One child at a time! September has been a exceptionally busy month so far for us, with dozens of requests for medical assistance pouring in. A number of 7 surgeries was completed to date this month ranging from a bilateral Proximal Tibial osteotomy to tonsillectomies and next month we start off with ... Read More

Major surgery to both her legs!! This young girl received major surgery to both her legs (“bilateral Proximal Tibial osteotomy”) that will radically improve her quality of life and her ability to move around. Her surgery has been a long time coming, and we at Pediatric care Africa is over the moon ... Read More

I Jurone Bekka Langley writing to extend my heartfelt thanks for the exceptional care you provided during my grandson's recent hospital stay. Pediatric Care Africa ( Dr Andrè Hattingh), Dr Smook and his wonderfully team, Joyce from Pediatric Care and the amazing ladies of the NG church (Ytipaninnipens pannekoek) Witrivier. Your ... Read More

Hectic times!!! With our 3500km tractor ride behind us, and our application for recognition of our world record “On-Trac-Tor” world record attempt handed in for evaluation and verification at RecordSetters in the USA, our concentration is fully back at helping children with their medical needs. We should have verification etc of our ... Read More

Sheer determination paid off..... Dr Andre successfully completed this epic unaccompanied tractor ride through 6 provinces and a total distance of 3670km. We will apply for the world record for 3500km for both the Mahindra tractor and Dr Andre at RecordSetters in the USA. The rules dedicate that Andre had to drive by ... Read More

Dr. Andre has officially arrived in Kwa Zulu Natal - Dundee! Follow along for daily updates. #ToughEnough #DriveForACause #MahindraCares #DrAndreWorldRecord #MahindraTractors #MahindraSouthAfrica #Farming #Farmingequipment #FarmingTractor #

Doc Andre arrived this afternoon in Venterstad in the Eastern cape and reached the halfway mark in days travelled, but his halfway mark in km's is tommorow in Cradock!! ……. and now the cold part of this journey starts🥶!!!

Days 4 to 6 on our epic tractor ride! The road from Magaliesburg to Randfontein then on to Carltonville was 6 bumps and a pothole for every meter travelled…..🙃 We had a stop over in Randfontein at Mahindra and it was an absolute splendid experience and very well organised. I enjoyed the ... Read More

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This very brave 2 year old boy was born with a severe squint (Strabismus} in his left eye and corrective surgery to his eye muscle was required to correct it. Early treatment is very important, especially before the age of 6, and Dr Eksteen, a renowned Ophthalmologist at Busamed Lowveld Private ... Read More

Doc Andre - On Trac Tor for Charity 2024 On trac to a World Record days 1-3!! What an amazing 3 days we had already on the road. All the way from Nelspruit to Burgers-fort, Mokopane and finally arriving in Thabazimbi today! Meet and greets in Burgersfort and Mokopane and a surprise ... Read More

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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 ... Read More

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Relief from Chronic Pain! This very friendly 5 year old boy from Johannesburg suffered from chronic ear ache and blocked nose that made his life a misery, and his mom approached us for assistance. Dr Smook, a well known ENT specialist at Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit, performed a myringotomy and ... Read More

Move to the Western Cape!! Joyce and myself are moving to De Rust in the Western Cape permanently on the 29th May 2024, to establish our 2nd Pediatric Care Africa office in the Western Cape province, in which Pediatric care Africa will offer all of our services and functions. We loved and ... Read More

World class burns wards!! On Saturday we handed over the newly developed burns wards in the Pediatric Surgical department at Rob Ferreira Hospital to Dr Elliot Motloung the man in charge of this critical department, after months of work by a large number of volunteers. This well-equipped beautiful world class burns unit, ... Read More

A testimonial from a very happy and grateful mummy!!! “I contacted Pediatric Care Africa and Joyce was such wonderful help and I went to Dr Smook, he advised for her tonsils to be removed immediately, they book the surgery in two weeks time. Thank you to all the staff from Busamed Lowveld ... Read More

Severe ear ache!!! This very brave little boy suffered from severe ear ache, prompting Huis Betlehem that is caring for him to contact us for help. We took him to see Dr Mario Rudolph a well-known ENT specialist at Mediclinic Nelspruit who recommended a myringotomy for him. He received Grommets in both ... Read More

“ENT" week What an extraordinary “ENT” week we had here at Pediatric care Africa, with so many children requiring the services of ENT specialists and audiologists, it must be something in the air causing so many little ones to require Adenoidectomy’s, Tonsillectomies and inflict them with very painful ear problems. With a ... Read More

🎊JACKPOT ALERT! 🎊 Wheel of Fortune South Africa host Rorisang Thandekiso has officially defeated the Banker and WON R250,000! And the best part is that every cent will be going to the kids at Pediatric Care Africa 🙌 This was a absolute honour for us and very thrilling to watch; what ... Read More

Severe leg pain!! This young girl suffered from severe varicose veins in her one leg, causing her aching pain and discomfort. Childhood lower extremity varicose veins (LEVV) in children, is not something that can ever be ignored as it may be a symptom and a signal of an underlying circulatory problem. We asked ... Read More

Skate boards can be dangerous!!!! The young boy fell whilst skateboarding fracturing his hand and was taken to a Public Hospital, but his treatment was unfortunately not successful. This brave young boy travelled all the way from Gauteng for help and received surgery to his left hand in the Busamed Private hospital ... Read More

Sun Pharma cares!! Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sun Pharma South Africa) has made a very substantial and very welcome donation to Pediatric Care Africa, a donation that will improve the lives of many children…! It is not the first time that Sun Pharma assisted us, and has proven themselves as a truly ... Read More

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 ... Read More

This morning we were hugely blessed by Good Morning Angels with Martin Bester thanks to Sascha van Gelder from radio Jacaranda 94.2 in Nelspruit. All the proceeds goes to developing the new burn unit at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Nelspruit. Thank you radio Jacaranda!

