Faizel Patel – 21/12/2020
The Willowton Group has donated more than 1.2 million Rand to provide 5,000 PPE packs and 1,000 theatre scrub sets to NGO Gift of the Givers, to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in the Eastern Cape.
The Eastern Cape metro was declared a hot spot when the infection rate flared up two months ago.
The Eastern Cape government says the average daily infection rate has shown a strong decrease since the beginning of December.
Speaking at the handover in Pietermaritzburg, Gift of the Givers CEO Dr Imtiaz Sooliman has welcomed the assistance by the Willowton Group
“It is well known that the Eastern Cape and the Garden Route are the epicentre of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. The donation is intended to help protect the many front line volunteers who risk their lives on a daily basis to help those who are battling this infection.”
Although the handover took place in Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal, the equipment will be distributed throughout the Eastern Cape including the Sarah Baartman District, Butterworth, Mthamtha, Port Elizabeth and East London.
Willowton Group CEO Zubeir Moosa says they reached out because of the urgent need.
“This fits in with our philosophy to help those in need. Our donations are made in areas that have the most need throughout Southern Africa. We are invested in the well- being of South Africans and will do all that we can to assist our fellow South Africans.”
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.
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