Kuruwa Well Project
Project Snapshot
Country: Sudan
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 3.805490
Longitude 31.645640
Impact:
Total Served: 500
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 07/31/2010
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Story From
Cicilia Gwoka
Cicilia is a moth of two children and also the Mother Union leader in Lepo ECS chruch. She told me her concerns about water while we were drilling.
"We share our water source with animals, including pigs, cattle and goats. Our village suffers from a number of water borne diseases like stomach aches, typhoid, and worms. We applied to the government for clean water but nothing happened.One day, some men with a small truck came to our church and said they wanted to drill a borehole for our community. I did not know where they came from, but today I saw the same people and the same truck and I knew they would fulfill their promise.
WHI has answered our prayers. I would like to thank WHI and the donors for the borehole in our village. We were neglected by the government, but today God is visiting us through his servants. May God bless this organization.”
Story from Jackson
Lobia
Jackson thanks the WHI team
and the donors for bringing clean water to the church and his community.
"Since 1911, during British
colonization, we had never heard of a borehole. Even in the recent
years ,our community did not know they existed. We only knew of getting
water from streams. However, when WHI arrived, all of this changed.
The whole community of
Kuruwa congregated and watched the drilling process. Our community has
suffered from many water borne diseases, so learning about WHI’s arrival
and the clean water they were bringing was great news.
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Sponsors
13 individual donors
FCA
Southwestern Indiana Southern Baptist Asn
Country Details
Sudan
From its independence in 1956 until 2005, Sudanese were caught in ongoing civil warfare between the north and south, resulting in extreme violence and devastation, and what humanitarian organizations call a "lost generation."
Due to its war-torn past, the country
lacks almost every part of what modern society considers a necessity:
access to basic health care services, educational opportunities,
electricity and infrastructure, a working economy, and most of all - clean water.
The country is rebuilding, but is starting from almost nothing. One
recent report indicated there were no more than six miles of paved
roads in all of South Sudan. (Source: WHI)
- Population: 41.3 Million
- Lacking clean water: 30%
- Below poverty line: 40%
- Climate: Tropical in south; arid in north (desert); rainy season varies by region
- Languages: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, English
- Ethnic Groups: Black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, Foreigners 2%
- Life Expectancy: 58 years
- Infant Mortality Rate: 81 deaths per 1000 live births
Partner Profile
Water Harvest International
The Water Project, Inc. is proud to be in partnership with Water Harvest International (WHI), a U.S.-based Christian safe water non-profit with an
operational base in Southern Sudan.
Between 2005 and 2007, several members of the Radler family visited both North and South Sudan on mission trips. Realizing the deep impact that clean water can have not only on a community but also how it can aid in spreading the Gospel, The Radler Foundation decided to start and fund a water drilling operation based in Kajo Keji County, South Sudan.
In May of 2008, as planning and development was taking shape, the Lord blessed the Foundation and brought Stephen Huber on board as WHI's first employee. Stephen moved to Sudan in July of 2008 to set up operations in-country.
