Please see list of donations required at the bottom of the post
Our CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge offers accommodation to parents, guardians and caregivers of children undergoing treatment at Tygerberg Hospital, offering a safe haven and breather in between treatments.
CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge has one of the few teen cancer patient rooms in the country as part of its CANSA TLC (Tough Living with Cancer) support services for teens and families affected by cancer.
Location
The CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge is situated in Parow, on the grounds of Tygerberg Hospital, in a secure environment, in Proteahof (next to nursing college).
The lodge has three rooms (two beds) and one room (three beds).
Tel: 021-569 0350
1st Floor, 3rd Tower, Protea Hof (next to nursing college),
Tygerberg Hospital, Fransie van Zyl Avenue, Tygerberg, Parow, 7505
P.O. Box 186, Rondebosch, 7701
TLC Services Offered
Meals are provided – food parcels are also distributed.
Palliative care and support is provided to our young cancer patients.
Emotional support is given to children and teens diagnosed with or living with cancer, and counselling is available for siblings / family. CANSA Tele Counselling offers free cancer-related telephonic counselling in 7 languages also.
Other services include support groups, prosthetic assistance, educational programmes and volunteer training.
Regular food parcels are distributed as well as donated clothing, sanitary items, and toiletries.
We also educate and promote awareness of childhood cancers and early detection.
Bookings
For bookings or more information regarding accommodation for parents whose children or teens are receiving treatment for cancer at Tygerberg Hospital, contact the CANSA TLC Tygerberg Lodge on 021-569 0350 (during office hours), or alternately direct queries to Anthea Lewis, TLC Coordinator, email: alewis@cansa.org.za
Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) number – Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA): 130001397
Non Profit Organisation Registration number – Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA): 000-524 NPO
About TLC Tygerberg Teenage Support Room
CANSA launched one of the few teen cancer patient rooms in the country, at Ward 3, Tygerberg Hospital, as part of its CANSA TLC (Tough Living with Cancer) support service to children, teens and families affected by cancer on 14 February 2020, just ahead of International Childhood Cancer Day (15 February).
Cara Noble, CANSA’s previous National Relationship Manager: Service Delivery said, “We’re pleased to launch the teen cancer patient room that can accommodate two teens accompanied by a parent or a caregiver. As children in Ward G3 older than 14 years are moved over to X-Block with adult patients, the need arose to continue providing support to these teens. They were too old to be in Ward G3, but the youngest by far in X-Block.”
Operational Manager of Ward G3 at Tygerberg Hospital, Sister Eleanor De Beer added, “This is such a needed service for our many teenagers we serve here. We’re grateful and excited that we can offer them a warm and welcoming place to stay while they are on their treatment journey. Our parents appreciate the opportunity to still be with their children, even though they are teenagers, this is not possible in the adult wards.”
Professor Mariana Kruger (Head of Paediatric Oncology at Tygerberg Hospital) and Dr Fatima Bassa (Divisional Head of Clinical Haematology at X-Block) were instrumental in paving the way for CANSA TLC to extend its services to young patients at X-Block.
CANSA TLC has been active in Ward G3, Tygerberg Hospital since June 2016 as the current preferred service delivery provider offering a support group and craft activities in partnership with Sisanda Foundation.
CANSA further introduced monthly food parcels to needy families and outreach activities and outings with oncology children as well as including their siblings and parents.
Breyten Paulse, SA rugby legend, cut the ribbon during the launch ceremony.
CANSA’s TLC Programme
Learn more about CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) programme…
Be a Gift to a Child in Need:
Please consider making a donation towards supporting our TLC programme so that we can help more children and families.
Donations will assist with the provision of prosthetic support (children who have lost an eye or limb); the provision of wheelchairs; pain control implants and medical equipment.
Food, clothing and toiletry donations are always welcome...
Support Resources for cancer Survivors & Loved Ones
Parents / guardians of young cancer patients are invited to join our FBK Support Group: CANSA TLC: Childhood Cancer Support or they and their children / teens are welcome to join an age appropriate support group by submitting the online form.
Find additional online resources for cancer Survivors (anyone who has heard the words ‘you have cancer’) or loved ones, and about coping with cancer.
Make an appointment for free CANSA Tele Counselling with a trained CANSA counsellor by submitting the online booking form.
This is a confidential, professional, cancer-related telephonic counselling service to cancer patients (adult / child / teen), caregivers and their families and parents or guardians of children living with cancer.
Counselling is available in seven languages (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana and Sepedi) and is free of charge.
2024 – In-Kind Donations Required:
- to follow…
Contact Anthea Lewis alewis@cansa.org.za regarding in-kind donations.
