Upper Highway Baby Home receives borehole

THE South African Muslim Trust (SAMCT) recently lent a hand to the Upper Highway Baby Home by donating a borehole.
The SAMCT was created in 2008 as a result of a partnership with businesses for the creation, marketing and distribution of a suite of Shariah Funds.

The organisation provides funding, services and other resources for the improvement of the lives of the vulnerable, deprived and disadvantaged. It works in delivering assistance solutions throughout South Africa – irrespective of race or religion – and continues to work to support organisations in the fields of healthcare, social development, poverty alleviation and education.

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The borehole donation comes after frequent water outages, coupled with load-shedding, had left the home compromised in its ability to deliver its much-needed services.

Commenting on their R310 000 borehole donation, SAMCT representative Gaff Osman said the critical nature of the home’s work with babies and young mothers prompted the SAMCT’s financial assistance, given that water may justly be regarded as the very necessary foundation for the growth and development of the infants in its care – infants already disadvantaged by circumstance.

“The need for continuous water supply to an institution caring for infants is absolutely critical. Ongoing water supply must be regarded as being of paramount importance where the lives of babies are concerned.
“The Home is performing a vital service and should in no way be compromised because of poor and unreliable water provision in the area. It was evident that the best outcome would be to become water self-sufficient, thus ensuring that its services would be free of interruption. In addition, and given that many of its beneficiaries still have no running water after the floods, or are not yet serviced, borehole water would play a big role in filling the gap in such basic services,” he said.

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Gary Stanton, co-founder of the Upper Highway Baby Home, said they have admired the SAMCT for some time for the work they do in helping the most vulnerable.
“We approached them last year with our water issue and were absolutely delighted when they offered to install a borehole. We now have a constant supply of potable water, a critical success factor for the work we perform in our local communities. We are truly grateful to SAMCT.”

Osman said they believe the Upper Highway Baby Home will be able to make great strides in maintaining and expanding its most laudable baby-care activities into the future, safe in the knowledge that it will never again have to worry about water.

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