As part of an ongoing project, the Khalsa Aid volunteers have been carrying out relief work in Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa.
In March this year, the country’s southern and central regions were hit by Cyclone Idai that caused severe flooding in the region for the second time in less than four years, this time affecting over 90,000 people.
The volunteers of the UK-based international charity have since been doling out relief packages to the affected residents who are now familiar with the organisation’s “turbaned heroes".
The team of volunteers was first spotted in Malawi in 2015 when it was previously inundated by floods, leaving a trail of destruction in the impoverished country.
Once the floods receded, the Khalsa Aid volunteers identified access to clean drinking water as one of the immediate needs of the people in the villages, leading to the inception of their ‘Water4Africa’ project.
As part of the initiative, the organisation has since then installed over 20 water pumps in the remote areas of Malawi.
During one such installation in March this year, the overwhelmed Malawians broke out in a regional dance and song routine while the Khalsa Aid volunteer drew water from the pump for the very first time, a ‘rare’ sight in Malawi.
The video clips have recently gone viral on Twitter.
Often called the ‘warm heart of Africa’, approximately 4 million people still lack access to safe water in Malawi, according to the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) face sheet.
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