20 Years Providing a Brighter Future for Africa s Children

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1 Providing a Brigter Future for Africa s Cildren 20 Years Providing a Brigter Future for Africa s Cildren

2 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Bread and Water for Africa s Mission Te mission of Bread and Water for Africa is to promote positive cange in Message from te Executive Director Africa by supporting and strengtening grassroots initiatives for community self-sufficiency in ealt and education. Greetings Friends and Supporters, success and allowed tese cildren to trive. Anoter end of a successful year, and not just an ordinary one but a significant one! Fiscal Year 2017 marks a 20-year milestone anniversary of partnersip between Bread and Water for Africa and you, our partners! As usual, tis report igligts our mission in action and te impact it as made on te lives of tousands of orpaned and abandoned cildren, families, and entire communities in several countries trougout sub-saaran Africa, including Kenya, Cameroon, Cad, Etiopia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Tis year, I ad te opportunity to travel to Zambia and Etiopia to visit our partners and witness first and teir progress on te ground. As you may recall from te last report, te most innovative and successful project we funded in te last two years was tat wit our Zambian partner, te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre. Two ponds were constructed to raise tousands of Tilapia fis to feed te cildren at te Kabwata Orpanage, wit te surplus sold in te local market. I am glad to report tese ponds are still in operation, providing a good source of income for te Centre. Wit your loyal support over te years, some of te cildren from te Orpanage ave grown into young adults wo ave graduated ig scool and college, pursuing teir own careers. Happy Cildren at Haramaya Model Scool, Etiopia, 2017 Because of your compassion and generosity, te last twenty years ave been noting sort of transformative for all concerned. From te civil war and Ebola crises in Sierra Leone to te orpans affected by te AIDS epidemic across te continent, te emotional and economic impacts ave been crippling. Bread and Water for Africa continues to work diligently to fund programs tat offer creative solutions to meet te needs of tose struggling to survive in te most difficult and callenging circumstances imaginable. Sustainability is a key milestone wit wic we can measure success. We encourage and support selfsustaining projects and programs wic allow our partners to wean temselves off our funding and towards self-sufficiency and independence. Tis allows us to move on to oter communities tat need te same kinds of assistance. Young girls at te Kebweza Village, Zambia, 2017 Your generous support over te years as enabled us to impact te lives of tens of tousands of cildren, women and men in numerous ways. Te scool fees program and completion of Hope Academy opened doors to many cildren in Cameroon. A similar program in Cad also afforded educational opportunities to cildren. In Etiopia, te water well projects and library support programs ave enabled self-sufficiency and educational opportunities in te Haramaya region, and te vocational and adult training programs in Malawi and farmers training program in Kenya ave opened up opportunities for unconventional student vocations. Te orpan care programs in Kenya, Zambia and Zimbabwe ave been a wonderful Tese acievements would not ave been possible witout your unwavering commitment and confidence in Bread and Water for Africa. We are partners in tis mission togeter and I believe tat as you read tis report, you will feel te fulfilment of your individual touc to eac of tose cildren and teir communities. I cannot express my gratitude and appreciation enoug for your steadfast support. Your generosity and compassion literally as saved te lives of tousands of people you may never ever meet. On bealf of our Board of Directors; our International Spokesperson Pyllis Keino, founder of te Lewa Cildren s Home; dedicated volunteers and staff; grassroots communities partners in Africa; and most importantly, te cildren we ave served in te last twenty years, I say THANK YOU for making a difference in te lives of so many! I look forward to your continued partnersip as we work to build a future filled wit ope for te cildren of Africa. Sincerely, Betelem Tessema Executive Director 1

