Fighting Desertification


Soils are the world's most important non-renewable resource for ensuring food security and mitigating climate change. Yet, each year, 75 billion tonnes are lost as a result of drought and desertification.

This week the UN is asking what needs to be done to halt this process. At Excellent Development, we believe that sand dams are a key solution for dryland environments.

Show your support by raising awareness of sand dams this week...

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Building miracles

We think that sand dams are something special. Building one, however, is nothing but hard work for the communities who own them. Take a look behind the scenes...
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Women of the Muuo wa Kiumoni SHG

Patience pays

Last year, Excellent’s grants and institutions manager, Al Day, spent a week with our partner in Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF). Here he recalls a typical day...
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Who Are Excellent?

Excellent supports subsistence farmers and their families to gain access to clean water and grow more food to eat, store and sell.  We support communities to build sand dams which provide clean water and the potential to invest time in sustainable agriculture.

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