastating flooding and mudslides have hit Sierra Leone washing away entire communities on the outskirts of Freetown. Bread and Water for Africa® is responding to this emergency. Days of torrential rain have created terrifying mudslides in northern Sierra Leone,...
School Fees Won’t Prevent an Education for These Children
Any child living anywhere in the world is destined for a life of poverty without an education. Nowhere is that more true than in sub-Saharan Africa which in no way could be described as “a land of opportunity” for those who can’t read or write, add or subtract of have...
The Construction of the Dr. Kenneth Gerdes Primary School (Cameroon) is Complete!
Bread and Water for Africa® is proud to announce that the construction of the Dr. Kenneth Gerdes primary school in Cameroon is completed and its doors have just opened to students eager to begin a brand new school year in a brand new school building. Last year,...
Thanksgiving is a much different experience for everyone
Every year on the fourth Thursday of November millions of Americans across the United States gather with their families and friends for a huge turkey dinner with all the trimmings and giving thanks for all the blessings they have received in life. In sub-Saharan...
Cassava… one of the “two of the main pillars of West Africa’s food security…”
A recent report in the Concord Times of Sierra Leone confirms what we already knew here at Bread and Water for Africa® -- that cassava, along with maize, has been identified “as two of the main pillars of West Africa’s food security that could form the backbone for a...
One Dream… From Banana Plantations to Fish Pond… All for the Orphanage
The proverb may be a cliché, but that does make it untrue to say “give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” In Zambia, that’s exactly what Bread and Water for Africa® partner Kabwata Orphanage & Transit...
See the Difference a Year Has Made…
We Thank YOU!
Samuel, and Many Others Need a #Clinic4Cameroon
In the city of Douala, Cameroon today there was a little boy born. We’ll call him Samuel. He is fighting for his life, as is his 14-year-old mother. Why? His mother, we’ll call her Sarah, has no job. No husband. No family to support her. She struggles just to get...
Learn Why #Clinic4Cameroon
In Cameroon, there is a shocking dearth of clinics and health care facilities for the country’s most vulnerable – impoverished infants, children and new mothers, particularly girls under 15 years old. It’s a dearth that leads to death. For more 20 years, Hope Services...
#Clinic4Cameroon
Hope Services in Yaounde, Cameroon was founded in 1994 with a mission to provide economically disadvantaged children, women and men with affordable health care services, and free treatment for those with no ability whatsoever to pay, to hundreds of thousands of...
Thousands of Lives Transformed By A Single Well in Waterloo
In Waterloo, Sierra Leone life has changed dramatically for the better in the past year. Thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®, children who had spent their days carrying water from possible contaminated sources are free from that drudgery and are...
Computers in Kenya: Bridging the Digital Divide And Creating IT Experts
Eldoret, Kenya, pop. 300,000, is the fastest growing city in Kenya, the second largest urban center in Midwestern Kenya and the fifth largest urban center in all of Kenya. It is a sister city to Indianapolis, IN, Ithaca, NY, Minneapolis, MN, and Portsmouth, VA. It is...
Bread and Water for Africa® and MERCI: A Partnership for Health
At Bread and Water for Africa® among our most generous and loyal partners is the Medical Equipment Recovery of Clean Inventory (MERCI) program operated by the University of Virginia. Through this partnership, we are able to ship millions of dollars’ worth of medical...
Salim Odero: Recovery from Two Broken Hearts
Salim’s story is one that begins with sadness and woe, but ends with happiness and joy. It starts when he was only four months old when his father took him to a hospital in Kenya where Salim was treated for malnourishment and pneumonia and where a defect was found in...
Maternal Care
Right now in Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth – one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Less than half of the infant deliveries in the country are attended by a skilled birth attendant and less than one in...
Baseball Season Is Now – In Kenya
It’s springtime, and young boys and girls will soon be taking to the diamond with their gloves, balls and bats to play what is arguably the most American of sports – baseball. But these kids aren’t in Cleveland, Chicago or Cincinnati. They live in Eldoret, Kenya. Most...
Hope Academy School in Cameroon
Helping provide thousands of African children with an education is among the most programs of Bread and Water for Africa®. To do that requires a place that is actually conducive to learning. This year, Bread and Water for Africa® is working with our partner in...
Feeding the Hungry, Leading to a Path of Self-Sufficiency in Cameroon
Bread and Water for Africa® supports programs in countries such as Cameroon providing all types of assistance to people from the youngest of infants to the most senior of citizens. But, first and foremost, regardless of age, we cannot let them go hungry. During the...
Help Us Provide Life-Saving Water to Sierra Leone
Clean and safe water is such a scarce resource for so many, including in Sierra Leone. Mothers, children, the sick, and indeed entire communities suffer from inadequate and unhealthy water in far too many communities of Sierra Leone. That’s why this month, with our...
