SOUTH SUDAN
FOR
WATER
SUPPORT THE PEOPLE
Sudan struggles due to a nationwide lack of water, Sudan spends approximately 40 billion hours a year getting water, more than France's whole workforce does in a year Water is the path to education, education is the path out of poverty.
Why Water
WATER FOR SUDAN
Water for South Sudan is an organization that helps improve the lives of many people in South Sudan. The organization does this by creating wells that allow the people of South Sudan to get water, this act changes their lives. The wells give sustainable and safe water to people who struggle due to a lack of water.
The creator of Water for South Sudan, Salva Dut was once a lost boy. He tracked for days across the country of Sudan. Upon finally arriving at a refugee camp in Ethiopia at 11 years old he lived with no family and grew up alone. A couple of years later the Ethiopian government broke down and soldiers forced people into the Gilo river by shooting at the refugees. Many died of the current, crocodiles, and the soldiers' guns. Salva witnessed men get swallowed up by crocodiles and boys died because of guns. Salva survived, he and thousands of other boys trecked to Kenya, about 1/3 of the boys died, Salva survived. Salva was chosen to go to America, Salva had never flown in a plane, he was amazed. Later he reunited with his father who nearly died of leaches in the gross water that he had been drinking for years, this inspired him to create Water for South Sudan.
It takes all of Us
PROJECTS
More About Water For South Sudan
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WFSS (Water for South Sudan) is a nonprofit, its mission as WFSS says "is to deliver sustainable quality-of-life services to and with the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need".
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WFSS, HOW THEY DO IT
To help provide water to communities in need WFSS drills wells in Sudanese villages. Because they must operate in the uncolonized region of South Sudan many challenges present themselves, the climate forces WFSS to work only in certain parts of the year, the crew also contracts many diseases. Through hard work WFSS manages to drill 200 to 300 feet underground to reach the water table.
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Empowering Change
WFSS is in the business of changing and shaping lives. The work they do at their Non-Profit is aimed at providing a direct approach to solving one of our society’s biggest challenges. They help empower the lives of others by creating new opportunities for those in need.