3 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ Bread and Water for Africa Celebrates 20 Years of Providing a Brigter Future for Africa s Cildren OUR PROGRAMS Orpan Care Provide loving omes for orpaned and abandoned cildren, including te basic necessities of food, clean water, ealt care, and an education so tey can build a better life as tey enter adultood. Education Offer quality education at prescool, primary and ig scool levels, as well as vocational training to give cildren and young adults te best opportunities for selfsufficiency. Gana Cad Clean Water Build water wells and support clean water development projects to provide life s most vital resource. Somalia Etiopia Agriculture Train men and women in sustainable farming metods to provide food for teir families and surplus to sell at local markets, and provide seeds and basic farming tools. Uganda Healtcare Provide essential medicines, medical supplies and equipment to save lives and support te operations of clinics and ospitals in remote villages. Kenya Burundi Sierra Leone Tanzania Cameroon Malawi Democratic Republic of Congo Zimbabwe Zambia Mozambique 2 Income Generation Provide te initial funding to our program partners to create income generating projects to elp sustain teir program s future funding needs. Fis Farming Build community food security and self-sufficiency. Basic Relief Provide basic relief support for unexpected disasters and crises suc as te Mudslide disaster in Sierra Leone in Vocational Training Provide training for yout to elp tem gain productive employment and economic empowerment troug tecnical skills and build crucial life skills. 3

4 Bread and Water for Africa s Most BWA incorporated Continued working wit Lewa Cildren s Home (LCH), Kenya, focusing on te orpan care program supported by Cristian Relief Services Started supporting te development of Baraka Farm, Kenya. 4 Constructed te Kip Keino Primary Scool (KKPS) in Eldoret, Kenya. After te initial funding, tis project was funded until Completed te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre (KOTC), Zambia. Built te KOTC Early Cildood Leaning Center, Zambia. Reabed te Kinsasa ospital, Congo, working wit International House of Mercy. Constructed two Fait Healing Development Organization (FHDO) clinics and water well, Sierra Leone. Built four water well projects at te NDO clinics and a ospital, Sierra Leone. Important Program Activities since 1997 Built te Kebwaza permanent clinic, Zambia. Continued providing Orpan Care, Education, Agriculture, Relief Support, Healt Care, Vocational Training, Microfinance, and Clean Water Development in eigt countries. Constructed te Waterloo Elementary Scool, Sierra Leone. Built a Baker Project and water well in Bangolan, Cameroon. Built te Bo clinic and water well project, Sierra Leone. Built Lamely Primary and Secondary Scool, Sierra Leone. Developed te KOTC Fis Farming Project Establised a partnersip wit Harvest Mission in Bundibugya, Uganda and completed 12 clean water projects tat served over 30,000 residents Developed seven water well projects in Uganda, by working wit te Gedado Development program and Namunkanga Water Project. After te initial funding, BWA continued developing more wells in Uganda Built te Ndegbomei Development Organization (NDO) Hospital in Bumpe, Sierra Leone Constructed te Awas Vocational Training Center and Agropastoral Development Program. Worked wit YTEEM Cildren and Destitute Moters Fund in Afar, Etiopia Developed te KOTC banana plantation, Zambia Constructed te LCH dining room facility, Kenya Built te LCH guest ouse as an income generation project to support te orpan care program, Kenya Provided Ebola Emergency Relief support, Sierra Leone. Built te Hope Academy Elementary Scool, in Boua Cameroon Developed a water well project at Lamgie Full Circle Elementary Scool, Etiopia. Total Program Services from : $110,772,947 5

5 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Wo We Are Since our inception 20 years ago, Bread and Water for Africa as been committed to promoting positive canges in Africa. Troug te generosity of our donors and in partnersip wit local grassroots organizations, Bread and Water for Africa supports and strengtens impoverised communities and promotes self-sufficiency troug improvements in ealt, education, clean water development, agricultural best practices, and sustainable energy. Te Callenges For millions of cildren in sub-saaran Africa, teir greatest wis is to attend scool wit te knowledge tat education is teir patway out of poverty and towards a brigt future. But many yout are denied tat opportunity. More tan one-fift of cildren between te ages of 6 and 11 are out of scool, and tat number jumps to one-tird