April Medical Outreach!!!! The rain gave us a break resulting in a dry and very successful medical outreach to the informal settlement of Magalela between White River and Hazyview. A formidable volunteer team of medical Doctors, Dentists, nurses, an ALS medic, a very nice lady from Manchester England and other volunteers brought ... Read More

“ENT" week What an extraordinary “ENT” week we had here at Pediatric care Africa, with so many children requiring the services of ENT specialists and audiologists, it must be something in the air causing so many little ones to require adenoidectomy’s, Tonsillectomies and inflict them with very painful ear problems. With a ... Read More

Unforgettable memories made!!! This is 2nd year that we are involved with "Camp Quality" a initiative that was started over 40 years ago in Australia to bring children suffering from Cancer together for a absolutely fantastic time. Arranged and hosted by the Rotary Club of White River at Uplands White River private ... Read More

“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 ... Read More

A container full of joy!!! With the Rotary Club of White River we started distributing the dozens of wheelchairs, buggies for disabled children and tons of Medical and Physio equipment we received from PhysioNet in the UK. We have managed to not only help local charities such as The Meyer Beukes warriors ... Read More

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We are about to change the life's of many!!! Initiated and orchestrated by the Rotary Club of White River, we received a 40ft container full of walkers, wheelchairs, buggies, disposables, AFO”s and tons of other goods as donation from PhysioNet in the UK. After weeks at sea the goods are finally in ... Read More

Very brave 11 year old!!! Meet this young boy that was born with Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele, the most serious type of spina bifida. He suffered a number of right femur fractures during his short life, and a Spica cast was no longer an option, due to angulation and other complications, and after ... Read More

2616 Motorbikes rode as 1 for charity!!! Months of planning, negotiating and organizing came to fruition on Saturday the 24th February, when motorbike riders from all over the Country, Swaziland, Namibia, England and a few other Countries came together between Jeffreys Bay and Stormsriver to participate in our 5th Ride for ... Read More

Full throttle ahead!!!! Day 2-8 We have completed +3000km of our 7000km Ride for a Child 2024 charity motorbike ride around South Africa and have reached 2 of our major way points of which the first was the Beitbridge border to Zimbabwe (the most northern point) and Alexander Bay where the ... Read More

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And there we go!!!!!!! Day 1 A grey Sunday morning and the start of our 5th 7000km anual "Ride for a Child” charity motorbike ride around South Africa. We leave from White River Square shopping centre!! The Ford ranger support vehicle, proudly sponsored by Skankane Transport, complete with a canopy sponsored by ... Read More

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Tiny new born!!! This tiny little newborn baby boy is our first newborn baby in 2024 that we assist. Born prematurely, this little person needs all the help and assistance he and his Mommy can get and we will do our utmost to assist him. After the holidays many families are struggling with ... Read More

A very busy 2024. A very exciting and busy year is ahead of us in 2024. We are kicking off with our annual 7000km “Ride for a Child” charity motorbike ride around South Africa including our world record attempt in February in Jeffreys bay, then our Golf day on the 11th April ... Read More

Father Christmas on duty!!! Every single child in the Rob Ferreira Pediatric surgical ward, all children living in Katoen and every child that receive food from us, has received a personalized and age appropriate Christmas gift from us. This was made partially possible by a very generous Christmas present donation from Crossing ... Read More

Food and Christmas gifts! As we are closing on the 15th December for the festive season, we have a huge task to make sure that every single child on our food list receive an age appropriate and beautifully wrapped Christmas gift, and enough food to last until the 8th of January ... Read More

Dr. Andre, the lead protagonist of this project embarked on a remarkable journey, traveling through five provinces in SA, covering an estimated distance of 2500 kilometres in just 14 days. The highlight of this project is that Dr Andre accomplished this incredible journey on a Mahindra tractor, with a Support ... Read More

Final medical outreach of 2023!! 2023 has been a very busy year for us at Pediatric Care Africa, but also a very successful year. We conducted our last medical outreach on Saturday the 2nd Dec for 2023 at Brondal, an informal settlement, on the R37 towards Sabie/Lydenburg. We service a number of care ... Read More

Life changing surgery!! A beautiful young girl from Limpopo province was brought to us for assistance, with a marked difference in length between her left and right legs with the right leg markedly shorter than the other, severely impacting her quality of life that would become much worse as she grow ... Read More

