ONCE again Albertonians, young and old, are proving that they care more than enough to help whenever they can.
Kenton Primary School sent out a letter on January 30 to ask learners to help donate water for the people in the Western Cape.
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By February 1 hundreds of litres water were collected from the school.
“It is so amazing to see how everyone jumped in to help and I just want to thank Kenton Primary for supporting the Water Shortage South Africa which is a project to help the people of Cape Town with water,” said Nicci Bala, mother and supporter.
On February 2 after the truck loaded the water the previous day, more water arrived. Brackendowns CPF members were also there to help with the loading.
“There was even more water than the first batch,” she said.
She mentioned that they want to challenge other schools in the area to also start collecting and donating water.
Brackenhurst Primary’s Water Wednesday
Anne Burger, the principal of Brackenhurst Primary, started a ‘Water Wednesdays’ initiative at the school whereby children are urged to bring 5-litre bottles of water on Wednesdays for the month of February, and in turn, they get to wear civvies. They collected 8 000 litres, which was collected on January 29 and taken to the central drop-off point in Randburg.
The school is still running the project so please support them.
One of the directors of Water Shortage South Africa, Magchel Pretorius-Abutt said that their main operation area is Ellis Park.
“There is no deadline, we are going to take in as much water as we can and then take it from there to Cape Town via trucks,” she said.
According to Magchel, she actually got involved in 2016 with the draught in the Free State and for her, it was amazing to see all the trucks going there with water.
“I saw some of the farm animals and also heard people talking about how badly the water issue was affecting them and that’s when I got involved.
“With the water shortage in Cape Town, one of our most beautiful cities, I want people to willingly donate water and make a change and a wave in South Africa,” she said.
Packing and wrapping
She said about 90 000 litres of water was already donated.
“I know there is a lot of drop-off points in Gauteng, but the main one is Ellis Park. There I also want to ask people to donate Glad Wrap as we are going to pack everything on pallets. People who want to come and help with the loading, are more than welcome.
“Our organisation is pleading with South Africans to open their hearts and help us collect as much water as possible so that we can store up for day zero,” said Magchel.
For more information contact Magchel on 076 421 3762 or Nicci on 079 655 5329.
Albertonians and all schools in Alberton are challenged to donate water to help the people in the Western Cape. People can also follow them on Facebook on Water Shortage South Africa.
Drop-off points
Sealed 5-litre bottles would be very welcome and can be dropped off at the following places:
• Imperial Dedicated Contracts at 70 JG Strijdom Street in Alrode. Johan Smal from Klinger in Wadeville donated 3700 litres of still water to Water Shortage South Africa. Oasis also drove up and down, about a million times, to drop the water at Imperial Dedicated Contracts – 370 10 litres bottle of water. All the water was moved to Dawn Logistics in Germiston, which will go on their truck to Cape Town which left on February 2. Contact Marie Steyl on 082 421 4485.
• Time Trucking at 16 Jacoba Street, Alberton North.
• RE/MAX and RE/MAX All Stars at 81 Michelle Avenue, Randhart.
• RE/MAX and RE/MAX All Stars at 126 Webber Road, Lambton, Germiston.
• Offices of the Alberton RECORD, Southern COURIER and Comaro CHRONICLE at 1 Eaton Terrace, ground floor of the Terrace Building, New Redruth, Alberton.
• Ellis Park stadium in S Park Lane, New Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2094. This is a project from the Lions to support the Water Shortage South Africa.
More about the group Water Shortage South Africa
The group started to coordinate water drop-off points in drought stricken areas all over South Africa. This is to help South Africans in need of water. All the people of the group are volunteers.
“It is a non-profit organisation,” said Water Shortage South Africa’s CEO, Benoit Le Roy.
The organisation started two years ago to facilitate the supply of drinking water to desperate communities in the country.
Since its inception their volunteers have reportedly moved over 67 million litres of donated water to communities all over South Africa.
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