Pediatric Care Africa

26/12/2025

This little 5 month old boy can't speak, so we ask on his behalf for help. Please join us and give him a chance👊 https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/help-baby-caleb-on-his-journey-to-healing

22/12/2025

22/12/2025

Huge Christmas bash in the Klein Karoo!!!

Father Christmas and his elves arrived at the Blomnek Community centre by tractor and trailer, to bring cheer and gifts to 275 little kids between the ages 1 and 6 years old.

The excitement of the little ones when Father Christmas walked into the packed community hall was contagious, as many children have never before received a Christmas gift and have never seen a Father Christmas….!

Demorian and her team from the Executive Mayor Johan Allers - Greater Oudtshoorn Municipality was absolutely fantastic and the very reason for the very successful Christmas party, as without their support and the support of the Executive Mayor Johann Allers none of this would have been possible.

Bidvest Steiner donated the funds for “care hygiene packs” for all the Mommies and older girls attending, and many ladies asked me to convey their thank you’s to Bidvest for the care packs.

Furthermore a big thank you to House Martin De Rust, Clubs and Tekkies, Dryland Events management, Hotel De Rust, Made by Mom Cakes, Beaulla Diedericks and Band and last but not least donations from The Netherlands and De Rusters.

So many people helped us at Pediatric Care Africa to make our Christmas event possible, that it is impossible to name everyone individually but you are very appreciated and are our hero’s!

Merry Christmas everyone and may 2026 be your best year ever!!
ttrn

18/12/2025

Ride for a Child 2026:ROUTE, DATES & ROADS to be travelled!!!

Our 7th annual motor bike ride charity event: Saturday 7th February 2026 to Sunday 1st March 2026.
Route of our ‘Special” 2026 fundraising bike ride with dates:

Day 1: Saturday 7th Feb: 08h00 De Rust to Bloemfontein via Beaufort West N1 (Depart from the Hotel De rust)
Day 2: Sunday 8th Feb: 09h00 Bloemfontein to Midrand (N1)
Day 3: Monday 9th Feb Midrand – MC meetings and route scouting (Pta)
Day 4: Tuesday 10th Feb Midrand – MC meetings and Route scouting (Jhb)
Day 5: Wednesday 11th Feb 09h00 Midrand to Nelspruit N4 via Pretoria, Bronkhorstspruit, eMalahleni & Schoemanskloof
Day 6: Thursday 12th Nelspruit (Bike service at Freedom motorcycles)
Day 7: Friday 13th Feb Nelspruit
Day 8: Saturday 14th Feb Nelspruit (Mass bike Ride to Caleb’s home in Nelspruit, departing at 09h00 from Freedom motor Cycles)
Day 9: Sunday 15th Feb Nelspruit to Louis Trichard 09h00 (R532 & R36) Departing from Freedom Motorcycles
Day 10: Monday 16th Feb Louis Trichard to Thabazimbi 09h00 via Polokwane and Bela-Bela (N1)
Day 11: Tuesday 17th Feb Thabazimbi (Visit orphanage)
Day 12: Wednesday 18th Feb Thabazimbi to Rustenburg (R510)
Day 13: Thursday 19th Feb 10h00 Rustenburg to Johannesburg (R24 & R41)
Day 14: Friday 20th Feb Johannesburg
Day 15: Saturday 21st Feb Johannesburg (Mass ride JHB) 09h00
Day 16: Sunday 22nd Feb Johannesburg (Mass ride Pta) 09h00
Day 17: Monday 23rd Feb 09h00 Johannesburg to Vryburg (N14)
Day 18: Tuesday 24th Feb Vryburg to Upington (N14) via Olifantshoek and Kuruman
Day 19: Wednesday 25th Feb Upington (Visit orphanages x 2)
Day 20: Thursday 26th Feb Upington to Springbok (N14)
Day 21: Friday 27th Feb Springbok to Cape Town
(N7)
Day 22: Saturday 28th Feb Cape Town (Mass ride) 09h00
Day 22: Sunday 1st March Cape town to De Rust via Mossel bay and Oudtshoorn (N2 & 328) end at the Hotel de Rust

Please visit our website at: www.pediatriccareafrica.org or phone our office at +27 (0) 762295663 for further information

16/12/2025

2025 and beyond!!!!

