News
Updates from Sudan and stories of general interest.
Registration Now Open!
Registration for the 5th Annual Carry the Jerry Relay and Basic 5K is now open!
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Water For Rubeke
Today I returned back to East Africa and our work in the Republic of South Sudan. With each passing year we have become more efficient and rather accustomed to the results of our work. But the work is too…
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A Productive Visit
[gallery link="file" orderby="rand"]October 4th, 2011 on board Eagle Air flight Yei, Republic of South Sudan to Entebbe, Uganda via Arua, Uganda. Looking over the jagged mountains that our water bottling project is named for.This visit was short but very…
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Something Ironic
There is something ironic about asking women and children to walk miles for water so that women and children don't have to walk miles for clean water.Huh?Let me explain.Recently both of Water is Basics rigs and crews took a…
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Building A Nation Together
The following appeared recently in the Sudan Tribune. It reminds me again that we are on a mission. Up to now our mission was emergency water in a time of crises. Now we are building a nation one village,…
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Water is Basic Update 2/13/11
Who would have ever thought it possible?Five years ago when we all began this crazy journey of ordering drilling rigs from Thailand, hiring and training crews, organizing communities and village chiefs and transporting teams across the worlds worst roads,…
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Press Release from GOSS Mission
The following release is from the GOSS Mission in Washington DC. It now appears that history will be made in Sudan and a nation will be born. That process can partially be owned by all who have supported WIB…
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Referendum Announcement
By Julius N. UmaJanuary 15, 2010 (JUBA) - The final outcome of Southern Sudansself-determination referendum will be officially announced in Sudanscapital, Khartoum on February 14, Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil, theChairperson of Southern Referendum Commission (SSRC) said on Saturday.Khalils remarks come…
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Water is Basic 5K 2011 Video
Just watch . . . nothing more to say!!!http://vimeo.com/18670061
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Build strong economic relations, Mbeki advises South Sudanese
By Julius N. UmaJanuary 07, 2011 (JUBA) - Southern Sudanese should focus on building stronger socio-economic relations with neighboring regions, should they opt for secession in Sundays self-determination referendum, Thabo Mbeki, the ex-South African leader said Friday. Mbeki, who…
