In February 2020, Excellent's Fundraising and Admin Assistant, Uilliam Barrow-Retallack, visited Manyanga Farmers Field School in southeast Kenya. He reflects on the community's plans for their sand dam and their achievements several months on. Read more
Last year we visited Twone Mbee Wasya wa Mavalani self-help group in Kenya just as they began building their second sand dam. Here group members Agnes and John explain what life was like before they had access to clean water. Read more
Meet Mody, an elderly farmer from Zimbabwe who is helping to re-green her farm and local environment thanks to training and support from our partners in the region. Read more
Lethiwe has been working hard alongside our partner in Zimbabwe to take on agroecological training and improve her farming. Hear her story. Read more
Meet Anastacia, a farmer from southern Zimbabwe, who our partner in the region is supporting to develop simple, appropriate and sustainable water abstraction and food production systems. Read more
Hear from a remarkable community in Kenya who are in the process of building their fifth sand dam, motivated by the impact of their previous builds. Read more
Our partners in southeast Kenya visit another dryland community who are overcoming adversity thanks to sand dams and climate-smart agriculture. Read more
Hear from Kenyan dryland farmer John Munyau, a young man who is improving his and his family’s lives thanks to his community’s sand dam project. Read more
Good sanitation and hygiene can be taken for granted in many parts of the world where water is not readily available. Here, dryland farmers Simon and Rhoda explain how sand dams and access to water is keeping them clean and healthier in a region where water scarcity plagues so many lives. Read more
Farmers from Meko Maw'o self-help group in southeast Kenya elaborate on the changes and benefits attained from their sand projects. Read more
Southeast Kenyan dryland farmers Joyce and Musila show the fruits of their labour following their community's sand dam and climate-smart agriculture project. Read more
A community in southeast Kenya share what benefits a sand dam project has provided, including water and food security, as well as income for their children's education and other activities. Read more