February 2020 sand dam expedition - hear from the volunteers!

Hear from the Sand Dams Worldwide volunteers who supported Muka self-help group in southeast Kenya to build their second sand dam in February 2020.

The sand dam will go on to provide the local village and community (with a population of just under 3,000) with a nearby lifelong supply of clean water.

Anna Wragg

Charlotte Widing

Jan Doskar

John Josi

Lawrence Olujide

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Please donate what you can to support dryland communities to combat climate change with sand dams and climate-smart agriculture

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Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers teamed up to support community members from Kithumba self-help group in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam. Hear what the volunteers, community and local partners had to say about the experience!
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March 2024 sand dam expedition - hear from the volunteers!

Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers teamed up to support community members from Kithumba self-help group in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam. Hear what the volunteers, community and local partners had to say about the experience!
June 2023 sand dam expedition - hear from the volunteers!

In June 2023, Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers from Jersey, as part of the Jersey Overseas Aid Community Works Project 2023, teamed up to support community members from Kenya to build a sand dam..
September 2022 sand dam expedition - hear from the volunteers!

Sand Dams Worldwide and a group of volunteers teamed up to support community members from Kenya to build a sand dam. The sand dam will go on to provide the community with a local, lifelong supply of clean water, transforming lives and land for generations to come.
June 2022 sand dam expedition with Jersey Overseas Aid

Jersey Overseas Aid Community Works Project volunteers and Sand Dams Worldwide team up once again to support a community in southeast Kenya to build a sand dam that will help transform lives for generations with clean water.
September 2019 sand dam expedition with Jersey Overseas Aid

Jersey Overseas Aid volunteers and community members share highlights from the construction of a sand dam they worked together to build in southeast Kenya in September 2019.
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.
July 2018 sand dam expedition - hear from the volunteers and the community!

Hear from the Sand Dams Worldwide volunteers and community members who worked together to build a sand dam in southeast Kenya in July 2018.
Sand Dams Worldwide expedition FAQs

Here are some of the most common questions about our sand dam expeditions. And we've done our best to answer them for you!
A week to remember - sand dam expedition 2014

In 2014, nine supporters travelled out to Kenya to help the Athiani Farmers' self-help group build a sand dam.
“I was really proud of what we achieved”

In May 2013, a group of volunteers travelled to Kenya to help build a sand dam with the Mutethya self-help group. The expedition was organised in partnership with TRAIN, a youth work charity that supports vulnerable young people in the UK.

We support communities to build sustainable sand dams in some of the poorest, drought-stricken regions across our world.
What is a sand dam?
Donate

Please donate what you can to transform lives and land with sand dams and clean water.
Reversing land degradation and desertification

Conservation of the environment is critical to the economic development of people living in drylands.
Watch how sand dams work

Film explaining how sand dams work and their potential impact in the world's drylands
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.
Act Now: Tackle Food Crisis With Sand Dams

Support dryland communities to overcome food shortages, and ensure they can grow enough food to eat and sell. It all starts with ensuring they have access to water. That’s where sand dams come in.
1 million sand dams for 0.5 billion people by 2050

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.
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.
Our approach

Find out more about Excellent's approach, from working with self-help groups to why we partner we on-ground, local organisations.