A Thank You from a very grateful mommy!!! Ek en my gesin Wil net baie dankie sê vir *PEDIATRIC CARE AFRICA* vir ALLES wat hul vir Klein Henlo gedoen en beteken het,sonder julle hulp sou Henlo dit nooit gemaak het omdat hy so siek was nie. Maar jul flinke optrede asook bystand ... Read More

Pediatric Care Africa says thank you!!!!! As we are nearing the end of 2023 we look back on a very successful and busy year for us, as we were able to assist literally hundreds of children and people that required our assistance either medical, surgical, dental or nutritional. To thank all the ... Read More

Hand reconstruction! This young boy had a deformed hand that severely impacted his quality of life, and he was referred by Grace Baby Haven to us for surgical assistance. Dr Adam Schoeman a well-known Orthopaedic surgeon at the Nelspruit Mediclinic performed his surgery at Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit  and was ... Read More

Surgery at last! This brave young man has been suffering severely from his tonsils, ears and adenoids for an extended period of time. Dr Rudolph, a well-known ENT Specialist at Mediclinic performed a tonsillectomy adenoidectomy and a myringotomy on him at Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit. His quality of life will improve ... Read More

Cleft palate surgery!! This beautiful 18 month old little girl residing in Johannesburg, was born with a Sub mucous cleft palate extending into the front of the palate and a split Uvula (Hole in the roof of the mouth and with a split uvula) The ideal age for this type surgery is ... Read More

Successful Medical Outreach! It was so hot, that our digital ear & forehead thermometers displayed error codes and we had to revert to more traditional thermometers to take patients temperatures with. On Saturday the 16th September we held a medical and dental outreach at the new ASM clinic in Msholozi. Despite the ... Read More

Another child received surgery!! This 4 year old boy had severely enlarged Adenoids, resulting in an array of health problems, including middle ear infections, sinusitis and difficulty with breathing, especially at night. This boy was referred to us all the way from Ermelo for assistance, and after seeing Dr Smook, a ENT ... Read More

Life altering surgery! This little 2 year old boy was born with a severe clubfoot, and received surgical treatment to his foot at Busamed Private Hospital in Nelspruit Non-surgical methods such as the Ponseti method alone was not enough to correct his foot and Dr Adam Schoeman a well-known Orthopaedic surgeon at ... Read More

Eye Care!!! We received a request for assistance for specialist eye care of 5 children with various disabilities. We took all of them to Dr Eksteen a very well-known Ophthalmologist at Mediclinic Nelspruit for a thorough examination and treatment. These kiddies needs special attention and we thank Dr Eksteen and Dewald Bosch for ... Read More

And he got help…. During a recent medical outreach we were approached and asked for medical assistance by a 80 year old man . Although we are a Pediatric organization, it was impossible for us to say no to his request for help, after seeing the state of his legs. We asked Dr ... Read More

We hit the ground running after successfully completing our 2500km tractor ride, as we took many children to see Doctors and specialists and with two children receiving surgery. There are also a number of large surgeries that needs to be performed. Examples of some of our pending surgeries: a little boy from ... Read More

Mandela day. We joined forces with the folks from Stewarts & Lloyds Nelspruit to hand out baby blankets and baby food to babies and toddlers in our local community as part of our Mandela day celebrations. We expect cold weather again this week, so what is better than a nice warm baby ... Read More

HQ!!! Life back at HQ carries on whilst I am "rinkinking" on a tractor for 2500 km in below zero temperatures. We had a especially busy week from Dr Smook removing a BB gun bullet from a childs ear under sedation, to Orthopeadic surgeon visits and multiple children that needed urgent attention ... Read More

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Many sick children and surgeries!! The last few weeks has been extremely busy, with a large number of children having to see a doctor for a whole range of medical problems. We have 4 pending surgeries in the immediate future and many more a little down the line, so we are at ... Read More

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90 Patients seen and treated! We conducted a medical outreach to Magalela, an informal settlement between White River and Hazyview, on Saturday 9 June 2023 with a group of volunteers. During this outreach we manage to see and treat 90 patients of which 32 were dental patients that required dental treatment. Every child ... Read More

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Cold nights. We visited the Brondal informal settlement on the Sabie road, and every child residing there received a brand new blanket to help fight of the chilly winter evenings. The gratefulness on the mothers faces told a story of just how needed these blankets were…. We wish to thank Crossing Nelspruit Centre ... Read More

A “Thank You” from very happy parents!! “We as a family wish to give from the bottom of our grateful hearts a small walk through about our most amazing blessed journey with our son and Dr Hattingh and his team, Joyce and Surika, at Pediatric Care Africa, without whose generous assistance ... Read More

Cold weather is closing in! Every year for the past 5 years Pediatric care Africa handed out hundreds of blankets to persons without anything to keep them warm through the winter. After we picked up the blankets from Valencia stores in Nelspruit we first had to deliver some blankets to two other ... Read More

Doctors and hope! Dr. Carine Smit, a well-known Paediatrician at Mediclinic in Nelspruit assisted us with 4 children that required her expertise. The kids are from a very rural area and was only attended to by a “traditional Doctor” according to their care givers. All 4 children ranging from ages 8 to ... Read More

