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£2,100 invested by Rotary Club of Buxton towards new sand dam

£2,100 invested by Rotary Club of Buxton towards new sand dam

Excellent thanks the Rotary Club of Buxton for their generous funds towards a new sand dam in southeast Kenya. Read more

Published: 8th June, 2020

Updated: 16th June, 2020

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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

“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

Published: 11th July, 2018

Updated: 11th October, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Rotary revisits Watuka sand dam

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

Published: 17th May, 2018

Updated: 17th August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Inspiration and collaboration at the 2017 Rotary National Conference

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

Published: 16th May, 2018

Updated: 14th August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

Rotary Club of Rochdale invests in Wikwatyo wa Kiambani

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

Published: 15th May, 2018

Updated: 11th October, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

The village stud

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

Published: 15th May, 2018

Updated: 14th September, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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  • Excellent win 2020 iF Social Impact Prize!

    Excellent win 2020 iF Social Impact Prize!

    Excellent Development are awarded an International Forum Design GmbH (iF) Social Impact Prize for our sand dam project work in southeast Kenya.

  • Empower families to feed themselves

    Empower families to feed themselves

    We need your help so that we can continue to support more dryland communities to build sand dams and implement climate-smart farming, providing vital food and water supplies to vulnerable families.

  • £83,443 raised in Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020!

    £83,443 raised in Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020!

    In this year's Big Give Christmas Challenge you helped us raise over £80,000 to build two sand dams and implement a range of environmental protection measures in southern Zimbabwe.

  • Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

    Missing school and education due to COVID-19 and lack of water

    Kasangi Simon, a 12-year-old pupil at Nzeluni Primary School, southeast Kenya, shares her experience coping with water shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what difference a school water tank would make.

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  • What is a sand dam?

    What is a sand dam?

  • 1 million sand dams for 0.5 billion people by 2040

    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.

  • Donate

    Donate

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

  • Zimbabwe (Partner: Dabane Trust)

    Zimbabwe (Partner: Dabane Trust)

    Dabane Trust and Excellent are working together with rural communities in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe to develop simple, appropriate and sustainable water abstraction and food production systems.

  • Watch how sand dams work

    Watch how sand dams work

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

  • Sand dam manual

    Sand dam manual

    For everything you need to know about building sand dams, click here to read (and download for free!), Sand Dams: A Practical & Technical Manual.

  • The challenge

    The challenge

    Find out what are drylands, why they are they are such harsh regions to live, how sand dams are applicable in drylands and what difference they can make to over 40% of the world's land surface.

  • Job opportunities

  • September 2018 sand dam expedition with Barclays Isle of Man

    September 2018 sand dam expedition with Barclays Isle of Man

    Barclays Isle of Man volunteers and community members share highlights from the construction of a sand dam they worked together to build in southeast Kenya in September 2018.

  • Working together with Rotary

    Working together with Rotary

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