Lugor Village Well
Project Snapshot
Country: Sudan
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 3.803370
Longitude 31.706840
Impact:
Total Served: 450
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 08/15/2010
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This well will serve over 450 people.
A community member was asked for his comments about the project...
"We the church of Calvary Baptist are very much excited to have the blessings of God by giving to us clean and abundant water.We are so very happy, beyond what words can express, for what the Lord has done for us in this village. There is no other organization, which has ever drilled a borehole with so much clean and abundant water in the Limi Boma like this one in our church.
May the almighty God bless your works, your lives, and your machines. This borehole has saved us from drinking water from streams. The same borehole will also enable us build our church building and make some services easier."
-Wonya Athanasius Julius.
(Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church)
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Sponsors
17 individual donors
University High sophomores 2010
Eufaula High School FCA
Pitt Meadows Secondary School
Toronto 5k Run
La Salle College High School
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.
