Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers teamed up to support community members from Kithumba self-help group in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam. Hear what the volunteers, community and local partners had to say about the experience! Read more
In June 2023, Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers from Jersey, as part of the Jersey Overseas Aid Community Works Project 2023, teamed up to support community members from Kenya to build a sand dam.. Read more
As part of our recent Big Give Anchor Match Fund campaign, supporters helped to raise an amazing grand total of £44,845.50. These funds will go towards enabling two communities in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam and implement climate-smart agriculture. Read more
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Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers teamed up to support community members from Kenya to build a sand dam. The sand dam will go on to provide the community with a local, lifelong supply of clean water, transforming lives and land for generations to come. Read more
Jersey Overseas Aid Community Works Project 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. Read more
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The issue of water scarcity prevents many children from getting the most out of their education in southeast Kenya. Speaking with members of the St Stephen's Primary School community, we learn how a school water tank can positively influence the academic experience. Read more
With water scarcity being a challenge for schools across southeast Kenya, many children are often required to bring water with them from home. Representatives from Kyumbe Primary School share how their school water tank has relieved this burden and helped children to enjoy school again. Read more
Attending a school that lacks a reliable water source presents many challenges for students. Speaking to members of the Kasunguni Secondary School community, we find out the ways a school water tank has helped them to address these challenges. Read more
The objectives of the sand dam programme are to both provide year round water for the wildlife living in Tsavo National Park, as well as restore degraded and fragile land through enabling vegetation re-growth. Read more
Kasangi Simon, a 12-year-old pupil at Nzeluni Primary School, southeast Kenya, shares her experience coping with water shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what difference a school water tank would make. Read more
Our partners in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, document the impact of Kyeni Primary School's water tank. Read more
The project with Action for Development will implement four pilot sand dams across four communities in South Omo Zone in southern Ethiopia. The communities will enhance their food security through climate-smart agriculture, while the sand dams will provide year-round access to clean water. Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide thanks the Rotary Club of Buxton for their generous funds towards a new sand dam in southeast Kenya. Read more
A review of Sand Dam Worldwide's four-year pilot sand dam programme to increase access to clean water for both people and wildlife in the Northern Rangelands of Kenya. Read more
Hear from the Sand Dams Worldwide volunteers who worked together to support the Muka self-help group build a sand dam. Read more
Jersey Overseas Aid volunteers and community members share highlights from the construction of a sand dam they worked together to build in southeast Kenya in September 2019. Read more
From water and food scarcity to lush mango and papaya farms, this community share how their climate-smart agriculture activities have transformed their lives. Read more
Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands (with Arabic subtitles). Read more
Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands (with Kamba subtitles). Read more
Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands (with Hindi subtitles). Read more
Our partners in southeast Kenya report on the progress Wonu Witu self-help group have made since the start of their sand dam project and climate-smart agriculture training. Read more