Uber has created a temporary vehicle option, called UberASSIST, that allows all riders to request a car to collect various donations for the firefighters currently battling the blazes in Cape Town.
The massive fires have spread from Boyes Drive in Muizenberg to Noordhoek, Hout Bay and Westlake due to strong winds. More than 300 firefighters have been battling the blazes in the region since Saturday and they need as much support as possible to keep them energised.
Uber is encouraging all Capetonians to donate drinks and food to these heroes and heroines in any quantities, even the smallest donation will go a long way. Items that have been requested by the firefighters are bottles of water, sports energy drinks (Energade and Lucozade), non-perishable foods such as canned beans, spaghetti and sweetcorn and loaves of bread. Uber will collect all donations and arrange to have them dropped off at the nominated fire stations and community centres across Cape Town.
Users who want to help firefighters should sign up as Uber user (if they aren’t already), open the UberASSIST vehicle view on the bottom slider, then toggle over UberASSIST and request a ride. A vehicle will arrive at their location within minutes, ready to collect your donations and deliver them to the firefighters;
There will be no charge for the UberASSIST rides.
It’s important to note that donations cannot be in cash, and users won’t be able to take any rides in any of the UberASSIST vehicles.
