Gift of the givers foundation
'I won't be going into politics' - reiterates Gift of the Givers' founder
The aid organisation is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and has outlined its achievements throughout the three decades.
The province has been identified as one of the country’s coronavirus hotspots following the rapid spread of COVID-19, with fears the health system could soon be incapacitated.
Lebanon’s capital city was rocked by the blast at its port last week that killed more than 160 people, injured around 6,000, and displaced about 300,000 people.
Gift of the Givers founder Imtiaaz Sooliman explained that the organisation had transformed a ward at the Mitchells Plain Hospital into an oxygen facility.
The organisation said the centres in some parts of Johannesburg are aimed at easing the pressure on government hospitals.
The organisation’s founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said this was not the first time that the humanitarian group’s vehicles were targeted.
Mohammed was kidnapped in Syria in 2017 while he was on assignment travelling with the relief organisation.
Aid organisation Gift of the Givers confirmed on Sunday that Mohamed escaped from captivity in Syria and was handed over to Turkish authorities.
The town is almost entirely reliant on water tankers and humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers has been instrumental in drilling new boreholes to ensure those tankers can be filled.
Gift of the Givers Foundation and other groups rallied behind the community after 200 shacks were burnt on Monday night and left hundreds of people homeless.
The Johannesburg-based photographer was taken by unknown masked men while on an assignment for the Gift of the Givers Foundation in Syria in 2017.
Earlier this year, NGO Gift of the Givers received proof that Mohamed who was abducted in Syria in January 2017 was still alive.
The heavy rains, which caused massive landslides, also left hundreds of people displaced while 10 others are still missing.
Grant Tyson from Gift of the Givers said the team was focusing on the communities who had been stranded and had no access to any supplies.
Idai had left at least 417 people dead in Mozambique alone with hundreds more killed in Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi were all hit by a cyclone Idai which has left a trail of destruction since it made landfall last Thursday.
The Kannaland Municipality says dams in various areas, including Calitzdorp and Zoar, are running dry.
The blaze ripped through an informal settlement in the township on Thursday afternoon which destroyed hundreds of shacks.
The team of volunteers is working closely with the City of Cape Town’s disaster management and the SA Social Security Agency to assist affected residents.