Imtiaz Sooliman – Standard Bank KZN Top Business Leader 2018

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 in 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. It 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 would give for the givers, or 28 years

overall. You

give us is a disaster relief agency. That's our specialty, a

humanitarian organization. We get involved in what 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 for our projects in three days per manga and a day we get

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

and throughout the world.

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.

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