May 11, 2021
At 06:30 in the morning I received a call – a grandmother told me that a client of mine was in labour and her water had broken but she refused to go to hospital. The grandmother was concerned. She asked me to come to their home to talk to this client. Within an...
Jul 22, 2020
We met a young girl, Noma*, aged 16, while doing house-to-house visits. She had a 9-month-old baby, weighing 5.9 kg. Both her parents had died, the father in 2003 and the mother in 2007. Her parents were married and had 5 children. Noma is the first born and is now...
Jan 17, 2020
During house to house visits, a mentor mother met a little boy called Mandla*. He was 3 years old. The mentor mother noticed that Mandla was vomiting and had diarrhoea. She made him oral rehydration solution (ORS) and referred him to the clinic. After a few days,...
Aug 6, 2019
“It had rained the night before and although the sun was up it was the beginning of winter and cold. We were asked by an outreach worker, to visit a desperate family with her. After knocking on the door for a while it was eventually opened and the heartbreaking cry of...
Jul 18, 2019
Zolelwa* is a 25-year old mother of 5. She is now pregnant with her 6th child. She was admitted into the Mentor Mother Programme. The weight of her 4 children was fine and the 5th was living with her father. On our visits we discovered that none of her children were...
Feb 15, 2019
Ayanda* was 2 years and five months when she was admitted on the Philani Programme. At our first visit she was severely underweight. We noticed that she was due to start ARVs the previous year. However, Ayanda’s mother passed away and never disclosed her status to the...