30 ecstatic kids return from camp!!! The 30 kids that joined Camp Quality at Uplands College in White River this year, had 4 fantastic action filled days full of adventure, firsts and fun. Camp Quality is a project of the Rotary Club of White River and has been offered and run by ... Read More

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Sick kids!! With all the public holidays, we have to cram in  Doctors appointments for children requiring medical care, putting extra stress on Joyce who arranges Doctors appointments and surgeries. One of the children assisted will require surgery from Dr. Smook, a well known ENT in Mpumalanga after the long weekend. Between all ... Read More

Gala event of the year! The Lowveld Medical Arts and Culture society (LMACS) and the Busamed Private Hospital group held its second charity Gala event on Saturday at Kavinga for our benefit, and what an amazing world class event it was. The first event was held before our worlds was turned ... Read More

Ride for a Child & WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT 2024 The most motorbikes riding in staggered formation as a single group in support of sick Children. February 2024 will be our 5th ride for a child 7000 km charity motorbike ride around South Africa, to collect funds for poor children's surgeries and medical ... Read More

Medical outreach at Katoen Care Centre On Saturday 15 April 2023 we conducted a medical outreach at Katoen Care Centre in White River, and thanks to all the medical and non-medical volunteers that joined us, it was a huge success! Our medical Doctors Examined and treated 53 patients of which 2 patients ... Read More

Meeting brand “new” babies in 32 degree heat!!! After a unusually busy week, we did our last food delivery of the week in 32 degree heat and had the pleasure to meet 3 recently born babies, all of them in good health and absolutely beautiful. There is nothing like a little 3 ... Read More

We are experiencing a very busy April, with a steady stream of kids that requires medical treatment and food. Besides our normal duties and responsibilities, we also have our medical outreach at Katoen on Saturday the 15th, Camp Quality at Uplands from the 27th to he 30th April organized by the ... Read More

“On Trac-Tor” for Charity - 5 Provinces Tractor ride 2500KM by tractor for Charity Start date: Sunday 2nd July 2023 - Saturday the 15th July 2023 To ride through 5 provinces for an estimated distance of 2500km on a Mahindra tractor with trailer as part of our Pediatric care Africa “On-Trac–Tor” campaign. Start at ... Read More

Camp Quality invitation Pediatric care Africa was asked by the White River Rotarians to assist with this years Camp Quality held annualy in April at Uplands school in White River. Camp Quality has been running for over 30 years and is happening from the morning of the 27th April until the ... Read More

Saturday morning 11 March and we arrived at the Brondal informal settlement in force, for our first medical outreach of the year at Brondal. At first there was a hiccup as some “ self-proclaimed Politicians” wanted to use the church hall we have booked and arranged for our outreach, to have a ... Read More

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Olaf made the front page of the Beeld!!!

10 days to departure!!! As we are scrambling to get everything done for our 4th 7000km motorbike ride around South Africa, our mascots Olaf and Betty are keeping a close eye on things…. “Olaf” is a seasoned boy Mascot and have been around South Africa 3 times and is also our English ... Read More

On Friday 24 February, Dr André Hattingh will reach Mossel Bay with his Harley Davidson Road King - just over the halfway mark of his 7 000km charity motorbike ride for children in medical need. This marks Hattingh's fourth "Ride for a Child" bike ride around South Africa. Read more here: ... Read More

Critical food drop!! We supplied each unemployed mother in Brondal, Magalela informal settlements and upper Msholozi with either 1 or 2 bags of precooked porridge depending on the number of children they have, that you only have to add hot water too, as it is precooked and contains added vitamins and ... Read More

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Feeding and School holidays!!! No child went hungry over the festive season and when they did not receive their daily meal at school due to the holidays, we ensured that all our children had food, so no child suffered due to a lack of food. Thanks to the very generous 3000kg precooked ... Read More

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7000 km Charity motorbike ride 2023 for sick children!!! Doctor Andre has already done and completed 21000 km on his motorbike and 63 days in the saddle for charity and will add another 7000km and 21 days in the saddle in our 4th “Ride for a Child” 7000km charity motorbike ride ... Read More

Christmas cheer in Hospital!!! Father Christmas polished his boots and set of to deliver presents to children starting at the Paediatric Surgical ward at Rob Ferreira Hospital followed by stops at Katoen care centre, Haasbroek, the “fruit farm” and lastly at “Varkplaas” The mid-summer heat made Father Christmas’s face turn the same ... Read More

Hundreds of children helped in 2022! We are closing on the 15th December for the festive season and we had to ensure that every child and family have enough food to last a family until January, as only “Father Christmas” will be on duty during Christmas. Every child received a child and ... Read More

Successful surgery - Our last for 2022!! With only a few days before us closing for the festive season, we managed to arrange and pay for the surgery at Busamed day Hospital in Nelspruit, for this friendly 5 year old little girl traveling all the way from Witbank for her surgery. Having ... Read More

A festive season without a daily meal is not so festive..... !!! With all the schools closing for the festive season, hundreds of children in our community will not receive their daily meal at school, meaning many will go hungry during the Christmas season, with hunger a constant companion. We received ... Read More

Bilateral myringotomy! This beautiful 8 month old little girl, suffered from severe ear pain and recurring infections in both her ears. We could not obtain pro bona theatre time for her surgery and due to the chronic pain she was in, we decided to use the funds that we allocated for our ... Read More

