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Salva Dut Biography

Salva Dut Biography

Salva Dut at only the age of 11 years old was separated from his friends, village, and family. In 1985 war broke out in Sudan. While Salva was in school one day, the war had finally reached his village. Salva and the boys from his school all fled into the bush to be safe. They were all separated later. Salva was traveling all alone. He was separated from his family, traveling to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. The boys that fled to the bush and separated from the town were known as "the lost boys" and Salva was apart of them. They all weren't together though. Salva has experienced life-changing things. He watched his own uncle get shot while traveling to a refugee camp. He swam in a river with crocodiles while people were shooting at him and others to get out of Ethiopia. Salva Dut traveled through Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya before he was shipped to Rochester, New York in the United States when he was 19 years old. Salva went back to Southern Sudan when he heard his father was in the hospital, Salva wanted to see him before he died. His father told him that his two sisters, mom, and one brother out of three were still alive. Salva couldn't go back to see his family yet though, there was still war in Sudan. Salva went back to Rochester, he wanted to help people in Sudan. When the war died down, he talked to hundreds of people in churches, civic organizations, and schools in Rochester to help Southern Sudan. Today, Salva has organized the Water For South Sudan Organization, bringing water to people throughout Southern Sudan.  

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A Long Walk to Water Review

A Long Walk to Water Review 

A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park was a great book. I'd give it 5 out of 5 stars. The author did a great job combining the two stories, she went back and forth from Nya's story to Salva's story. She gave great detail about Sudan throughout the story, too. She also gave readers a good image of what it was like to be in Sudan during the genocide. Linda Sue Park added great word choice, nice sentence fluency, and even suspense too. You'll never know what could happen next. My over all review is that the author did an amazing job and the book was incredible. I recomend you read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

Quotatious Quotes

Quotatious Quotes

"One step at a time...one day at a time. Just today, just this one day to get through..." -Salva | Chapter 13 | Page 82

"More clothes? Salva shook his head. How can I possibly wear any more clothes?" - Salva | Chapter 15 | Page 92

"Everyone cheered at the sight of water. They all laughed at the sight of the two workers who had been operating the drill. They were all drenched, their clothes completely soaked through." - Nya | Chapter 14 | Page 83

"Nya thought it was funny: you had to have water to find water." - Nya | Chapter 13 | Page 76

"Everything about him was paying attention to the teacher- everything except his eyes and his mind." - Salva | Chapter 1| Page 1

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Summary of A Long Walk to Water

Summary of  A Long Walk to Water 

The book A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park, is two stories into one. Both stories take place in Southern Sudan. The book is about Nya's story and Salva's story. Nya's story takes place in 2008-2009. Salva's story, takes place in 1985-2007. Both stories are about the tragedies that happened and still are happening in Sudan. Nya is an 11 year old girl who has to walk every day to get water, there and back, each way about 8 hours. She walks on the hot, rocky desert ground with thorns and plants, with no shoes. She carries the water in a jar on her head. Finally, people came to drill a well in their village with clean water, not the dirty pond water they have to drink. Salva's story starts out when he is only a little boy, around 11 years old. His story is about the war in Sudan. During school one day his village was attacked. He was separated by all of his friends and family while on his journey to refugee camps. He was all alone, only with strangers who he'd never seen before in his life. During his journey he experiences tragedies that he will never be able to forget. When he was 19 years old he was shipped to Rochester, New York in America. He wanted to go back to Sudan and help those who were in need. The theme of the book is to always stay strong, no matter what. In the end, everything will be okay.  

Interesting Facts About Sudan

Interesting Facts About Sudan

• South Sudan is one of the most poorest regions in the world.    (http://wojciechgrzedzinski.com/?p=395)                                                                                       
• We're reached more than 116,000 people in South Sudan with water, health, and sanitation equipment. (oxford.org)
• Since 2003, an estimated 400,000 people have died directly or indirectly from the attacks [of the genocide]. (dosomething.org) 
• Despite the abundant natural recourses available in the region, the vast majority of Sudan's people live in poverty, and the government has been described as "the most repressive regime in the world". (dosomething.org)
• Due to neglect by the government, Darfur has been the target of the genocide (deliberate killing of a large group) by the Khartoum government. (dosomething.org) 
• The genocide is racial based. (dosomething.org) 
• Humanitarian refugee camps in Chad and Sudan are overcrowded, disease infested, and prone to attacks. About 20% of the Sudan population resides in a camp, and a majority of these are young people. (dosomething.org)
• More than 3 million people have been displaced and are living in IDP camps. (darfuraustralia.org) 
• Darfur today continues to suffer and the innumerable problems facing Sudan cannot be resolved until peace is secured in Darfur.  (unitedhumanrights.org) 
• Thousands starve each month due to the Sudanese government impeding humanitarian aid efforts. (darfuraustralia.org) 

Water for South Sudan Organization

  Water for South Sudan Organization 

The Water for Southern Sudan Organization builds wells for people in Southern Sudan. The organization plans to bring clean, safe water to tens of thousands of people in remote villages. The whole village actually helps the organization drill wells too! People unload trucks, and carry huge bags of rocks and smash them into gravel. The elders of the village help by determining where the well will be drilled. The organization has drilled 177 wells in South Sudan already. To learn more about the Water for South Sudan Organization go to http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org "drilling wells, transforming lives."