As a nonprofit and charitable organization, we partner with local African charities and NGOs to provide clean water, healthcare, food, education, orphan care, and more. Every project we support helps African children and families build a healthier, more self-sufficient future.
We’ve worked with partners to provide clean water across Africa for many years. Whether it’s for a school, clinic, or farm, these life-changing water projects improve health, reduce hardship, and offer hope for a better future. Thanks to our generous supporters, our work continues in 2026 and beyond.
We currently work with local organizations in these African countries: Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Our programs span across Africa through trusted partnerships with locally based charities and community organizations. Each partner leads projects that provide clean water, food, education, healthcare, and orphan care tailored to their communities’ needs. Together, we build healthier, more self-sufficient futures.
Sub-Saharan Africa's healthcare system faces several significant challenges. These include insufficient funding and resources, a severe shortage of healthcare workers, inadequate infrastructure, and high out-of-pocket costs for patients. As a result, many people...
The Bread and Water for Africa® food self-sustainability program empowers households in sub-Saharan Africa through sustainable farming by providing seeds and essential tools. This support also enables families to sell surplus produce in local markets, thus...
“Clean water is a lifeline. With ongoing cholera and mpox epidemics in eastern DRC, children and families need safe water now more than ever to protect themselves and prevent a deeper health crisis,” stated Jean Francois Basse, UNICEF's acting Representative...
The Bread and Water for Africa® WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) program supports clean water development projects in sub-Saharan Africa to access life’s most vital resources, establishes school latrine facilities to promote reliable sanitation, and teaches...
Christmas time at the children’s homes and orphanages supported by Bread and Water for Africa® in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe is a joyous time for all the children and youth living there, thanks in no small part to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®....
Hospitals in Ethiopia, while differing from those in the United States, have a significant impact on their communities by providing essential healthcare services. These facilities are crucial for delivering lifesaving medications and care to impoverished farmers...
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“Before this project, our people were left to suffer in silence.”
That’s how Mr. Beklola Jean, a village chief in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, described life before a mobile clinic reached his community.
When care finally arrived, children were treated, women received support, and families learned how to protect themselves from disease.
“For the first time,” he said, “we felt seen and valued.”
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For a lot of families, healthcare isn’t something you can easily access.
It’s something you hope for — or go without.
In many rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa, clinics are understaffed, under-resourced, or simply too far away to reach. Pregnant mothers, sick children, and elders often have no choice but to hope nothing goes wrong.
That’s the gap Bread and Water for Africa® is working to close — by supporting clinics, mobile health teams, and essential supplies where access to care was once scarce.
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This is what lasting impact looks like.
With access to training, seeds, and tools, families are improving nutrition, reducing hunger, and creating income through sustainable farming. Communities become stronger when households can rely on their own land—and their own skills.
Your support helps make this possible for families across Africa.
🌍 Help plant the seeds for long-term food security and economic empowerment.
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These women are gathering for farming training, learning skills that can help sustain their families for years to come.
For many families, farming is more than survival—it’s an opportunity.
“Through farming, I found my strength and my future,” shared a participant in a Bread and Water for Africa®-supported training program in Sierra Leone.
“My garden not only feeds my family but has also helped me pay my school fees.”
Across communities, women and youth are gaining the skills to grow food and earn income.
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What does food security look like when families can grow it themselves?
Bread and Water for Africa®’s Food Self-Sustainability Program supports households across sub-Saharan Africa by providing seeds, essential tools, and agricultural training—helping families grow food for their own tables and sell surplus at local markets.
In 2025 alone, more than 27,000 people in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe benefited directly or indirectly from this program.
By strengthening farming skills and supporting smallholder family farmers, this work goes beyond immediate hunger—it builds resilience, income, and long-term self-sufficiency.
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💧When clean water is closer to home, everything changes.
In communities like Ikalanganya, families often rely on untreated water from rivers and ponds. Women and children spend hours each day collecting it—time taken away from school, work, and community life.
With a nearby well, women can save two to three hours a day, children can focus on learning, and communities can reduce illnesses like cholera, diarrhea, and typhoid.
“By reducing disease, improving access to water, and strengthening local capacity,” Lucien explains, “this project will contribute to lasting improvements in quality of life.”
All of this began with one search—and a decision to reach out.
This is the power of partnership, and why local leadership matters. Thank you, Lucien, for your dedication.
If you support Lucien and community-led water projects, please consider giving today.
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