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Where we work and who we work with

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Ethiopia (Partner: Action for Development)

Ethiopia (Partner: Action for Development)

The project with Action for Development will implement four pilot sand dams across four communities in South Omo Zone in southern Ethiopia. The communities will enhance their food security through climate-smart agriculture, while the sand dams will provide year-round access to clean water. Read more

Published: 12th August, 2020

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Southeast Kenya (Partner: Africa Sand Dam Foundation)

Southeast Kenya (Partner: Africa Sand Dam Foundation)

Excellent Development and ASDF have a strategic partnership based on shared values and philosophy. Together we have committed to community-led sustainable development and the global promotion of sand dam technology in drylands. Read more

Published: 20th August, 2018

Updated: 31st August, 2018

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Northern Kenya, Lekurruki (Partner: Lekurruki Conservation Trust)

Northern Kenya, Lekurruki (Partner: Lekurruki Conservation Trust)

Excellent Development and Lekurruki Conservation Trust have enabled the construction of several sand dams in the Northern Rangelands of northern Kenya, benefiting thousands of lives and many species of wildlife. Read more

Published: 19th August, 2018

Updated: 27th November, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Malawi (Partner: Churches Action in Relief and Development)

Malawi (Partner: Churches Action in Relief and Development)

In 2019 we began working with CARD to conduct a study into the feasibility of sand dams in Nsanje and Chikwawa districts in southern Malawi, with hopes to establish a number of sites that are suitable for pilot sand dams in 2020. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2018

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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Mozambique (Partner: Christian Council of Mozambique)

Mozambique (Partner: Christian Council of Mozambique)

In partnership with Excellent, the Christian Council of Mozambique is currently building multiple sand dams per year in Tete, providing water security to thousands with all the additional benefits that comes with having access to a constant supply of water. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2018

Updated: 31st August, 2018

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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. Read more

Published: 17th August, 2018

Updated: 31st August, 2018

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where we have worked

where we have worked

Find out more about our work in India, Tanzania, Swaziland, Sudan and Chad. Read more

Published: 15th August, 2018

Updated: 6th December, 2019

Author: Dwain Lucktung

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  • 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.

  • Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

    Kyeni Primary School water tank - a short film by the Africa Sand Dam Foundation

    Our partners in southeast Kenya, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation, document the impact of Kyeni Primary School's water tank.

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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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