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Africa in the Path of Covid-19 and Our Steadfast Support
Medicine Distribution to Health Centers in Sierra Leone “While so much about the virus and how it operates remains unclear, sub-Saharan Africa so far has dodged a deadly wave of coronavirus cases.” — The Washington Post, September 22, 2020 While that may be true in...
More than Ever, We Need to Invest More on the Future of Sierra Leone Students
In Sub-Saharan African countries such as Sierra Leone, the coronavirus pandemic has closed schools for months and because the vast majority have been unable to make the transition to online education, school closures have widening the pre-existing gap between how much...
Our Journey Fighting Illiteracy in Africa Continues on Through Pandemic
Today, September 8, is the United Nations’ International Literacy Day which this year focuses on “Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.” The theme highlights literacy learning in a lifelong learning perspective, and therefore, mainly...
Thank You: For many years you have lived by Proverbs 19:17 to give hope to thousands of orphaned children throughout Africa!
Dear Supporter of Bread and Water for Africa®, September 5 is the United Nations’ International Day of Charity which was declared by the UN General Assembly in 2012 to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa who devoted her life to helping the...
COVID-19 Pandemic Rises Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa
Community members outside the Mokoba clinic wearing reusable face masks made by a local tailor with materials provided by Bread and Water for Africa. Throughout the African continent, which had been spared thebrunt of COVID-19 pandemic in terms of confirmed cases and...
A Tribute to Bishop John K. Yambasu, the Resident Bishop of the Sierra Leone Area of The United Methodist Church
Bishop John Yambasu of Sierra Leone gives the sermon during morning worship at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News. It is with personal, heartfelt sadness that I must report the sudden, tragic death of...
Working tirelessly to secure enough food for the children’s Home in Zambia
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...
The Tale of Elizabeth and Miracle: From Fear, Hunger and Uncertainty to a Future Filled With Hope
Imagine you are an 8-year-old whose mother tells you to watch over your 3-year-old sister until she comes back. That’s what happened to Elizabeth, however her mother never returned leaving the two girls to fend for themselves in a small village in Zambia....
We remain cautiously optimistic amid the troubling news from Africa
Celebrating African Women’s Day: Lillian is a Survivor!
The 25-year-old woman from the small village of Gandorhun in Sierra Leone had just lost her husband when she learned she was pregnant and was struggling to care for her two children. “Life had become difficult for her as she also had to take care of her pregnancy,”...