Water is Basic
@waterisbasic
We train women in South Sudan to repair water wells — because we believe the water crisis is best solved by those most impacted by it, not to build a nonprofit, but to eliminate the need for one.
Maria became a pump mechanic... to help the community. 💧✨
In South Sudan, the water crisis isn't just an abstract problem; it's a daily reality. But when women lead the way, the entire community is transformed. We believe the water crisis is best solved by those most impacted by it — women.
Help us empower more women like Maria.
Click the link in our bio to learn more about our mission and how you can support it!
08/05/2026
Meet Julia Anger G*i, a Pump Mechanic from Mangar Tong Payam, South Sudan, and a mother of three who now loans money to other women in her village. 💧
After WESI trained her in pump repair, business management, and trauma healing, Julia built a life she runs on her own terms: repairing wells, paying school fees, farming, and reinvesting in the women around her.
"WESI changed my life completely. Now I can care for my children and serve my community with clean water."
She's not waiting for help. She is the help.
08/01/2026
Tickets are live. 🐖🔥
This is Austin Piggy Limits, and it's going to be the best Wednesday night of your October.
🐖 A whole hog roast with all the fixings
🎶 Calder Allen, live and acoustic (catch him between his ACL weekend performances!)
🍺 Open bar all night: Tito's, Lazarus, the works
🎲 Lawn games and raffle prizes
📍 West Austin | October 7 | 6–9 PM
Tickets: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/piggylimits/
07/30/2026
Five kids, now six. A newborn baby boy. And she's already talking about going back to work.
Suzanna Akuol Nyeng is a pump mechanic in South Sudan. Her community chose her. Said: " Train this woman. Make her the first female mechanic this area has ever seen."
So we did. And in the first six months of 2026, Suzanna and her partner repaired 16 wells. All while she was pregnant.
She didn't slow down. Her community needed water. Her family needed a future.
This is what women do when you hand them the tools. They are ferocious.
The only thing that can stop Suzanna? Parts. Parts manufactured in India and shipped to South Sudan. That's what our No Obstacles campaign funds.
We're at $13,415 raised, $29,770 to go, and we're behind.
10 days left. Link in comments.
20 years of clean water in South Sudan.
3,900+ wells repaired. 2 million people served. And every one of those systems is maintained by local women, trained as pump mechanics, running their own businesses, keeping water flowing for their communities year-round.
Last year, we made a decision most organizations would never make: to close our doors by 2030. Because the goal was never to exist forever. It was to build something that no longer needs us.
We're not building a nonprofit. We're eliminating the need for one.
07/24/2026
These women are pump mechanics in South Sudan. They maintain the clean water systems their communities depend on. They're trained, they're employed, and they're local. This isn't charity. Its infrastructure, built and run by the people who live there
Last year, we decided to set a goal to shut down by 2030. Not because we failed, but because that was always the point. Build something strong enough to outlast us, then step away.
Women lead it. Communities own it. And one day soon, they won't need us at all.
That's the whole point.
07/22/2026
Meet Suzanna Akuol Nyeng, a 35-year-old mother of six from Mangok Payam, South Sudan, and a Women's Well Repair Initiative graduate. 💧
Since completing her training in Aweil in 2023, Suzanna has been keeping water flowing in her community, earning income, paying her children's school fees, and building a future on her own terms.
And just last week, she welcomed her newest little one into the world. 🎉
This is what women-led solutions look like in action.
07/17/2026
Clean water is flowing again at Marial Baai School in Warrap State!
The Marial-wau repair team fixed this well in just 2 days, restoring access for 60 households. Families who were walking 50 minutes each way now have clean water close to home.
Achol Kon Akol, a mother of five: "Our children can now go to school without the burden of walking long distances to fetch water. I give thanks to Water Is Basic and the hardworking pump mechanics for restoring our water and improving our lives."
Fast response. Local ownership. Lasting access.
07/14/2026
What does it actually cost to fix a broken well? Swipe for the breakdown. This summer, we're removing every obstacle between our women mechanics and clean water. $588 takes one well off the list.
Happy Independence Day, South Sudan. 🇸🇸
14 years after independence, women and girls still spend hours walking for water. But what if they were also the ones solving the problem?
They are.
Women-led teams are repairing broken wells. Mothers and daughters own water businesses. By 2030, women mechanics will lead well repair across the country, without us.
When water works, girls stay in school. Mothers are home. Villages prosper.
This is South Sudan building its own future.
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