From Despair to Hope: The Impact of Orphan Care
Programs in Africa
For two decades, our partners operating in African villages and local communities have been working to provide loving homes for orphans. This includes the basic necessities of food, clean water and health care, as well as an education so they can build a better life as they enter adulthood.
“Thank you for making me the person I am today. I live, smile, and hope because of you.” –Michelle, from Kabawata Orphanage and Transit Center, Zambia
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Orphaned and abandoned children receive care and support at several facilities across Africa, including the Lewa Children’s Home in Kenya, Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Center in Zambia, Watoto Wa Africa in Tanzania, Kyasira Home of Hope Orphanage in Uganda and Lerato Children’s Village in Zimbabwe. These centers meet the children’s basic needs—such as food, shelter, education, healthcare, and counseling—while providing a nurturing home environment.
Latest News/Blogs
Orphan Care Programs Supported by Bread and Water for Africa® Provide Pathway to Successful Adulthood for Hundreds in sub-Saharan Africa
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...
Unlock Potential: Supporting Our Orphan and Education Programs in Africa
For nearly three decades, Bread and Water for Africa® (BWA) has provided the essentials to countless orphaned and impoverished children across Africa. Through our dedicated Orphan Care Program and education programs in Africa, we are transforming lives by providing...
From Disused Shipping Containers, a Library and Computer Lab is Constructed for Orphaned Children in Zambia Thanks to the Supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®
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children and youth living there for many years, its materials were what Sima Miyanda described as “old, worn and out of date.”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...
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...
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...
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...