On behalf of all of us at Pediatric Care Africa, we sincerely thank you for your support. We are truly grateful.

Your donation will go a long way in helping us support underprivileged, beautiful children in South Africa, and it is vital to our continued work. We cannot succeed without the generosity of donors like you, who help us achieve our dream: changing the lives of children in need.

This morning, 10 April 2024, we were hugely blessed by Good Morning Angels with Martin Bester thanks to Sascha van Gelder from radio Jacaranda 94.2 in Nelspruit. Pediatric Care Africa received a very welcome and totally unexpected donation of R 100 000-00 that will go towards the new burn unit at Rob Ferreira Hospital. This will be the only dedicated burn unit in Mpumalanga and is a critical addition to the health services the public in Mpumalanga will have access to.

This donation will fill so many holes, and help so many children in Mpumalanga that a hundred thank you’s does not feel enough!

The very first thing we are doing, is to install the Stainless Steel bathtub in the new burn unit at Rob Ferreira hospital.

Once again a big thank you to radio Jacaranda and the whole team of Good Morning Angels!

Read more: Jacarandafm.com/good-morning-angels

Link: Citizen.co.za/lowvelder

Baby food!!

We received a large and very welcome donation of baby food and baby milk from GB2C, and started with distribution immediately as we had a number of anxious mothers pleading for baby food for their little ones.

So many small children are in danger of becoming victims of hunger as more and more parents loses their jobs and simply cannot find employment again to enable them to feed their little ones. We are very grateful for this baby food donation as we completely run out of baby food due to the huge demand.

“Infants and young children have the greatest nutrient needs than at any other time in life. But the bodies and brains of millions of young children do not reach their full potential because they are receiving too little food, too late,” said France Begin, Senior Nutrition Adviser at UNICEF. “Poor nutrition at such a young age causes irreversible mental and physical damage.

GIVING BACK 2 our COMMUNICTY (GB2C), that was started by Crossing Nelspruit during the centre’s 16th Birthday in October last year. Several local businesses form part of GB2C including BUCO South Africa, the Tom le Roux Family, the Omar Family, Caltex Mpumalanga North, Valencia Wholesalers, Valencia – The Home Of VBike, Crossing SuperSpar Nelspruit and the Visagie Groep amongst others.

GB2C, thank you for your very generous gift to the children of the Lowveld.

“If you can not feed a hundred children, then feed only one” Mother Theresa!

Baby food and Genesis!

Over 500 days since lockdown in all its degrees and forms started in South Africa.

We are struggling to keep up with the continues and increasing demand from people and children in sometimes severe food distress, and in many cases it is not through their own actions, but rather as a consequence of circumstances brought on or worsened by Covid 19 Lockdowns, as an enormous number of persons in Mpumalanga has lost their jobs as a result.

Mpumalanga is a tourist area, and persons in the tourist and lodging industry have been very badly effected…..

The generosity and absolutely welcome donations of Genesis Nutritional Products/OUTsurance, SPAR Lowveld DC in Nelspruit and GB2C make it possible for us to still being able to assist starving children 500 + days into this Covid pandemic.

Genesis Nutritional Products’ unique formulation provides instant, great tasting, immune boosting, high protein, nutritionally balanced and ‘complete’ meals. The product works well when mixed with water, it is easily transportable and can be stored for many months. Kids flourish on it and seems much happier and active than before starting them on Genesis nutritional foods.

GB2C donations of baby milk and baby porridge is literally keeping many small children and babies from malnutrition or starvation.

This very welcome baby food donation we received are from the local Lowveld initiative, GIVING BACK 2 our COMMUNITY (GB2C), that was started by Crossing Nelspruit during the centre’s 16th Birthday in October last year. Several local businesses form part of GB2C including BUCO South Africa, the Tom le Roux Family, the Omar Family, Caltex Mpumalanga North, Valencia Wholesalers, Valencia – The Home Of VBike, Crossing SuperSpar Nelspruit, and the Visagie Groep amongst others.

Bella at SPAR DC in Nelspruit, you are one awesome lady for your donation yesterday of food hampers.

It takes a village to feed a child in distress…..

In May 2024 we developed a state-of-the-art burns unit incorporated in this Pediatric Surgical ward at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Nelspruit, complete with Isolation facilities, stainless steel bath etc. and it also has its own self-contained and separate occupational therapy and physio therapy unit for the rehabilitation of severely burned children.

“Ride for a child” 2024 World Record Attempt is now officially recognized as a world record with 2616 motorcycles riding in tandem for charity. This is a fantastic achievement thanks to all that joined to make this a legacy!!!!

The proceeds of the entrance fees that was paid to participate in this World Record Attempt go directly to Pediatric Care Africa to pay for children’s medical treatment and surgeries.

Well done and congratulations to every one of the 2616 riders. 🤜

https://recordsetter.com/world-record/motorcycle-riders-riding-tandem-staggered-formation-for-charity/57531

Aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic

The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 reached South Africa in March of 2020. The government enforced an immediate lockdown effecting the entire country. Even though the lockdown was lifted in September 2021 the economy of South Africa did not bounce back in 2022. On the contrary the severely weakened economy and the fact that the country faces very frequent rolling electricity black outs resulted in many people still losing their jobs. Almost 50% of the South African population is jobless and there is no indication that this situation will improve. On the contrary all indications are that the economy will continue to worsen.

The demand of our services has increased by over 600 % and at the same time our donations from the public and businesses has decreased by 70%. We anticipate that the demand for our services will increase by as much as 10% per month.

This forced loss of income caused hunger among many families and the consequences for families with children and elderly family members were devastating.

Since our inception in 2017 we have provided 511 000 kg (2.2 million meals) in food parcels to people in food distress and due to disasters and the Covid 19 pandemic. With the help of many donors as GB2C, Spar DC Nelspruit, Crossing Shopping Centre Nelspruit and many more local companies we were able to continue to deliver food relief parcels to communities in need.

Pancakes for surgeries!!

During the annual Innibos festival in Nelspruit the “Ytipan-Innipens” pancake making team of the NG Kerk (Dutch reformed church) in White River, baked pancakes for charity and Pediatric Care Africa was blessed as their beneficiary.

This absolutely formidable team didn’t just make pancakes, they made pancakes by the THOUSANDS during the Innibos festival from the 27th until the 30th June and made and sold a staggering 13361 pancakes during the festival resulting in a fantastic donation to us of R36188-00.

We have two children from Lydenburg and Nelspruit that is scheduled for a Ophthalmic surgery and Tonsillectomy respectively within the next few weeks in Nelspruit, and the funds received will go towards their surgeries and aftercare. One of the children scheduled for surgery have a serious other medical condition and requires special care and considerations.

Translated “Ytipan-Innipens” means “out of the pan into the tummy” and 13361 pancakes found their way out of the pan and into a tummy…..!😊

We do not know how to thank you for this gigantic effort, and for the honour of being the beneficiary of your hard work and dedication.

Pediatric Care Africa received a lot of exposure in the media; nationally and internationally.