A basic need, a human right

People are dying from water in remote villages of Southern Sudan. That part of war-ravaged Sudan is not as well-known as the country’s western Darfur region, which is hundreds of miles from where Water for Sudan drills wells.

Southern Sudan’s environment is starkly beautiful but a harsh one for all who live there.  During the annual six-month dry season, daily temperatures often rise above 120°F. 

Every day, millions of Southern Sudanese, usually women and children, must trek miles to collect water from ponds, marshes, ditches, or hand-dug wells. This water is often contaminated with disease-causing parasites and bacteria. The results are pain, sickness, even death, especially among infants and children.

According to The World FactBook, Sudan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and ranks 204th in life expectancy, barely ahead of only twenty other nations.

Where safe, clean water flows, health, education, and economic development, spring up. Safe water brings new hope and opportunities to Southern Sudan's people, empowering them to change their lives.