Gugulethu old age home Ikhaya Loxolo was one of 11 institutions that received bottles of fresh water courtesy of the Gift of the Givers last week.
Gift of the Givers chief Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said the distribution of bottled water to the centre was in keeping with Gift of the Givers’ continued efforts to bring relief to water depleted areas in the Western Cape.
“Even though it is envisaged that Day Zero is on 9 July, in essence many areas are at Day Zero already.
“Interventions are in the form of boreholes, water management systems, provision of JoJo tanks and provision of bottled water.
“In December last year boreholes were drilled in Beaufort West providing 300 000 litres per day.
Two more boreholes have been drilled at old age homes in Beaufort West that will be functional next week.
Drilling at De Doorns is complete, water will be pumped into the municipality reservoir soon.
In the meantime 60 tons of water has been provided for animals with tons more in transit.
Bottled water has been distributed to many institutions in the last week.
“The recipients were ecstatic, clearly there is a crisis and people are in great distress.