for yout between te ages 12 and 14, and to nearly 60 percent of teens between te ages of 15 and 17. For girls, te situation is even worse 9 million girls between te ages of 6 and 11 will never go to scool at all, compared to 6 million for boys4. In Zambia, tere are 1.2 million orpans under 15 years of age 800,000 are affected by HIV and AIDS. An estimated 20,000 cildren are living in te street. A tird of te cildren in Zambia lose one or bot parents before tey reac adultood, wit 19 percent of orpans aving lost bot parents. One-tird of te country s orpans are living wit a grandparent1. Sub-Saaran Africa as te igest level of undernourisment in te world. In many countries, te worsening situation in 2015 and 2016 can be attributed to adverse climatic conditions, resulting in poor arvests and loss of livestock. In 2016, tere were about 224 million undernourised people in sub-saaran Africa. Te bulk of undernourised people live in eastern Africa. Te ig number of undernourised also reflects te fact tat population growt averaged about 2.8 percent during te past 10 years2. Cildren at Kabweza Village, Zambia, 2017 For te most part, maternal and newborn deats are preventable wit proper prenatal and post-natal care for te moter and infant. Despite tat, of te 20 countries around te world wit te igest maternal mortality rates, 19 are in Africa, and te sub-saaran region as te igest neonatal deat rate in te world3. 1 ttps:// 2 ttp:// 3 ttp:// 4 ttp://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/education-africa 5 ttps:// 6 Cild malnutrition is a severe problem in sub-saaran African countries, as a lack of food not only means te cild is ungry and underweigt, but it can exacerbate oter ealt issues and lead to deat as malnutrition weakens te immune system, leaving te cild unable to figt off disease. Altoug more cildren are living to teir fift birtday, 46 percent of cild deats occur sortly after birt. Sub-Saaran Africa accounts for te second-igest newborn deat rate in te world at 38 percent, and five countries including Etiopia account for alf of all newborn deats5. M Cildren playing at te Kabwata Orpanage in Zambia, 2017 BWA donors Mike and Delane Salkeld visiting te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre, Zambia,

6 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Our Current Partners Pyllis Keino: A Loving Friend and Moter to all of Africa s Cildren Pyllis Keino as been te voice of Bread and Water for Africa since its inception. Pyllis is te founder and director of tree of our most successful program partners, te Lewa Cildren s Home, te Kipkeino Primary Scool, and te Baraka Farm. Her ard work and determination to providing African cildren wit a brigter future as been a true inspiration to us ere at Bread and Water for Africa. Cad Hope Services Ministry International Etiopia Haramaya University Sierra Leone Cristian Healt Association of Sierra Leone Fait Healing Development Organization United Metodist Curc Development Office Panguma Catolic Mission Hospitals Kenya Baraka Farm Kipkeino Primary Scool Lewa Cildren s Home Kebeneti Clinic and Secondary Scool Cameroon Hope Services Ministry International Malawi River of Life Evangelical Curc Zambia Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre 8 Zimbabwe Singa Development Trust Pyllis umanitarian work began in 1964 wen se and er family founded te Kip Keino Cildren s Home now called te Lewa Cildren s Home. Te Keino family decided to open te Home after teir very good friend and is wife were killed and te Keinos took in teir four orpaned cildren. From ten on, te Keino family, including Pyllis seven biological cildren, took in as many needy cildren as tey possibly could and ave cared for more tan 600 cildren over te years. Pyllis Keino, 2009 model farm in Kenya, and provides sustainable farming and practical dairy trainings for local farmers. In 1978, Pyllis formally opened wat is now known as te Lewa Cildren s Home. Today, te Home selters 56 cildren and offers additional support in te form of scool fees and oter various benefits to 72 more cildren in surrounding communities. Eac cild comes to te Home wit is or er own needs and tragic past, but Pyllis loves tem all as er own and, wit er elp, eac cild is given te cance for a brigter future. Pyllis expanded er efforts in 1999 wit te construction of te Kipkeino Primary Scool, understanding tat a good education offers te greatest possibility for bot personal and community-wide growt. Te students at te scool receive te district s igest quality education and participate in extracurricular activities suc as