That means you can double your impact for women like Amou Luka Kuot, one of the history-making women well repair technicians in South Sudan!

Amou, a mother of two, knows the pain of struggling to find water for her family. Her drive to successfully repair wells goes beyond the desire to learn a new skill.

For her, it’s personal.

We can help Amou as she works hard to stop the needless suffering women face. She has the training. She has the heart. Let’s make sure she has the spare parts.

Today we are raising $15,000 to provide three months of spare parts to women like Amou. The first $5,000 is being matched!

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate World Water Day and Women’s History Month.

Thank you,

Carrie Ward, Executive Director, Water is Basic

Double your impact

Do you need a little boost to start your day? Today's report should do it.

Imagine it's hot. Scorching. It's also the dry season. Your entire village of 400 people is dependent on a water source an hour's walk away.

Then two young people from your village show up offering to fix your well. One of them is a woman! Whoever heard of such a thing?

A long discussion ensues where it is agreed the village will pay this repair team $30 plus parts to fix the well. But first, they have prove they can fix it.

And then they fix the well!

One of the men in the village shared his feelings about all this craziness.

“My name is Run Wol Thiik. I am a father of four children. Our well was broken down in our village, and we suffered with our animals a lot. Now we are happy for the newly trained Joseph Kuot and Achol Madut, our community members. They will come when we contact them in the future. That is now our primary hope.”

Run Wol's village is Bakdeer in Gogrial East County, Warrap State (GPS N. 8°12’37.524 / E. 28°31’59.928). The reason you don't see roads on this map is that there aren't any.

The well committee for Bakdeer collects well fees for repair and maintenance. In Warrap State, where raising cattle and goats is the business, clean water is the difference between success and failure.

That's why we just ordered a new truck from Dubai and more spare parts from Uganda. The only thing that can hold this Women’s Well Repair Initiative up is money and supplies.

Please consider a gift now so Joseph and Achol can fulfill their dreams of meeting the most basic need in their communities, clean water. Click here to learn more.