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...
Textbooks Desperately Needed in Ugandan Schools Where 10 Students Share One Book
In schools, in the United States and elsewhere in developed countries around the world, more and more students are using tablets, Chromebooks and other electronic devices in their classrooms replacing traditional textbooks, but in Third World countries, such as...
Bread and Water for Africa® Thanks Combined Federal Campaign Donors for Sponsoring Spring Protection Project in Uganda
On behalf of hundreds of residents of the small villages of Lukaaka and Mawonvu in central Uganda, we at Bread and Water for Africa® want to express our heartfelt gratitude to the federal employees who supported our spring protection program through their Combined...
Providing Clean Water in Ugandan Villages, One Spring at a Time
In the Mityana, Luwero, Kiboga, Nakaseke, Nakasongola, Mubenede, and other districts in Uganda, a year ago there was an estimated 3,000 people living in 15 villages who had no source of clean, safe water for all their daily needs, reported David Ssagala, manager of...
Continuing Our Mission, Bread and Water for Africa® is Focusing on Clean Water Development in Rural Uganda
Earlier this year, before the COVID-19 pandemic had been making inroads into sub-Saharan African countries such as Uganda, Bread and Water for Africa® agreed to support construction of 15 of our partner there, Bega Kwa Bega’s (BkB), water protection projects. The...
Executive Director Visits Partners in Kenya and Uganda; Seeks Potential Additional Ones
Bread and Water for Africa® Executive Director Beth Tessema recently returned from an extended visit to Kenya to meet with Phyllis Keino, our international spokesperson and founder and director of the Lewa Children’s Home, to evaluate its progress and conduct a needs...
Relief after Cyclone Idai, a visit to our partners, and more!
Thousands of Books to Expand Minds of Tens of Thousands Ugandan Students
Earlier this year, we were able to ship a 40-foot container (approximately 22,000 books) to Kampala, Uganda, where they were distributed by our partner there, Bega kwa Bega to dozens of schools. Those textbooks and reference books will be used to educate tens of...
Medical Supplies Arrive in Sierra Leone, Thousands of Books to Uganda, and more!
Books Develop Lifelong Love of Reading and Learning for Ugandan Students
Do the math: 567 boxes + one 40-foot shipping container holding 35,000 pounds of books = 50,000 Ugandan school children in 150 rural schools given the opportunity to not only learn to read, but also develop a lifelong love of reading and learning. This summer, thanks...
Bread and Water for Africa® Receives $10,000 Grant by the Neilom Foundation to Drill Water Well in Sierra Leone
Bread and Water for Africa® has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Neilom Engineering for Social Change Fund to build a water well in Sierra Leone. The grant is being made available through the Neilom Foundation and the Center for Engineering Concepts...
Water is Life…. Bringing Clean Water to Sierra Leone
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][td_text_with_title custom_title="Clean Water Program"] Tragically, thousands of children die every year from water-borne illnesses that are easily preventable. Where there is unsafe water, there are diseases. In the rural communities of...