Sheppie Lions provide water in time of need

The Port Shepstone Lions recently received a desperate request for drinking water from the Hibberdene Food For Life project. The town has been without a reliable water supply for several weeks now and the situation has become quite serious.

Lions immediately sprang into action and organised an initial donation of 100 5-litre bottles of water, supplied by the Living Word Church in Umtentweni. These bottles were delivered to the project on the same day by Lion Dale McGarry.

Then, the club then secured a donation of R5000 from the Lions Club of Reitz in the Free State and a further anonymous donation of R2000. Sheppie Lions then provided an additional R3000 and purchased R10 000 worth of water (740 x 5-litre) at a reduced price. The bottled water was delivered by the supplier directly to the project in Hibberdene on May 4, where community members were already waiting in line to receive two bottles each.

Lion Richard Borradaile, Lion Lady President Estelle O’Neill and Lion Lady Jane Massey visited the project and officially handed over the donation to Felicity Govender, who runs the Food For Life project. An additional consignment of bottled water, organised by Lion Perry Chetty was also sent from Lions Clubs in Durban. Lion Craig Curnow also provided 80 5-litre bottles of water to a local community support activist who assists needy families the Umzumbe/Pumula area where there have also been prolonged water outages.

Port Shepstone Lions is grateful to all involved in providing relief to the people of Hibberdene and surrounding areas who have really been struggling, especially the elderly. . The Lions will monitor the situation closely and try and assist again should the need arise.

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