Doing good for the community

I have a huge passion for Non governmental Organisations that work with children but this particular NGO has really touched my heart because they are working with a situation that not a lot of people would want to work with.

Nsusumeto Community Development is a Non Governmental Organisation that was founded by Imelda Nozipho Tsosoane, a retired nurse from the east rand in Kempton Park. This organisation does home based care, taking care of all the terminally ill patience who can not get themselves to their local clinics to get their treatment for their chronic diseases. Nsusumeto is a group that consists of retired and registered nurses and some young people who are volunteers in the organisation. The group members meet every morning and go to these patients houses to bath, feed and give them their treatment and because some of the patients can not go to clinics because of their ill health Imelda and the other members do the necessary tests on the patients.

The volunteers come together once a week to come up with new ideas for their outreach programs. The money for their outreach programs come form the founders pocket which sometimes is not enough to host the whole function. I t costs the founder more than she can afford as she is retired and is dependant on her pension fund, but because she is passionate about the cause that she is running she does not complain to much about it.

Not everyone can do what Imelda is doing for the people in her community, especially knowing that you wont be getting anything in return. People like Imelda have to be recognised by the government and rewarded for all their hard work and dedication.