At the Konzere Primary School for Girls in the Chikwawa District of Malawi, the 789 girls who are enrolled there currently have no choice but to use a toilet facility that is described as “a miserable, unhygienic facility that brings fear and danger among them.” Alex...
Bread and Water for Africa® Enables Kibera School Students to Pursue Their Dreams
Right now, in Kenya, there are 42 primary school graduates, including the Seed School, located in the heart of the Nairobi slum of Kibera, who want nothing more than to continue their education onto secondary school where upon graduation they will realize their dreams...
Bread and Water for Africa® Hopes to Restore Banana Plantation for Flooded Orphans Home in Uganda
In the summer of 2020, the Kyasira Home of Hope for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) located on the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe, Uganda, was flooded by heavy rains and the lake’s rising waters leaving 62 children and their caregivers stranded, according...
Bread and Water for Africa®: A Look Ahead to Continuing to Save Lives in 2024
It’s said that an organization’s mission is defined by its budget priorities, and at Bread and Water for Africa® our priority is to save lives. That may sound like hyperbole, but it’s a literal statement of fact. For 2024, our largest single budget item – 23 percent...
Over 188,000 Lives Impacted by Bread and Water for Africa® in 2023
As we step into 2024, Bread and Water for Africa® is celebrating a multitude of mission successes throughout the past year. See all that we were able to achieve thanks to the generosity of our supporters and why we have such gratitude and a vibrant hope for the...
Orphaned Children in Tanzania ‘Blessed’ that Bread and Water for Africa® ‘Has Come to Their Rescue’
It has been more than a year ago that Bread and Water for Africa® provided our first grant for pilot project to a potential new partner in Tanzania, Watoto Wa Africa (Children of Africa) to prevent the orphanage it operates from being shut down. The purpose of the...
Bread and Water for Africa® Student Feeding Program in Kenyan Slum ‘A Major Accomplishment’ Says School Director
Back in June 2020, Patrick Odongo, founder and director of the Seed Foundation which operates the Seed School in the heart of the massive slum of Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, reported that beginning in January of that year that thanks to the supporters...
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Seed School Meals Program: Feeding Body and Mind and Spirit in the Slum of Kibera
In the massive slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, known as Kibera, in the midst of dire poverty and hopelessness there is a beacon of light known as the Seed School. It is where some 200 children and youth have the opportunity to begin their education, their...
The Making ‘A Nurse With a Difference’ in Chad Thanks to the Supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®
In August, we reported on the success of our school fees support program in Chad which in cooperation with our longtime partner, Hope International Foundation (HIF), headquartered in Cameroon, was making it possible for 183 underprivileged children and youth (99 males...
‘We Will Do Well Now’ Says Teen of Herself and Two Younger Sisters Now Attending School in Tanzania
In Tanzania, an estimated two million children between the ages of 7 and 13 years old are out-of-school,” according to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund. In addition, “Almost 70 percent of children aged 14-17 years old are not enrolled in secondary education...
Working Tirelessly to Ensure Educations for Hundreds in Sub-Saharan Africa on International Literacy Day, and Every Day
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) International Literacy Day is this Friday, Sept. 8, under the theme “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies.”...
Providing a ‘Ray of Hope’ for Our Seed School Scholars on Their Way to Completing Their Education
Elga Ochieng and Stephen Okoth want nothing more in life right now than the opportunity to continue to be able to complete their secondary school education. Elga and Stephen grew up in the Kenyan slum of Kibera – among the largest slums on the continent – on the...