Gift of the Givers rolled into drought-hit Adelaide in the Eastern Cape on Monday to deliver fodder for starving cattle and water for thirsty locals.
The Eastern Cape town is facing a dire crisis including recent reports that cattle were dying in the streets and that the local dam had dried up.
Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman, said they had already drilled five boreholes for the local council but he said the water table had dropped.
He said on Monday they would be delivering the first of four truckloads of fodder for "all farmers" while drilling boreholes in areas closer to communities in the hope of finding water.
Sooliman said they would also be sending in two water tankers, truckloads of bottled water, and will install solar pumps on two additional boreholes that they have already drilled.
He said this week Gift of the Givers will also bring some relief to Bedford, once again sending in the water tankers and bottled water to the Eastern Cape town.
Drilling machines will also be deployed in Bedford with the hope of finding underground water as a sustainable solution to the crippling drought.
Sooliman said the Mnquma Municipality at Butterworth has also requested urgent intervention.
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