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...
This Monday, October 16, is World Food Day, celebrated every year to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. This year’s theme, “Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind.” which recognizes that...
When 12-century philosopher Maimonides wrote about the eight degrees of charity, he said: “Lastly, the eighth and most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity by preventing poverty, namely, to assist the reduced...
In the Kibera slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, our partner, the Seed Foundation, operates its Seed School which serves as an educational oasis in the midst or sheer and unimaginable poverty. Without it, it is highly doubtful that the 200 children who attend...
This Friday, August 12, is the United Nations’ International Youth Day “bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.” At Bread and Water for Africa®, we commend the...
For three decades, Bread and Water for Africa® has been providing assistance to thousands of impoverished small-holder farmers trying to eke out not just a living – but a life – on their tiny plots of land in numerous countries in sub-Saharan Africa including...
This coming Saturday, October 16, is World Food Day, an international day celebrated every year to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned...
The Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Center in Zambia provides shelter, healthcare, an education, and other necessities including ensuring that the nearly 80 orphaned and abandoned children who call Kabwata home get three nutritious, filling meals every day – something...
If something works, such as how for years the Baraka Farm has been providing support to our longtime partner, the Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya (founded by our international spokesperson Phyllis Keino), we strive to replicate it elsewhere in the sub-Saharan...
Rice is among the most common staple foods in Africa, and thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa® our partner in Sierra Leone, Faith Healing Development Organization (FHDO), has been able to significantly increase its rice production significantly....
Today, October 16, is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s World Food Day which recognizes the sad fact of steady increase in hunger since 2014 together with rising obesity due to poor nutrition, clearly indicates the need to accelerate and...
At Bread and Water for Africa®, we have been promoting foodself-sustainability in Africa for over two decades. The COVID-19 era has increased the need more than ever. The COVID-19 outbreak in Zambia is having a devastating impact on the economy of the country, and on...