This year, the theme for the United Nations’ World Water Day campaign is “Water for Peace,” which focuses on the critical role water plays in the stability and prosperity of the world. As the UN notes, “When water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal or...
Nearly 85 percent of Rural Schools in the DRC Lack Safe Drinking Water: Bread and Water for Africa® is Working to Change That for Hundreds of Students
Following a successful pilot project to provide clean water to students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who had been drinking contaminated water from nearby Lake Tumba in 2023, we are looking forward to continuing our new partnership this year with...
Bread and Water for Africa® Clean Water Projects: A Look Back at 2023, A Look Ahead into 2024
Since 1997, Bread and Water for Africa® has been working to provide people living in remote rural villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa with ready access to clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing, and saving them (especially young girls) with the...
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...
Bringing Clean, Safe Water ‘To the Doorstep’ to Hundreds in Rural Zambian Villages
The rural Kalabo District in Zambia is a difficult area to work in as the terrain is mainly deep Kalahari sand resulting in most villages not having basic water supply infrastructure, according to Elisha Ng’onomo, executive director of one of our newest partners,...
Bread and Water for Africa® Working to ‘Accelerate Change’ for Thousands This Year Through Clean Water Projects
“Accelerating Change” is the theme of the United Nations’ World Water Day 2023, held annually on March 22 since 1993 to highlight the importance of fresh, clean water and its WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) goals for people throughout the world. At Bread and...
For Students and Villages in The Drought-Prone Region of Ethiopia a Well Would Provide an Oasis of Water
Due to frequent drought and natural calamities, the area of Meskel Got in the Meket wordea (an administrative division of Ethiopia) of the Amhara region is one of the most drought-prone and food insecure woredas in the Amhara region. In addition, the recent internal...
World Water Day 2022: Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible
Today, Tuesday, March 22, is the United Nations’ World Water Day with this year’s theme being Groundwater – Making the Invisible Visible, something Bread and Water for Africa® has been doing for decades since digging our first well in sub-Saharan Africa. “Groundwater...
A Borehole for Bakaba: Water for All in Rural Chad Village
The village of Bakaba in rural Chad is not easy to get to notes Kingsley Mbushou, project manager of our partner, Hope Services, headquartered in Cameroon. “It has a difficult road path that’s only easily accessible with particular car models and strong motorbikes,”...
340 Projects… Bringing Safe and Sustainable Water Sources to Communities in sub-Saharan Africa!
Since 1997, Bread and Water for Africa® has been working to provide people living in remote rural villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa with ready access to clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing and washing, and saving them (especially young girls) with the...
More Than Ever, Clean water is Crucial at the Taninnahum Health Center and Community
In 2019, Bread and Water for Africa® began our partnership with Rural Youth Development Organization – Sierra Leone by helping to fund the rehabilitation of its health clinic in the small village of Mokoba, the only medical facility in the area that provides free and...
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...