What is the most valuable resource; water or hope?
In South Sudan, millions of women and children trek for up to eight hours a day to collect water from marshes, ditches, or hand-dug wells where water is often contaminated with parasites and bacteria. The results are sickness, even death.
Water for South Sudan empowers people in remote villages of South Sudan to change their lives. By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth. Once a well is drilled, schools, markets, and clinics spring up, and life changes, especially for women and girls.
Water for South Sudan is realizing the vision of Salva Dut, a former "Lost Boy of Sudan," now a dual U.S. and South Sudanese citizen, who has dedicated himself to rebuilding his country. He lives full time in his home country and works closely with the government and local leaders while managing drilling operations.
Water for South Sudan is supported by committed volunteers, civic, educational, and faith-based institutions, and donors from all 50 US states and 27 other nations.
Water for South Sudan is authorized and registered by the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) to conduct humanitarian activities. In addition to bringing life-sustaining water to remote villages, our drilling operations provide opportunities for South Sudanese and other Africans to learn and use new technical, communications and leadership skills.
They face many challenges. The process isn’t so simple. Drilling a borehole, often hundreds of feet deep to reach the aquifer’s water, is always a technical challenge. That challenge is magnified in a remote South Sudan village, operating in 120°F+ temperatures. The drilling rig requires water to operate. Compressed air must be available. Soil must be tested and retested to measure progress. Diesel fuel is required at all times and so is special polymer to keep the borehole intact until pipe is sunk for the well. http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/mission/
Water for South Sudan empowers people in remote villages of South Sudan to change their lives. By providing access to clean, safe water and facilitating hygiene education, Water for South Sudan sows the seeds for growth. Once a well is drilled, schools, markets, and clinics spring up, and life changes, especially for women and girls.
Water for South Sudan is realizing the vision of Salva Dut, a former "Lost Boy of Sudan," now a dual U.S. and South Sudanese citizen, who has dedicated himself to rebuilding his country. He lives full time in his home country and works closely with the government and local leaders while managing drilling operations.
Water for South Sudan is supported by committed volunteers, civic, educational, and faith-based institutions, and donors from all 50 US states and 27 other nations.
Water for South Sudan is authorized and registered by the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) to conduct humanitarian activities. In addition to bringing life-sustaining water to remote villages, our drilling operations provide opportunities for South Sudanese and other Africans to learn and use new technical, communications and leadership skills.
They face many challenges. The process isn’t so simple. Drilling a borehole, often hundreds of feet deep to reach the aquifer’s water, is always a technical challenge. That challenge is magnified in a remote South Sudan village, operating in 120°F+ temperatures. The drilling rig requires water to operate. Compressed air must be available. Soil must be tested and retested to measure progress. Diesel fuel is required at all times and so is special polymer to keep the borehole intact until pipe is sunk for the well. http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/mission/