Promoting Literacy, and More, in Ethiopia
For a student to excel in any subject, they first must master the skill of reading – which, of course, requires books, lots and lots of books. That is why this month Bread and Water for Africa® is shipping a 40-foot container full of books (estimated at 22,000) to...
Ebola: The Battle Wages On
We at Bread and Water for Africa® are thankful that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa appears to waning. We are hopeful that remains the case. But, we also are saddened by the deaths of more than 9,000 children, women and men in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, who...
Lewa: A Home for Kenya’s Orphaned and Abandoned and So Much More
It may be a cliché, but there’s no denying its truth – time flies. It’s hard to believe all that Bread and Water for Africa® has been able to accomplish in the past 18 years (since our inception in 1997) with our partner organizations in numerous countries throughout...
Christian Health Association of Sierra Leone: More Than the Sum of its Parts
While Ebola is the most immediate health concern in Sierra Leone, that does not mean that other equally life-threatening illnesses have vanished, and our partner there, Christian Health Association of Sierra Leone (CHASL), continues on its mission to meet basic health...
Red Cross Nurse Dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone as Nation’s President Predicts Zero New Cases by April
While many Americans may be thinking that the Ebola crisis in West Africa is over as it’s not dominating the national news as it was last fall, that is not the case – far from it. The reality is the deadly virus is still taking the lives of many children, women and...
Christian Health Association of Sierra Leone
Local Partner: Christian Health Association of Sierra Leone Program Director: Walter Carew Areas Served: Communities located in all districts of Sierra Leone, with a total population of more than five million people. Program Goals: Christian Health Association of...
Rev. Mambu Says Happy New Year and Prays for Relief
Rev. Frances Mambu, founder and executive director of our partner in Sierra Leone, Faith Healing Development Organization (FHDO), is worried about the future of his country which is continuing to experience the ravishes of the Ebola outbreak. “I’m a bit discouraged...
Deadline is December 31st!
Please help ensure our important programs continue into the new year. Make your 2014 year-end tax-deductible gift by December 31st!
Hundreds of Orphans Were Helped
Together We Helped Make a New Life for Hundreds of Orphaned and Abandoned Children During Our 2014 Fiscal Year. 107 orphaned and abandoned children lived in the Lewa Children’s Home where they received food, healthcare, an education, and a loving place to call home....
Kabwata Orphanage’s Angela Miyanda Receives Prestigious Award
Bread and Water for Africa® has known for years of the determination and dedication of Angela Miyanda and our partner organization that she founded in Zambia – the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Center, which serves orphans, women and other disadvantaged people. That...
Update: Ebola Cases Continue to Increase in Sierra Leone
Update 11/19/2014 In Liberia, the Ebola outbreak there peaked in September, and by early this month signs of normalcy are returning to the capital of Monrovia as the rate of new Ebola infections are decreasing. Sadly, that is not the case in Sierra Leone where our...
Ambulance Shipped to Sierra Leone
For more than 100 years, the United Methodist Church Development (UMCDO) Office in Sierra Leone has been working with the government there to establish schools and health centers in the country. While the relationship between Bread and Water for Africa® and the UMCDO...
Bread and Water for Africa® Ships $700,000 in Medicines and Medical Supplies and Food to Ebola Victims in Sierra Leone
“It is only the grace of God that is keeping us.” Alexandria, VA, Sept. 19, 2014 – According to the CDC, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has taken the lives of 2,630 people in recent months, including 562 in Sierra Leone alone, and fear grows as the death toll...
Helping Africa’s Children Create Brighter Futures Through Education
Education is also a key step to sustaining democracies, improving health, increasing per capita income, and conserving environmental resources. Recognizing the importance of basic education, Bread and Water for Africa® supports our partners’ efforts in Kenya,...
You are Invited to Honor the Legacy of Nelson Mandela
On Dec. 5, 2013, Africa, and the world, lost one of its most venerated leaders – Nelson Mandela, who passed away following a long illness. Today, July 18, would have been his 96th birthday and we here at Bread and Water for Africa® hope you will join us in honoring...
Micro Loans Make Macro Difference in Cameroon
In Cameroon, a few hundred dollars can make a huge difference in building a future for a needy family. Bread and Water for Africa® through its partner in Cameroon, Hope Services, began a pilot micro-loan program providing small loans – and that’s exactly what they...
Baraka Farm Helps Revolutionize Dairy Industry in East Africa
The Baraka Farm, part of the Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya, is seeing its “roots” spread beyond Eldoret. The Practical Dairy Training Center at the Baraka Farm , which started just two years ago as an outreach program designed to help other local farmers in...
Medical Supplies to Heal the Sick Now and Prepare Caregivers for the Future
Bread and Water for Africa® has spent weeks accepting, sorting, and preparing for shipping millions of dollars worth of medical supplies – all headed for needy communities in Africa. More than $1 million worth of supplies will be shipped to Sierra Leone, where it will...
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Water is life. It can sometimes be easy for us to take this precious resource for granted thanks to its ready availability here in the United States, but access to water is a daily concern and threat in many regions of Africa. In 2009, Kenya experienced its worst...
