What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world.
Voices for Hospices is a wave of concerts taking place on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day every two years.

What is this year’s theme?
The theme for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2017 is: Universal Health Coverage and Palliative Care – Don’t leave those suffering behind.

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When does World Hospice and Palliative Care Day take place?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day takes place on the second Saturday of October every year and Voices for Hospices takes place on the same date every two years. This year World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospice is on October 14.

What are the aims of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
• To share our vision to increase the availability of hospice and palliative care throughout the world by creating opportunities to speak out about the issues
• To raise awareness and understanding of the needs – medical, social, practical, spiritual – of people living with a life limiting illness and their families
• To raise funds to support and develop hospice and palliative care services around the world.

What can you do to get involved?
Attend the Voices for Hospice and tea-party on October 14 at Forderville Primary School Hall starting at 11am. The cost is R50 per person. For more information contact Mr Sookraj on 083 787 2277.

Anil Sookraj

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