Water is Basic
March 10, 2010
3/9 - Photo of the Week
A young girl clings to her jerry can as hundreds of refugees, mostly women & children, press in around her for a single piece of candy. For most of the refugees in Tarekeka, the candy was the first food they had...
March 3, 2010
3/2 - Photo of the Week
From refugee camps to crowded bomas, rural bore holes to city centers, there are two ubiquitous sounds at every well site I visited - the squeaking of the pump handle and the sounds of children laughing. During my short time at...
February 23, 2010
2/23 - Photo of the Week
In Aug. 2008, Water is Basic drilled this bore hole at an orphanage in S. Sudan. At the time, there had been a longstanding dispute between the nearby village and the orphanage over the community bore hole. Several months...
February 16, 2010
2/16 - Photo of the Week
In November, through the generosity of Water is Basic supporters, we were able to bring the first bit of relief to 24,000 refugees in Tarekeka, Sudan, along the Nile River. Please take a minute to read the story of that...
February 8, 2010
2/8 - Photo of the Week
Fetching water in Sudan is a daily chore, typically done by the women & children. Each morning, they walk from their tukel to the community well - or ground water hole - and fill their jerry cans. If they are lucky, the walk...
February 2, 2010
2/2 - Photo of the Week
A Sudanese woman carries water from the Nile River. (click to enlarge)
January 29, 2010
New Well Begins Today
Today, a new well will begin in Yei town. But that isn't all that begins anew in Yei. Water is Basic is on the verge of some very exciting things - 2010, in fact, should make everything up to this point sound, in retrospect,...