Water for Life, Southern Sudan
In addition, together with our in-country partners, 8 water wells have been drilled to date and are giving life-transforming, pure water to up to 8,000 needy people! Here is what these grateful people are telling our staff:
Abobo village, near MÃBara, near a school, (water well serves 579 people)
The difference that having a water well has made is that we are now very happy, because we donÃt have to travel 12 miles to get water, which is also bad water. We had to travel this distance twice a day. It was open to both people and animals, and they were getting sick from drinking that water. Bringing water here has been an answer to their cries, because for a long time they were suffering from drinking bad water and not being able to bathe for up to 10 days, and neither did children have any access to water while being at school all day. Thank-you very much for your help.
Korogbo village, (water well serves 786 people)
Before, we were suffering a lot in this area because of the water. We used to get water at a river 6 ñ 8 miles away. The water in the river is also contaminated water, and so we are happy to have this new well. Now we can live healthy lives, free of the diseases that we can catch from the river water. Now that the women donÃt have to travel that long distance to get water, they have more time to be able to care for their families and tend to their crops. TheyÃll have more strength and energy to tend the crops, and possibly have enough crops to sell, as well as to feed their families. People are dying from sickness and a lack of medicines. If we can even bring them adequate food, it will help. Thank-you very much for coming to give this water to us. May God bless you more so that you can help more people, as well! Please join us as we continue to offer food, water, and hope to Sudanese trying to forge their lives ahead in this war-devastated country.
