Buey Tut

Buey Tut was born in East Africa on December 3rd, 1986. In addition to the challenges of growing up in East Africa, Buey and his family witnessed the unfortunate political imprisonment of his father. Fortunately, however, his subsequent release due to regime change lead to an opportunity to immigrate to the United States.

Buey and his family arrived in Omaha, NE in 1998. Despite the cultural and linguistic challenges, Buey was able to graduate from high school and attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. Buey's UNO career includes serving as the captain of his speech and debate team, being elected as senator on the student body then vice president of the student body before finally graduating with a Political Science Degree.

Buey began his professional career as a District Executive at Boy Scout of America Mid America Council. After a promotion to Executive Team Leader, Buey left the Boy Scouts and founded Aqua-Africa with a mission to provide access to clean drinking water in his homeland of South Sudan.

Since its foundation, Aqua-Africa has evolved from providing hand pump wells serving approximately 250 people per well to an innovative solar powered water tower called Village Supplier Utility System (VSUS) that is able to serve from 2,500 up to 10,000 people. Aqua-Africa’s unique Micro Democracy training program has also been awarded a United States Aid Agency (USAID) grant to implement in five counties in South Sudan over the next five years. Buey and his team are currently working on a strategic plan that will help the organization build capacity and scale for the coming years.