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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...
YES, Schools are Open in Zimbabwe; Dear my Sponsor…Thank You!
Children and youth in Zimbabwe understand all too well that being able to go to school and getting an education is their pathway out of a life of dire poverty, menial labor, and a successful future. And thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa® such as...
COVID-19: Access to Clean Water is Crucial in sub-Saharan Africa!
For more than two decades, we at Bread and Water for Africa® have remained committed to providing clean, safe drinking water for tens of thousands of children, parents and elders in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the years, we have dug wells in countries including...
Feeding Program in Kibera is a Gateway to the Aspiring Scientist and Artist
Setric was born in the Nairobi slum of Kibera in 2008, and dire poverty is all she has ever known in her 12 years of life. But, despite all the challenges and roadblocks placed in her path due to the circumstances far beyond her control, the young girl on the verge of...
They Eat, Grow, Study: School Feeding Changing Life in Kenya!
In January, thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa®, we were able to provide a grant to provide two meals each school day to 125 children attending the Seed School in the Nairobi slum of Kibera for the entire academic term. But that was before the...
Strengthening Access to Basic Health Care Services in Mokoba Community, Sierra Leone
In addition to, of course, food security and access to clean, safe water, addressing the lack of adequate healthcare is the most pressing need in Sub-Saharan Africa today, especially in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the impoverished country of Sierra...
Continuing Our Mission, Bread and Water for Africa® is Focusing on Clean Water Development in Rural Uganda
Earlier this year, before the COVID-19 pandemic had been making inroads into sub-Saharan African countries such as Uganda, Bread and Water for Africa® agreed to support construction of 15 of our partner there, Bega Kwa Bega’s (BkB), water protection projects. The...