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manner possible. This includes
recipients who are physically and
mentally challenged, hearing and
sight compromised, orphaned
and vulnerable children and childheaded households.
More recently, the Gift of the Givers answered the call to help some
of the millions of people starving in Somalia - where the United
Nations has declared a famine
against the backdrop of the Horn
of Africa’s worst drought in decades. The UN says that in the two
regions of southern Bakool and
Lower Shabelle in Somalia acute
malnutrition rates are above 30%,
with deaths among children under
the age of five exceeding six per
10 000 a day in some areas. In a
situation like this, the relief provid-

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ed by the Gift of the Givers is quite
literally priceless.
And these efforts have not gone unnoticed. On the 6th Agugust 2011
South Africa’s national assembly
adopted a motion noting with pride
the Sterling work that th e Gift of
the Givers has done in Somalia.
The motion acknowledged the relief teams efforts and the manner
in which their activities promote
‘Ubuntu’ on the global stage.
When our own National assembly
is taking time out of its busy work
schedule to acknowledge the efforts of this singular organization
then the very least we can do is
also congratulate them. In an absolute perfect world we’d all try
and find a way to emulate them.

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