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Toddler receive surgery! We took a 2 year old gir

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 good care of the little ones we bring to you, and once again to Dr Elliot Motloung a well know Pediatric surgeon in Mbombela for doing the surgery on our little girl.

Thank you Doctors, we and our little patients appreciate you all for what you do.

One more healthy child......!

In dire need for surgeries!! As the December holi

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 festive season, as health is the biggest gift one can give a child and his/her parents.

To all the surgeons, anaesthesiologists, nursing staff and Hospitals that tirelessly assist us bringing children back to health, we appreciate you much more than you will ever know.

Healthy children live in families, environments, and communities that provide them with the opportunity to reach their fullest developmental potential.

https://youtu.be/81cLJhRCDvs We are proud to be p

https://youtu.be/81cLJhRCDvs 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!

Babies and toddlers! We are nearing our five thou

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 world and totally defenceless, is the best feeling in the world.

To all the people and Companies who make it possible for us to help even just one baby, we are forever grateful to you!

Nothing beats the laugh of a small child….”well” maybe the laugh of two small children does…...

Pediatric surgical ward nearing completion!! Afte

KLCBT Philanthropy awards 2022 Our Founder and CE

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 of 2022.

The KLCBT’s annual awards banquet is the Kruger Lowveld’s most prestigious business function of the year, and is the only platform in the Lowveld which specifically honours outstanding accomplishments in Business and tourism in the region.

It is the first year that outstanding philanthropic/Social investment work is included in the awards and we are exceptionally proud and honoured that Andre was chosen as the winner of this award.

We wish to congratulate Martin Pieters of Barberton mines and Ms Estelle Roe who were one of the 3 finalists in the Philanthropy/Social investment category, well done to both of you as a nomination alone is a huge honour and well done on the exceptional work your organizations do.

“I am very honoured and grateful for the award, thank you very much!” – Dr. J. Andre Hattingh.

A new surgical unit is being born!!! Dr Elliot Mo

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 consist of a Pre admittance clinic/examination area, a reception, 2 burn wards that will be used for children with serous burn wounds of over 30% of their body and 7 general surgical wards, in total it will house 30 Pediatric surgical patients when opened.

Dr Motloung and his team has already assisted us in a number of major surgeries in the last few weeks, and one surgery in particular was the first ever done in Mpumalanga

After days of back breaking work to prep the walls and doors etc for painting, repairing toilets and so on, and then this weekend with the help of a number of volunteers, we painted the first half of the unit and it looks beautiful!!

We have super talented artists that is going to paint child friendly murals on the walls and if we stay on schedule, Dr Motloung should be able to open this new unit in about 3 weeks or so…?

Prominent Paints SA of Nelspruit donated no less than 120lt top quality Hospital grade paint and Tamar Mason a renowned artist donated 10lt special yellow paint to paint the nurses station a nice happy sunshine colour, and last but certainly not least, White River Dialysis Inc donated R5000-00 for door paint, brushes etc.

We at Pediatric Care Africa donated office furniture for the new consulting rooms and waiting room.

To all the volunteers, that spend so much time assisting us with this very exciting and deserving project so far, we thank you from our hearts as without you all, noting would have been possible….. and to Micheal of Panarottis Family in Nelspruit who blessed us with delicious pizza and soft drinks.

50% to go and then the murals……I am very excited!

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2000kg of Instant maize porridge!! With our store

2000kg of Instant maize porridge!!

With our stores running empty and literally hundreds of people with no access to food and desperate for something for them and their children to eat, we received a donation of 2000kgs of instant maize porridge from Nelspruit Crossing Centre (Crossing Nelspruit).
We started delivering food to families in desperate need immediately and their gratitude is written on their faces….
Tonight, no one will sleep hungry!
We wish to thank Nelspruit Crossing Centre the centre that is the #myheartbeat of Nelspruit, that continues to supports Pediatric Care Africa and the on-going nutritional and healthcare outreaches done by Dr Andre Hattingh, the Pediatric Care Africa Team and the many medical professionals and volunteers involved.

We also wish to thank Skankane Transport who generously assisted Crossing Centre in transporting the porridge from Johannesburg to Nelspruit free of charge.

As the saying goes, “It takes a village to bring up a child” and Crossing Centre’s commitment to the Lowveld community – and Pediatric Care Africa – is testament to this.

If you cannot feed a hundred children, then feed only one….!

