We rely on the generosity of people like you to create lasting change for the people living in the driest, poorest parts of the world. Your support allows us to give communities the kick-start they need to break free from a life of drought and poverty. With larger donations, we have the ability to be more responsive and reach the thousands of people who need our help much sooner, before it’s too late. Read more
Regular donations provide tools, materials and ongoing guidance and support. They enable self-help groups to build a series of sand dams and boost their farming, bringing an abundance of food and water to their families, transforming lives for generations to come. Read more
Please donate what you can to transform lives and land with sand dams and clean water. Read more
Over the last few months we have witnessed the spread of COVID-19; creating a devastating threat to the health and security of people all around the world. By ensuring that communities have a source of clean drinking water which they can also use for hand washing and cleaning, sand dams greatly reduce the threat of ill health. Read more
With your support we can support more dryland communities and schools to build water tanks and gain Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) training, ensuring children's health and education are protected and maintained. Read more
Please donate what you can to transform lives with sand dams and clean water. Read more
For millions of women in the world’s rural drylands, life is dominated by the burden of collecting water. Can you help relieve them of this burden with a donation? Read more
We need your help so that we can continue to support more dryland communities to build sand dams and implement climate-smart farming, providing vital food and water supplies to vulnerable families. Read more
There is still a long way to go to ensure that all vulnerable dryland communities have access to what is their basic human right. Any support you are able to provide today will truly make a lasting difference to people’s lives for generations to come. Read more
Support dryland communities to build sand dams, sustainably manage land and implement a range of environmental protection measures so that they can prevent and reduce land degradation and adapt to climate change. Read more
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. Read more
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Hi! 18 months later here I am, back at it. Many of you followed my adventure in Kenya with my son Ian back in September '22 and it is now Julian who wants to "give a dam" with me.
We are fundraising to support the construction of a sand dam in Kenya. This project aims to provide sustainable access to clean water for the community, addressing water scarcity issues and promoting long-term environmental resilience. Your generous contribution will not only create a lasting impact on the lives of the people in this region but also contribute to a more sustainable and water-secure future.
The school decided to select this as their charity and Mila was very moved by this cause so has decided she would like to contribute more.
We're getting married! As part of our special day, instead of a traditional gift, we would love it if guests could make a donation to our selected charity, Sand Dams Worldwide.
This charity transforms communities. By building sand dams clean water gets to homes, releasing women from long, daily journeys to distant wells. They can then use the time saved to farm and earn money to send their children to school. The health and wealth of the whole community is changed beyond recognition.
Sand dams are a brilliant way of helping the world's poorest people to escape from poverty and disease. By providing clean water to homes by ingenious technology you help women to become healthier, allow them to be financially independent and get their kids in to school so the whole community benefits.
Early next year (2021), I will be going to Kenya along with some colleagues to help build a Sand Dam for the some of the world's poorest people to transform their lives with a task we do without a second thought, to receive clean water.
I have been part of the SDW Expedition in Sep 2022 in Kenya where I had the opportunity to see the negative impact of water scarcity on the local communities and how Sand Dams Worldwide's commitment and the effort is supporting those rural communities to work their way out of poverty with dignity. I decided to share this experience with my colleagues at work and promote with them this fundraising campaign with target raising £10,000 towards the cost of the materials and tools for 1 sand dam.