With water shortages and drought in our region, one can only imagine what life will be like when our taps run dry.
Staff members at Altona Primary School in Gqeberha say they believe in having faith because it is always in the darkest moments when God’s light shines at its brightest.
Dr Imtiaz Ismail Sooliman, founder of Gift of the Givers, together with his team, visited Altona Primary school on July 19. The school had the privileged of being part of the organisation’s humanitarian assistance to Nelson Mandela Bay.
The outreach programme included drilling boreholes at selected areas that were in desperate need of water.
Altona’s borehole took three days to reach a capacity of 40 000 litres of water per hour at a 140m depth.
According to Sooliman, the school’s bore hole is the biggest borehole, providing the most litres of water per hour, in Nelson Mandela Bay, and even one of the best boreholes the organisation has drilled in South Africa.
The teachers and learners took this opportunity to make the Gift of the Givers team, Sooliman, Ali Sablai, Corene Conradie, SanMari (hydro- geoliogist) and Martyn Landman (JM Landman – Drilling Services) feel welcome at the school by greeting them with a guard of honour.
A huge applause arose from the learners as Gift of the Givers entered the school grounds. Sooliman inspired everyone with the life lessons he shared.
The highlight of the day was when the whole school stood at the borehole and waited for the water to shoot into the air. The moment was spectacular and will forever be remembered by the Altonians of 2022.
The school’s appreciation for the act of Gift of the Givers will never run dry.
– ISSUED BY ALTONA PRIMARY SCHOOL
