2ND TALK GIFT OF THE GIVERS - DR IMTIAZ SOOLIMAN KNYSNA
Fri Aug 25, 10:30 - Fri Aug 25, 11:30
Knysna Hollow
ABOUT
2ND TALK - DUE TO HIGH DEMAND
Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, a medical doctor, tell the story of when he received a message from a Sufi teacher ‘to form a humanitarian organisation called the “Gift of the Givers”, and repeated the phrase “the best among people are those who benefit mankind”.’
Over 30 years later Gift of the Givers, Africa’s largest disaster relief and humanitarian agency, has a reputation for speedy responses to people in distress from climate disasters, pandemics and poverty. Sooliman has created a reputation for efficiency, speed of response, non-partisan assistance, absolute honesty and great empathy for people and their environments.
The book details earthquakes, wars, medical intervention, malnutrition interventions, hostage negotiations, devastating fires, water provision and help for animals in distress.
Dr Sooliman lives by this advice: Live simply, spend altruistically, family first, neighbour first, then everyone else… seek out people, everyone who is in difficulty.