Water for South Sudan
Nonprofit corporation dedicated to drilling wells in South Sudan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Water for South Sudan (formerly known as Water for Sudan) is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 2003 to drill wells, deliver hygiene education, and provide sanitation services to South Sudan.[1]
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Formation | 2003; 21 years ago (2003) |
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Founder | Salva Dut |
Type | NGO |
Registration no. | 20-0291592 |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Purpose | Humanitarian |
Headquarters | Rochester, New York Wau, South Sudan |
Region | Rural South Sudan |
Board President | Bob Shea |
Executive Director | Lynn Malooly |
Chief Strategy Director | Salva Dut |
Website | https://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/ |
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Their website states that their mission is to
"deliver sustainable quality-of-life services to the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need."
The operations team, based in Wau, South Sudan, mainly performs work in remote villages in the Bahr el-Ghazal region of South Sudan.[2] Administrative headquarters are located in Rochester, NY.