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St Joseph’s Covid-19 impact interview in the Archdiocesan News
COVID-19 has impacted on the operations at St Joseph’s. We asked Christelle Cornelius (CEO) about the challenges. What has the impact of the virus been on St Joseph’s Home? St Joseph’s is a home where children are in long term care and we sometimes see ourselves as a closed environment. The impact has been on […]
Video: (Post Production)”Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on St Joseph’s Home”
Special video production to archive the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on St Joseph’s Home is currently in post-production. This short music montage gives an insight into the impact of the lockdown regulations on parental visits to the Home. This special song, LET US KEEP OUR DISTANCE, was written, composed, and performed (together with his […]
Thank you St Joseph’s
A letter of appreciation from a service provider: The staff and I thank St Joseph’s Home for the support in getting your masks from us. Your order encouraged us to get the mask making started and on the go. It has meant we have been able to employ staff and stay open instead of […]
Thank you Kimberley-Clark!
St Joseph’s would like to express our sincere appreciation for a donation of 809 nappy packs valued at R 180 975.19! Your donation will be a huge saving to the home, and we are grateful receiving a total of 40 442 nappies. This will stretch the need of nappies in two wards over a period […]
Calore Donation
Thank you to Calore Fireplaces and Stoves who once again donated 70 (15kg) bags of pellets to St Joseph’s valued at R5 000 to warm up the eco-friendly fireplaces in the wards. This gesture is much appreciated!
Cape Town Clothing Guild donates much needed winter clothes!
This donation is a huge expense savings to the Home, and we are grateful to have received the following items: 5 x bags winter clothing (jerseys, jackets, pants, sleepwear, warm hats, underwear’s, socks, dresses, tops, shorts, scarfs, vests, etc.) 2 x boxes infant clothing (towel nappies, and baby blankets) The above donation will help us […]
Rheinmetall Denel Munition Donation
Hand sanitizing liquid equals liquid gold during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, St Joseph’s Home for Chronically Ill Children welcomed a generous donation of 21 boxes of 500 ml of bottles of sanitizer from Rheinmetall Denel Munition. Handing over, is Milan Bohacek (CFO) Rheinmetall with Christelle Cornelius (CEO at St Joseph’s) and Matron Audrey Gourrah. St […]
St Joseph’s honours and celebrates its staff: Meeting challenges of COVID 19 in caring for its vulnerable patients.
Today St Joseph’s Home for Chronically Ill Children celebrates and honors its more than 130 staff who are all committed to making a difference since the COVID 19 lockdown started. While our gates are closed for visitors, donors, and friends, our hearts remain open and we believe we have been called to serve, protect and […]
Responding to COVID19 and the needs of our time
Dear Valued Friends, Supporters and Donors, For the past 85 years, St Joseph’s Home has been one of the pioneers in treating and caring for vulnerable and ill children who needed care and a safe place to heal. Once again, SJH will play its part and meet, head on, the new life-threatening pandemic we are […]
