The Roller Hockey Crowd are gonna be rocking it at a Roller Hockey Tournament in Johannesburg this Saturday, 25 November 2017, in support of the work done by the Little Fighters Cancer Trust. Each member of each team will be donating cash to participate in the Fundraising Drive Tournament, and they will be playing in […]
With our chief cook & bottlewasher, Programme Manager Mandie Erasmus laid up ill in bed (Get Well Soon, Mandie), I was asked to attend an event in honour of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust on Sunday evening, and I am very glad I was. Although, typical to Cape Town fashion, unfortunately many people who had […]
Cancer is a bully, worse than the playground bully. It not only tries to steal the children’s lunch money but it also steals their future. No parent wants to hear those terrifying words, “your child has cancer!” When cancer affects a child, no member of the family is spared. Cancer used to be “a disease […]
Four months ago, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) released a scathing report detailing the collapse of cancer services in the province. The document accused the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department and its MEC, Sibongiseni Dhlomo, of failing patients. Waiting times for life-saving cancer treatment have grown by almost 30% as KwaZulu-Natal’s cancer services crumble and stall.According to information revealed […]
A comprehensive initiative called Global HOPE (Haematology-Oncology Paediatric Excellence) has recently been launched in public-private partnerships between American institutions and the governments of Botswana, Uganda and Malawi. The $100m Paediatric Haematology-Oncology treatment network has been created in order to build long-term capacity to treat and dramatically improve the prognosis of thousands of children with cancer and blood disorders […]
Childhood cancer is on the increase in Ghana with only two out of ten children with cancer surviving in the country. Mr Dennis Ocansey, the Programme Manager of the Non-Communicable Disease Control Programme (NCD) at the Korle-bu Teaching hospital has indicated that childhood cancers have increased in the country over the years. He said the […]
This candle burns for Little Fighters who lost the Battle
🎗Always in our Hearts 🎗
