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, October 30, 2012

October News

The beginning of October was buzzing with stories from the evening of the 29th September. On this evening we celebrated our 10th Anniversary, with a ball at the Cape Sun Hotel.   Much fun was had by both staff and funders alike.

On a sad note, ThembaCare bids farewell to our Occupational Therapist, Clio, as she explores new horizons. Our new OT, Candice, took over from her at the beginning of the month.

All in all it has been a very busy month and we are almost full, with a total of 17 children, keeping us on our toes! Of these children, most of them have parents or family visiting regularly. The mothers come to stay over when they can and the co-operation from their side has been wonderful. Many improvements in this regard have been made, which makes our work easier and our children a great deal happier.

November is on its way which means we will soon be preparing for Christmas. We begin these celebrations with a Christmas Staff Party on the 1st, which we anticipate to be as enjoyable as our anniversary ball.