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In 2008, the Children’s Home welcomed a newborn girl and gave her a safe, caring start.

It was one day before Christmas Eve when little Hawukelani*, just under 5 months old, was brought to us by his mother. He had diarrhoea, was constantly vomiting and did not want to drink properly. So…

We celebrated World AIDS Day with a "Celebration of Life" for all our patients on HAART.

A large group of 70 patients came to the celebration. This is more than half of all our patients in the HAART…

Mrs Sibheko gave me the 75 cents (= 8 euro cents), that was my daily earnings. My hands and back hurt from cutting sugar cane, but I couldn't take that into consideration. I had to hurry, because the…

Lindani*, a little girl, was brought to us by her mother. She had the "usual" symptoms, like diarrhoea and vomiting. The little girl does not look well and is quite weak. In addition, her skin is…

Siphosenkosi was his name.

This means "gift of the Lord" in the Zulu language and we all called him simply "Sipho" for short. One and a half year old Sipho came to us on 2 October 2003. The social…

When local clinics could not help during a national nurses’ strike, Nothando’s mother found support at the Care Centre.

It is Wednesday 9 May. We got a call for a home visit. In principle, nothing unusual, because relatives or neighbours often call us and tell us that there is a sick person in the family or…

"Christmas" in April

Luftfahrt ohne Grenzen makes it possible.

10 - 12 April 2007: Official handover of a playground equipment and a large amount of relief supplies for our work.

Herbert Becker…

An anonymised account in newsletter no. 26: After months of care and treatment, a seriously ill child was able to go home with her grandmother.