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Caring for the Most Vulnerable: An Impact Story from Mokoba Village-Sierra Leone
Elizabeth lives in a rural, remote region of Sierra Leone where free, or even affordable, healthcare would be practically nonexistent without the Mokoba Health Center, operated by Bread and Water for Africa® partner there, Rural Youth Development Organization – Sierra...
We Concur with UNESCO: Early Childhood Education and Care are the Foundation for Learning!
This Sunday, February 21, is International Mother Language Day which was designated by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999 as part of a broader initiative “to promote the preservation and protection of all languages...
Strengthening Access to Basic Health Care in Sierra Leone
For years, Bread and Water for Africa® has been providing medicines, and medical supplies, and equipment to our partners in Africa who operate clinics and hospitals offering free and low-cost healthcare to tens of thousands of infants and children, young mothers, and...
Bread and Water for Africa® Helps Battle Effects of COVID-19 in Zambia and Zimbabwe
The Centers for Disease Control has issued travel advisories for Americans considering traveling to Zambia and Zimbabwe where Bread and Water for Africa® partners the Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre and the Lerato Children’s Village, respectively, operate. Of...
Lerato Children’s Home: Empowering Melissa and Others to Reach Their Full Potential
Bread and Water for Africa® longtime partner Shinga Development Trust in Zimbabwe, which operates the Lerato Children’s Village, was founded with the lofty goal of meeting the basic needs of orphaned and vulnerable children by providing them with a home where they...
Putting Smiles on Orphans’ Faces in Zambia
At the Kabawata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia, our longtime partner Angela Miyanda. Its founder and director, is caring for 62 children –36 girls and 26 boys – all orphaned or abandoned and brought to her by the country’s Department of Social Welfare. Among...
Food Hampers’ in Zimbabwe Prevent Hundreds from Going Hungry
With the COVID -19 pandemic causing significant negative impacts in Zimbabwe, including and especially hunger in the impoverished country, this fall Margaret Makambira, founder and director of our longtime partner there, the Shinga Development Trust and its Lerato...
Looking Back on 2020, and Looking Ahead to 2021
While 2020 was a challenging year for all of us in the United States, so was the case in the sub-Saharan African countries where we work. While we are thankful that the COVID-19 pandemic has not caused a severe outbreak resulting in tens of thousands of deaths as...
Together We are Changing Lives in sub-Saharan Africa Every Day! Thank You!
While 2020 has been a challenging year for us all, the global COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted the ability of our partners and the people living in the sub-Saharan African countries they serve – including Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Zambia,...
Eugene L. Krizek (Col. USAF (Retired)), Founder, Bread and Water for Africa®
We are honored, and humbled, to wish our visionary founder, Gene Krizek, a hearty 93rd Happy Birthday. A former Congressional Administrative Assistant, a retired Foreign Service Officer and a retired Colonel in the United States Air Force, Eugene “Gene” Krizek served...