Amanzimtoti women’s institute learns the importance of hospice care

The Amanzimtoti Women’s Institute held a meeting at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Tuesday, 14 May.

The meeting was opened by the club’s president, Yvonne Dixie, who welcomed members to the Grandmother’s Day themed meeting. Then followed the singing of Unity and reading of Mary Steward Collect.

For the ‘show and tell’, members brought the oldest article in their house and shared their sentiments and memories.

The speaker, Merwyn Swart, shared the unfortunate personal circumstances that got him involved with Khanya Hospice as a volunteer with the aim to generate funds for high palliative care at no cost.

Hospice Care is designed to give care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focuses on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure.

The goal is to enable patients to be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fully as possible. Khanya Hospice makes 800 contact visits per month in a very large area on the South Coast.

Merwyn encourages members and the public to donate articles to raise money. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” said Merwyn.

All women are welcome to join Amanzimtoti Women’s Institute. The club meets at 9.15am on the second Wednesday of each month, at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Kingsway (between Kingsway Hospital and Pointsettia Park). The next meeting takes place on Tuesday, 11 June. For more information, call Yvonne on 074-190-0949.

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