scouts, sports and musical groups. Today, te scool is among Kenya s top primary institutions, providing a strong educational foundation to 420 cildren aged Te Baraka Farm was establised in 1990 on te vast estates of te orpanage. Te farm grows corn, vegetables, fruit, as a pasture for livestock for te Lewa Cildren s Home and Kipkeino Primary Scool, and sells te surplus to te local market. Today, te farm is very successful, is touted as a progressive Pyllis unconditional love and er tireless resolve to strengten er community one cild at a time is an inspiration to us all. Serving as te volunteer spokesperson for Bread and Water for Africa, se as elped us spread er message of love and ope across Africa, and for tat we are forever grateful. 9

7 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq ORPHAN CARE Hope for Nyuma and er twin sister For two decades, Bread and Water for Africa partners operating on te grassroots level in African villages and local communities ave been working to provide loving omes for orpaned and abandoned cildren. Tis includes te basic necessities of food, clean water, and ealt care, as well as an education, so tey can build a better life as tey enter adultood ORPHAN CARE HIGHLIGHTS 53 cildren wo were living at te Lewa Cildren s Home in Eldoret, Kenya received food, ealt care, and oter basic needs, as well as an education. In addition, 68 orpaned, abandoned or destitute cildren were supported troug foster care and extended family living arrangements. 96 orpaned cildren found a loving ome at te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, wic provided for all of teir basic needs, including food, selter and ealtcare, as well as educational opportunities, vocational training, and counseling. Anoter 84 cildren living in foster care received food support, a living allowance, assistance wit scool fees, and basic ealt care troug Kabwata s outreac program. 13 orpaned or abandoned cildren were te first to live in Singa Development Trust s Lerato Cildren s Home, wic opened in April in Mutare, Zimbabwe. An additional 75 cildren were served troug Singa s orpan feeding program. Cildren at Lerato Cildren Home, 2017 q Te only ome Nyuma and er twin sister ave ever known is te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre in Zambia, were tey were brougt at 16 monts old severely malnourised and on te verge of deat following te deat of teir moter. Tat was 2000, and 17 years later, Nyuma is a appy, ealty teenager doing well in secondary scool wit big dreams for a brigt future. Nyuma is among te nearly 100 cildren wo found a ome and a moter, Kabwata founder and director Angela Miyanda. Nyuma and er twin sister, 2017 We can never tank you enoug for your continued support to te cause of te suffering and underprivileged in Zambia. - Angela Miyanda, Founder and Executive Director of Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre. We ave followed er progress over te years, and now, on te verge of adultood, Nyuma recently told us: I am a cild tat as a dream tat one day I will become a doctor or lawyer. Growing up for me at Kabwata as been suc a good stage, were I was given watever I need, even up to now. Wen growing up I did not know tat tere was Bread and Water for Africa tat as been elping Kabwata Orpanage until I grew to understand tings around me. Wile I was growing I began to understand tat tere are people tat love me, care for 10 me, people tat know me, and also people tat are able to wipe a tear away from my face and bring joy to my life. At Bread and Water for Africa we believe every cild sould ave an opportunity to live up to teir potential and fulfill teir dreams in life, regardless of teir circumstances. Working wit our partners, suc as te Kabwata Orpanage in Zambia, te Lewa Cildren s Home in Kenya and te Singa Development Trust in Zimbabwe, and tanks to our generous supporters, we are able to provide tese countries most vulnerable cildren orpaned, abandoned or abused wit loving omes were all teir basic needs in life are met, teir scool fees are paid, and were tey become part of a family tey never ad. We can never tank you enoug for your continued support to te cause of te suffering and underprivileged in Zambia, said Angela Miyanda, Founder and Executive Director of Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre. 11

