Empowering communities to flourish by implementing WASH programs

Organization Overview

Water for South Sudan Foundation (WFSSF) is a registered NNGO in South Sudan with an Operations Center in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, a field office in Kuajok, Warrap State, and a second compound in Juba, Central Equatoria. WFSSF empowers communities to develop by implementing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs: new well drilling, well rehabilitation, hygiene education training, sanitation, and water storage and distribution.

Hiring local leadership and staff in South Sudan helps to develop the nation of South Sudan and supports stability across the country. WFSSF is focused on hiring and elevating women to leadership positions within the organization. Eighty-eight staff members (99% South Sudanese) make up the team in South Sudan and receive ongoing training to build the capacity. Our country director, Ajang Abraham Agok, leads operations from our compound in Wau.

Individuals, educational institutions, faith-based and civic organizations, and foundations in 65 countries support WFSSF programs. WFSSF seeks to grow its programs and further its impact by collaborating and partnering with foundations, other NGOs, the Government of South Sudan, and international funders seeking to aid development in South Sudan.

Our History

  • 2003: Founded as 501(c)(3) US not-for-profit in Rochester, NY by Salva Dut

  • 2005: Drilled first water well in South Sudan

  • 2014: Launched hygiene education team

  • 2015: Initiated monitoring and evaluation program

  • 2017: Established well rehabilitation team

  • 2018: Implemented sanitation project at the Zogolona Primary School

  • 2018: Purchased two new drilling rigs

  • 2019: Launched second drilling team

  • 2020: Obtained NNGO registration status in South Sudan

  • 2021: Partnerships with UNICEF, Oxfam, ACF, and IOM in WASH

  • 2022: Established Water Insitute of South Sudan in partnership with Eco-Civ

  • 2022: Partnerships with (Jimmy) Carter Center and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

  • 2023: Responded to refugee emergency in partnership with NCA in Refugee Camps in Wedweil, NBG state, and Joda & Malaka, Upper Nile state

  • 2023: Implemented integration projects, including nutrition, food security, livelihood, climate actions, and research & innovation

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