Gift of the Givers Delivers Emergency Fodder to Graaff-Reinet in EC

Riyaz Patel

Humanitarian agency, Gift of the Givers, is en route to deliver emergency fodder to drought stricken Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape.

The KZN-based disaster relief foundation is expected to deliver eight truckloads of fodder to farmers in Graaff-Reinet Tuesday, following a request from emerging and commercial farmers.

The humanitarian organisation sent teams to the Dr Beyers Naudé municipality in the Eastern Cape at the beginning of October where the main water-supplying dam has run dry.

The municipality has been relying on 28 boreholes to service 3 392 households and a population of 37 670 permanent residents, News24 reported.

Gift of the Givers has already committed to three superlinks laden with water, three water tankers, a drilling machine, and has sent its renowned hydrologist, Dr Gideon Groenewald, to the area.

Groenewald will oversee the drilling of eight boreholes, with the first five boreholes already yielding about 102 000L