The document discusses water needs for humans and the greatest shortages around the world. It focuses on water scarcity issues in Sudan and the efforts of Salva Dut and his organization Water for South Sudan to provide clean water by drilling wells. It also mentions that some Sudanese must walk long distances each day to obtain water for their villages.

1. By: Hailey & Her Kitty

2. Why Do Humans
Need Water?
Humans need to drink water to
survive. Your body is approximately
60 percent water, your brain is 70
percent water, and your lungs are
nearly 90 percent water.

3. Humans need water for cooking, manufacturing,
cleaning, bathing, watering plants, and drinking.

4. CATS NEED WATER TOO!!

5. Where are the
greatest shortages of
water?
The five countries with the greatest
water shortages (as of 2014) are,
Sudan, Niger, Somalia, Mauritania,
and Iraq.
[ibtimes.co.uk, world-water-week-five-countries-
most-affected-by-water-scarcity]

6. A Long Walk to Water
Salva Dut, a former “Lost Boy of Sudan”, wanted the
people of South Sudan to have fresh, clean water.
However, during the November-to-May dry season, the
water would dry up. Millions of South Sudanese people
had to leave their homes to search for water. Some
Sudanese had to abandon their homes and move to
where there was water. Others, usually women and
children, are forced to walk miles every day to get water
from marshes, ditches, and hand-dug wells. This water is
often contaminated with parasites and bacteria which
can cause pain, sickness, and even death, especially
among infants and children.
This yearly hunt for water prevents the Sudanese villages
from building schools, markets, and medical clinics.
When women and children are forced to walk up to eight
hours a day for water they are unable to do anything else.
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7. Salva Dut’s Organization
Salva developed an organization
called Water for South Sudan. He
dedicated himself to rebuilding his
country. He lives full time in South
Sudan and works closely with the
government and local leaders to
drill wells that provide fresh water.
Safe water brings new hope and
opportunities to South Sudan’s
people, empowering them to
change their lives.

8. Water for Life. 
The Bible speaks of a different kind of water, “life-
giving water”. At John 4:14 it says, “Whoever
drinks from the water that I will give him will
never get thirsty at all, but the water that I will
give him will become in him a spring of water
bubbling up to impart everlasting life.”
Jesus’ words indicate that “living water”
symbolizes taking in knowledge from God, by
reading his word the Bible. This knowledge can
make it possible for humans to live forever as we
can see at John 17:3; “This means everlasting life,
their coming to know you, the only true God, and
the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
Each year, Jehovah’s Witnesses in more than 239
lands are spending nearly two billion hours
helping people to take in life-giving knowledge of
the Bible.
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9. How Many Jehovah’s Witnesses are in Sudan and Niger?
 There are 574 Jehovah’s Witnesses
in Sudan.
 There are 294 Jehovah’s Witnesses
in Niger.

10. An Assembly in a Refugee Camp
One of the refugee camps that
Salva Dut lived in was called
Kakuma, located in Kenya.
Sometime in 2004, Jehovah’s
Witnesses held an assembly in the
refugee camp. 95 people attended.
The assembly was held in a
training center. Drawings on the
walls spoke of the horrors of
refugee life, but the spirit in the
hall that day was one of hope.