Gift of the Givers delivered aid to 150 pupils at Sutherland High School:

#MandelaDay in Sutherland, we've provided party packs, toilet papers, water, blankets, sanitary pads, paper, porridge and beans to Roggeveld Primary School #SavingSutherland

Underprivileged senior citizens met the Gift of the Givers team at VGK Church in Sutherland to receive 200 Shoprite food parcels and 200 blankets.

Sutherland in the Northern Cape is in serious trouble. Man, animal and the environment are in tremendous difficulty. The area is experiencing its worst drought in 100 years; ALL two hundred boreholes that served the region have dried out as the water table has decreased substantially, the total sheep count has dropped to 25% from urgent sell off or death of the animals, grazing is non existent,

Household
Coffee
Tea
Sugar
Long Life Milk
Canned Foods
Cereal with Mineral & Vitamins
Toilet Paper
Pasta
Rice
Beans / Soup Mix

Panado
Plasters

i.e Dishwashing Liquid
Washing Powder

Bleach
Shampoo & Conditioner

Soap

Dettol

Winter Supplies
Winter Jackets & Socks
Blankets

 

Farm
Due to the drought they are struggling with blindness etc. in flocks. To alleviate this

Gift of the Givers hands over furniture to Sutherland Hoerskool.

Gift of the Givers donated bulk office furniture to the Sutherland Police Station, the Trauma Unit based at the Police Station, Sutherland Magistrates Court, Johenco Old Age Home, Roggeveld Primary School and Duminy Kids Fun Club.

Thank you to UNISA Western Cape for the donation of furniture and joining us on this distribution was Head of Finance, Mr Nick Oosthuizen.

 

The intervention to save Sutherland from collapse has commenced in earnest. Five Gift of the Givers trucks will be delivering the first 200 bales of fodder this afternoon. The fodder was donated by generous farmers in the North West province.

However, the sustainability of the region is dependent on water. All 200 boreholes in Sutherland have dried out as the water levels have dropped

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