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That’s about the same weight and distance a 12-year-old Sudanese girl totes water several times a day, just for basic family needs, said Kaylenn Henderson of Temple, who was joined on the hike by her father, Mike Nix of Morgan’s Point Resort.
“The filters allow them to have clean water wherever they go,” he said.
“It was just like drinking bottled water.” There are more than five million people in South Sudan who have zero access to clean water, he said.
“There are diseases that have been eradicated all over the world that are still prevalent in South Sudan.
Roese said that Water is Basic, launched in 2006, was a vision of South Sudanese religious leaders, who realized that providing clean water was the greatest thing they could do for their country.
In 10 years, he said, Water is Basic has drilled 500 new water wells, repaired 300 and distributed 10,000 water filters.
“Every day that’s frustrating and difficult makes me think what it would mean to me if someone provided water for my daughter today.”