Please support this appeal, so that dryland communities can build sand dams, access clean water, thrive with climate-smart agriculture and make income to invest in their and their children's futures. 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
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Excellent caught up with the Kyamukulu self-help group, to discuss their new project, and what it means to be part of the 1 million people that Excellent has supported to access to clean water for life. Read more
Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands
Meet two southeast Kenyan farmers to discuss the impact on the people and their land since their sand dam projects started in 2014.
After a sand dam project was completed in the Wiriamo community in Mozambique, our partner, the Christian Council of Mozambique, caught up with a local farmer to find out more about the project's impact on her life.
Programmes Officer, Callum Sheehan, looks at various sand dam success stories as Excellent Development reaches the milestone of enabling 1,000 sand dams in drylands.
Number of sand dams
People with access to clean water
Trees planted
Per person to provide clean water for life
Please donate what you can to transform lives with sand dams and clean water.
Great news from the early stages of our water yield study. Read more
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. Read more