Sand Dams Worldwide: a new name and new chapter

We're changing our name to Sand Dams Worldwide! Find out more from Chairman David Jordan OBE. Read more

A word from our Chairman

Monthly updates from David Jordan OBE, Chairman of Sand Dams Worldwide.

Helping to grow

Chairman David Jordan shares his thoughts on how sand dams can help vulnerable communities grow enough produce to eat as well as sell at local markets, breaking the poverty, famine and dependency cycle. Read more

Changing lives at home and abroad

Chairman David Jordan reflects on another successful sand dam expedition to Kenya with volunteers from Jersey Overseas Aid. Read more

Growing local

Our Chairman shares his thoughts on the impending global food crisis, and how sand dam projects can help vulnerable dryland communities to access clean water and thus grow local produce. Read more

Celebrating 20 years

Our Chairman reflects on what inspired him to support sand dams, the past 20 years of Sand Dams Worldwide and the importance of continuing our work in supporting the next generation of dryland communities. Read more

Living with uncertainty

Whilst global leaders understandably focus on matters of urgency, our Chairman blogs about how we must not ignore other critical issues such as climate change and prepare for an uncertain future. Read more

Sand Dams Worldwide: a new name and new chapter

We're changing our name to Sand Dams Worldwide! Find out more from Chairman David Jordan OBE. Read more

Women making a difference

In light of International Women’s Day on March 8th, Chairman David Jordan OBE shares his thoughts on the power and empowerment of women in our drive to create sustainable water solutions. Read more

Adapting to a new world

Chairman David Jordan OBE reflects on the challenges and achievements from 2021, whilst also looking at the year ahead as we plan to use all the experience, knowledge, progress and support we’ve gathered over the past 20 years to expand on and improve our work through 2022 and beyond. Read more

Waiting for the dust to settle

Chairman David Jordan OBE shares his thoughts on the discussions, debates and fallout from COP26, the connections with Sand Dams Worldwide's work and ambitions, and how your support of our upcoming Big Give campaign can help us support more people and wildlife to become climate-resilient. Read more

Looking through the rear-view mirror

Chairman David Jordan OBE looks at the highlights from our 2020/21 annual report, including multiple successful sand dam projects and inspirational community stories. Read more

Building Resilience

Chairman David Jordan OBE looks at how our sand dam projects are helping communities to build climate resilience in the face of climate change, land degradation and desertification. Read more

Red Alert!

We are on red alert. That’s the stark message from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. In their recent report scientists from across the globe have concluded that ‘climate change is now widespread, rapid and intensifying’. Read more

Latest

June 2022 sand dam expedition with Jersey Overseas Aid

Jersey Overseas Aid volunteers and Sand Dams Worldwide team up once again to support a community in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam that will help transform lives for generations with clean water.
BBC report: Climate change killing elephants, says Kenya

Kenya's Wildlife and Tourism ministry says that climate change is now a bigger threat to elephant conservation than poaching.
Jobs at Sand Dams Worldwide: Trusts Fundraising Manager

We are recruiting!
Act Now: Tackle Food Crisis With Sand Dams

Support dryland communities to overcome food shortages, and ensure they can grow enough food to eat and sell. It all starts with ensuring they have access to water. That’s where sand dams come in.

What is a sand dam?
Donate

Please donate what you can to transform lives and land with sand dams and clean water.
Reversing land degradation and desertification

Conservation of the environment is critical to the economic development of people living in drylands.
Act Now: Tackle Food Crisis With Sand Dams

Support dryland communities to overcome food shortages, and ensure they can grow enough food to eat and sell. It all starts with ensuring they have access to water. That’s where sand dams come in.
The challenge

Find out what are drylands, why they are they are such harsh regions to live, how sand dams are applicable in drylands and what difference they can make to over 40% of the world's land surface.
1 million sand dams for 0.5 billion people by 2040

Read about our plan to directly support other organisations to build sand dams, in turn, realising our vision to support millions of the world’s poorest people by helping them to transform their own lives through water and soil conservation in drylands.
Watch how sand dams work

Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands
Our approach

Find out more about Excellent's approach, from working with self-help groups to why we partner we on-ground, local organisations.
Climate-smart agriculture

It’s astonishing to see what can be achieved through these simple, but highly effective, techniques of climate-smart agriculture.
End hunger with sand dams

We need your help so that we can continue to support more vulnerable dryland communities to take part in sand dam and climate-smart agriculture projects, and empower them to end hunger and achieve long-term food security.