By Cindy DeCarolis | Director of Development
Visualize a one gallon jug of water and then picture two rows of one gallon jugs, one row with 100 jugs to represent the average American's daily water use and one row with five jugs to represent the average African's daily water use. In America we take water for granted, never worrying that there won't be enough or that we won't have easy access to safe drinking water. In South Sudan clean water is a luxury many do not have. They have to seek a water source and often the source is contamintated. When a village has a well many things change for people. Women and girls no longer have to walk for water and when their time is freed they can grow food or build a business and girls can attend school.
On average, a well drilled by Water for South Sudan in a remote village serves 750 people. Women and girls stand in line at the well each day to collect water for their family. And they are grateful that the water is clean and is only a mile or so from their homes, as opposed to the five miles that many have to walk. In America virtually every home has fresh water piped into its kitchen, laundry room, and bathroom, and many houses have as many bathrooms as people living in the home. Can you imagine having to walk a mile and then stand in line with a jerry can to get your daily supply of water?
The average cost of a one liter bottle of water in the US is $1.00. The average cost per liter of water from a WFSS well is .00026. For $15 you can purchase 15 one liter bottles of water in the US or provide 58,594 liters of clean water to a village in South Sudan. In October, 2018 WFSS will celebrate its 15th anniversary. Over the course of a year giving $15 per month will provide 703,128 liters of water to an isolated village in South Sudan - the impact on lives is immeasurable.
WFSS' 2018 drilling season kicked-off in December. Our drilling, rehab, and hygiene teams are hard at work in the field. Our goals for 2018 are to drill up to 40 new wells, to rehab up to 50 wells, and to provide hygiene training in each village where we work, potentially 90 villages. In addition, WFSS has broken ground on its first sanitation project - latrines in a school.
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