Current Projects

Currently we have several large projects in the proposal phase.  These projects are focused on helping those most impacted by the war.  Those who stayed put and the hundreds of thousands who are now returning to their homes are desperate to rebuild their communities but must start almost from scratch. The economy has reverted to subsistence levels.  Basic services such as clean water, sanitation, and health services exist minimally, if at all.  Our projects, intended to address those needs, include:

·        Borehole drilling and rainwater harvesting.  Most of rural Africa’s clean water lies in underground reservoirs (aquifers).  The water is usually clean enough to drink without treatment.  Boreholes (wells) must be drilled to tap the aquifers and pumps installed so that the water can be brought to the surface.  NSG will purchase and operate a drilling rig capable of capable of drilling 165- to 225-mm diameter boreholes in alluvial sediments and 115- to 165-mm diameter boreholes in hard rock to depths as much as 200 meters.  We expect to drill 40 boreholes per year for a period of five years.

We also host small pilot projects to demonstrate potential applications for rainwater harvesting (such as hafirs, water runoff utilization, dams, and roof tanks).

·        Water exploration.  A successful borehole is a borehole that taps into an aquifer that can provide enough clean water to satisfy a community’s needs through all seasons.   A high percentage of boreholes are unsuccessful because drillers don’t know the location or depth of these deeply buried aquifers or whether the aquifers have the capacities to satisfy a community’s water needs.  Drillers simply drill in a likely looking spot hoping for the best.  To improve the borehole success rate, NSG will, prior to drilling, employ non-invasive (no dig) technologies developed for oil exploration to find underground water resources and evaluate their characteristics.  These innovative methods will allow us to locate the aquifers with near certainty, estimate their depths and volumes, and estimate their quality (salinity) within one to two days after starting.  The information developed will prevent drilling of dry holes and tapping into low-quality or unproductive aquifers.  We expect to be able to do about 125 mappings per year.

• Helping people understand their roles and responsibilities in the new Sudan; providing civic education on thematic issues that affect their lives; and actively involving them in the reconstruction- and socio-economic-development process.
• Providing facilities for teaching and learning desperately needed vocational skills, including but not limited to computer operation, carpentry and joining, brick laying and concrete work, metal fabrication, and tailoring.
• Providing clean water, effective sanitation, and health education  We propose to drill and/or repair 21 boreholes; construct 15 ventilated improved pit latrines; train and equip borehole maintenance technicians; teach management and leadership skills to water-management committees; and conduct hygiene and health-education seminars and workshops.