Gift of the Givers: Over 10 000 people in informal settlements affected by Western Cape rains
Gift of the Givers teams are currently assisting flood victims in at least 12 areas across the Western Cape.
These include Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Atlantis, and Strand.
Damaging winds and torrential downpours have wrought havoc in communities this week, with reports of severe flooding, uprooted trees, and damaged roads and rockfalls.
There’s no rain on the cards at least for Friday, but rain is expected to lash the province on Saturday again.
The humanitarian aid organization said it would be expanding its deployment to the Breede Valley, Theewaterskloof, and Saldanha Bay areas.
Gift of the Givers founder, Imtiaz Sooliman: “Over 10,000 people in informal settlements along the N1, N2, and N7 were affected. Municipalities, disaster management, community leaders, and communities called us in desperation. Their homes were destroyed, possessions damaged, and their food was washed away. In a country where hunger has almost become endemic, the last thing people want to lose is their food.”
Sooliman has called on the public to help make a difference in the lives of those affected.
“The community is most welcome to participate in this effort as the amount of displaced people is running into thousands. They are in halls, they are in family homes, they are hungry, they are cold, they need blankets, disposable nappies, hot meals, food parcels, and school stationery to follow at a later stage.”
Read: Gift of the Givers expands Western Cape Flood intervention. https://t.co/RQw1VGQCsD
You can donate to Gift of the Givers at Standard Bank, Pietermaritzburg. Account number: 052137228, Branch Code: 057525, reference: SA disaster. pic.twitter.com/ygwvOR5gtv
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-EWN
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