Water is Basic
January 12, 2010
1/12 - Photo of the Week
In Sudan, women and children spend large amounts of their day in pursuit of clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing and laundry. These two industrious boys employed the help of a wheelbarrow to ease the burden.
December 8, 2009
Hope for the Hopeless
I wrote the following in Kampala, Uganda on Nov. 13, twelve-ish hours after leaving Sudan: My flight is supposed to leave in less than an hour, we are pressed for time, but Costanza grabs my arm and calls my attention...
November 27, 2009
Giving Thanks
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 We had 900 t-shirts left over from this years Basic 5k. Which is a way of saying...
November 7, 2009
100th Well is Drilled!!!
Hey friends... This morning, Steve Roese, Dave Stevens & I hopped into Bishop Taban's Land Cruiser & drove 25 miles from Yei to Morobo. It rained pretty hard last night, so the roads were fairly tricky. We passed...
October 23, 2009
100 for 100
Hello WiB supporters. We have really exciting news - the 100th well is getting extremely close. 100. Can you believe that? This past spring, after two years of wrestling logistics, we began drilling in earnest. And in the...
October 19, 2009
Race Results & More
One more time, we would like to thank everyone for coming out to support Water Is Basic through running, walking, volunteering and\or sponsoring the Basic 5\10k. Your effort has made a difference in the lives of thousands of...
October 11, 2009
The Basic 5\10k
Yesterday's Basic 5\10k was an incredible success! We haven't had a chance, yet, to reconcile all the numbers, but we had roughly 500 runners, 100 volunteers and raised enough funds to bring several thousand Sudanese daily...