We are so blessed to donate a free full service and a full valet (Chassis wash, Engine wash, Interior wash & Hand polish) to Pediatric Care Africa. Thank you Dr Andre Hatting for the amazing work u do and to give Battery Centre Whiteriver/ M1 Dienssentrum a chance to give ... Read More

Toddler receive surgery! We took a 2 year old girl to see Dr Toerien in White River and he recommended surgery to correct a rather large umbilical hernia she is suffering from. Our little girl received her surgery from Dr Elliot Motloung and is doing well. Thank you Dr Toerien for always taking such ... Read More

In dire need for surgeries!! As the December holidays are fast approaching, we are scrambling to arrange surgeries for a number of children that requires surgeries for a wide array of medical problems. Our last push before Christmas as we want all of our little patients to have a healthy and happy ... Read More

We are proud to be part of the first Pediatric Surgical ward in the Province of Mpumalanga that was recently established by Dr Motloung at Rob Ferreira Hospital. Finally our children have a first world pediatric surgical unit that can assist them! Read more:https://youtu.be/81cLJhRCDvs

Babies and toddlers! We are nearing our five thousandth (5 000’th) baby pack that we hand out to specifically babies and toddlers. Babies have very specific needs and simply giving baby milk is not enough, as every mother out there knows all too well. Being able to help little people new to the ... Read More

Pediatric surgical ward nearing completion!! After a huge effort by many volunteers to completely repaint the newly established Pediatric surgical ward at Rob Ferreira Hospital it looks brand new. The murals throughout the unit is absolutely stunning thanks to many very talented artists spending days painting the murals and the result is ... Read More

KLCBT Philanthropy awards 2022 Our Founder and CEO, Doctor Andre Hattingh received the highly prestigious KLCBT Philanthropy award during a Gala black tie dinner at the Emnotweni Casino on the 28th November 2022, and it was awarded to him  by the Kruger Lowveld Chamber of Business and Tourism as outstanding Philanthropist ... Read More

A new surgical unit is being born!!! Dr Elliot Motloung a Pediatric surgeon now based in Nelspruit, has launched the first paediatric surgical ward in Mpumalanga at Rob Ferreira Hospital. We desperately need such a facility in Mpumalanga, and we offered to help to develop the new Pead surgical unit that will ... Read More

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Urgent facelift and TLC required!!! A new Paediatric surgical ward has been established at Rob Ferraira Hospital under a brilliant Pediatric surgeon and friend Dr Elliot Motloung. Hospitals are very scary places for kids and we need your help to make it kid friendly and beautiful please….! The sounds alone are enough ... Read More

Ambulance transfer!!! ER 24 ambulance service assisted us Pro Bona to transfer the young boy that underwent a Splenectomy and  Meso-Rex shunt graft at Kiaat Private Hospital in Nelspruit, back to Rob Ferreira Hospital for his post op recovery. Our young man looked good and in great spirits when I saw him ... Read More

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Life saving surgery!! A young boy suffering from Portal Hypertension a life threatening condition, received surgery at Kiaat Private Hospital in Nelspruit. He required a Splenectomy (Removal of the spleen) and a Rex shunt to bring his condition under control. Meso-Rex shunt (MRS) is a surgical procedure that restores physiological portal venous blood ... Read More

Successful mayor surgery!! To date, this was one of the largest and most complex surgeries Pediatric Care Africa has been involved in. This little boy was born with Hirschsprung’s disease and received major complex abdominal surgery today, that will greatly improve his quality of life! Only three years old, he was super ... Read More

A little insight in what we do!! We at Pediatric care Africa are taking care of our children, when nobody else can or want to…! Click on the link below for a short real life video of what we do, who we are and how we do what we do! https://youtu.be/9xZMS11-6OM

Surgery! This young patient had to travel all the way from Pretoria to Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit for her surgeries. Having suffered for a number of years with her tonsils and throat infections, we arranged for her to undergo a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy simultaneously to relieve her suffering. Our little girl ... Read More

8 tons of food!! We braved the ice cold weather to deliver over 8 tons of fruit, vegetables and food parcels to people and children in food distress the las two weeks or so, with some children relying solely on us for their cereal and baby food. Thanks to Crossing Nelspruit and ... Read More

Thank you Cambridge Academy!!! Cambridge Academy in eMalahleni (Witbank) recently held a fundraiser for us, to assist children in food distress by collecting food and all things little children need to thrive. Absolutely awesome, and we wish to sincerely thank the staff and learners at Cambridge Academy for what they have done ... Read More

As Covid 19 restrictions are behind us, we are trying to catch up with children’s surgeries and in August so far, 3 children will be receiving surgeries at respectively Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital and Kiaat Private Hospital in Nelspruit Mpumalanga. We wish to thank Crossing Nelspruit, the centre that is the ... Read More

Vitamin C in winter!! Twypack packhouse has blessed us with 2 tons of delicious nartjies, a very important source of Vit C and fibre. Absolutely irresistible, I couldn’t stop eating them every time we stop for a delivery…..I call it quality controlJ Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is necessary for the ... Read More

