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Cape Kidney Association (CKA)

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The Cape Kidney Association is a Grassroots Non-Profit Organisation that raises funds for indigent Kidney patients. The Non-Profit Association was founded in 1978 by a group of Nephrology Doctors and Nurses who saw a need to assist indigent Kidney patients.

We the Cape Kidney Association support Kidney dialysis patients with monthly food parcels, travel allowance to get to the hospitals for their dialysis and bursaries to further their studies or start-up costs for small businesses.

This is the only organisation in the Western Cape that is Kidney patient care based.

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Hospital Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Head Office) (HOSPERSA)

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The mission of HOSPERSA is to render a professional service to all our members through democratically elected structures which are mandated by members in the interests of protecting them against any unfair practices.

To encourage professionalism of all our members towards each other and ensure that the community is treated with respect and dignity.

To promote a democratic labour environment and society, free from any unfair discrimination against gender, religion, race, culture or political beliefs; or any other form of unfair discrimination against any individual or group of people.

To unite and organise in all sectors in which our beliefs, values and aspirations are shared.

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Quadpara Association Gauteng North (QAGN)

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QuadPara Gauteng North is an organisation which represent the right of people with spinal cord injuries. One of our successful project is to provide our members with a one week basic computer training which is free for our members, we also cater for other form of disabilities but preference will be given to those with spinal injury. We also assist our members in applying for learnerships and employment opportunities. To ensure that we keep in touch with our members we would like the hospital to help use to ensure that every patient before being discharged they complete our membership form and we will arrange that once or twice a month we can come and collect them.

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Quadpara Association Western Cape (QAWC)

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The QuadPara Association of the Western Cape (QAWC) is a non-profit organisation (NPO 002-942) which represents quadriplegics and paraplegics in the Western Cape. Any person may become a member of the organisation and the QAWC membership is drawn from various diverse areas across the Western Cape. The organisation is managed by a management committee.

QAWC strives to improve the lives of and fights for the rights of quadriplegics and paraplegics in the Western Cape. Through prevention and awareness campaigns, QAWC aims to prevent spinal cord injuries as well as educate the general public about the realities of living with a spinal cord injury.

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National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD)

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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is a national public health institute of South Africproviding reference microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government’s response to communicable disease threats.

The NICD serves as a resource of knowledge and expertise of communicable diseases to the South African Government, Southern African Development Community countries and the African continent. The institution assists in the planning of policies and programmes to support and respond to communicable diseases.

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Smile Foundation (SF)

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The Smile Foundation is a South African NPO that assists children with any type of facial abnormality, to receive corrective Plastic and Reconstructive surgery within South Africa. We help children who suffer from treatable facial deformities such as Cleft Lip and Palate, burn victims, Moebius syndrome (facial paralysis) and other conditions.

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