Fresh water ‘flows’ from Durban North to Beira

AS cholera cases climb in Beira after the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai on 14 March, a genius little 3g sachet will enable flood victims to purify up to 20 liters of water.

Last week, Durban North resident and founder of NPO, Singakwazi, Pete Graham sent some 720 sachets of the For Life water purifier to Beira, where survivors will be able to purify almost 20 000 liters of water using the product.

The sachet solves the problem of transporting heavy loads of water by air, said Graham.

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“People are battling with infrastructure and logistics, its a disaster out there. One litre of water weighs one kilogram, so if you want to send 20 000 litre of water it is going to weigh 20 tons. You can’t fly that in an aeroplane, its too heavy,” he said.

Graham, who started Singakwazi in 2016, explained that the organisation sources funding from various parties, including international and local donors and pools the funds in a trust that has been going since 2008.

“We then buy products that are needed for various causes. In this case, we tried to give these For Life sachets to the Gift of the Givers but they are swamped with donations. So we used another avenue and sent the sachets with a theatre nurse who went to Beira on Wednesday, 28 March,” he said.

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Graham added that the For Life sachets uphold the best international standard for water purification.

“Only recently did we get involved in water purification, purely as a community upliftment. The products are not designed to be sold, it has got to be given for free,” he added.

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