At 11 years old, the Sudanese Civil War reached his village and separated Salva from his family. He joined thousands of boys, famously known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, on their journey by foot to …

Salva has earned numerous awards for his work with WFSS, including Rotary International’s highest award, “Service Above Self,” in 2011. He is also a member of the Monroe Community College …

In 2003, former "Lost Boy" of Sudan, Salva Dut, founded Water for South Sudan in Rochester, NY. Salva's story began in 1974 when he was born in a rural village in southwestern Sudan to a tribe of …

We are a nonprofit organization committed to empowering immigrant families through education, advocacy, and collective action. Since our founding, we have worked side by side with day laborers, …

As an 11-year old Dinka from southwest Sudan, Salva fled first to Ethiopia. Then later, as a teenager, he led 1,500 “Lost Boys” thousands of miles through the Southern Sudan desert to the Kakuma...

In 1985, Salva, then just 11 years old, was one of the 17,000 “Lost Boys of Sudan” who fled that country’s southern region during Sudan’s two-decade civil war. During that flight, a significant …

Activist who founded the non-profit organization Water for South Sudan Inc. in 2003. He works to educate people about South Sudan while raising money for the impoverished country. He first …

Salva Dut is based on a real person, and one of the two main characters in A Long Walk to Water. Both in the book and in real life, Salva grows up in a small, south Sudanese village. At the age of eleven, …

Dec 4, 2024 · Salva is the founder of Water for South Sudan, building wells in Sudan. He does this because when he was a child they had to walk for miles each day just to get dirty muddy water.

Feb 27, 2021 · As one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Salva walked hundreds of miles to safety encountering untold horrors and losses along the way. Salva somehow managed to find the hero …