ThembaCare Athlone is an 18 bed pediatric palliative care hospice. ThembaCare Athlone provides safe care for children suffering from HIV/AIDS or other life threatening diseases.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

August News


It’s winter in Cape Town, but the lovely weather could have fooled us all! Last week ThembaCare staff, together with two of our long-time volunteers Zoe and Sally, took our children on an outing to Greenpoint Park. The children utilized the vast green spaces, ran around bear-foot and played on the playground equipment.

We have welcomed a new volunteer to our team, Jaime, from Madrid. This month quite a few local volunteers have also applied to help out at ThembaCare and we are thankful for the extra hands.

Last month we mentioned that one of our little patients could be discharge home after Little Lambs donated a shack for the family to live in. Since then she has also received some other furniture and appliances and the family of three is now happily reunited.