[1] Their website states that their mission is to "deliver sustainable quality-of-life services to the people of South Sudan by efficiently providing access to clean, safe water, and improving hygiene and sanitation practices in areas of great need.
Salva's story began in 1974 when he was born in a rural village in southwestern Sudan to a tribe of Dinka people.
During this war, the "militia killed, plundered, burned, and raped their way through a huge swathe of Southern Sudan from 1985 to 1989".
Several years after living in the US, Salva learned that his father was still alive in Southern Sudan but was suffering with disease caused by waterborne parasites.
[4] Salva's story is told in the New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water[5] by Linda Sue Park.
This was the culmination of peace negotiations to find a comprehensive, lasting solution to the conflict that had divided north and south Sudan.
[11] His story is told in the book A Long Walk to Water, written by Linda Sue Park.