With water one of life’s necessities, Kevin Kennedy and Cassandra Gibb have been touched by the story coming from the Walgett community who are currently living with a short supply of drinking water.
The community has been on level five restrictions for four months and the town’s bore water supply was knocked out of action when it was hit by lightning in a storm.
With connections to Walgett – Mr Kennedy moved from the town to Dubbo a few years ago, and Ms Gibb has family living in the community – the duo decided something needed to be done to help.
“I heard from the community about their lack of access to fresh drinking water, and I saw a person from Walgett was getting donations together,” Ms Gibb said.
Currently we are up to $6500 and it will all go towards cartons of water for the people of Walgett,” Ms Gibb said.
Big W have also donated two pallets of water, 20 cases have been donated by Woolworths Orana Mall plus they are assisting Ms Gibb and Mr Kennedy with purchase of the water at sale price, and 10Telco have donated a pallet of water.
“It’s been a really great response for the limited amount of information that we have been able to get out there.
But now we want more people to know what we are doing, to get some more donations for this community.
Not being able to rely on going to the tap for a drink, or brushing their teeth, simple things like that.” “This is a crisis.
In 2019 one of our communities should not face not having fresh drinking water.