Wowoli Community Well
Project Snapshot
Country: Sudan
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude 3.856220
Longitude 31.648978
Impact:
Total Served: 400
Status: Completed (?)
Completion Date (or estimate): 02/23/2012
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Construction is complete on the new well for the Wowoli Community!
The following report was posted from the field...
It was a very interesting learning experience the time WHI drilled a well in Wowoli village. We interacted with a number of people that included Richard Loguryang, a man with a sense of humor. Richard is very kind. I was blessed to share a word with Richard and he had this to say:
"I’m so happy for the well drilled in our village, as a community we have been so much blessed and we really thank God for this privilege He has given to us. Water has been a very big problem to us. Streams have always been our only solution (Kibo stream), which has led to a high rate of infection."
Richard is currently working as an Army Chaplain in Yei County. Though he is away from home most of the time, he is so much thrilled to have a water point in his village. He prays to God to bless the donor and WHI Crew & the donor for all the efforts they made towards the new well.
A mother of two children, married, and 68 year of age, Josephine is still strong enough to go in the field and dig. During our conversation, she narrated her story and had this to say, "I lived in Uganda in 1952 with my husband. We ran to exile from the Anyanya 1 war (a rebel group in Sudan), and settled in the place called Busana- Uganda."
Josephine says when they came back to Sudan, they found it hard to be accepted by the community, because they had stayed for so long in the diaspora. However, time solved this problem. The community finally accepted and embraced them.
Nevertheless, Josephine still admits that though other problems had been overcome, her family still faced hard times looking for water and food. She thanks God so much to let her see the water problem getting solved. “We are very happy to have clean water in our community. I really now think that God is to solve all our problems one by one; it is a mater of time. Many of our needs will be met” says a happy Josephine.
"I extend my heart felt thanks to the donors for the great work they do to help the poor. There is nothing we do for God that he doesn’t pay us back. I pray to the Almighty to give everyone the best", she concluded.
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Recent Project Updates
02/23/2012: New reports and photos from Wowoli
We've posted new stories and photos from the Wowoli Community Well project in South Sudan.
12/13/2011: Wowoli Community Well Completed
Construction is complete on the new well for the Wowoli Community! Pictures are being posted as they become available and a full report will be posted in a month or so.
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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.
