News & Blogs
Tuiton Assistance for Blandine
The mission of our partner in Cameroon, Hope Services, is “To build up the capacity of our beneficiaries through the provision of skills that can enable them to be self-reliant thereby avoiding dependency syndrome.” In sum, to provide children with the resources they...
An opportunity for Belitha
Sometimes out of the worst situations and darkest days, a bright light is able to shine, and little Belitha is an example of just that. She was only 9 years old when she arrived at the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre, a longtime partner of Bread and Water for...
Kabwata Orphanage Provides Education Enabling Destitute Zambian Children to Realize Their Dreams
At the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centerin Zambia, Bread and Water for Africa® longtime partner Angela Miyanda take in the county’s most vulnerable – its orphans and destitute children. Her immediate priority lies in the present – to address any health issues...
Water Sachets (packets) Provide Safe Relief from Thirst
Moriba Town, Sierra Leone, has an estimated population of more than 5,000, and thousands more in the surrounding towns and villages of the Bonthe District. However, in the impoverished country “access to [clean water] in the provinces is a big challenge...
A New Poultry Facility for Sierra Leone
Five thousand chickens is a lot of chickens – especially in an impoverished country such as Sierra Leone. Many go hungry for days on end and chicken is a delicacy compared with the everyday meal of beans and rice. “The evidence suggests that Sierra Leoneans love...
Rainy Sunday… That did NOT stop us!
Nearly a dozen runner and walkers spent a rainy Sunday morning, June 3, to participate in the Bread and Water for Africa® “ Wata for Salone! ” 5K in Arlington, Virginia. The dedicated participants joined together with even more volunteers and those who supported them...
May News from Bread and Water for Africa
The clinic in Douala Cameroon will be fully operational later this month!
Douala, Cameroon, may be the largest city in the country and its commercial and economic capital, but about 30 percent of the population lives in poverty which is a growing problem due to its steadily increasing population. Unlike Cameroonians living in rural regions...
Maize for Lewa
Corn, or maize as it’s known in Kenya, is a staple food for the residents of the East African country. The maize is grounded into flour to make ugali (imagine grits cooked to the consistency of Playdough). The ugali is eaten with sukuma wiki (collard greens braised...
