Salva Dut Shares His Heroic Journey with Kids

http://www.pov-rose.com/ POV-Rose Media captured Salva telling the story of his heroic journey and founding Water for Sudan to young children. We proposed recording Salva's presentations as part of producing a new fundraising DVD for WFS, because he is Water for Sudan's founder and most effective speaker, but unavailable much of the year while drilling water wells in Sudan. This is Salva's story.

In 1985, Sudan was wracked by civil war. Millions died. Millions more were displaced, fleeing for their lives to refugee camps in Ethiopia, Kenya, and other neighboring countries. Among those who fled through barren, war-torn southern desert were thousands of children, mostly boys, some as young as five. They became known as "The Lost Boys of Sudan". Salva Dut was one of those boys.

As an 11-year old Dinka from Tonj in southwest Sudan, Salva fled first to Ethiopia. Then later, as a teenager, he led 1500 "Lost Boys" hundreds of miles through the Southern Sudan desert to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. That courage and heroic perseverance continue to this day. Relocated to the United States in 1996, he now leads Water for Sudan, Inc., the non-profit organization he founded in 2004.

An American citizen based in Rochester, New York, Salva spends half the year in Southern Sudan overseeing Water for Sudan's drilling operations. During the rest of the year he continues his college studies in International Business while working as president of Water for Sudan, Inc., educating people about Southern Sudan and fund-raising for well-drilling.

Produced and Directed by Jeffrey Mead.

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