https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54wFc6utW4Most of us have simple needs and tastes, and they often include just being able to provide for our families.That’s all a lot of us really want to do and it’s clearly something close to the heart of Luisa Tsinda.Her story reached us via Tina Sideris, who operates a petrol station in Isando, Kempton Park.“We have been operating here since 2004, which is when we started our friendship with Luisa, […]

This story has touched the hearts of everyone in the Hot Cares Christmas team. We were contacted by Vicky Pheiffer, who unfortunately was in a car accident last year, which left her in a wheelchair. “This changed my life into a living nightmare and although many injuries can be treated, this one needs more than just a Band Aid and pain tablets,” says Vicky. “My situation requires extensive, expensive and […]

Covid-19 has been devastating for so many families. Not only has the virus resulted in families losing loved ones, but the knock-on effects have been equally devastating, with jobs and businesses lost, and people finding themselves out of work and unable to generate an income. The Pillay family from Boksburg are such a family, with Charmaine and her husband now unemployed, as a result of the effects of Covid-19. On […]

Rigid and Recalcitrant Talipes Calcaneovalgus is a congenital deformity of the foot and effectively is a condition that presents as the opposite of ‘club feet’. It can be very painful and it’s something 13-year-old Madison (Madi) Peacock was born with and has had to live her whole life with. The Hot Cares Christmas team was made aware of Madi’s story by family friend Tayla Goddard, who told us that Madi […]

The Hot Cares Christmas team has been blown away by the number of stories that have reached us from friends and family, putting forward the cases of those close to them, in a bid to ease the pain – be it physical, mental or financial. Suzan Blackstock got in touch with us with such a story. It concerns her close friend and fellow ICU nurse, Kim Decsi. They’ve known each other […]