There was great excitement in February when @InovaPharmaceuticals donated R6 500 000 worth of vitamins for pregnant women to Friends of KDH! What a blessing for the Khayelitsha community and beyond.

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We received so many boxes of Preg Omega Plus - thanks to a contact from @thulababaproject - that we had no room to stash them all; we were grateful for support from @compactsa who handled and stored the vitamins for us.

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Having distributed these top-class antenatal vitamins to all the women in Khayelitsha District Hospital’s Maternity Unit - everyone in both the clinic and the wards were able to receive at least 2 months’ supply - there were still more to go around…so we were able to share the love and delivered boxes to:

• Site B Clinic Khayelitsha

• Michael M Clinic Khayelitsha

• New Somerset Hospital Antenatal Clinic

• Mowbray Maternity Hospital

• The Zoe Project

• Thula Baba Project

 

Friends of KDH Board Member, Tembisa Panziso, bumped into a pregnant woman in the Khayelitsha community, who told her what a difference these vitamins made: she had been feeling so sick, vomiting and not eating, but the vitamins gave her energy and made her feel better. Tembisa also received feedback from staff at the Site B Clinic, who reported that the vitamins were very effective and made a real difference.

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What a successful collaboration and example of how teamwork really helps spread the love - our heartfelt thanks to Inova Pharmaceuticals for their generosity. This wonderful story exemplifies one of the reasons Friends of KDH was formed: to be a conduit for impactful donations into the hospital.