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Salva has united immigrant families, community leaders, and grassroots organizations to defend rights, uplift voices, and strengthen the power of immigrant communities across California and beyond
- Salvas Story — Water for South Sudan
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 seek safety in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya
- Salva Dut — Hearts on Fire
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 Alumni Hall of Fame
- Water for South Sudan - Wikipedia
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 Dinka people When Salva was 11 years old, in 1985, Sudan was wracked by the Second Sudanese Civil War
- I Kept Walking | Salva Dut | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet
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
- A Long Walk to Water - Linda Sue Park
A Long Walk to Water is based on the true story of Salva, one of some 3,800 Sudanese “Lost Boys” airlifted to the United States beginning in the mid 1990s Before leaving Africa, Salva’s life is one of harrowing tragedy
- Salva Dut Biography - Squarespace
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 number of the Lost Boys perished from hunger, thirst, disease as well as wild animal and military attacks
- Salva Dut - Age, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays
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 became known as one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" after fleeing the Republic of South Sudan at age 11
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