Charities
At the moment we are channelling all our items through the St Columbus Outreach programme.
The Outreach Programme is an incredible organisation who does amazing work throughout Africa and they need everything we can make for them and more.
On the advice of Linda who heads up the programme all our items are going to The Coronation Hospital as their need is so great but as we start to collect more and more items from our fabulous ko2so colleagues and groups we will support further charities within the Outreach Programme such as Cotlands Baby Sanctuary amongst many others.
RAHIMA MOOSA MOTHER & CHILD HOSPITAL
Thanks to all your efforts we are happy to announce that as from May 2010 we are also able to support the Kangroo Ward at the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital. Medical and nursing staff at Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital treat between 25 000 and 30 000 patients annually, while over 3 000 are admitted to the hospitals four inpatient wards each year. (A smaller number of orthopaedic, ENT and dental patients are also admitted, usually for short procedures.) More than 10 000 births occur annually at RMMCH, creating a very busy neonatal unit with a six-bed NICU, a premature unit, and a Kangaroo Mother Care program. This neonatal unit admits an average of just under 2 000 babies each year, most of whom are born prematurely.
http://www.stcolumbas.org.za/outreach.html
