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£2,100 invested by Rotary Club of Buxton towards new sand dam

£2,100 invested by Rotary Club of Buxton towards new sand dam

Sand Dams Worldwide thanks the Rotary Club of Buxton for their generous funds towards a new sand dam in southeast Kenya. Read more

Published: 8th June, 2020

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

“The remaining distance that we have to walk together will now not defeat us”

“The remaining distance that we have to walk together will now not defeat us”

The Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), Sand Dams Worldwide's partner in south-eastern Kenya, recently expanded their project area, so our former Programmes Officer came to meet the groups and see the result of their ongoing, hard work. Read more

Published: 11th July, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Rotary revisits Watuka sand dam

Rotary revisits Watuka sand dam

Rotarian Bruce Irvine documents his inspiring visit to Watuka self-help group’s sand dam in southeast Kenya; a project funded by Easthampstead Rotary Club and supporting clubs in 2014. Read more

Published: 17th May, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Inspiration and collaboration at the 2017 Rotary National Conference

Inspiration and collaboration at the 2017 Rotary National Conference

Sand Dams Worldwide gets inspired at the Rotary National Conference, meet old friends and new supporters... Read more

Published: 16th May, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Rotary Club of Rochdale invests in Wikwatyo wa Kiambani

Rotary Club of Rochdale invests in Wikwatyo wa Kiambani

The Rotary Club has been supporting Sand Dams Worldwide for many years. Inspired by the far-reaching impacts of sand dams, the Club decided to provide funding towards a sand dam for the Wikwatyo wa Kiambani self-help group in November 2013. It offers a life-changing opportunity to the rural community in southeast Kenya. Read more

Published: 15th May, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

The village stud

The village stud

With the support of the Rotary Club of Guilford, Chacha the Goat was the start of a community-led initiative that is helping to improve nutrition and incomes for a community in rural Kenya. Read more

Published: 15th May, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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  • September 2022 sand dam expedition

    September 2022 sand dam expedition

    Sand Dams Worldwide supports communities in drylands around the world to transform their own lives with sand dams and climate-smart agriculture; empowering them to achieve lifelong access to water and food. Please donate to help more vulnerable dryland communities benefit from sand dam projects.

  • Sand dams feature in BBC's Our Changing Planet

    Sand dams feature in BBC's Our Changing Planet

    Sand dams and our partners in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, feature in the BBC's latest documentary series charting the world's most threatened ecosystems and the groundbreaking solutions hoping to bring extraordinary change.

  • Sand dams: Water for life

    Sand dams: Water for life

    We need your support so that we can help vulnerable dryland communities to achieve lifelong water security with sand dams.

  • £22,513.75 raised in the Green Match Fund 2022 - thank you!

    £22,513.75 raised in the Green Match Fund 2022 - thank you!

    The campaign, which ran for seven days only, offered supporters of participating charities the opportunity to have their donations doubled.

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  • What is a sand dam?

    What is a sand dam?

  • Reversing land degradation and desertification

    Reversing land degradation and desertification

    Conservation of the environment is critical to the economic development of people living in drylands.

  • Donate

    Donate

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

  • The challenge

    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

    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.

  • Our approach

    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

    Climate-smart agriculture

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

  • Watch how sand dams work

    Watch how sand dams work

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

  • End hunger with sand dams

    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.

  • Improving health and daily lives

    Improving health and daily lives

    Sand dams provide a safer water supply as the water stored below the surface is protected from evaporation, contamination and waterborne diseases.

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