Build a well in Southern Sudan for 1500 people

Summary

Water for Sudan will build a well with hand pump in Southern Sudan to bring the first fresh, clean water to a village. Girls & women will no longer have to walk miles each day to get water they need. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £9,774 was raised for this project.

Received £9,774 from 221 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Each day hundreds of thousands of people in Southern Sudan drink unclean water they have spent hours walking to gather. For their very survival people are forced to drink from these contaminated waters and often become ill. What water is available to the mostly destitute people of Southern Sudan is most often found in shallow wells or surface ponds, often many hours’ walk from home villages. The water collected in these arduous journeys is often contaminated with parasites and cholera.

Activities

Having fresh clean water every day eliminates many causes of disease. Not having to walk for miles each day allows more freedom for girls and women. Girls can often attend school. Women can create small gardens and cottage industries.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £9,774

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £9,774. The original project funding goal was £9,300.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Water brings life to these villages. People can remain in their village year-round. Homes and schools can be built; markets spring up. Medical clinics can be established. Water for Sudan estimates each new well serves 1,000 - 1,500 more people.

Project Message

"Without borehole, the school will not be here, but with borehole, the school is established. The children are now coming. This school was established last year and now teaching is going seriously."
- Jonas, A teacher in the primary school in Aliek

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lynn Malooly,

PO Box 25551
Rochester,NY 14625
United States
585-383-0410
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Organisation

Water for South Sudan, Inc
PO Box 25551
Rochester, New York 14625
United States
585-383-0410
http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org

Learn more about Water for South Sudan, Inc and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in South Sudan and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about South Sudan, read the Human Development Report on South Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for South Sudan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 15, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 15, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

Global Giving well fully funded

By Lynn Malooly - Project Leader, June 15, 2011 12:07 PM

Strike! Water for a new well!

Dear Global Giving donors,

Our goal of $15,000 has been reached and our "Global Giving" well will be drilled this coming drilling season (2011-12). Thank you for your generosity in funding this well! The Water for Sudan teams have just finished the 2010-11 season, drilling 28 wells this year, which brings our grand total to 104 wells since 2005. While the WFS crews were never in danger, they did need to wait several weeks after the January 9, 2011 referendum, in which South Sudan voted overwhelming to become independent from North Sudan, to be certain they could drill safely. Our founder and president Salva Dut was back in the US briefly this spring and is now back in South Sudan, constructing a new compound for our drilling rigs and equipment. He is very much looking forward to independence for his country and is glad he will be in South Sudan for their independence day on July 9. While we have just finished the 2010-11 drilling season, preparation has already begun for 2011-12, which will begin in November or December. Thank you for being a part of our success. We look forward to continuing our mission of bring fresh clean water to the people of South Sudan. Look for a new Water for Sudan drilling project to be posted soon on Global Giving.

You can always contact us at salva.dut@waterforsudan.org, or check out our website at http://www.waterforsudan.org/ Follow us on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/WaterForSudan and Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/waterforsudan

A new well-- no more walking for water!

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