8 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn EDUCATION One day, I will be Dr. Kabweza At Bread and Water for Africa, we strongly believe tat educating cildren is not just an investment in te future of Africa it is te future of Africa. Our partner organizations strive to get te youngest cildren off to te best start possible, beginning before primary scool age, as well as elping young adults acquire vocational skills to build a career or start teir own business EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTS 460 cildren were provided wit an education at te Kipkeino Primary Scool in Eldoret, Kenya, including orpaned and abandoned cildren living at te Lewa Cildren s Home. An additional 34 vulnerable cildren in te Eldoret area received financial aid for scool tuition, supplies, and uniforms troug Lewa s outreac program. 250 students at te Kebeneti Secondary Scool in Kerico, Kenya benefited from te use of equipment provided to te scool s science laboratory by Bread and Water for Africa. Lunc at Kipkeino Primary Scool, ,083 students received primary scool and secondary scool educations provided by four nurseries, four primary scools and tree secondary scools operated by Fait Healing Development Organization in Sierra Leone. 162 orpaned and destitute primary scool and secondary scool students in Cameroon and Cad benefited from a scool fee support program. 58 orpaned and impoverised students benefited from a scool fee support program in Zimbabwe. 12 Science lab at Kebeneti Hig Scool, ,989 ig scool and junior college students ad access to 44,000 textbooks and reference books distributed to 23 ig scool and tree junior college libraries in Etiopia. One day I will be Dr. Daniel Kabweza, says Daniel, wo tanks to te supporters of Bread and Water for Africa was able to not just attend scool, but excel, and is now set to graduate and is looking forward to going to university to study medicine. Daniel is one of 58 primary and ig scool students in Zimbabwe wo as benefited from te Bread and Water for Africa scool fee assistance program for te past several years. As explained by Bread and Water for Africa Executive Director Betelem Tessema, once a cild is accepted into te program, we feel a duty to fund teir education troug ig scool graduation. Once we start our investment in a cild, we continue, says Bet. But te future wasn t always so brigt for Daniel. able to spot tose diamonds in te roug suc as Daniel and enable tem to reac teir full potential oftentimes more tan tey even realize for temselves. I ad a dream to become educated and become a medical doctor one day, but I did not know ow tis was going to be witout a reliable source of funding until my friends took me to a Singa program were I was selected to benefit from your education funding, Daniel told us. Tis made me work arder at scool and tis year I finised ig scool, e added. I know I will pass and qualify for university. Tank you for your kindness and love. I ave ope for a very brigt future. God bless you all. And tanks to our supporters, undreds of students just like Daniel ave te opportunity not only And wile some migt give up all ope and to attend believe tere is no future for tem, Daniel was scool not one of tose. but to successfully He did not know ow it would appen, but e complete ad fait a fait tat was realized troug teir te generosity of te supporters of Bread and education Water for Africa and te love and dedication and work provided to im by our partner tere, Margaret towards Makambira, founder and director of te Singa teir career Development Trust. dreams. I lost my parents wen I was very young and lived in te villages wit my grandparents and some family members, e told us. Life for me and my sister was very ard in te ands of some relatives. Wile it is because of our supporters tat we are able to provide te funding for our scool fee assistance program, it is Margaret wo is Daniel Kabweza,

9 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HEALTH CARE AND CLEAN WATER Providing for basic ealt care needs in Kerico, Kenya Access to adequate ealtcare services in communities of subsaaran Africa is vital to te survival of te residents tere, especially infants and cildren under five years old and teir moters. Te most common illnesses treated in fiscal year 2017 included malaria, typoid fever, ypertension, gastritis, measles, respiratory tract infections, and HIV/AIDS. Tanks to te generosity of our supporters, Bread and Water for Africa is able to provide our partners wit life-saving medicines, medical supplies and equipment. It is especially true for ospitals and clinics suc as te Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kenya were doctors and nurses must was teir ands several times a day, surgical equipment must be sterilized, and te clinic in general must be spick-and-span from floor to ceiling to prevent infections HEALTH CARE AND CLEAN WATER HIGHLIGHTS 65,000 people received medical care, counseling and ealt education from te Fait Healing Development Organization, Cristian Healt Association of Sierra Leone, and te Panguma Catolic Mission Hospital in Sierra Leone. Bread and Water for Africa as provided medical equipment for Kebeneti s laboratory and medical supplies to better serve te tousands of low-income residents in its service area wo oterwise would ave nowere else to turn in times of illness or injury. 