Gift of the givers
Grabouw fire leaves about 200 homeless
On Saturday 66 shacks, houses, a car and a bus were alight causing severe damage in the area.
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Gift of the Givers joins Gqeberha-based entities to increase water provision
The non-governmental organisation, the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber and the local municipality are on a drive to provide additional millions of litres of water to residents daily.
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Gqeberha gets some drought respite from Gift of the Givers
The Gift of the Givers said the Nelson Mandela Bay area is two days away from reaching day zero and the taps will run dry.
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Nelson Mandela Bay in race against time to avoid Day Zero - Gift of the Givers
The NGO is currently drilling boreholes in Gqebera following the recent visit by the Minister of Water and Sanitation Senzo Mchunu, who provided more details about government intervention to address the water crisis.
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Relief efforts under way in Western Cape amidst inclement weather conditions
Residents have been warned to brace themselves for heavy rains for the next three days.
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Gift of the Givers says SA's response to KZN floods is phenomenal
Eight trucks are now on their way to the province with thousands of five-litre bottles of water.
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Desperate for closure, KZN families continue search for missing loved ones
In the aftermath of the catastrophic floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal earlier this month, scores of people - many of them children - have been left unaccounted for, leaving families across the province in agonising limbo.
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More Langa homes could've been saved if fire hoses hadn't been cut - JP Smith
The City of Cape Town's JP Smith said that several fire hoses had been cut while crews were responding to Saturday's blaze in Langa.
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Aid relief efforts continue in Langa after fire destroys hundreds of homes
About 300 homes were destroyed, leaving more than 1,000 people displaced.
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Lack of clean drinking water a ‘major concern’, says Gift of the Givers
Relief workers in flood-hit KwaZulu-Natal are raising the alarm over water shortages.
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Gift of the Givers steps up to provide water to key areas in South Africa
Since 2015, the Gift of the Givers, has initiated several water interventions in communities that have been in dire need of assistance.
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GotG to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine following Russian invasion
The NGO’s spokesperson, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, said that arrangements had been made to buy items in Europe and Ukraine, while supplies from South Africa would be sent on scheduled flights.
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WC Health MEC Mbombo to receive report on healthcare needs of rural communities
This after the humanitarian outreach group, Gift of the Givers, hosted a medical services initiative in the town of Touws River this weekend.
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Gift of the Givers wants urgent meeting with WC officials about ‘looming’ crisis
The Gift of the Givers is hoping to meet urgently with the Western Cape's health officials around the lack of access to medical services in rural areas.
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Multi-disciplinary medical team to assess health needs in Touws River
The health workers are being sent to the area by humanitarian relief group, Gift of the Givers, after it was discovered that residents had for many months been struggling without adequate and reliable medical services.
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Cape Town investigates Masipumelele blaze, hundreds left destitute
Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services are working to determine the cause of a blaze that left several hundred people homeless in Cape Town.
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Gift of the Givers appeals for donations for Groote Schuur Hospital surgeries
The NGO has donated R5 million to kickstart a Groote Schuur Hospital project aiming to reduce the massive backlog in patients waiting for essential surgery at the facility.
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More than 10,000 operations couldn't be done at Groote Schuur due to COVID
The hospital, like many others, has had to delay most medical procedures to care for coronavirus patients.
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Groote Schuur Hospital, Gift of the Givers on a mission to clear surgery backlog
The NGO has challenged South Africans and businesses to match its R5 million donation to the Surgical Recovery Project - in order to ensure these operations can happen and patients' well being can be restored.
