Gift of the Givers Foundation is a South African Non-governmental organization started by Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman in 1992. It is the largest disaster relief group of African origin. Gift of the Givers has worked in many countries around the world, including Bosnia, Pakistan, Somalia, Haiti and Zimbabwe. During the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake the organisation sent four rescue teams and aid materials to the country. They were at one point in 2011 the only international aid group providing food aid to Somalia, airlifting 180 tons and shipping 2000 tons of aid.
Sooliman started the charity after a Turkish Sufi master, Mohammed Saffer Effendi, instructed him to set up an organisation of that name to do humanitarian work
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Honours and accolades
Sooliman has been awarded many honours for the work the organisation has done. Most notable is the Order of the Baobab in 2010.
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Notable Efforts
Through Gift of the Givers, South African medics and volunteers have been assisting people during the civil war in Syria. Unrest in the area has been the cause of South Africans fleeing and being injured, some to the point of death.
In 2013, victims of flooding in the Karonga region of Malawi were given aid in the form of food. The Gift of the Givers organization was the first non-governmental organization to offer help to the region. In 2015, after 176 died during flooding of the Shire Valley, and with thousands homeless, the foundation provided assistance for some 10,000 families in southern Malawi.
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External links
- Official website
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