CANSA Closes: 20 December 2024 and Reopens: 6 January 2025
| NATIONAL | NAME | Contact NO | DATES ON CALL |
| MEDIA QUERIES | Lucy Balona | lbalona@cansa.org.za | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| EMOTIONAL / MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT (adults) | SADAG | 0800 567 567 www.sadag.org |
23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| SUPPORT EMOTIONAL / PRACTICAL (children / teens) | Bobby Were | 076 154 2008 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| MEDICAL EMERGENCIES (serious life threatening) | ER – Contact your local hospital’s emergency room | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 | |
| MEDICAL ADVICE (wound care, pain management, etc) | GP / Local pharmacy nurse / ER | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 | |
| FUNDRAISING QUERIES / EVENTS | Anita Snyders | 083 633 5798 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| REGIONS | NAME | Contact NO | DATES ON CALL |
| HEAD OFFICE (Bedfordview) | Lucinda Carter | 076 184 8172 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| EASTERN CAPE (Gqeberha) | Nadine Wagner | 073 491 0205 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| FREE STATE (Bloemfontein) | Bonny Tlhole | 073 630 4468 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| GAUTENG Pretoria (Stoma Clinic) | Inge Morgan | 073 805 6816 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| GAUTENG Pretoria (Tipuana Care Home) for adult patients | Alta Marais | 072 021 7848 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| KZN (Durban Office & Mkhuhla Care Home) | Natasha Brown | 081 477 8947 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| MPUMALANGA (Nelspruit) | Thembi Ngwenya | 076 549 7871 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| NORTHWEST (Rustenburg) | Joani Sadie | 074 652 9015 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| NORTHERN CAPE | Geraldine Farmer | 079 174 2855 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| SOUTHERN CAPE (George Office & Irma Bruschi Care Home) | Sharon Venter | 083 746 6002 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| WESTERN CAPE (Cape Metro Office) | René Petersen | 073 318 1769 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| WESTERN CAPE (Cape Metro – Stoma Clinic) | Zeah van Schalkwyk | 065 887 0725 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| WESTERN CAPE Tygerberg Hospital (Tygerberg Care Home) | Marinda Hoop | 076 303 9000 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| WESTERN CAPE (Paarl office) | Genevieve Govender-McGowan | 082 874 3764 | 23 Dec 2024 to 03 Jan 2025 |
| QUERIES VIA WEBSITE / SOCIAL MEDIA / INFO LINE / Toll Free / TELE Counselling | |||
| CANSA Help Desk | Responsible Person | Online Platform Queries Received | DATES ON CALL |
| WHATSAPP LINES | |||
| English
Afrikaans African Languages |
CLOSED (out of office with link to Staff on Call) | Contact Staff on Call | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| EMAIL / TOLL FREE LINE / TELE COUNSELLING | |||
| INFO LINE 0800 22 66 22
info@cansa.org.za / ASK CANSA (website)
counselling@cansa.org.za / Tele Counselling |
CLOSED (voice message directing to Staff on Call)
CLOSED (out of office directing to Staff on Call)
CLOSED (out of office directing to Staff on Call) |
Contact Staff on Call
Contact Staff on Call
Contact SADAG 0800 567 567 |
23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| National FB page | Debbie van Wyk
(response on platform) |
@CancerAssociationOfSouthAfrica | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| Regional FB pages | CLOSED
(out of office directing to Staff on Call) |
Contact Staff on Call
|
23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| FBK Support groups (Champions / Caregivers)
FBK Support group (TLC – Childhood Cancer Support)
|
Debbie van Wyk
(response on platform) Vera van Dalen (response on platform) |
Facebook Championsof Hope (adult cancer patients / loved ones)
@CANSACaregivers (caregivers of adult cancer patients) @CANSATLC (parents / guardians of children / teens with cancer) |
23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| Twitter
|
Marica Basson, Melissa Zaayman, Lucy Balona
(response on platform) |
@cansa | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| Instagram
|
Marica Basson, Melissa Zaayman, Lucy Balona
(response on platform) |
@cancerassociationofsouthafrica | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
| Marica Basson, Melissa Zaayman, Lucy Balona
(response on platform) |
@cancerassociationofsouthafrica | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 | |
| CANSA WEBSITE / Mini sites / ForGood | |||
| Websites
ForGood |
Debbie van Wyk
(response on platform) |
Comment functionality on: www.cansa.org.za / www.shavathon.org.za / www.relayforlife.org.za / www.cuppa.org.za / www.cansa-active.org.za and ForGood | 23 Dec 2024 to 3 Jan 2025 |
