Rotary stories

“The remaining distance that we have to walk together will now not defeat us”

The Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), Excellent's partner in south-eastern Kenya, recently expanded their project area, so our former Programmes Officer came to meet the groups and see the result of their ongoing, hard work. Read more

Rotary revisits Watuka sand dam

Rotarian Bruce Irvine documents his inspiring visit to Watuka self-help group’s sand dam in southeast Kenya; a project funded by Easthampstead Rotary Club and supporting clubs in 2014. Read more

Inspiration and collaboration at the 2017 Rotary National Conference

Excellent gets inspired at the Rotary National Conference, meet old friends and new supporters... Read more

Rotary Club of Rochdale invests in Wikwatyo wa Kiambani

The Rotary Club has been supporting Excellent for many years. Inspired by the far-reaching impacts of sand dams, the Club decided to provide funding towards a sand dam for the Wikwatyo wa Kiambani self-help group in November 2013. It offers a life-changing opportunity to the rural community in southeast Kenya. Read more

The village stud

With the support of the Rotary Club of Guilford, Chacha the Goat was the start of a community-led initiative that is helping to improve nutrition and incomes for a community in rural Kenya. Read more

Latest

Barclays Kenya Expedition

I am fundraising for this particular charity because I want to contribute to a project that has an obvious and tangible impact on a community and will bring some awareness of the challenges that community faces.

SAND DAM 2020

Later this year in September, 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.

Walking for water

In 2018 I've took part in a Barclays IOM Sand Dam expedition and the experience was so amazing that I've decided to help out once again.

How Africa will be affected by climate change

Recent studies show Africa will suffer disproportionately in the coming years from the global climate crisis. That is unless we can seek to better understand and limit the effects of climate change across the continent's diverse patchwork of climate systems.

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.