4,000 residents were provided wit free or low-cost ealtcare troug te Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kerico, Kenya wit laboratory equipment and medical supplies provided by Bread and Water for Africa, wic are critical to te operation of te clinic. 76,000 people received medical benefits from te Haramaya University Healt Care Program troug five ospitals and nine clinics in Etiopia, wic was made possible by te donation of tree 40-foot containers filled wit medicines and medical supplies sipped to Haramaya. 1,225 cildren at te Lamgie Full Cycle Elementary Scool in Etiopia ave clean drinking water from a well tat was completed in May on te scool grounds. 14 At Bread and Water for Africa we believe ealt care and clean water development go and-in-and. Witout clean safe water for drinking, cooking, bating and wasing, tere is real possibility of contracting a serious and potentially life-treatening illness or parasite. To ensure te clinic as a reliable source of clean water, and would be no longer reliant on rainwater stored in water tanks, we funded te installation of water pipes from an uncontaminated source two miles away, providing te clinic staff wit all te water tey need to adequately treat patients safely. Above: Nixon Memorial Hospital, Sierra Leone, 2016 Rigt: Te well at Lamgie Full Cycle Elementary Scool, 2017 Te new incubator in use for newborn twin girls, 2017 And, as ot water is critical to keeping ands, equipment and surfaces suc as countertops even more sanitary, Bread and Water for Africa recently installed solar ot water eaters at Kebeneti. Te Kebeneti clinic as been serving cildren in te Kerico area for more tan 50 years from its umble beginnings in a two-room mud building. We are proud of our supporters wo ave enabled us to elp modernize te clinic, and we look forward to a long relationsip wit te leadersip at Kebeneti and assisting tem in teir never-ending mission of providing ealtcare to tose in desperate need. eeee 15

10 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY We are te women of Sierra Leone Many of te poor living in rural Africa, if noting else, ave a small tract of land to call teir own. Bread and Water for Africa partners are working to provide training on ow to get te most from tat small plot by using best practices and sustainable farming metods to not only provide food for teir families, but in many instances, enoug surplus to sell at te local market. On a warm day in February 2017 in Sierra Leone, tree women, Kama, Kadiatu and Yeabu, were busy peeling cassava tubers in te sade wile enjoying eac oter s company. As tey sat on te ground, peeling tuber after tuber, tey were all appily saring in te joy and knowledge tat tey would be able to feed teir cildren tat nigt, and for days, weeks and monts to come AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS 200 local farmers were trained in cattle feeding, calf rearing, milking and milk ygiene, and Napier grass management troug te Baraka Farm Practical Dairy Training Program in Eldoret, Kenya. Baraka Farm also expanded its food production capacity to support te Lewa Cildren s Home and Kipkeino Primary Scool s food supply needs as well as generate additional revenue for te organizations by selling surplus produce and dairy products including butter, ceese and yogurt. 150 female farmers received training and supplies from Fait Healing Development Organization in Sierra Leone to establis small farming operations, wic sustained teir need to provide for temselves and teir families. But tanks to te supporters Bread and Water for Africa, undreds of tese women in fact, about 500 or more living in te most remote area of te country are not all alone in teir efforts. Farmers training at te FHDO farm site, 2017 Women wo were mostly affected during te war, wo could not afford to provide a day s meal for temselves and teir families, are being provided jobs at FHDO s farm. - Reverend Francis Mambu, FHDO Executive Director NNNNN 16 Te vast majority of farmers in Sierra Leone are women just like Kama, Kadiatu, and