2025 was a very busy year for us at Pediatric Care Africa, with a record number of patients throughout SA receiving free medical care and surgeries.

2025 saw the launch of our first 500km by donkey cart ride (“Donkeys delivering dreams”) through the klein Karoo, to collect funds for buggies for severely disabled children and our first “Buzz radio” malaria prevention program in Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces.

Very brief history up to now:

We close this year with a total of 8087 persons that have received free medical care since our inception in 2017 during our medical outreach programs.
203 children received free surgeries since our inception.
2207 children was seen a specialist or private GP.
185 patients saw a dentist.

Pediatric Care Africa is closing for the festive season on the 19th December and we will reopen on the 5th of January 2026.

We have a surgery scheduled for early January for a child that requires a Tympanomastoidectomy (A tympanomastoidectomy is a combined ear surgery fixing the eardrum (tympanoplasty) and the mastoid bone (mastoidectomy) to treat chronic infections, cholesteatoma, or growths, removing diseased tissue, repairing the eardrum, and reconstructing hearing bones)

This little patient already received her CT scan and hearing evaluation from Laurette Lemmer and her CT was done by the team of Dr’s Jansen van Rensburg and Partners at the Mediclinic Nelspruit. You are super hero’s for what you have done, thank you.

This is an expensive in theatre procedure, - and was made possible with the fantastic assistance of Crossing Nelspruit the centre that is the of Nelspruit, that continues to supports Pediatric Care Africa and the on-going nutritional and healthcare outreaches done by Dr Andre Hattingh, the PCA Team and the many medical professionals and volunteers involved. The surgery will be performed by Dr Smook a renowned ENT specialist at Busamed private day Hospital.

Pediatric Care Africa wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a very prosperous new year and see you all again in January 2026.

15/12/2025

RIDE FOR A CHILD charity ride 2026!!!!!

To all our biker brothers and sisters.

This is a rather long message, but PLEASE read through it as it contains important information.

Our 2026 "Ride for a child" charity ride is only 54 days away.

We have a "last minute change" to our usual 7000km ride around SA to collect funds for childrens surgeries.

The reason for the change in our ride plan is a little 5 month old blond boy called Caleb who lives in Nelspruit.

He was born with Hemimegalencephaly (HME), a rare and severe brain condition where one side of the brain develops abnormally and in Caleb’s case, it is the left hemisphere, which is enlarged and malformed. This condition causes intractable epilepsy, meaning the seizures cannot be outgrown or fully controlled with medication alone.

We have decided to dedicate our 2026 ride especially to him, and we are planning and hoping to arrange large fundraising bike rides in Nelspruit, Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape town in February 2026 instead of our usual 7000km around SA to help raise funds for his surgery and treatment as surgery is his only hope.

A pediatric neurosurgeon at Mediclinic Constantia in Cape Town, will perform a hemispherectomy. This complex, life-changing surgery that disconnects the affected hemisphere, allowing the healthy side of the brain the opportunity to take over and giving Caleb the chance at fewer seizures and improved development.

The surgery must he done between age of 6 and 24 months and Caleb is turning 6 months on Christmas day.

We wish to start the fundraising ride for Caleb with a mass bike ride to his parents home in Nelspruit in February, to show our support then rides will be arranged in JHB, Pretotia and Cape Town.

We ask MC clubs and organizations in the above areas to please contact us on WhatsApp at 0762295663 to help us to coordinate and arrange fundraising rides in the above areas for Caleb.

All donations during the rides will be cashless and payable directly to his Back a Buddy account.

His parents have launched a BackaBuddy fundraising campaign to help cover:

Travel costs between Nelspruit and Cape Town for consultations and surgery.
Accommodation and living expenses during Caleb’s treatment.
Medical costs not covered by their medical aid (Discovery KeyCare Plus)
Ongoing therapy, recovery, and specialised care after surgery to name a few.

