Staff Spotlight: Joseph Nguar, Finance & Office Administrator
This month we’re featuring one of our Water for South Sudan staff members, Joseph Nguar. Read on to meet him and learn more about his work at our compound in Wau, South Sudan.
Tell us about yourself! How old are you? Do you have siblings?
My name is Nguar Joseph Madul and I’m from Mapel, which is southeast of Western Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. I’m a high school graduate and hold a certificate in Accounting & Microfinance.
I’m 29 years old and was born in a village called Gar-gar in the small town of Mapel in 1992. Unfortunately, my mother died when I was only eight months old and I was taken to cattle camp to be fed on milk. My father was a farmer who reared animals and cultivated crops. We are six in numbers, three boys and three girls, and I’m the last born in our family.
I got married in 2014 to Ayen Mabior (my wife) and we have three kids, all boys. The firstborn is six years, the second one is three years and the other one is nine months respectively. I have a home in Wau, Western Bahr el Gazhal State (WBGS), and another home in my village where I carry out the cultivation of groundnuts and plant fruit trees.
Where did you grow up?
As an orphan, I grew up in the cattle camp in Tonj South of Warrap State. I spent nine years in the cattle camp before starting school in 2001 in Mapel. I then lived in Uganda, where I finished my primary level and secondary school as well.
When did you start working with WFSS? How did you hear about
the organization?
I started working with WFSS on January 13, 2016. I saw an advertisement on the public notice board in Daraja town of Wau-WBGS. Water for South Sudan was looking for a dynamic and confident candidate to fill in the vacant post for Intern/Assistant Field Supervisor for the 2015-2016 drilling season. I applied for the job and was shortlisted, but then interviewed until I became a successful candidate for the post.
But the year before I saw the advertisement, I met the team in Tonj East of Warrap State, where they were drilling a borehole in a place called Ngabagok. I was working for my former organization, The Carter Center (TCC), in Ngabagok at the time. It was an amazing team and I became interested in working for WFSS after I left TCC.
Tell us what you do in your current position at WFSS.
My duties include the following but are not limited to:
Manage financial transactions for the organization in general
Record all expenses in QuickBooks in a timely manner
Send a backup copy to U.S. office administrator as requested
Provide financial reports to the budget holders
What do you enjoy most about your job?
Recording financial expenses into accounting software.
What is the hardest part of the job?
Regular meetings.
What are your plans for the future?
My plan for the future is to work for five more years to take this organization to next level and keep helping provide clean drinking water to our vulnerable people of South Sudan. I would then like to advance my professional career even further.
What do you like to do for fun?
I enjoy sharing stories, especially recalling past events or life in the cattle camp.
Thanks for all you do, Joseph! Stay tuned for more Staff Spotlights.
When asked about the impact that this project had on the locals, Lion responded, “They’ve never received this type of help and now they realize that there are people out there that care so much about them. This project is a great hope that they’ve never seen in their lives.” This generous grant has provided hope to the community, allowing them to switch their focus to other activities.
WFSS is so grateful to the generous donors who made such a huge difference for the people within the Pinydit community. This project is watering the seeds of change in South Sudan.
