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.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

September news

Although spring day has only brought more rain, our rooms and staff members started spring bright and cheerful! A big thank you to Broco Techno Park who sponsored beautiful new uniforms (see picture)! This is a true blessing! We have also been donated brand-new blinds for all our windows.

At the moment ThembaCare is buzzing with energy! A group of 5 toddlers, 3 of them now also attending creche during the day, keep the caregivers on their toes! Another fresh start this spring happened for a very special boy who has been part of the ThembaCare family for more than a year. He has been healthy and extremely energetic for some months already, but was waiting to be placed at a more permanent place of safety with the rest of his siblings. However, in the meantime the social workers have managed to contact his aunt and she volunteered to take him and his siblings into her home. We are celebrating his new start - it is always a miracle to us when a child can leave our home healthy and with the hope of a good future.