Their initial fundraising goal is R200,000. This amount represents the starting point of their journey.

https://www.backabuddy.co.za/campaign/help-baby-caleb-on-his-journey-to-healing

Bikers, please help Dr Andre Hattingh from Pediatric care Africa to help this helpless little boy by joining us on our fundraising rides.

Full fundraising ride details will be published soon.

With respect👊

Our little warrior, Caleb , is almost 4 months old and has already shown more courage than most of us will in a lifetime. He was diagnosed at jus...

08/12/2025

Last Medical Outreach of 2025!

During our last medical outreach for 2025 to Klaarstroom about 50km outside of Oudtshoorn, 55 patiënts was seen by our volunteer doctors and received free medical examinations and treatment.

Thank you Dr's Anso Killian of De Rust and Dr Steve McNally of Mossel Bay for taking such good care of our patiënts.

It take many volunteers and a huge amount of effort and money, to succesfully complete a medical outreach and we can not thank every person involved enough for your efforts, dedication and care you displayed during our medical outreach.

Last but not least, thank you to "The Local Choice Pharmacy Oudtshoorn for your very kind support and donations.

We appreciate you all more than you will ever know...!🙏

04/12/2025

A very lively 5 year old boy who had a below the knee amputation due to a Congenial defect, had his brand new prosthesis fitted at Barkley & Oates Orthotists in George.

He took his new leg for a “test drive” and it only requires small adjustments and will be ready for him to take home in a few days’ time.

Thank you very much Robert Alberts from Cape town, who saw the little guy first, at our premises in De Rust and referred us to Barkley & Oates who did an absolute splendid job in manufacturing his new leg.

You never realise how much a leg means until you lose it…..

02/12/2025

Our second medical outreach to Klaarstroom primary school is scheduled for Saturday the 6th December.

We will depart from the De Rust Hotel at 08h30 to arrive at the primary school in Klaarstroom by 09h00.

We are in need of the following volunteers:

1) Registered medical Doctors

2) Registered Dentist for extractions only.

3) Administrators that need to complete all the medical files and documentation for every person seeing the Doctor.

4) Suster or qualified nurse that will take all the patients vital signs, measure and weigh each patient and check and complete any children’s clinic books. He/she will also conduct a miniature triage to get prioritized patients to see the Doctor or Dentist first.

5) A suster to assist with the OTC pharmacy and assist the Doctor with dressing or injections if required.

6) Persons to make and hand out hotdogs, fruit and drinks and whatever else we have to hand out.

7) Security person to keep an eye out for any mischief.

For any questions contact our offices 076 229 5663. Please feel free to ask and thank you so much for your help on Saturday, you are absolutely awesome!!

02/12/2025

https://youtu.be/ojsiwXYw2ro?si=JTeq6WyrcRDUT-2j

Tonight, spare a thought for little Caleb van Wyk. The baby boy from Mbombela in Mpumalanga is battling a rare brain disorder. He was diagnosed with Hemimega...

19/11/2025

Blomnek Christmas Party!!! 🎅

With Christmas fast approaching, we at Pediatric Care Africa is planning a Christmas event together with the Executive Mayor Johan Allers - Greater Oudtshoorn Municipality, a huge Christmas surprise for 270 children from Blomnek on the 20th December ages 1 to 6 years old.

Many children has never experienced Christmas or ever received a Christmas present and we want to give them a Christmas every child deserves.

With around 600 persons expected to attend (kids and moms) our Christmas party, we need your help and generosity please.

We need the following:
1. 500 coldrinks
2. 100 juices (small)
3. 600 Hotdog rolls
4. Christmas gifts for 270 kids.
5. Christmas decorations.
6. 20 bottles of tomato sauce
7. 20 bottles of mustard
8. We need willing hands and volunteers to help us to decorate the Blomnek community centre on the 19th and to take everything down again on the 22nd Desember.
9. Any and all goods and financial donations and contributions from company's will receive a 18A tax certificate.

Pediatric Care Africa
Standard Bank
Business Savings Account: 131953044

Please use "Christmas” as a reference.