The Crew!

I was exhausted. We had $406,000 in a bank account, and I had traveled for 38 hours to see if this local team could actually make it happen. Could this really be a local solution to a local problem?

I walked into Bishop Taban's office to a room full of energy and people. I was shocked.

In that room was over 100 years of local water drilling experience. They were there to lend their backs, their cooking skills, their experiences, their everything.

Within a year, a new well was drilled and pumping out clean water. One Hundred wells later, they moved five days north to the Darfur border, and through intense heat, slim food options, and even being arrested, they drilled 100 more wells. The need at home was great, but the need north even greater.

Now with more than 1,000 water projects serving 1,500,000 people, that same crew is as grateful and determined as they were on that day in Bishop's office.

Since our very humble beginnings, this work has always been a local vision to solve a local problem. Our all-South Sudanese team has never lost hope, never given up, never stopped drilling.

Success has always been about resourcing them. Let's make sure they have everything they need to provide basic water to the next 1,500,000 of their fellow South Sudanese.

Water is STILL basic.

Steve for the Crew