Ubuntu Beds is an initiative that aims to unite hospitality businesses that now stand empty, with our healthcare workers who are fighting the virus on the front lines. Visit ubuntubeds.org/healthcare for more information In the spirit of Ubuntu, hostels, hotels, BnBs and guest-houses which have been hit by travel bans and lock-down will be able [...]
Request for Doctors to volunteer to participate in the COVID-19 Doctors on Call: Coronavirus Helpline - Supporting vulnerable communities The Covid-19 Doctors on Call oversight committee is appealing to all South African registered doctors to please consider voluntary participation in the Covid-19 Doctors on Call Program. It is easy to register and participate. What will [...]
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gift of the Givers has issued a call to action to all South African citizens and companies to come together and support the medical staff and facilities on the frontline, who will be treating those affected by the virus. A campaign to raise funds and support the doctors, [...]
A few of the highlights from the past year at Vula. Things have come a long way from our initial launch in July 2014. Double the users... The number of health workers registered on Vula more than doubled from 1,775 at the beginning of January 2017, to more than 3,600 a year later. In November [...]
2005: I was working a community service doctor at Madwaleni Hospital, in deep rural Eastern Cape. “Madwaleni is a 2-hour, good-weather drive from Umtata on patchy dirt roads. The Mbashe district is the birthplace of former President Nelson Mandela, who still maintains a home there, and of current president Thabo Mbeki, whose mother still lives [...]
