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CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
CANSA TLC Video – Recognise Childhood Cancer
It is estimated that at least half of all children with cancer in South Africa are never diagnosed. This is due to a lack of knowledge regarding the disease amongst children and as a result many children are diagnosed too late, when the cancer is already in an advanced stage, thus diminishing the possibility of […]
Read morePublished: 5 September 2013
Updated: 12 July 2021
Categories: CANSA on the Move for the Youth, CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
TLC donation with a special touch
16 January 2013 – What a wonderful way to start the year! CANSA’s TLC for Youth and Families Affected by Cancer Programme received a donation with such a special feeling to it. A young wedding couple, Mark and Betsie Vendrig, decided that they want to bless us. Instead of asking for wedding gifts on their special […]
Read morePublished: 17 January 2013
Updated: 21 April 2022
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Watching the Kids Play
Today I left late from the office. Nothing new as one would say. Some people even tease me in saying that since I don’t have any social life, I would be bored if I was not working. But today it was not work that kept me late. I was watching the kids play… As I […]
Read morePublished: 16 July 2012
Updated: 21 April 2022
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Brilliant Candles in the Wind
Children with cancer are like candles in the wind who accept the possibility that they are in danger of being extinguished by a gust of wind from nowhere, And yet, as they flicker and dance to remain alive, their brilliance challenges the darkness and dazzles those of us who watch their light… (Author Unknown) Queries […]
Read morePublished: 16 July 2012
Updated: 21 April 2022
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
A Mother’s Day Card from Heaven
Dear Mr. Hallmark, I am writing to you from heaven, and though it must appear A rather strange idea, I see everything from here. I just popped in to visit, your stores to find a card A card of love for my mother, as this day for her is hard. There must be some mistake […]
Read morePublished: 16 July 2012
Updated: 21 April 2022
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Support for Children, Teens, Young Adults and Families Affected by Cancer
CANSA TLC staff help children, teens and young adults with cancer, and their loved ones, cope with their cancer diagnosis and treatment at our CANSA TLC Facilities, various oncology wards, online and through the CANSA Free2Bme Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) site. Youth and young adults whose parents have been diagnosed and siblings of youth […]
Read morePublished: 26 May 2012
Updated: 19 December 2025
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme
Wynand – a Survivor of Childhood Cancer
My name is Wynand van der Westhuizen. I was diagnosed with T-cell Lymphoma at the age of 9 on New Year’s Eve, 2000. The cancer had spread throughout my body and bone marrow and I had to receive very intensive chemotherapy. I had a few courses that made me lose my hair three times. My […]
Read morePublished: 1 February 2011
Updated: 17 June 2025
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme, Stories of Hope
