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.
Access to healthcare is a fundamental human right. Yet across sub-Saharan Africa, countless families still face life-threatening barriers to even the most basic medical services. For more than 40 years, Bread and Water for Africa® has been committed to changing...
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®....
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James Senesie earns his living through construction work—lifting, carrying, and building to support his wife and three children.
One day on the job, while lifting heavy blocks, something went wrong. A sudden injury sent pain through his body, leaving him barely able to stand—let alone work. With no transportation and no income to fall back on, James relied on his brother to help him walk three miles to the Bongor Health Center.
“I thought I would never work again,” James said.
At the clinic, Nurse Edith Smith carefully examined his injury and began treatment with a muscle relaxant supplied through the Rural Youth Development Organization Sierra Leone, with support from Bread and Water for Africa® and @MAP International. She also took time to explain how James could recover safely and return to work without further injury.
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Last week, we shared how Bread and Water for Africa® supports healthcare access across rural communities in Sierra Leone—by working with local partners to keep clinics stocked, nurses trained, and care within reach.
But the impact of this work is best understood through the people it reaches.
Behind every shipment of medicine and every supported clinic is a story—of someone who walked miles for care and found help waiting.
Over the next few days, we’re sharing a few of those stories.
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“We had no medicines, no doctors, and no way to reach a health center,” shared Mr. Beklola Jean, Chief of the village of Lyanda in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Care like this takes intention. Clinics stay open. Supplies arrive. Mobile teams travel long distances. Mothers receive prenatal vitamins. Babies get care — because communities and supporters make it possible.
In 2025 alone, Bread and Water for Africa® helped deliver healthcare to more than 114,000 people across eight countries by working alongside trusted local partners.
If you’re able, your support helps ensure care reaches the next village — and the next family waiting.
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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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