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HEARTFELT CHARITIES
 GIVING HOPE TO THE COMMUNITY
Simply by purchasing a Heartfelt product you will be helping the Heartfelt community. We support local charities by donating money from each product sold. This means that everytime you buy a special something, you'll be helping a special someone too.
A Re Aganeng Health Services
HELP THE COMMUNITY, HEAL THE NATION
A re Aganeng is a community based non-governmental organization situated in Makapanstad. It provides accessible health services to the community. Working to help the old aged, orphans and vulnerable children, chronically ill people, TB patients, HIV/AIDS patients and under privileged & disadvantaged communities. As well as providing counseling to traumatized people and rape victims. A re Aganeng was established in 2006 by compassionate community members made up of teachers, nurses, home based care, care givers, pastors and paramedics. The heartfelt project tries its best to help A re Aganeng on a monthly basis. Our aim is that together we can change the lives of many disadvantaged people within the Makapanstad community. If you would like to donate to this very charitable cause please get in contact with us. Help us, help them change lives.
Every action can make a tiny difference. Lots of tiny differences can mean a lot of action.
< Come meet the wonderful people at A re Aganeng & see why they need your help >
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One of the special voulanteers working at
A re Aganeng
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The living conditions are really appaling, the beds are old & often smelling of urine
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This women can't lie down. She has no arms and is permanently left in a sitting position.
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A woman asleep in bed, patients are often left for hours at a time
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A very frail old lady who simply sleeps on a matress on the floor
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A dorm room which the patients share, the rooms are divided into men and women only
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This is a picture of the outside facilities. The silver corrugated iron area is the kitchen
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With no running water or a kitchen sink the dishes are washed outside in buckets.
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The same applies to the laundry washing facilities, all clothing & bed linen is washed in iron sinks
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With sometimes sweltering conditions inside, the patients have no alternative but to get in the shade
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Sitting outside in the shade
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Two ladies keeping eachother company
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Gloria (the on-site nurse), Peter (voulanteer) & the in-house Doctor (middle)
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The patients that are HIV positive are
mostly bed ridden
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This lady is so old no one knows when she was born or if she has any family. She can still talk & enjoys company
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Some of the less mobile patients outside. The toilet facilities are so far away from the main building that they often only get there once a day
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Some of the very special volunteers, who work for no wages and do it from the bottom of their hearts
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The stove! Meals are cooked once a day from these small cooking plates
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If you would like to make a donation to A re Aganeng please let us know
As you can see the conditions at
A re Aganeng are not ideal. if you or any one/company would like to donate new bedding, a stove or a fridge - it would be
really appreciated. These are just small things that would make the world of difference to these very special people.Thank you.
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The kitchen cupboards are often bare and food is bought by pooling the pensioners money together
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