Gift of the Givers provide an essential commodity in Weenen
Residents in Mbelekwane and Busani have not had clean drinking water in weeks
Some communities in Weenen’s Mbelekwane and Busani areas have not had a stable water supply in months.
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Residents say they often have to go without fresh drinking water for several weeks, sometimes dragging into months.
After hearing about the plight of these residents, Gift of the Givers local representative Jaaved Khan put plans in motion and secured more than six thousand litres of bottled water to distribute.
On September 7, Mr Khan and his team visited the above areas and a total of 1728 four-litre bottles of water were given to the community.
“These areas have severe water shortages. Water tankers come once a month if they’re lucky, and sometimes they go months without a water tanker visiting. According to some of the residents, someone comes around with a tanker who actually sells water to them at R1 a litre. If residents do not have money to buy the water, they go without,” explained Mr Khan after interacting with the community members.
In addition to the bottled water, residents also received food parcels.
“The communities were extremely grateful for the distribution. Some of them opened up the water immediately and started drinking,” concluded Mr Khan.
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