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 2025 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.
In July, Bread and Water for Africa® announced our intention to provide clean water for drinking, cooking, and washing not only to the orphaned and abandoned children and youth living at the Carilino Orphanage in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Right now, children are barely surviving against incredibly harsh conditions all across Africa in countries like Ethiopia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and in refugee camps in Kenya. These children simply need the basic necessities of life...
Poverty in Kenya remains a persistent challenge in 2025, affecting millions of people despite notable gains in the national economy. While Kenya has experienced steady growth over the past decade, many families and communities continue to face daily hardships,...
Maria is a 15-year-old girl in Zimbabwe whose life was marked by trauma at a young age. “At just 14,” reported Rumbidzai Chadamoyo, a social worker at the Shinga Development Trust in Mutare, “she was being physically and emotionally abused by her biological...
On this International Literacy Day, Bread and Water for Africa® celebrates the power of literacy and the dignity of learning. With every school desk delivered, we are not just furnishing classrooms—we are unlocking opportunity, hope, and brighter futures for...
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Bread and Water for Africa
Bread and Water for Africa® is a BBB-accredited charity with a Candid Platinum Seal of Transparency. Our mission is simple, provide a brighter future for Africa's Children! Learn more at africanrelief.org
We’re so excited to share some incredible news! 🧡💧
What once was a daily struggle for children at the Carilino Orphanage in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo — walking long distances and drinking unsafe water — has been transformed into lasting change for the entire community.
Over just eight weeks, with our amazing partners at Technologies Appropriées pour le Congo (TAC Asbl), we:
• Drilled a borehole deep into the earth
• Installed a 10,000-liter (2,642-gallon) storage tank
• Added a solar-powered pump and panels ⚡
• Built out the plumbing, piping, and distribution system
• Trained the Carilino Orphanage staff and community members on maintenance
• Trained the Carilino Orphanage staff, children and community members on hygiene.
Now, clean water is flowing for 1,750 people — the children of Carilino and families across the Mont-Ngafula community. And it’s not just for drinking: this water supports cooking, washing, hygiene, and agriculture, strengthening health, learning, and self-sufficiency.
This is more than a project completed — it’s a foundation for the future.
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We’re proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish together — from food to clean water, medicine to education. But our work isn’t finished. Feeding orphaned children remains one of our top priorities, especially as food prices continue to rise across Africa.
To all our supporters: Asante Sana — thank you very much! None of this would be possible without you. But as food costs rise, we cannot do this work alone.
We need your support again to ensure children have the meals and protection they deserve.
🧡 Rising food costs make this work harder every day. Your gift helps us keep children fed: breadandwaterforafrica.harnessgiving.org/donate/?checkout=12852&campaign_id=16384&selected-method... ... See MoreSee Less
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What does survival look like for orphaned children?
It’s the essentials:
• A plate of food to fight malnutrition
• Clean water that doesn’t make them sick
• Medicines and vaccines to save lives
• Clothing and shoes for protection
• A classroom and training for the future
Every child deserves these basics, and our supporters help make them possible.
🧡Your gift today helps orphaned children receive daily meals and care: breadandwaterforafrica.harnessgiving.org/donate/?checkout=12852&campaign_id=16384&selected-method... ... See MoreSee Less
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For thirty-nine years, Bread and Water for Africa® has partnered with clinics and orphanages across the continent to care for children who have nowhere else to turn.
Together with our local partners, we have fought epidemics, delivered clean water, and ensured that orphanages have the medicines, food, and supplies they need to keep children safe and cared for.
Much has been achieved. But much remains to be done.
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Does it shock you that more than 92 million children across Africa are battling extreme malnutrition right now?
In Ethiopia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and in refugee camps in Kenya, orphaned children are the most vulnerable of all. For them, a cough can become pneumonia, a sip of unsafe water can mean cholera, and a skipped meal can mean the difference between strength and sickness.
These are not just numbers — they are the daily realities faced by children growing up without parents, relying on orphanages for their survival. But together, we can change this.
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Maria is just one of the many children in Zimbabwe who were able to attend school last year thanks to Bread and Water for Africa®.
Many of these children have never been to school and rely on educational assistance and safe homes to access their rights and their future. Your support can make more of these stories possible — giving children the chance to learn, grow, and thrive.
🧡 Help more children like Maria go to school: breadandwaterforafrica.harnessgiving.org/donate/?checkout=12824&selected-method=one-time&amount=1... ... See MoreSee Less
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