Gift of the Givers says it will drill for water at Rahima Moosa Hospital Existing, defunct boreholes near the hospital will be assessed with a view to resuscitating them. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/Weerapat Kiatdumrong
Gift of the Givers said their team will be drilling for water at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital to avert a water crisis there.
“Having delivered bottled water on 28 and 31 May, Gift of the Givers drilling teams will be arriving at the hospital shortly, having been granted permission by the management and infrastructure team to drill for water,” said the organisation s founder, Imtiaz Sooliman.
More than 200 residents gathered at the Duncan Village sports ground where they eagerly awaited to receive food parcels from the Gift of the Givers on Friday. The hand-over was part of a three-day initiative, supported by Woolworths, which kicked off in Mthatha. Gardening equipment, fertiliser and seeds were also handed over to the local Seeds Community Development Foundation, which had alerted Gift of the Givers to the plight of people living in Duncan Village.
Several communities along the Garden Route have been steadily benefiting from a fish feeding scheme. The initiative which was started by Gift Of The Givers in partnership with Cape Nature, and the IFSM has to date distributed healthy carp to over 50 000 people. Picture: GOTG
Gift of the Givers lauded for project to alleviate hunger on the Garden Route
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Cape Town - Humanitarian aid organisation Gift Of The Givers (GOTG) in partnership with environment conservation bodies Cape Nature and the Invasive Fish Species Management (IFSM) have been lauded as heroes for their ongoing environmental and hunger alleviation project which has to date fed more than 50 000 people on the Garden Route.
Humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers paid tribute to the nurses at Uitenhage Provincial Hospital on Wednesday by handing over goodie bags to them.