With the tragic events in Christchurch as a result of their 2nd large earthquake, lack of drinkable water has become a serious and immediate concern.
We were moved to use our bottled water stock to help if possible and spent many hours trying to get a donation down there in the day after the quake. Managed to get 500 bottles in with a George FM collection drive which was fanstastic, but our 3 pallets of 3,600 bottles were too much for them to handle with their transport resources.
Got a call in the small hours of this morning (24th Feb) from the Govt emergency centre asking us to move our 3 pallets of donated wurld water to Whenuapai airbase. The RNZAF is airlifting supplies down to Christchurch. Wurld water is specifically going to used for the fire service and rescue teams, true heroes in these crucial hours.
Who would’ve thought our wurld water would be needed in rescue sense in New Zealand. Gives an insight in to the reason we do this, that many millions of people face water shortage issues every single day, and in some cases every single day of their lives. Sobering.
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