Specialist surgery! We received a call for assistance for a 3 year old that was born with Hirschsprung’s disease and had a diverting colostomy done. We took the small patient to see Specialist paediatric surgeon Dr Elliot Motloung at Riverside medical Centre in Nelspruit, who did a thorough investigation and examination and ... Read More

5 weeks ago, I handed my beloved Harley Davidson Road King over to Anthony Delpaul of Freedom Motorcycles Mbombela, as she was in need of TLC after travelling around South Africa 3 times on our annual "Ride for a child" 7000km charity motorbike ride and visiting orphanages and children around ... Read More

2017 until now!! 5 years, 6 months and 8 days ago since Pediatric care Africa assisted its first child in food distress… Since inception we have delivered the equivalent of 2.3million meals in food parcel form, 4290 tins of baby formula, and 8570 packets of baby porridge/cereal to babies, toddlers and children ... Read More

Second Golf day!!! With the Covid restrictions finally behind us Pediatric Care Africa held its 2nd Charity golf day at White River Country Club in White River in conjunction with Audi Centre Mbombela, Alan Hudson Motors, & @VW Group of Dealer as our main sponsors for the day. Thank you to all ... Read More

READ MORE: https://lowvelder.co.za/787732/pca-facilitates-flu-vaccines-for-katoen/

No kid hungry!! As part of our “no kid hungry” campaign we are supplying and delivering food to dozens of small children twice a month in an attempt to prevent them from starving and or becoming growth stunted. One would think that children are starving in far off lands and in countries ... Read More

Needles and kids!! As part of our continuous medical care to the children in our area, we had our first “flu injection” drive at Katoen in White River, whereby all the children and a number of Senior Citizens received their annual flu injections and a sweetie parcel. As I apparently count as ... Read More

Warm smiles! With a cold front on the way from Cape Town and over a hundred persons that requested and required blankets, we had to get going as the blankets requests was spread over a large area. The blanket delivery’s coincided with our scheduled baby food deliveries. Baby & Toddler food parcels ... Read More

Blankets and cold children!!! Sizabantu Piping Systems in Nelspruit are celebrating their 20th birthday, and as part of their birthday celebrations launched a blanket drive to collect blankets for children and adults and invited us at Pediatric care Africa to join them in their effort. On Saturday we delivered over 300 blankets ... Read More

Flu season and empty tummies!!   It seems like the flu season is upon us, with us receiving many more calls from anxious Mothers asking for medical assistance for their children.   Mondays are especially hectic as we not only need to get sick children to Doctors, but it is also the scheduled day ... Read More

Freezing temperatures! Hundreds of people especially the elderly and children is facing a bitter cold winter with no way to stay or sleep warm. This winter is predicted to be very cold, especially on the Mpumalanga highveld areas, with many people living and sleeping without blankets….. In partnership with Sizabantu Piping Systems in ... Read More

Thank You!! Thank you to Dr. Ackerman our go to Orthopaedic surgeon in Nelspruit and Neil our go to Orthotist at Kiaat Hospital, for your help with the little boy we brought to you. Your kindness and care towards the little 2 year old is much appreciated. We had an extremely busy ... Read More

Toddlers and babies! A new month and on Friday the first of a number of children in different areas of Mbombela in food distress, received their bi-weekly or monthly food, consisting of Nido, Cerelac, baby milk, A+pap and veggies for soup depending on their ages. This is a ongoing and a huge ... Read More

Medical Outreach! On Saturday the 23rd of April we conducted a medical outreach at the Magalela informal settlement 10km outside of White river on the Hazyview road. Magalela is home to roughly 360 people and we have been serving this community for over 4 years now with regular medical assistance and ... Read More

Time for Easter bunnies!!! We are rushing to get the last sick kids to the Doctor and baby food to babies and toddlers before the long Easter weekend. Thank you Neil, the orthotist at Kiaat Hospital and Dr Corne Ackerman for always helping the children we bring to you. "Poverty is a very ... Read More

Thank you for my full tummy!!! We are able to feed a large number of babies, toddlers and younger children on a sustainable basis and supply them with age appropriate food and nappies, thanks to the very kind support of GB2C. With almost half of our population unemployed, food insecurity is a ... Read More

Our CEO, Dr. Andre is an accomplished author of a number of books and research papers. In 2014 Dr. Andre concluded and completed a research paper on "Prevalence of Salmonella typhi and paratyphi infected children in the Democratic republic of Congo". In 2016 he wrote a 187 page textbook on the "Guidelines ... Read More

Read more: https://lowvelder.co.za/775614/doc-writes-cook-book-after-many-travels/

What a week......!! A dozen kids needed to be taken to private Doctors for treatment, with many new requests pouring in for baby food and food for bigger children alike…! With an estimated 2 million people having lost their jobs during and due to Covid 19, since March 2020 according to Pres ... Read More

St Thomas Home For Children visit in Durban 2 March 2022! Whilst in Durban we visited St. Thomas' Home for Children and was greeted by hordes of excited children and staff on our arrival. Pick n Pay Musgrave donated R10 000-00 worth of goodies to the orphanage ranging from toiletries to food. ... Read More

