In the Lau Group and Taveuni, over 90% of the
clean drinking water supplies comes from water catchment (roofs/guttering) into
water storage tanks. On February 20th, Cyclone Winston destroyed or damaged 80%
of the homes and buildings, leaving the remote island villagers without the
ability to capture and store enough water to get them through the dry season. We
are now 4 months into the dry season and our greatest fears have become a
reality and the people are now in desperate need of clean drinking water. With
only undrinkable brackish wells to pull from, and 3-4 months until the rainy
season returns, they desperately need clean water delivered to them
immediately.
Sea Mercy’s dedicated Landing Craft was built
specifically to carry a desalination unit that can not only generate 10,000
liters of pure drinking a day, but also carries over 400 meters of flat fire
hose to effectively deliver that emergency water to difficult to access water
storage containers in a village. Since June we have generated and delivered
tens of thousands of liters of clean drinking water to the devastated islands
in the Lomaiviti area. The Lau Group now needs us!
The current drinking water needs for the
dozens of at risk villages in the Lau Group and Taveuni areas is well over
100,000 liters if they are to make it through the dry season. To meet the
emergency needs there, we will be relocating our Landing Craft to Northern Lau
group and Taveuni areas and staging the necessary fuel there to operate the
Landing Craft for the next 30-60 days (until the needs are met). We are seeking
assistance to help cover the fuel costs of sending and operating her there.
We have calculated the fuel needs at over FJD
$10,000 in order for the our Landing Craft to generate and deliver the
necessary water to the “at risk” Northern Lau and Taveuni remote villages. We
are seeking donations and sponsors to help us offset these operational fuel
costs. If you can assist, please use the link below to visit our website and make a secure donation (Credit Card or PayPal). Thank you!
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