Yeabu wo work from sunup to sundown struggling to eke out a crop on teir tiny ardscrabble piece of land. Wile tis impoverised country is still rebounding from a tragic mudslide in 2017 and te deadly Ebola outbreak of , Bread and Water for Africa and its partner Fait Healing Development Organization (FHDO) as provided Kama, Kadiatu and Yeabu, as well as undreds of local small farmers, wit a and Kama, Kadiatu and Yeabu peeling cassava, Sierra Leone, 2017 up, not a and out as tey strive to realize teir greatest dream of feeding teir family. Te cassava tubers peeled tat day were grown in teir own yards, from seedlings distributed by FHDO, elping tem get off to a better start early in te growing season. Wit assistance in learning te best practices for growing cassava a tuber similar to wat is known as yucca in te Americas and a staple food in Sierra Leone te women were able to arvest a bumper crop, muc more tan wat teir family needed. Wit te proceeds of te sale of teir surplus cassava, te women are able to buy wat tey need for teir ouseold, as well as pay scool fees so tat teir cildren can obtain te education tey never ad te cance to receive. And tanks to te supporters of Bread and Water for Africa, not only are Kama, Kadiatu and Yeabu able to feed and support teir families, so are undreds of oter women just like tem. 17

11 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Angela Miyanda, a moter to undreds of orpaned and destitute cildren for 20 years Kabwata was a special project for Angela to oversee wile Second Lady and 20 years later, it as stood te test of time. In 2015, Angela was named te Country Winner from Zambia by Sout Africa s CEO Magazine in its issue of Africa s Most Influential Women in Business and Government. Angela Miyanda, founder and director of te Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre in Zambia, is our second-longest serving partner. It was in 1998, just one year after te incorporation of Bread and Water for Africa, tat we joined forces to provide loving omes for orpans in te AIDS-ravaged country. Angela was te Second Lady of Zambia wose usband, Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda, served for seven years as vice president of te country. In er role, se encountered te tragic realities of te HIV/ AIDS crisis on a daily basis. Despite being te moter of four and a politician s wife, Angela says se knew God ad given er a iger calling because se found it impossible to stop worrying about all te orpans wo lost teir parents to te illness. I founded te Kabwata Transit Centre in response to te pligt of cildren orpaned by HIV/AIDS, Angela told us. Quickly, owever, tat mission grew to include Lusaka s orpaned street cildren, many also victims of HIV/AIDS. At te time, Angela reported tat by many estimates, Zambia as te igest proportion of orpaned cildren in te world, primarily due to HIV/AIDS. Te enormity of our HIV/ AIDS crisis as stretced Zambia s social fabric to te breaking point, se said. It became obvious tat we needed to address root causes of te HIV/AIDS epidemic and also te needs of local communities, se said, noting tat working wit community leaders 18 Angela Miyanda, former Second Lady of Zambia, visiting BWA office in BWA s founder Mr. Gene Krizek is on te rigt. and volunteers te Transit Centre s operations quickly expanded. Angela also explained tat tere is no formal, legal adoption process in Zambia, and orpans are traditionally absorbed into teir larger extended families. Altoug Kabwata was not intended to become a permanent ome, instead focusing on community-based foster care and supporting cildren from pre-scool troug grammar scool, many of te orpans ad nowere else to go. Te need for an orpanage became clear, and in 1999 Bread and Water for Africa provided Angela wit te financial resources se needed to build an actual orpanage. Angela received te award in te Welfare & Civil Society Organizations category, wic recognizes tose wo are very active in te field and ave acquired an in-dept knowledge of cildren s rigts, enabling tem to make considerable contributions towards improving te lives of cildren. Te FY 2017 was a year of reflection. Te program tat started in 1997 reaced 20 years of its existence. As we reflect on te goodness of our partners, we see te deliberate support of BWA from far back as Your kindness as made us acieve. - Angela Miyanda, Founder and Executive Director of Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre Te African Union notes tat it is civil society organizations, suc as Kabwata, wic work wit cildren in Africa and ave unrivaled