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Bread and Water for Africa® Supports Food Self-Sufficiency Agricultural Program to Help Ease Hunger Posed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
If something works, such as how for years the Baraka Farm has been providing support to our longtime partner, the Lewa Children’s Home in Eldoret, Kenya (founded by our international spokesperson Phyllis Keino), we strive to replicate it elsewhere in the sub-Saharan...
Bread and Water for Africa® Orphan Care Programs Support Vulnerable Children and Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
From the earliest days of Bread and Water for Africa® our primary focus has been providing safe, loving homes for thousands of orphaned and abandoned children in Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and most recently, Sierra Leone. Thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for...
Tanzania: Combating the Coronavirus Without Clean Water… Impossible
We know the coronavirus crisis spreads throughout the world, it is increasingly clear that people in Muleba, Tanzania with the least access to clean water will feel the most dramatic effects. Action for Ngono Basin Reforestation (ACT-NGONO) in Muleba, Tanzania is...
Bread and Water for Africa®: Fighting Poverty and Saving Lives During the COVID-19 Pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa
In the 46 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) there are just over 1 billion people (14 percent of the world’s population), the vast majority in dire poverty which has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was confirmed...
Pay Tribute to Phyllis, Angela, and Margaret – ‘Mothers’ to Thousands
Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, on this Sunday, May 9, sadly there are millions of children who do not have a mother to thank for bringing them into the world, feeding them when they’re hungry and comforting them when their sick, and most importantly, loving them with...
Seed School Meals Program Keeps Students Fed, and Focused
A year ago, schools throughout Kenya were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that included the Seed School located in the largest slum in East Africa — Kibera on the outskirts of Nairobi. For more than 100 students who attend the Seed School not only were their...
Bread and Water for Africa® Joins With World in Celebrating Earth Day 2021
What started as an idea at an UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) conference in 1969, became what we know today, Thursday, April 22, as Earth Day, is now observed -- 51 years following the very first celebration in 1970 -- in...
Rokel Clinic: Treats and Heals Severely Burned Young Boy
We at Bread and Water for Africa® fear what would have happened to 7-year-old Usif when he was severely burned over 70 percent of his small body without the nearby Rokel Clinic where he received free treatment for his injuries. Rev. Francis Mambu, executive director...
Bread and Water for Africa® Applauds WHO’s World Health Day Mission
Today, April 7, Bread and Water for Africa® supports and applauds the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Day, which has been held every April 7 since 1950 to draw worldwide attention to the major importance of global health. This year’s theme, “Building a...
Medicines Shipped to Sierra Leone Reduced High Blood Pressure for Nyanwo
Bread and Water for Africa® partner Rural Youth Development Organization - Sierra Leone (RYDO-SL) has the primary goal “to provide free and affordable health services for rural people, including community-based health education, and services to families and...