Gift of the Givers in partnership with AECI distribute 860 x 5lt Water and 600 Blankets to the Tulbag community. The water flowing from their taps is brown so one can imagine their relief when we arrived with pure drinking water.

Gift of the Givers received an appeal from the Department of Education for assistance and responded with 5lt bottles of water to the following schools in Malmesbury affected by the drought.

• Liebenberg Primary School - 736 × 5lt Water
• St Thomas Primary School - 736 × 5lt Water
• Naphakade Primary School - 736 × 5lt Water
• Schoonspruit Secondary School - 736 × 5lt Water
• Anne Pienaar Primary School-

The Oliphant River is downright dry, the people are distressed by this evident reality as the Oliphant river feeds the Cederberg region.

 

Mayor of the Cederberg Municipality, Mr Jimmy Bernard, extends a warm welcome to the Gift of the Givers team who arrived with Bottle Water, TFG Blankets and Stop Hunger Meals for the community of Clanwilliam.

 

Gift of the Givers distributes bottled water to the following institutions in Cape Town:

Gift of the Givers distributed 4320 x 5 lt bottles of water and 700 TFG Blankets to the community of Hopefield along the N7 in Cape Town. #CapeTownDrought

3168 × 5lt water handed over to Matzikama Municipality and to Vergenoeg Primary School in Vredendal.

The people of Koekenaap also received a much needed supply of water, 2016 x 5lt bottles of water was delivered to the community on the border between the Western and Northern Cape. This community and many others say they will be out of drinking water in 28 days.

3750 x 5lt bottles of water delivered to the community of Klawer with the help of the local Municipality.

A very big "thank you" to all those compassionate, warm hearted people from all over our country and beyond our borders that have donated millions of litres of bottled water and cash to Gift of the Givers for our  drought intervention campaign in the Western Cape. Large communities in rural areas, farmers, labourers, schools, institutions and animal shelters have been the recipients of your

Gift of the Givers distributes water to the Change for the Better Animal Foundation in Kraaifontein. The Foundation caters for rescued animals from the informal settlements all over Cape Town.

Gift of the Givers teams are having a particularly busy time this week. Demands for clean drinking water have increased from a number of areas in the Western Cape. The Paarl Municipality has called us into a meeting this morning to discuss their urgent water requirements. Drakenstein Municipality is sending us a list of "red" zones (areas in need of urgent intervention). Bottled water

Gift of the Givers with Makro held a Water Awareness Day at Marconi Beam Primary School and Scottesville Primary School in Cape Town. The team was accompanied by Miss Earth 2017, Irini Moutzouris. Each student received a bottle of water and Easter eggs.

Cries of jubilation from learners, teachers, school governing body and community as water flows from borehole donated by Gift of the Givers and TFG to Soyisile Public Primary School in Khayelitsha. #DayZero

The Western Cape drought is serious. Many don't understand that as yet. Breede Valley, Drakenstein and neighbouring areas have reached Day Zero. There is NO drinking water. Western Cape Provincial Disaster Management contacted Gift of the Givers over the weekend requesting urgent support for these regions. Four Gift of the Givers trucks left Bramley this morning carrying 120 tons of

Gift of the Givers delivers bottled water to the following institutions: #CapeTownDrought

• Isikhokelo Primary School, Khayelitsha
  450 x 5lt
• House of Home Morea Old Age Home, Lotus Rice
  288 x 5lt
• Grassy Park Home for Mentally Challenged
  144 x 5lt
• Woodside Special Care for Intellectually Challenged and Disabled Children, Rondebosch
  288 x 5lt
• Marsh Memorial Children's Home, Rondebosch 
  155

Gift of the Givers successfully drills borehole at the Habibia Soofie Educational Centre in Rylands Estate, Cape Town. This borehole will pump 18 000 litres providing for at least 15 000 people per day. #DayZero #CapeTownDrought #GiftoftheGivers

More boreholes planned for Cape Town, please contribute here: http://www.giftofthegivers.org/contribute

12 institutions receive bottles of fresh water thanks to your generosity. Gift of the Givers #CapeTownDrought campaign. Donate here: http://www.giftofthegivers.org/contribute

 

