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. Read more
We're changing our name to Sand Dams Worldwide! Find out more from Chairman David Jordan OBE. Read more
The campaign, which ran for seven days only, offered supporters of participating charities the opportunity to have their donations doubled. Read more
Between November 30th and December 7th we are took part in The Big Give Christmas Challenge, raising over £100,000 for four sand dams in southeast Kenya; 2 for communities in Ukambani to provide farmers with a lifelong supply of clean water, and 2 in Tsavo National Park to improve access to water for the range of wildlife. Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide's strategic partner, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, has won the prestigious Thiess International River Prize for projects along the Thwake River in southeast Kenya. Read more
Paraffle Embroidery are partnering with Sand Dams Worldwide and will donate 25% of all of their sales from the Black Friday weekend towards our Big Give campaign! Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide are excited to announce that ViDrate have selected our charity as their new and first official charity partner! Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide is proud to be part of the innovative product line-up from Advent of Change over Christmas 2021. Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide and our sand dam and climate-smart agriculture projects in southeast Kenya have been featured in a new Bond Nature-based Solutions report titled: “Nature-based Solutions in Action: Lessons from the Frontline" Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide wins the International Aid and Development award for our sand dam projects in Africa! Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide are awarded an International Forum Design GmbH (iF) Social Impact Prize for our sand dam project work in southeast Kenya. Read more
In this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge you helped us raise over £80,000 to build two sand dams and implement a range of environmental protection measures in southern Zimbabwe. Read more
CSIS (the Center for Strategic and International Studies) have published a short film about building climate resilience in Kenya with sand dams, featuring our partners, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation. Watch it here! Read more
Sand Dams Worldwide was proud to be part of the innovative product line-up from Advent of Change in 2020. Read more
Recent studies show Africa will suffer disproportionately in the coming years from the global climate crisis. That is unless we can seek to better understand and limit the effects of climate change across the continent's diverse patchwork of climate systems. Read more
Thanks to all who donated to our annual match-funding campaign! Read more
The World Bank has recently (October 19, 2019) published a new detailed study, titled ‘Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa’, that examines the various obstacles that still remain to fighting poverty on the continent. Among the wide range of suggestions and observations are a number that are extremely relevant to the work we do here at Sand Dams Worldwide. Read more
Water crises are becoming more and more frequent in countries such as South Africa. In the face of droughts and water shortages, Sand Dams Worldwide's work becomes even more important in ensuring access to clean water for dryland areas. Read more
As many parts of Africa continue to suffer from the ever-increasing effects of climate change, we consider how our work is helping prepare communities to minimise the impact of this on their livelihoods. Read more
As challenges continue to grow for those facing water scarcity in drylands, we take a look at how these challenges are being addressed in Kenya today and how we plan to support communities in achieving water security in the country. Read more
In February 2019 we started a new programme, funded by Jersey Overseas Aid, to pilot sand dams in Malawi. According to our research there are no sand dams in Malawi, so this is a very exciting project where we hope to introduce sand dams into a completely new country. Read more
In January 2015, Sand Dams Worldwide built the first sand dam in Lekurruki Conservancy. This was the start of a 4-year programme piloting sand dams in a new area and context. Our Head of Programmes, Christine Whinney, reflects on the achievements and lessons learned during this period. Read more
As Sand Dams Worldwide looks to enable sand dam technology in new countries, we share how we have been taking steps to do so with a new partner in Tanzania. Read more
We are delighted to announce that Sand Dams Worldwide are winners in the category of 'Charity of the Year with an income of £1 million - £10 million' at the 2019 Charity Times Awards! Read more