One morning, soldiers show up at the camp and order everyone inside to leave—not just the camp, but Ethiopia itself. The soldiers fire their guns in the air, forcing the people to run toward the nearby Gilo River, which separates Sudan and Ethiopia.

Salva was 17 now and was respected as a young man in the camp. He found out that the Ethiopian government was falling apart and they were the ones running the refugee camps. Everyone at the camp was being forced to leave. There were thousands of people walking and leaving and Salva had to leave too.

Salva has realized his dream of providing clean water for the impoverished villagers of Sudan. In doing so, Salva helps to provide opportunities for children like Nya, who would otherwise have to spend much of their waking lives fetching water from a faraway pond.

Nya is amused that in order to get water, water is needed. The crew trucks water from the pond to the site several times a day. Leaks in the bag discourage the crew, but the boss keeps encouraging them by joking and talking to them. On rare occasions he gets angry, but he always keeps working alongside the men.

Uncle Jewiir, the uncle of Salva Dut, is a former South Sudanese soldier. However, he’s later murdered by soldiers from the North. Jewiir’s death is a traumatic event for Salva, who is forced to fend for himself and beg for food without Jewiir to protect him.

It has become Salvaʼs life mission. Salva became an American citizen and studied International Business in Rochester, New York, while working as president and drilling manager of Water for South Sudan, Inc. He now lives in Wau, South Africa and oversees Water for South Sudan’s operations there.

The activist was born on December 1st, 1974, in southwestern Sudan, in a remote village to the tribe of the Dinka. How old is Salva Dut now? Salva Dut age is 46 years old as of the year 2020. He had three brothers and two sisters.

Is Nya a real person? Nya is not a real person. She is a fictional representation of many children who live in South Sudan.

Salva Mawien Dut Ariik

Nya likes the camp because they are close to water. Her mother hates it because they sleep in makeshift shelters, they do not have most of their things, they must dig for water, and she fears the men will run into Dinka and they will fight. Nya is from the Nuer tribe, Salva is a Dinka so they would not be friends.

December 1, 1974 (age 46 years)

Salva Dut was separated from his family during a civil war in what is now South Sudan. Years later, he finds his father who tells him that most of his family survived. Hearing that, Salva starts a volunteer group to build wells in South Sudan called “Water for South Sudan”.

Nya liked that she did not have to take two long trips a day to get water. What is Nya’s mother afraid of when the family is at the lake camp? Nya’s mother is afraid that there will be a fight and someone in their family will get hurt.

According to public sources, him salary is around 200 million.

How was Nya’s village able to afford the well? A school in America raised money to build the well. Everyone in Nya’s village got jobs in the city and paid for the well themselves.

Marial got eaten by a lion. Everyone was asleep so they didn’t hear the lion come and take Marial. 3. How does the loss of his friend affect Salva?

Hope and Resilience In addition to focusing on the physical realities of people struggling to survive—such as the need for water and shelter—A Long Walk to Water focuses on the psychological and emotional aspects of the struggle for survival. It’s not enough to have food and water, Park suggests.

Southern Sudan, 1985: In the night, Salva’s friend Marial was taken away and killed by a lion. Salva is very upset and scared. His uncle tries to make him feel better and keeps an extra close eye on the group. The group reaches the Nile River and must build a boat to cross the water.

Salva was fearful and terrified after Marial’s death but after Uncle’s death, he feels strong, preservers and moves on.

A topi was a young antelope that looked a lot like a deer. Salva was so hungry he could hardly wait for the Topi to be cooked. That night, Salva felt very sick. He had eaten way too fast and his stomach was not used to having so much food in it.

In chapter 10 Salva’s uncle dies. This is when Salva started coping because she was sad but it made him stronger. In chapter 11 Salva started coping but the deaths made him stronger. This is important because then he wouldn’t stay with the group.

Salva is tempted to share some of his own water with the men, but Jewiir prevents him from doing so—Salva is too young to give up his water. After a time, some of the men are able to stand and join the rest of the group. But they leave five dead companions behind—there’s no time to bury them beneath the ground.

They’re both struggling with a person vs nature conflict because Nya has to rely on nature to get water and Salva is struggling with hunger. Both characters are afraid of meeting an enemy. Nya doesn’t want to meet a Dinka, Salva’s tribe and Salva doesn’t want to meet a Nuer, Nya’s tribe.

A LONG WALK TO WATER is two interlocking stories, taking place in Sudan more than 20 years apart. In the first, 11-year-old Salva runs into the bush when his village is attacked during the civil war.

The Dinka and Nuer, two rival pastoralist groups, have competed over grazing land and water for their cattle in the past. These clashes have usually taken place in a local context without causing massive amounts of fatalities.

Salva Dut was 11 years old, sitting through the last lesson in class and looking forward to the trip home with his schoolmates.

All that time, Salva thought his father had died in the war. Their reunion, he says, was emotional and wonderful. But his father was seriously ill, suffering from water-borne parasites and disease.

After living in refugee camps for 10 years, Salva was given the opportunity to move to the United States, where he was embraced by a family in Rochester, New York.

What does the old woman give Salva before he leaves with the others? She gives him peanuts.

Why does the old woman say that Salva can’t go with her? The old woman says that Salva can’t go with her, because it would be too dangerous for her to travel with him. If she is alone, the soldiers will not bother her.