Waji
Project Snapshot
Country: Sudan
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 3.783550
Longitude 31.681080
Impact:
Total Served: 100
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 07/08/2010
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Waji Village
Story from Moses Munda
Moses is one of the Church
teachers in the Episcopal church of the Sudan. He had been appointed by
the administration of the church to lead the church in this village. Not
only that mosses is married to one wife with five children.
Moses told me the problems
they had in their church as they tried to organize for any fellowship
for the Christians. One of the major challenges was how to get clean
water for the Christians. They had to walk three miles or more to get
clean water, and yet the nature of the roads does not allow bicycle to
be used .the roads are full of big rock and deep potholes.
Story from Christine Adupiyo
Christine was born in Gwari
village .she got married to Taban who is a resident of Waji village.
They have five children. Christine tells her story.
“Before I married my husband,
we had been getting drinking water from a bore hole. But when I got
married life changed. I started drinking water from a stream. This water
was so dirty; animal drinking from the same source and the water smells
cattle urine.
I got a lot of problem as I
continued drinking from this stream. My children were suffering from
worms. Not only my children, I started suffering from body rashes
followed by stomach ache and today as I talk, my first-born child who is
twelve is having typhoid.
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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.
