Imtiaz Sooliman – Join us in this season of giving Add Hope and Gift of the Givers Foundation
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The speaker discusses a spiritual organization called the Giving Giving People, which aims to support people of all races, no matter their backgrounds, and provide aid for those affected by COVID-19. The organization has seen a significant increase in hunger in South Africa, with many people collapse in class and not eating healthy. The organization is focused on rural areas and hopes to bring hope to communities in the future.
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Dr MJ Suleyman, chairman and founder gift of the givers. Gift
of the givers is a spiritual organization. It came through a
calling from a spiritual teacher that I met in Istanbul. He
instructed me to form an organization. He gave me the name
gift of the givers to serve all people of all races, all
religions, all colors, all classes, all cultures,
unconditionally, not expecting anything in return, not even a
thank you. Our first project was about feeding hungry. So when ad
hoc came to us and said, we like to support you, it couldn't come
at a better time. In the last three years, since the time of
covid, we've seen hunger grow immensely in this country,
students have all the facilities, tuition, accommodation, transport,
textbooks, but they don't have food. They collapse in the class.
And we've seen what a difference food has made to people so they
can become productive. And that's the difference you make. You bring
hope to communities in South Africa, there's no other way of
doing things, except by partnerships, and corporates play
a critical role in supporting that partnership. You provide the
funding. We provide the projects. We in the most rural parts of
South Africa. We see the difficulty of people, and we bring
that message to you, and you, of course, through your programs,
support us to make that difference. It can't be done any
other way. Corporates and civil society need to work together in
the interest of the people of our country. We could have been those
people on the other side. People say food is a handout. They say
food parcels is a handout. Yes, I agree. It's a handout. The
difference is, it saves lives. It brings health, it brings
prosperity, it brings intellect, it brings learning, it brings self
esteem, and it makes a difference to millions of people in our
country. It makes a difference to us because we feel the
spirituality, we feel the blessing, and we say thank you
that we're not on the other side.
All I can say is thank you to Ed. Hope you made an incredible
difference to the lives of not 1000s, millions of people in this
country, because when you take care of a child, you bring hope to
the parent.
You.