We can debate about the exact date when Day Zero will be upon us, will it arrive early in March, later in May or even better, be avoided all together if beneficial, soaking rain falls in the catchment areas of dams and aquifers soon. The reality is that Day Zero has already arrived: when animals are dying of thirst, when vineyards fail because of drought, when tens of thousands of farm labourers

Visiting two springs in Cape Town was an eye opener for the Gift of the Givers teams. Once the water supply was cut to 50L per day on 1 Feb, in essence, Day Zero had been reached. The water restriction knows no race, religion, colour, class, culture or social status. Whether you came walking or in a German luxury vehicle you all stood in the same queue patiently waiting your turn to collect

Gift of the Givers distributes 5615 × 5lt Bottled Water and 1005 Blankets to the community of Lamberts Bay and Graafwater East. Our team also visited Huis van Liefde Old Age Home.

 

Various schools, creches, farmers and small town residents collected water from various locations set up by the Cederberg Municipality.

 

Executive Mayor, Jimmy Bernard, accompanied our team during

In Graafwater the Gift of the Givers distributes clothing and bottled water to the community with Mayor Jimmy Bernard.

Gift of the Givers distributes 4048 x 5lt Bottled Water, 2700 x 1lt Juice and 1320 x 300ml Juice to the  Moorreesburg and Pieketberg. The communities were really appreciative of this donation as they are battling with the current drought conditions. The Berg River that supplies water to Moorreesburg and Piketberg has run completely dry.

Gift of the Givers distributes water in Worcester communities and schools for the deaf and blind:

• 288 x 5lt to Pioneer School for the Blind
• 580 x 5 lt to De La  Bat School for the Deaf
• 4150 x 5 lt to  Rawsonville and Avian Park Communities

Gift of the Givers distributes water to Heinz Park Primary School in Cape Town.

Gift of the Givers distributes 900 x 5lt bottles of water to Spes Gona High School in Athlone. The school had a burst pipe and had no running water for 2 days.

3450 x 5lt bottles of water distributed to Sir Lowry's Village, Chris Nissen and Macassar in the Western Cape. 500 Kit Kat chocolates handed out to the kids.

The excitement cannot be contained; learners at the Impendulo Primary School got an early morning shower from our borehole installed at their school. The borehole pumps 72 000lts per hour.

7 boreholes drilled in Beaufort West by Gift of the Givers, 5 of which pump water into the Gamka Dam.

 

5 boreholes in De Doorns

 

1 borehole drilled at Peak View Secondary.

Four Gift of the Givers trucks arrived in Paarl this morning and were graciously received by Mayor Conrad Poole of Drakenstein Municipality. Two trucks were offloaded at the offices of the Cape AgriMark Association in Paarl and another two at their offices in Wellington. There was jubilation at the arrival of this water, which we now understand is specifically for the rural populations that live

Via ship a consignment of bottled water will leave Durban harbor destined for Cape Town. The Gift of the Givers KZN team loaded 3 x 40ft containers laden with water, an essential part of our existence. #DayZero #CapeTownDrought

All shipping costs and harbor charges were wavered, a big thank you to Transnet and the Shipping Association.

Play your part in Gift of the Givers drought relief campaign

Gift of the Givers team storing and loading bottled water onto pallets destined for the Western Cape. #DayZero #CapeTownDrought

As part of Western Cape Drought Relief, Gift of the Givers delivered 58 tons of water to Fallen Angels, a pet shelter, in Melkbos Strand, which is on the West Coast of Cape Town. #DayZero #CapeTownDrought

Day Zero is virtually inevitable, the situation cannot be reversed as significant rainfall is not guaranteed and water consumption exceeds daily targets. Four million people face the harsh reality of standing in water queues at 200 distribution points throughout the Western Cape. This process could last a week, a month or even a whole year depending on the strength of our prayer.

Fortunately,

Cape Town Drought Relief contributions can be made here:
Gift of the Givers, Standard Bank, Pietermaritzburg, Account No. 052137228, Branch Code 057525. Ref: CT water.

5lt sealed and labeled bottles of water can be dropped off at the points listed in the links below. #CapeTownDrought

EC_Limpopo_Mpumalanga_NW.pdf
Gauteng1.pdf
KZN.pdf