Radio Laeveld interview with Dr Hattingh 1 March 2022.   Pediatric Care Africa se “Ride for a Child”-fondsinsamelingsprojek staan al amper einde se kant toe. Die motorfietsryers is op ‘n 7 000 km rit om geld in te samel om mediese sorg aan behoeftige kinders te voorsien. Dr. André Hattingh sê hulle het ongelooflike ... Read More

Three quarters on our Ride for a Child trip around South Africa We are about three quarters on our trip around South Africa on our annual 7000km motorcycle ride to the reach the most Northern, Southern, Western and Easten parts of South Africa to draw a circle around the children of ... Read More

Busy Busy Busy!! Life must go on with Dr Andre still on the 7000km charity motorbike fundraising tour around South Africa, having reached the most southern point of Africa at Cape Agulhas. Calls for help are streaming in, with our secretary having to deal with over 200 WhatsApp’s on Monday alone. Children had ... Read More

Dr Andre Hattingh and team Ride for a Child SABC 2 interview!   Watch here: https://youtu.be/Zl8QCPLUtYo

Most Northern point towards Vryburg via Rustenburg!! The team arrived in Vryburg yesterday and had a very busy schedule, travelling from Rustenburg to Koster then on to Lichtenburg where we met Connie Conradie and a number of bike riders. After a interview with a very friendly newspaper reporter we drove to Mafikeng ... Read More

Most Northern point! Today doc Andre and Lazyja reached Beitbridge border post, our most Northern point on the route around South Africa!

With only a few days left before we depart on our epic 7000km motorbike ride, we have so much still to organize that we are all in a semi state of low grade panic....😬 My bike is with Freedom Motorcycles Mbombela in Nelspruit, with Anthony Delpaul the owner, having to especially ... Read More

Read more: https://www.zoutpansberger.co.za/articles/newsflash/55494/2022-01-29/charity-bike-ride-to-help-children-in-need-of-surgery  

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The Secret to Happiness Is Helping Others! I was lucky enough to meet this beautiful 3 week old little girl when I delivered food to her grandparents who is looking after her. This little girl and others like her is the reason why Pediatric care Africa exist, and we feel privileged to ... Read More

Read more:  https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/Nuus/Mense/arts-pak-7-000-km-op-harley-vir-siek-kinders-aan-20220118

Hectic first week after our holidays! “Hectic” is the description that spring to mind to describe our first week back in the office after our Christmas break. Children needed to be taken to Doctors, Specialists and clinics and dozens of small children required urgent baby food deliveries after the Christmas break as ... Read More

New vehicle!!! Thanks to donors from the Netherlands, Pediatric care Africa purchased a Land Cruiser single cab for use in disasters, food deliveries and getting to far off places and reach people in distress where a heavy duty 4x4 is required. The Lowveld Nomads sponsored the branding of the vehicle, it is ... Read More

Christmas rush! Our Christmas rush is in full swing as we are rushing to have all sick children seen by Doctors before they close for the holidays, and making sure that all babies receive their baby milk to last them until January 2022 and off course all the children and toddlers that ... Read More

Stop violence against woman and children! We support the “Stop violence against woman and children campaign” as we as men are supposed to protect our children and wife’s. Real men do not attack a defenceless child or a woman…… Pediatric care Africa support our woman and children and their right to be safe. Children ... Read More

Baby food for December! Thanks to the generosity of GB2C once again, we collected a large amount of baby food at Crossing SuperSpar Nelspruit yesterday😄 As the demand for baby food grow due to parents becoming more and more unable to feed their babies and children, we are delivering record amounts of ... Read More

Gifted by the Nomads Lowveld Nomads hosted their annual Andrew Mentis golf day at the prestigious Matumi Golf Lodge in Nelspruit on Sunday, and have gifted 3 local NGO’s with a very welcome and handsome amount of R150 000-00 each. The Nomads Lowveld had raised the funds throughout the year. Pediatric ... Read More

Charity Golf Day at White River Country Club! Friday the 5th November we had our charity golf day at White River Country Club and what a absolute success it was. With 112 golfers playing on an immaculate golf course in perfect albeit hot weather, the teams pulled out all stops and produced ... Read More

Our Kids!! With the festive season looming large on the horizon and schools closing soon we are working full steam to get all sick children at their medical appointments before things shut down for the Christmas holidays. As many children receive their only meal at school, we are concerned that many children ... Read More

Kids and Moms! With very welcome rain falling over Mpumalanga, we are hard at work getting sick children to their Doctors appointments and responding to calls from desperate mothers who can not feed their babies and toddlers. Thank you Joyce who spends hours in Doctors consulting rooms. Joyce is our very hardworking ... Read More

Myringotomy!! This very friendly 3 year old boy underwent a successful Myringotomy at Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit after suffering from his ears for a long time, causing him to be hard of hearing. Thank you very much to Dr Smook a renowned ENT surgeon in Nelspruit, Dr Sias Willemse a ... Read More

Reaching out! The last week or so has been unusually busy for us, with many children requiring Doctors’ visits. A child was send from Mbombela for urgent medical treatment and surgery to a Johannesburg Hospital and another child was scheduled for surgery at Busamed in Nelspruit next week. We also delivered a ... Read More