Ambulance transfer!!! ER 24 ambulance service ass

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 in Hospital for his ambulance transfer.

ER24 Nelspruit Branch, we thank you for not only your kindness, but also your total Professionalism..!

We wish this remarkable boy a speedy and complete recovery.

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Successful mayor surgery!! To date, this was one

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 brave and held on to a handmade teddy we gave him for dear life. This young man takes his teddy very serious…….!

Dr Elliot Motloung, a well-known pediatric surgeon and the head of the Paediatric surgery department at Rob Ferreira and at Kiaat private Hospital had to “import” 2 surgical colleagues to assist with the surgery, who flew in especially from Durban.

Dr Hansie Mangray and Dr Sanele Madziba renowned Pediatric surgeons from Pietermaritzburg, thank you very much for flying all the way to Nelspruit, specially to help our little boy receive his surgery. You are heroes to us.

The entire team at the Paediatric surgical ward was amazing and worked as a well oiled team to ensure our boy is very well taken care off, after all it takes a village to raise one child and an angel to nurse one back to health.

Dr. Elliot Motloung, you are a very special person and thank you very much.

Surgeries! This young patient had to travel all t

Surgeries!

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 was very brave and smiled from ear to ear when Joyce our Treasurer and Solani Ntshuntshe of Busamed, handed her a beautiful porcelain doll to cheer her up a little. We got the beautiful porcelain doll from Tanya Stoltz Neto as a donation, and our little girl immediately named her new doll “Lilly”.

Soekie Dierks, the General manager of Busamed arranged everything for us and ensured that all went very smoothly, and Dr Smook a well-known ENT at Busamed did the surgery on our little patient.

Dr Smook and Busamed Lowveld Private Hospital, has assisted Pediatric care Africa on so many occasions with patients, that we don’t really have words to thank them for all their kindness and assistance to us and the children we bring to them.

One more happy, healthy child and that is awesome….!!

Thank you Camebridge Academy!!! Cambridge Academy

Thank you Camebridge 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 for the children we assist.

Your goodies are going straight to hungry and underprivileged children...!

Cambridge Academy, you are an example for other schools, by showing them how it is done.

Cambridge Academy motto is “Domine Doce Nos” which translates to "Teach us oh God"

Thank you all very much!

Specialist surgery! We received a call for assist

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 recommended abdominal surgery in the form of a “pull through procedure” and closure of the colostomy.

We are working on his surgery for August 2022 at Kiaat Hospital in conjunction with Dr Elliot Motloung, and we are very excited about giving this young patient a new lease on life.

Dr Elliot, thank you very much for your very kind assistance with this small child and your willingness to assist a unfortunate little person to hugely improve his quality of life….

You are our hero!

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 we do not know the names off, but we will be VERY WRONG, as children are starving in our own communities on a daily basis due to loss and lack of jobs and total poverty.

We wish to thank Crossing Nelspruit, the centre that is the #myheartbeat of Nelspruit, that continues to supports Pediatric Care Africa and the on-going nutritional and healthcare outreaches done by Dr Andre Hattingh, the Pediatric Care Africa Team and the many medical professionals and volunteers involved. As the saying goes, “It takes a village to bring up a child” and Crossing Centre’s commitment to the Lowveld community – and Pediatric Care Africa – is testament to this.

Let no child go to bed hungry…….

With a cold front on the way from Cape Town and ov

Flu season and empty tummies!! It seems like the

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 that babies and toddlers in the Nelspruit area receive their baby food, so I guess I better get to it, as sitting in my office is not going to get it done…..

We wish to thank Crossing Shopping Centre- Nelspruit, the centre that is the #myheartbeat of Nelspruit, that continues to supports Pediatric Care Africa and the on-going medical and healthcare outreaches done by Dr Andre Hattingh, the Pediatric Care Africa Team and the many medical professionals and volunteers involved.
As the saying goes, “It takes a village to bring up a child” and Crossing Centre’s commitment to the Lowveld community – and Pediatric Care Africa – is testament to this.
Thank you Crossing Centre Nelspruit on behalf of all the little ones you help to feed and keep healthy!

Pediatric care Africa Golf Day Fundraiser Event at

Pediatric care Africa Golf Day Fundraiser Event at the White River Country Club.

Please help us fill the field" all in aid of a good cause!

Contact Lee for more information:
082 924 3193

WHATCH THIS SPACE……!!!

WHATCH THIS SPACE……!!!