Durban – Water is life and the Cottonlands Primary School in KwaMahlabathini, Verulam, received a glass-and-a-half of life when a borehole was installed as an initiative of the non-profit organisation Arya Samaj last week.
Arya Samaj is considered a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas.

Arya Samaj said this initiative was also supported by India, Mauritius, Kenya and Uganda as part of a social cohesion programme it sees as an imperative in Africa. This non-profit is also working with KZN Disaster Management to identify areas in urgent need of water, and this led to Cottonlands Primary School. Arya Samaj has installed eight boreholes around KZN.
Cottonlands principal Oyama Tuntulwana said the borehole would provide water to the school and the community of KwaMahlabathini.
“We will forever be grateful for the assistance from the Arya Samaj organisation and the donors because they have provided us with a basic need. Water is life. Access to this borehole will make the kids’ education dignified and enterprising,” Tuntulwana said.