Haramaya Health Center/Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital
Local Partner: Haramaya Health Center/Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital Local Partner Director: Professor Augustin Sesay Area Served: Eastern Ethiopia Program Goal: To provide an exceptional education and educational opportunities to Kenyan children. Program...
Your monthly gift sustains our programs.
Join Our Monthly Giving Program Change the future for African children by becoming a Partner for Africa’s Future and joining our monthly giving program. It doesn’t take much to make a difference. With over 900 children in the children's homes and schools that we...
Much More Than a “Transit Centre”
Our partners in Zambia at the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre (KOTC) have provided holistic care including nutrition, education, and healthcare for hundreds of children over the years. But what sets them apart is the work captured by the second part of their name...
A Flourishing and Productive Society Through Agriculture
Agriculture comprises about 78% of Sierra Leone’s economy, employing two-thirds of the labor force. Most Sierra Leoneans rely on what they harvest for subsistence and to sell for a modest income. Through the support of Bread and Water for Africa®, Faith Healing...
Educate a Child, Educate a Country
Thanks to your support, since 2006 the Faith Healing Development Organization (FHDO) in Sierra Lene constructed and maintained schools, that serve a combined total of more than 724 students annually. The need in Sierra Leone is great. Areas ravaged by civil war and...
Restoring Growth in Sierra Leone’s Healthcare
When 15 year-old school girl Lahai was impregnated by a young boy, she was disowned by her parents and shunned by friends. Left to survive the streets with no food, money or shelter, Lahai turned to El-Shaddai clinic, one of the clinics run by Faith Healing...
10 Years of Transforming Lives at the Lewa Children’s Home!
2013 is a special year for our volunteer spokesperson, Phyllis Keino, and the oasis of hope she has worked so hard to build – the new Lewa Children’s Home. This year marks Lewa’s 10th anniversary and a celebration of their continued efforts to save and transform the...
Advancing Education, Healthcare, and Agriculture in Sierra Leone
Since the civil war ended in 2002, Sierra Leoneans have been engaged with the reconstruction of its country’s government, infrastructure, and hope. Local organizations like Faith Healing Development Organization and people like Reverend Francis Mambu have been crucial...
The Combined Federal Campaign
Federal Employees! It's CFC time! This year, please look under 'B' in your CFC handbook for Bread and Water for Africa® and support us by choosing CFC #10750!
Honoring the Life of Nelson Mandela, a Life Well Lived!
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. - Nelson Mandela On Thursday, December 5th, Nelson Mandela passed away at the age of 95 from a lung infection – remnant, many say, from his bouts of tuberculosis during his 27 year imprisonment for anti-Apartheid...
Play Ball! A Dream Fulfilled.
Toss aside the usual notions of baseball being an all-American past time, - because Chicago White Sox pro-scout, Mr. John Tumminia, is taking his baseball clinic to our partners at the Kipkeino Primary School…in Kenya! A nonprofit organization founded by Mr. John...
Bakery Project Opens in Bangolan
Bread and Water for Africa® is proud to announce the completion of Phase I of its bakery project in Bangolan, Cameroon. The bakery is the second initiative in which we have partnered with Hope Services of Cameroon. This community-based initiative will allow 100 AIDS...
Hope Services Clinic
Bread and Water for Africa® has been working in Cameroon since 2009, partnering with Hope Services Maternity and Clinic Association in Yaoundé, the capital. Hope Services’ clinic provides services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, pediatric care and general...
Women and Maternal Care: Thousands of Beneficiaries in FY 2012
In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman’s risk of death during childbirth is 1 in 30, compared to 1 in 5,600 in the developed world1 . For many mothers, fear comes along with joy during pregnancy and birth. It is a fear women feel not only for themselves, but also for their...
WE MOVED!
Time to update your address books!Our new address, effective immediately is: Bread and Water for Africa®8301 Richmond Highway, Suite 300Alexandria, VA 22309
World Water Day – Celebration through Commitment
This March 22nd marks the United Nation’s World Water Day – a day to recognize the huge role that this resource plays in our life and how many people still lack access to clean potable water sources. This year has been deemed the “International Year of Water...
International Women’s Day: My Message for You
Friday, March 8th is International Women’s Day. Read a personal message from our Executive Director, Beth Tessema, to find out who inspires us and why this day is so important to Bread and Water for Africa. "On this day, we can celebrate women’s achievements and the...
International Volunteer Day; Living Beyond Ourselves
Bread and Water for Africa® wants to take this opportunity, on International Volunteer Day 2012, to say a huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone – volunteer board members, staff and our African partners – who have contributed so much to making volunteering and...
Cameroon – The Path to Self Suffiency
Every day, HIV/AIDS claims another life, widows another woman, and orphans another child in the country of Cameroon. This leaves children helpless and alone to face the unthinkable dangers of street life, and leaves widows with no source of income to provide...