Your services do not go unnoticed, these are among words thanks heard by about 300 City of Cape Town’s frontline workers during a ceremony in their honour. The Muslim Judicial Council (SA) and the Gift of the Givers (GOTG) honoured these workers at a ceremony held at the Darul Islam High School Hall last week for their dedication to provide the City’s residents with essential services.
Workers from the Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement, Disaster Risk Management, Fire and Rescue Services, Traffic Services, Police and SANDF, nursers and more attended the ifta (breaking of fast) and dhikr (prayer session) which was attended by City mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis.
Hill- Lewis thanked MJC for the invatation and added that everyone of the frontline workers play a critical role in making this City a much better one.
According to Muslim Judicial Council (MJC SA), first deputy president, Moulana Abdul Khaliq Ebrahim Allie since last year the MJC has been thinking about how to acknowledge essential workers.
In a report by IOL Ebrahim said “And aptly so, we as the MJC agreed that we owe it and it is our obligation, our duty to acknowledge all frontliners. The MJC acknowledges your contributions to the workable City of Cape Town and we would like to say thank you to you.”
Founder of the GOTG, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said he was happy when MJC wanted to honour essential workers adding that their (GOTG) work is disaster intervention and people in the emergency services are key for disaster intervention.
“People don’t know the sacrifices we make, the trauma you go through, the families you leave behind. You have seen people die from Covid-19 in front of you. When there was no oxygen, you put them in the ambulance and you drove for hours until you found a bed in a hospital. You took oxygen manually and you gave them.
“You were like God to the people. Your service is not unnoticed, even if man does not notice. He above takes notice,” concluded Dr Sooliman.
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