When possible, we love to include personal stories from members of the communities affected by African Well Fund Projects. Here are a couple from the AWF's first project in Burkina Faso:Binta Kabore, pictured carrying the basin in the photo below lives in Gbegue, a...

The land of the upright people. Burkina Faso. Like so many of its West African neighbors, this land-locked country must constantly negotiate the needs of the agricultural activity which occupies nearly 80 percent of the population with a climate which provides...

Known as much for the warmth of its people as for its amazing landscapes, Malawi is a stunningly beautiful country. Though historically underdeveloped, reforms in recent years have allowed for real economic growth, as well as a slow improvement in environmental and...

Not far from the African Well Fund's first Nigerien project in Tsamia Jigo, Kabefo village fought a similar battle to secure enough increasingly scarce water to survive. Like in much of the rest of Niger, rainfall in Kabefo is both inconsistent and inadequate, unable...