Well Dug in South Sudan Thanks to SRS Students

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Well Dug in South Sudan Thanks to SRS Students
Jess Thibault

When the classes of 2025, 2026, and 2027 were in 4th grade they read  A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. After reading it, under the guidance of Mrs. Oksness, students wanted to raise money to Salva Dut’s organization, Water For South Sudan. After 3 years of fundraising to build a well for a village their dream that started in 2017 has now come true!

On January 31, 2020 a well was dug in the village of Rum-muoth in Apuk North County, Gogrial State, South Sudan. 

The letter from Water for South Sudan to Sage Ridge School read: "We hope you are as inspired by this as we are. Thanks to you, a village in South Sudan now has access to clean water. Without water, life cannot sustain itself. Thank you for watering the seeds of change in South Sudan. Your generosity will provide countless opportunities for communities in South Sudan!"

Congratulations to our students who so passionately cared about this mission!

 

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