Event Charities

The Dis-Chem Foundation has pledged to match all voluntary additional donations from participants to either of the charities below, over and above their entry fee for the 2024 event.

Lambano Sanctuary was founded in 2001 and is a fully registered residential care facility to 30 orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) infected with HIV. The organisation was established in response to the lack of facilities caring for HIV children at that time. Visit www.lambano.org.za for more information.

The Namaqua Dog & Donkey Foundation’s main focus is outreach work focusing on the sterilisation, vaccination and on-site treatment of animals in informal settlements on the East Rand. Find us on Facebook

ABOUT LAMBANO SANCTUARY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

HOME: Every Child’s life matters

At Lambano, we strive to enable every child with a life-limiting and life-threatening illness, to live their lives to the fullest of their capabilities.

What We Do: Lambano’s Programmes and Services:

Children’s Medical Step-Down Facility/Hospice:

We are a patient and family centred medical step-down facility for children and adolescents, who have been referred from hospitals and other facilities. We admit patients to our facility for further medical, palliative, rehabilitative and psychosocial care.

Home-Based Care:

After the child has been discharged from our Step-Down Facility to their homes, we place them in out Home-Based Care programme. A team consisting of a Nurse and either a counsellor or social worker will visit them at home until they are stable enough to be discharged from this programme.

Homes:

Since 2001 we have cared for 30 HIV+ children in our Foster Care Homes. We have provided a caring and nurturing environment for them to grow up into productive members of society. Currently, we have 8 children who are still in school and who are studying further.

History of Lambano

Lambano Sanctuary (NGO: 014-535) was established in 2001, in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic andmore specifically its impact on children in South Africa. Currently, we focus on the health of all children suffering from life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses.

OUR SERVICES:

Children’s Medical Step-Down Facility/Hospice:

We are a patient and family centred medical step-down facility for children and adolescents, who have been referred from hospitals and other facilities. We admit patients to our facility for further medical, palliative, rehabilitative and psychosocial care.

Our in-patient unit consists of 16 beds and is run by well-trained, experienced, and dedicated medical staff members and provide a multidisciplinary approach in all aspects of the patient and family care.

Our team consists of a Doctor, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Enrolled Nurse Assistants, Caregivers, Social Worker, and Counsellor.

We offer the following services:

• 24 Hour Nursing Care
• Advanced Care Planning
• Symptom & Pain Control
• Nutritional Support
• Respite Care
• Oxygen Therapy
• Trachea, Feeding Tube & Wound Care
• Isolation
• Palliative Care
• Counselling and Social Services
• Home-Based-Care Services
• Training for parents and caregivers

Home-Based Care:

After patients have been discharged from our Step-Down Facility to their homes, we transition them to our Home-Based Care programme. An interdisciplinary team will visit the patient and family at home, to ensure that they are coping.

Once it has been determined that the child is stable and the family are able to cope at home, we discharge them from the Home-Based Care Programme.

Services Offered:

• Medication and treatment adherence
• Pain and Symptom Management
• Palliative Care
• General medical support for wound, oxygen, trachea and

feeding tube care

• Social support services
• Counselling and bereavement support
• Caregiver training

HOW YOU CAN HELP

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CONCLUSION

As an NGO, we rely heavily on funds to continue our effective services to benefit the disadvantaged children under our care and those admitted to the Hospice. Marketing and fundraising events have become a reliable source of small scale but regular income for Lambano.