Cape Town water crisis: activist needs community’s help
In affiliation with Gift of the Givers, Naeema has decided to collect sealed and labelled five-litre bottles of water to send to drought-stricken Cape Townians.
Recent data has shown that water levels in the dams that supply Cape Town with drinking water have fallen even further during the past few weeks. This is the latest sign of a deepening crisis that could soon force residents to queue for water rations.
According to data from the Department of Water Affairs, dam levels in the Western Cape fell from 26,6 per cent to 25,3 per cent within only one week. This is in comparison with dam levels of 40 per cent approximately one year ago.
City authorities have said residents will have to queue for water when levels drop to 13,5 per cent, a figure expected to be reached in April.
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Cape Town subsequently urged its residents to cut their daily water consumption by almost half, as authorities scramble to prevent the city running out of water.
This is why Naeema Bayat, an MRI radiographer at the Netcare Krugersdorp Hospital, who is also an Aafiyah practitioner and meriflexologist (someone who unblocks the energy flow of the body to prevent certain illnesses), thought it best to contribute to any type of support structure in benefit of Cape Town’s current crisis.
In affiliation with Gift of the Givers – a disaster relief non-governmental organisation – she has decided to collect sealed and labelled five-litre bottles of water to send to the drought-stricken Cape Townians.
“I have been active in many crisis projects with Gift of the Givers, Spiritual Chords, Baitul Salaamz, Islamic relief and Al Imdaad. I stand up for uniting against poverty and reaching out to areas of devastation and crisis,” she said.
She also added that she has supported both local and international projects in the past.
She is therefore asking West Rand households to donate at least five litres of water each. As the first consignment will be collected from Naeema on 24 February she urges residents to drop off their contributions at the MRI Department of the hospital before 20 February.
“Please support our project as our fellow citizens need us,” Naeema concluded.
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