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Litres of Kindness On Its Way to Cape Town as Day Zero Looms Even Closer!

As Cape Town’s Day Zero has been brought forward to 29 April 2018, South Africans in Joburg have kindly sent litres of water down to their compatriots in the Western Cape. 10 Litres of Kindness is the brainchild of Shaun and Vikki Lee Harry who are originally from Cape Town themselves. The couple, who’ve been […]

By SAPeople
20-12-17 15:40
in Fab South African Stuff

As Cape Town’s Day Zero has been brought forward to 29 April 2018, South Africans in Joburg have kindly sent litres of water down to their compatriots in the Western Cape.

Source: 10 Litres of Kindness

10 Litres of Kindness is the brainchild of Shaun and Vikki Lee Harry who are originally from Cape Town themselves. The couple, who’ve been living in Joburg for 15 years, said “we visit Cape Town frequently and realised instead of joining everybody to complain… we could help. Even if just a little…”

They invited people in Gauteng to help those in Cape Town by donating 10 litres of water, and in less than a week 10 Litres of Kindness has collected over 2,500 litres.

“A little kindness can go a long way…” says Vikki.

The bottles are currently en route to Cape Town… thanks to Vukela Logistics who offered to take the water down free of charge.

10 Litres of Kindness is taking a break for the festive season but will continue the drive in January, and are hoping to get corporates on board.

“The water will be distributed to various community centres, hospices, old age homes etc,” says Vikki.

This week the City of Cape Town announced that dam levels are now at only 23% useable water, and said that because of high water usage by residents in the previous week, Day Zero has been brought closer by in excess of three weeks to 29 April 2018.

Total storage has fallen by 1,1%. As of this week, dam levels stand at 33%. The City’s overall water usage rose to 641 million litres per day, way about its 500 million target.

According to the City of Cape Town, only 34% of residents are saving water. Agricultural users also consumed water at a similar rate to the city.

“At this rate, we will not be able to avoid Day Zero. It is vital that we to work together & #ThinkWaterCT.”

On Day Zero all residential taps will be turned off and Capetonians will need to queue for water.

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