Salva Dut was born in a rural village in southwestern Sudan to the Dinka tribe. At 11 years old, the Sudanese Civil War reached his village and separated ...

Water for South Sudan started 20 years ago because of an idea our Founder & Chief Strategy Director, Salva Dut, had to drill a well in his father's village.

Salva's Story · Water Wells · Iron Giraffe Challenge · Resources For Educators

Duration: 4:02
Posted: Aug 21, 2018

Salva led a group of 1,500 “lost boys” who walked hundreds of kilometres over 18 months, through the desert and across three countries, to reach Kakuma refugee ...

Duration: 3:52
Posted: Jan 13, 2011

A Long Walk to Water is based on the true story of Salva Dut, one of 3,800 Sudanese "Lost Boys" who came to the United States beginning in the mid-1990s.

Salva was born into the Dinka Tribe in a rural village in southwestern Sudan. “As a boy my life was simple, tending cows, sheep, and doing a little hunting as ...

People are dying from dirty water in remote villages of South Sudan. South Sudan's environment is starkly beautiful but harsh. It has just two seasons: one ...