Brave girl!! This brave little girl who is suffering from Progressive Dystonia, is giving a thumbs up before going to theatre in Pretoria for a in theatre procedure to her legs. We are happy to announce that all went splendidly and that our little girl is doing great. She will go through extensive ... Read More

Not the easiest of times! The desperate phone calls from mothers to our office asking for medical help or food for their small children never stops, as parents desperately struggle to make ends meet and to find a job, any type of job anywhere, to ... Read More

Fighting malnutrition! In our perpetual fight against child hunger and malnutrition we visited a number of areas in Mpumalanga, to deliver baby food to dozens of babies and toddlers depending on us for food. The kiddies received tins of age appropriate baby milk, Nestum baby food and Pro nutro for toddlers. Later ... Read More

Babies matter! It is with a sigh of relief that we received this very welcome and desperately needed baby food donation from GB2C. Children are very vulnerable and may suffer from stunted growth if they do not receive enough food. Stunting is largely irreversible and a child cannot recover height in the same ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Funds raised...! This beautiful 7 year old girl, suffers from Progressive Dystonia and requires a in theatre procedure to both her legs. Her Procedure will be done by Prof Ruan Goller a renowned Pediatric Orthopaedic surgeon. A little while ago we asked for donations to help with this little girls procedure as ... Read More

Read more: https://lowvelder.co.za/744937/abandoned-baby-given-new-chance-at-life-2/    

Jam squash and food! Origin farms at the Kruger Mpumalanga International airport gifted us with a load of fresh Gem squash and baby cabbage. We went directly from the farm to deliver the vegetables and other food parcels to people in need to ensure they receive it “vars van die plaas”. Thank you ... Read More

Genesis nutritional products! Soli-Deo-Gloria Care Centre Lydenburg received Genesis Nutritional Products, Baby food, reusable nappies, vegetables and books from us to help the children based at the care centre. Each Genesis meal contains 55 key nutrients, including a combination of 23 vitamins and minerals, 19 Amino acids, Omega-3, Omega-6, as well the ... Read More

A few days old! This little few day old baby was left in a public bathroom and was seemingly abandoned by his Mother, and needed a helping hand. After taking him to our “go to” Doctor for a thorough check up, we gifted him clothing, nappies, baby milk and things that little ... Read More

Surgery required! This 3 month old boy requires specialist surgery to his foot that can not be performed in Nelspruit and he was referred to a Hospital in Pretoria. Helping this little man is our priority, as he most certainly deserves the best medical treatment available to ensure he has a normal ... Read More

Read more: https://lowvelder.co.za/742957/pediatric-patients-patience-rewarded-thanks-to-some-caring-friends/

Baby milk and food! Many mothers rely solely on us to provide and assist their toddlers and babies with baby milk and food as many children are pre school, and does not receive a school meal like their elder brothers and sisters may receive. To prevent starvation and stunting of small children ... Read More

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Surgeries and medicine! Thanks to Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital and Dr Smook, a renowned ENT in Nelspruit one of our boys is receiving his long awaited surgery today, but that is only the start. One boy suffering from Cerebral palsy received his special Madiba buggy at StepMed whilst another boy had to ... Read More

Massive cold front and 450 blankets!! With a massive cold front approaching we handed out whatever baby blankets we had available, that we received from Marilyn Bassin of the Boikanyo, The Dion Herson Foundation and managed to help around 90 smaller children with protection against the extreme cold approaching, thank you ... Read More

Level 4, Mandela day and hungry children! Due to Covid lockdown restrictions and our awareness of the increase in Covid 19 positive cases in our area, Mandela day was a much more quiet and subdued affair this year. Sorry about that Kids, hopefully next year we can get back to normal ... Read More

Level 4 lockdown again, and with it come a huge increase in persons requiring food assistance as many person are employed in the Liquor and restaurant industry and is not working at the moment. Loaded with one ton of food and vegetables and many tins of baby milk and baby food ... Read More

Little girl! This beautiful 7 year old girl, suffers from Progressive Dystonia and requires a in theatre procedure to both her legs in Pretoria. Her Procedure will be done by Prof Ruan Goller an Orthopaedic surgeon. The procedure is rather expensive and due to the high cost we have to fundraise R30 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Read more:https://lowvelder.co.za/733897/medical-volunteers-aid-in-outreach-to-community/

Medical Outreach On Saturday we had a medical outreach at the Brondal informal settlement about 22km outside of Nelspruit, where mothers were invited to bring their children to be seen by a group of volunteers Doctors and Specialists. Dozens of children was attended to and with medicine in hand, each mother received ... Read More

Blankets by the hundreds! We started with the distribution of the 500 brand new blankets that were donated by Crossing Nelspruit Centre, The Square Nelspruit and Valley Hyper Shopping Centre (opposite Valencia Wholesalers). People are exceptionally grateful for the blankets as many persons that benefitted from our blanket drive today, have only ... Read More

Successful procedure! We were informed that this young boy had his procedure successfully done this morning in Johannesburg by Dr Dean Gersun a well-known ENT specialist, and we are very pleased that he can now look forward to a happy normal life. Thank you very much Dr Gersun, you are this boy ... Read More