"Operation Hydrate" to deliver 1 million litres of water by week's end
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"Operation Hydrate" says it hopes to deliver over a million litres of drinking water to drought-stricken areas by the end of next week, in a bid to help South Africans affected by severe water shortages.
In a statement on Facebook yesterday, coordinator, Yaseen Theba, saids some 350 000 litres of water had already been distributed to affected towns in the Free State and Eastern Cape.
He says "Operation Hydrate" was formed by a group of volunteers last week, following urgent calls for drinking water by several desperate communities, and reports that residents in Senekal in the Free State had resorted to drinking sewerage water.
Theba says over the past few days scores of volunteers were deployed to Senekal, Aliwal North and other areas to distribute thousands of litres of water in bottles and containers.
In a statement on Facebook yesterday, coordinator, Yaseen Theba, saids some 350 000 litres of water had already been distributed to affected towns in the Free State and Eastern Cape.
He says "Operation Hydrate" was formed by a group of volunteers last week, following urgent calls for drinking water by several desperate communities, and reports that residents in Senekal in the Free State had resorted to drinking sewerage water.
Theba says over the past few days scores of volunteers were deployed to Senekal, Aliwal North and other areas to distribute thousands of litres of water in bottles and containers.
