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Caring for someone with cancer support in South Africa

For partners, parents, children and friends holding someone through cancer. Talk with people in South Africa who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.

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Help for caring for someone with cancer in South Africa

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Mandla Counselling

We help people with organ transplant and caring for someone with cancer, in person in Bloemfontein and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Northside Debt Advice, Kimberley

A small team supporting organ transplant and heart conditions. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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Simba Therapy Practice, Pietermaritzburg

A small team supporting living with cancer and caring for someone with cancer. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.

Weekdays and Saturday mornings

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The Pietermaritzburg Men's Shed, Pietermaritzburg

Practical help for people dealing with caring for someone with cancer and organ transplant, plus a weekly drop-in.

Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

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Soft Light Sleep Kits, East

Run by people who have been through chronic illness and long covid themselves.

Mon to Fri, 9 to 5

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Karabo Therapy Practice

Run by people who have been through living with cancer and long covid themselves.

Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

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Open Door Psychotherapy, Gqeberha

Run by people who have been through long covid and heart conditions themselves.

Tue to Sat, 10 to 6

From people who came through it

  • โ€œDear stranger, i was where you are a year and a half ago. Learning to flush a PICC line. That was my life. I've started painting again. It comes back so slowly you don't notice until one day you do.โ€

    stone_moon96 ยท been through caring for someone with cancer
  • โ€œI was where you are in 2022. A spreadsheet of medicines and times on the fridge, every single day. Last month I had people round for dinner. The bad days get further apart. Hang on.โ€

    Pooja S ยท been through caring for someone with cancer
  • โ€œI was in the same place eighteen months ago. For me it was crying in the car park before going in. I got a new job this spring. It comes back so slowly you don't notice until one day you do. Praying for you.โ€

    Leticia J ยท been through caring for someone with cancer
  • โ€œI'm not going to tell you everything happens for a reason, it doesn't. But you can get through it, I did, and I'm not especially strong and someone told me to do one small thing a day, some days it's just a shower.โ€

    revathihoney ยท been through caring for someone with cancer

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