Kajo Keji Secondary
School
Story taken from: Rev. Tom
Ezbon Lumana, Headmaster
Headmaster Lumana wanted to
express his great joy and thankfulness for the drilling of the borehole
at the school.
“The school has over 600
students so a borehole was needed. The students were traveling long
distances through the bush risking getting bitten by snakes. The local
community were they went to get water complained of the great number of
students using their water source. All these problems caused us to pray
for the drilling of a borehole.”
“May God bless this
organization and the donors and I hope they continue to help those in
need. Thank you once more from all the school administrators. We
promise to properly maintain the borehole so there is water for
generations to come.”
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)
Facts:
(Source: CIA The Word Factbook, LWI)
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.