Report from Christmas 1999
Growing needs and growing tasks make growing premises necessary ...
The people of Mandini, Sundumbili and the surrounding area are increasingly grasping the fact that the help offered to them by the…
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Bongani's story (Christmas 1999)
Bongani was brought to us on a Friday evening by his grieving grandmother. She was grieving for her daughter who had died of AIDS two weeks earlier and this was her baby. The grandmother had not known…
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Mkhonto's story (Christmas 1999)
Mkhonto - There is hope!
The corridors of our care and hospice centre echo with the laughter and squeals of a little boy of about three years old. This was absolutely not the case five months ago when…
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From our newsletter of Easter 1999
Blessed Gérard's Kindergarten
We are happy to report that with the encouragement of our new Project Coordinator, H. H. Rev. Sipho, and the happy atmosphere that Miss Zikhali has created in our…
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From our newsletter of Easter 1999
We celebrate Mass every weekday in the chapel of Blessed Gérard's Care Centre & Hospice for the patients, volunteers and staff. In this way we experience help and strength in accepting Christ's…
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If only I had said NO - Easter 1999
(This is a short story written with the intention of drawing attention to the disaster facing our area and representing the work of Blessed Gérard's Care Centre & Hospice).
This story is based on…
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Blessed Gérard's Kindergarten
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Miss Zikhali who will start working in our kindergarten in January 1999. In the meantime she is gaining experience as a helper…
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About half of AIDS patients suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis. Many refuse to take medication out of a lack of understanding that this is really necessary.
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What is worrying is that many Zulu in the local area trust their traditional medicine men more than modern medicine. This would not be a big deal if they were only taking herbal substances that can…
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Bericht vom Juli 1998
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