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WARNING: Motorists warned of collapsing main road on the R102 near Hibberdene
Ibrahim Shaik appealed to motorists to be extra cautious when driving this stretch of road.
Ibrahim Shaik, founder of Better World Alliance, is warning motorists of a section of road on the verge of collapsing on the R102 near Hibberdene.
Shaik confirmed that this section is taped off, and Law Enforcement officers from Ray Nkonyeni Municipality are on the scene.
He appealed to motorists to be extra cautious when driving this stretch, as he feared it may cave in.
Also, there have been other mudslides along various main roads. The ones that have been noted are at the Shelly Beach toll road, south bound lane and near Marburg. Authorities are calling for assistance. The road is reported to be open.
Please drive with extra caution as there is still much flooding of rivers and roads in and around the coast.
Who is Ibrahim Shaik?
In 1995 The Better World Alliance was founded by Ibrahim Shaik, during his matric year, when he put together a food and medicine drive in his school to help the victims of the Bosnian War. Operation B*R*A*T (Bosnian Relief Appeal Task, was formulated at the back of a classroom during lessons and was a success.
In 2006 Natal was devastated by floods.
Shaik, who was running his own business at that time approached other corporate companies to assist in collecting food, clothes, and building materials to help the victims of the disaster.
Being well acquainted with the changing weather patterns on earth due to global warming ,he reflected over the damage caused by the storm and Shaik anticipated more lives would be lost in coming years as floods and storms would become more frequent.
He believed lives could be saved if people were prepared. After the floods he went on a campaign that would educate the people about how to prepare for floods.
He called this initiative the Crisis And Disaster Centre (CDC). Its purpose to prepare people for abnormal weather and also emergency relief during and after floods.
In 2009, Shaik expanded the CDC scope to include abused women and children who found themselves thrown out of their homes due to domestic violence. Shaik would often be first at the scene, on a typical Friday or Saturday night helping women and children who had either fled their homes or they had been thrown out by alcohol-intoxicated men.
Shaik would attend to injuries, arrange meals for the victims, assist at the Saps (if cases needed to be opened), and do a final handover to authorities. In some cases temporary accommodation had to be arranged for the night, or transport to take the woman and child/children to other family members. Shaik would work closely with welfare departments to follow-up on counselling if needed.
Later the name changed as yet again the humanitarian work expanded even further, The Better World Alliance was formed.
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