by Chandré Blignaut | Feb 25, 2022 | Featured, News
Volunteers proactively support holistic rural healthcare through outreach programmes Busisiwe is 9 years old. She lives in rural Acornhoek in Mpumalanga, and she attends her local school. Unfortunately, she struggles to see what her teacher writes on the blackboard...
by Chandré Blignaut | Dec 13, 2021 | Featured, News
Grass-roots solutions that are making a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS The current shortage of healthcare practitioners in South Africa poses a substantial threat to the adequate provision and delivery of healthcare. Many in the healthcare sector believe...
by Chandré Blignaut | Aug 26, 2021 | Featured, News
Tintswalo hospital takes matters into its own hands to get rural citizens vaccinated Johannesburg, 25 August 2021: After a bumpy start, when COVID-19 vaccines finally began to rollout across the country, South Africans breathed a sigh of relief. However, while health...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jul 22, 2021 | Featured, News
How healthcare volunteers are changing lives at a rural district hospital Tintswalo Hospital is a 423-bed public hospital located in Acornhoek in Mpumalanga. It is one of the largest district hospitals in the province, serving a population of approximately 300 000...
by Chandré Blignaut | Jun 22, 2021 | Featured, News
Voluntourism versus a leave of purpose: How medical volunteers can add real value Johannesburg, 21 June 21: Voluntourism isn’t new. Every year, millions of people from wealthy nations travel to developing countries hoping to do good, from building houses in Rwanda to...