Transforming lives in Southern Sudan

Water for Sudan, Inc., based in Rochester, New York, USA, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2003. We operate successfully with a small paid staff, a network of committed volunteers, supported by civic, educational, and faith-based groups and individual donors as well as grants from foundations.

Our mission is simple: drill borehole wells which bring safe drinking water to the people in Southern Sudan's remote villages, transforming lives in the process. This mission is inspired and led by our founder, former “Lost Boy” Salva Dut.

As of May 2010, Water for Sudan has successfully drilled 75 borehole wells, bringing clean, safe water to tens of thousands of people in Southern Sudan.

Southern Sudan is part of Africa’s largest country, one of the world’s poorest. A semi-autonomous region about the size of Texas in the US, it is not as well-known as Sudan’s Darfur region which is hundreds of miles north and west of where Water for Sudan currently operates.

The people in our operating area are often underserved by the larger international humanitarian and government-sponsored relief organizations.

Our Guiding Principles

Water for Sudan Inc., follows this basic principle: the ethical and moral way to create lasting change is to respect and empower people’s capacity to transform their own lives. 

We are committed to fostering peace, creating hope, and building initiative alongside the people we serve.

The local knowledge, contacts and on-the-ground inspirational leadership of our founder Salva Dut and our drilling team managers is a unique operating advantage in the always-challenging environment of Southern Sudan.

In addition to bringing life-sustaining water to remote villages, our drilling operations provide opportunities for Sudanese and other Africans to learn and use new technical, communications and leadership skills.

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