Source: FB/Knysna Fires 7 June

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Fire-Ravaged Knysna in South Africa Needs Help as It “Burns to the Ground”

A fifth-generation Knysna resident, Natalie Grundlingh, has set up a fundraising page as her beloved town burns to the ground. Natalie says: “I’m just an average woman from a small town in the Western Cape of South Africa, called Knysna. “Knysna is not only a paradise for its locals, it’s appreciated by many South Africans […]

By SAPeople
08-06-17 01:27
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Source: FB/Knysna Fires 7 June

A fifth-generation Knysna resident, Natalie Grundlingh, has set up a fundraising page as her beloved town burns to the ground.

Source: FB/Knysna Fires 7 June

Natalie says: “I’m just an average woman from a small town in the Western Cape of South Africa, called Knysna.

“Knysna is not only a paradise for its locals, it’s appreciated by many South Africans during holidays and thousands of international tourists visiting the Garden Route.

“On the 7th of June 2017 Knysna was ravaged by fires and this idyllic town was burnt to the ground.

“Families have lost their homes, livlihoods and are left hopeless, helpless and homeless.

“I’m a fifth generation “Knysnarian” and it is therefore my duty to stand up for this town I’ve called home for 34 years, to help rebuild a town that has lost schools most of our parents and even some of our grandparents went to, lost churches that unite communities, lost businesses that have survived economic hardships, lost homes that have housed generations, hosted children’s birthdays, accommodated visiting families and sleepovers.

“If walls could talk surely there would be no more entertaining stories than those of the walls of the building of Knysna which are now lost.

“All I ask is for a little help for the people I’ve shared most of my life with because they are all a hardworking, accepting, welcoming community and are now more deserving than most.

“Give what you can, if you can so we can rebuild this little piece of paradise.

“Help spread the word!”

DONATE HERE – any currency welcome:
www.gofundme.com/7zvnum-knysna-fire-relief

IMPORTANT MESSAGES

The fire is also spreading from Kranshoek to Plettenberg Bay. Whale Rock is allegedly ablaze and the fire is as far as Solar Beach at 00h44 (8 June 2017).

IF YOU’RE A LOCAL:
Please contact Eden Disaster Management on 044 805 5071 if you are able to assist Knysna residents affected by the fire with accommodation, food, water, blankets etc.

IF YOU’RE WORRIED:

FIFTEEN (15) Go George buses are currently en-route to Knysna and will be accompanied by Provincial Traffic Services. The purpose of these buses are to escort people out of Knysna to safe areas.

A lot of the people from Buffelsbay were take to Sedgefield to the Community Hall where other people picked them up and gave them a home for the night.

Currently communication within the southern cape is extremely limited due to Telkom and certain cellphone networks being down.

Message from Knysna AWS: Please anyone with a vehicle preferably bakkie. COME HELP US EVACUATE KAWS AND ALL THE ANIMALS. we need to evacuate to Loerie park but we only have 2 vehicles and about 60 animals on the premises. Thank you.

For local news from Knysna:
www.facebook.com/Knysna-fires-7th-June-948232121995200/

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