Excellent Development Isle of Man

Excellent Development Isle of Man (ED IOM) is a company registered in the Isle of Man at:

1 Windsor Road, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 3JX

ED IOM is a subsidiary of Excellent Development Ltd (ED UK Ltd), as ED UK Ltd is its sole member, and it is a company limited by guarantee (company number 128231C, charity registration number 1147).

ED UK Ltd has long-term links with the IOM (our founder and former Executive Director, Simon Maddrell, was born in Douglas), with two ED IOM trustees who live on the Isle of Man - Ian Hemensley and John Maddrell, both of which provide administrative support to the organisation.

ED UK Ltd is also fortunate to have the patronage of His Excellency Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Gozney for ED IOM.

ED IOM undertake substantial fundraising activities on the Isle of Man; as well as having received generous donations from the Isle of Man International Development Committee, we fundraise from our individual Manx donors and every year we fundraise through stalls at the Tynwald Fair and the One World Centre. We also fundraise through the One World Charity Challenge (winning the challenge in both 2016 and 2017), and have previously been chosen as St James Dalby Church’s Charity of the Year. We have also received the kind support of some of the Island’s Rotary Clubs, and held donor events on the Island.

You can also donate directly from the Isle of Man here, or for more information, please contact [email protected]

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It is part of our fundraising strategy to develop individual and community giving on the Isle of Man, and you can read and keep up to date with our IOM related news below!

What a difference a year makes

Excellent's Communications Manager, Dwain Lucktung, revisits Heka Heka Syomwambya self-help group in southeast Kenya to see what impact their sand dam project has had on community members. Read more

Barclays Isle of Man build a sand dam

Excellent's Chairman, David Jordan OBE, reviews another successful sand dam expedition, this time with Barclays Isle of Man volunteers who helped to raise £40,000 for a new sand dam in southeast Kenya. Read more

"We feel we now have what was missing”

Through partnering with Africa Sand Dam Foundation and Excellent, Woni Witu self-help group's achievements include building four sand dams and three shallow wells, made possible through generous funding from the Isle of Man Government. Read more

"These are life-changing projects"

Katelembu Mazingira Initiative self-help group is made up of people from Kithatu village (in Makueni County, southeast Kenya), and they are the proud beneficiaries of our 1,000th sand dam (funded by the Isle of Man Government). Read more

David Jordan talks sand dams with Isle of Man TV

Isle of Man TV interview Excellent's Chairman to find out more about the funding by the Isle of Man Government of sand dams in Kenya, which will help thousands of people achieve lifelong access to safe water. Read more

Excellent meets Manx supporters at Tynwald Day Fair 2018

Highlights from the event, including all the wonderful Manx supporters we met. Read more

Isle of Man Government supports Excellent to provide thousands with water with sand dams

Excellent Development Isle of Man have received £85,609 from the Isle of Man Government – money that will go towards the construction of four new sand dams, providing water security for 5,087 people. Read more

Manx People Give a Kick Start for Over 70,000 Lives in Rural Kenya

A big thank you to the people of the Isle of Man for their generous support to farmers in the drylands of Kenya. Read more

Latest

Jersey Overseas Aid – Kenya 2019 Expedition

Excellent Development supports communities in drylands around the world to transform their own lives with sand dams and climate-smart agriculture; empowering them to achieve lifelong access to water and food. Please donate what you can today to help the Kyekuyu self-help group in southeast Kenya and their community (whose sand dam is being built with the support of Jersey Overseas Aid), as well as other dryland farmers to transform their own lives through climate-smart agriculture.

"Life in school has become more enjoyable"

When water supplies are low, drastic measures are often turned to in efforts to collect it. The construction of a water tank in Utini Girls Secondary School in southeast Kenya has helped to lift this burden, according to testimony from members of the school community.

Enabling greater success

Having access to water on-site provides schools with the opportunity to grow and to try new things. In this story we see what new endeavours a water tank has enabled at Ngomeni Primary School, Kenya.

Thank you for tuning in to our BBC Radio 4 Appeal!

Thank you to all to tuned in to our BBC Radio 4 to hear our sand dam expedition volunteer, Sarah Parker, speak about the impact of sand dams and how they're helping farmers like Josephine to transform their lives.

What is a sand dam?

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.