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  1. About us
  2. Where we work and who we work with

Where we work and who we work with

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Tsavo, Kenya (Partner: Tsavo Trust)

Tsavo, Kenya (Partner: Tsavo Trust)

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

Published: 14th June, 2021

Updated: 28th July, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Ethiopia (Partner: Action for Development)

Ethiopia (Partner: Action for Development)

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

Published: 12th August, 2020

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Southeast Kenya (Partner: Africa Sand Dam Foundation)

Southeast Kenya (Partner: Africa Sand Dam Foundation)

Sand Dams Worldwide and ASDF have a strategic partnership based on shared values and philosophy. Together we have committed to community-led sustainable development and the global promotion of sand dam technology in drylands. Read more

Published: 20th August, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author:

Tanzania (Partner: Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania)

Tanzania (Partner: Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania)

This pilot project will consist of constructing four sand dams to improve the water supply for four communities and complement an existing project working with women-only groups. The aim is to improve the agricultural productivity, and variety of crops that can be grown, which is currently being constrained by lack of available water. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Malawi (Partner: Churches Action in Relief and Development)

Malawi (Partner: Churches Action in Relief and Development)

In 2019 we began working with CARD to conduct a study into the feasibility of sand dams in Nsanje and Chikwawa districts in southern Malawi, with hopes to establish a number of sites that are suitable for pilot sand dams in 2020. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Mozambique (Partner: Micaia Foundation)

Mozambique (Partner: Micaia Foundation)

We are working with Micaia to pilot sand dams in Manica province with the aim of developing a longer-term programme. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2018

Updated: 14th June, 2021

Author:

Zimbabwe (Partner: Dabane Trust)

Zimbabwe (Partner: Dabane Trust)

Dabane Trust and Sand Dams Worldwide are working together with rural communities in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe to develop simple, appropriate and sustainable water abstraction and food production systems. Read more

Published: 17th August, 2018

Updated: 21st March, 2022

Author:

Where we have worked

Where we have worked

Find out more about our work in India, Tanzania, Swaziland, Sudan and Chad. Read more

Published: 15th August, 2018

Updated: 25th March, 2022

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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    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.

  • 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.

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    What is a sand dam?

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    Donate

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

  • 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.

  • Act Now: Tackle Food Crisis With Sand Dams

    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

    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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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