Excellent Development

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Investing in our livelihoods

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

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£15 could provide a dryland farmer with drought-tolerant seeds, to grow a reliable source of fresh food for their children

£30 could supply a community with a rake, gardening fork, shovel and watering cans, to plant trees for fruit, fuel and fodder

£60 could provide a community with a roll of barbed wire, to reinforce their sand dam and keep it anchored to the bedrock

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Make a regular donation and Create lasting change with sand dams

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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£5 could provide a group with the tools, seeds and materials to produce vegetables, fruits and grains

£10 could provide expert training and support to empower groups to take ownership of their projects

£20 enable a self-help group to build a series of sand dams, bringing abundant water to their families

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What is a sand dam?

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When people have access to clean water, they can take their future into their own hands, live sustainably, and work their way out of poverty with dignity.

Watch how sand dams work

Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands

Sand dam projects keeping communities "young" and healthy

Meet two southeast Kenyan farmers to discuss the impact on the people and their land since their sand dam projects started in 2014.

“We have greater income and greater security in times of drought”

Following the completion of the Kitagezi sand dam in the Oldonyiro Conservancy in the Northern Rangelands of Kenya, the Excellent Development Programmes team spoke to the community to discover what difference it has made to their lives.

1,000 sand dams! An Excellent milestone

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.

Our Impact

1,130	Number of sand dams
Over 1m	People with access to clean water for life
1.1m	Trees planted
£13	Per person to provide clean water for life

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

Excellent news

Excellent are winners at the Charity Times Awards 2019!

We are delighted to announce that Excellent Development 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

Our Strategy

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. Read more

When people have access to clean water, they can take their future into their own hands, live sustainably, and work their way out of poverty with dignity.

Our Impact

1,130

Over 1m

1.1m

£13

Excellent news

Our Strategy