Imtiaz Sooliman – Best among people are those who benefit mankind

			Dr India Suleiman, chairman and
founder gift of the givers. I was
		

			a medical doctor. I practiced for
eight and a half years. I met a
		

			spiritual teacher Istanbul in
August 1992
		

			and it's there that I've got
instruction to form gift of the
		

			givers. You said, My son, I'm not
asking you, I'm instructing you to
		

			form an organization. You will
serve all people of all races, of
		

			all religions. Serve people with
love, kindness, compassion and
		

			mercy, but you will serve them
unconditionally, you will not
		

			expect anything in return, not
even a thank you. So I'm involved
		

			in this industry, 26 years with
gift for the givers, or 28 years
		

			overall.
		

			Gift for the givers is a disaster
relief agency. That's our
		

			specialty, a humanitarian
organization. We get involved in
		

			all kind of crisis, be it
earthquakes, hurricanes, floods,
		

			fires, war, anything to do with
disaster. But over that period of
		

			time, we found that there are
periods where there is no
		

			disaster, and we have all the
infrastructure. We have the staff.
		

			So we have 21 different categories
of projects.
		

			Anything that fits underwater.
Best among people are those who
		

			benefit mankind, I should say
mankind and creation. Because we
		

			have the animals, we have the
bees, we have the birds, we have
		

			every type of creation on Earth.
		

			So the projects are very, very
diverse. And of course, Manila Day
		

			is a big project for us. Last
year, in three days, we did 12
		

			million Rand worth of projects in
three days for Manila day, we get
		

			involved in those kind of things
in the country, in the continent
		

			and throughout the world.
		

			Now, rather promise a little less
and give more than what you
		

			promise, then promise too much and
don't deliver. And whatever you do
		

			is done through you and not by
you. If you understand there is no
		

			ego, there is no personal gain,
and that's what drives me my work
		

			for the last 26 years, and what
that people see, and that's what
		

			makes it so successful.
		

			You.