knowledge and experience of teir situation, wic makes tem indispensable. Teir efforts are critical to te sustenance of a morally uprigt and equal continent, te CEO magazine noted in presenting te award to Angela and recipients from oter African countries. Tis past summer, te Daily Mail of Zambia reported Kabwata Orpanage: Many successes 20 years later noting tat in te past 20 years, 563 cildren ave passed troug and teir lives and ave benefited from Kabwata. Te orpanage was born out of Mrs. Miyanda s compassion for cildren wo were left beind by parents wo died of AIDS and related illnesses, te article states, adding tat wen Angela opened HIV and AIDS was at its peak and it was at tat time se decided to create a selter for suc cildren. And, to date, cildren orpaned by te AIDS epidemic still make up te largest number of tose wo ave gone troug Kabwata. Angela sadly notes tat in its 20 years of existence tey ave lost 13 cildren, mostly due to HIV and AIDS. Te oldest was 11 years old, Angela said. But Angela does not dwell on tose lost, but tose wo now ave a great life and ope for te future. Te greatest acievement we celebrate are te cildren wo ave made it and are able to fend for temselves, se said. I ave ad very wonderful people around, we cannot even claim tat we ave done it all by ourselves at te Centre. It as been a collection of so many people. It is not me and myself but God. Angela Miyanda,

12 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Board of Directors James J. O Brien, Esq., Cairman Eugene L. Krizek, Col. USAF (Retired), Founder Clyde B. Ricardson, Treasurer Robert J. Hisel, Jr. Rear Admiral Eric C. Jones Tomas M. O Brien Elayne Silversmit Frank L. Stitely, CPA Reverend Dr. Ketlen A. Solak Colonel Jon F. Williams Executive Staff Betelem H. Tessema, Executive Director Dave Frank, Fulfillment Manager Corporate Officers (Non-voting) Bryan L. Krizek, President/CEO Hon. Paul Krizek, Esq., Vice President/General Counsel Ni Ho Cao, Secretary Bieu Do, Cief Financial Officer We could not do it witout you! Tank you to all tose wo continue to believe in our mission and support Bread and Water for Africa and our partners! We especially tank all Federal and military personnel wo ave contributed to our organization troug te Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) and state, local, United Way, and corporate campaigns across te country. We would also like to express our gratitude to: Arms Around Africa for te support of ealt care, education, and agriculture programs in Sierra Leone. Art Langen (Tabel D Hote)-Neterlands for supporting orpan care and education programs. Books for Africa for books donations. Bread and Water for Africa (BWA) volunteers and current and former Board of Directors for years of commitment and guidance of te organization. Carillion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for ealt care program support. Cristian Relief Services, Inc. for supporting all BWA s programs for te last 20 years. CRSC Residential, Inc. for supporting BWA programs. Ms. Jean Reeve for sponsoring te water-purifying project of Rutile Orpanage in Sierra Leone. Josep E. Grus for sponsoring a water well project in Etiopia. J. Ward MacArtur for years of support to different BWA s programs. Landis Family Trust for te support of te orpan care program in Kenya, te construction of Kebeneti Clinic laboratory, and Kebeneti Secondary Scool classrooms and laboratory projects in Kerico, Kenya. Market Development Group for creative work in promoting BWA s programs. Medical Assistance Programs (MAP International) for support of ealt care programs. Missionary Expediters, Inc. for transporting BWA s in-kind donations trougout Africa for over 20 years. Micael and Delane Salkeld (ParaWest Management) for teir support of orpan care programs in Zambia. Royer Family Foundation for te support of te Agriculture program in Sierra Leone. Sentara RMH for ealt care program support. Steve and Katy Herman for years of supporting te Sierra Leone programs troug in-kind donations. Te Winston-Salem Foundation for supporting BWA programs for many years. University of Virginia Hospital Medical Inventory (MERCI) Program. And to te many individual donors, from scool cildren collecting pennies to runners logging miles (and dollars) as tey raced for proceeds directed to Bread and Water for Africa. facebook.com/breadandwaterforafrica Kabwata Orpanage and Transit Centre, 2017 Follow us: twitter.com/bw4africa youtube.com/user/africanrelief instagram.com/breadandwaterforafrica CFC #

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