Recent reports have shown that Eastern Cape and the Garden Route are the epicentres of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.To support frontline healthcare workers and volunteers fighting Covid-19 in the province, the Willowton Group has donated R1,250,000 to Gift of the Givers to assist in the provision of 5,000 PPE packs and 1,000 theatre scrub sets in.
According to Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, founder and CEO of Gift of the Givers: “The donation is intended to help protect the many frontline volunteers who risk their lives on a daily basis to help those who are battling this infection”.
Zubeir Moosa, CEO of the Willowton Group, said that they had reached out because the organisation recognised the urgent need in the region. Moosa praised the Gift of the Givers for the work that it had done to help manage the pandemic so far and the work that it would continue to do as the second wave of infections spreads across South Africa and in the Eastern Cape in particular.
“It is one of the best and most organised charitable organisations in the world. They identify a need, find the equipment and go without invitation and are most often the first and fastest responders,”said Moosa.
The donation will be distributed throughout the Eastern Cape in places of need, particularly the Sarah Baartman District, Butterworth and Mthamtha, as well as to those working in major cities, such as Port Elizabeth and East London.
