Success Stories

Mvuselelo, the first male-friendly clinic in Region A has been launched at Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre (Witkoppen) in a bid to help fight HIV infections in young girls, women and their partners. This clinic is not just a place to test for HIV, but also a place where men can be attended to for other illnesses. Because Mvuselelo seeks to encourage men’s access to healthca ...

Annah, 29, and her beautiful baby boy, Sandile (not their real names) have been with the Witkoppen postnatal program for 6 months.  The program, a FRESH Start – “A Future Realized through Education, Support and Healthcare”, funded by The Gift of Hope, is a fully comprehensive postnatal clinic service for 18 months for women and babies, including expanded HIV testing, care and support.

At Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre we run an expanded post-natal program, A FRESH Start - "A Future Realized through Education, Support and Healthcare", funded by Gift of Hope. This is a story about Jennifer (not her real name) and her FRESH Start.

Dikeledi Mahlowa shows dedication in her services to the patients at Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre - two patients went out of their way to say thank you to her this week.

"It's not often that I feel I need to compliment an organisation or company regarding good service these days, but I feel I need to say thank you and well done to one of your staff members Lebo Molubi who goes out of his way to make sure each of our visits run as smoothly as possible.

An external stakeholder thanks Sr Maureen for her help and wishes her all the very best.

"It was so lovely to see such a well run clinic where nurses actually bent down towards the children and smiled at them. It warmed my heart" she says.

We would like to thank Sr Dumi, who made a lasting positive impression as reflected in this compliment from a patient:

We would like to share the following compliment for Noxolo in our Social Services Department:

Judy Kwetsi is very helpful and is so sweet, she knows how to work with people. I say keep up the good work sister. Hope someone could see or realize the work you are doing in our clinic.