WHEN HOPES AND DREAMS ARE GIVEN BACK As a rule at Operation Healing Hands, we tell our #StoriesOfHope in the third person. We like to give you the facts, and maybe add

NINE MONTHS OLD BABY GIVEN THE GIFT OF HEARING Tadiwa Mohambane was born nine months ago. The perfect little girl to her mom Lunghisani and dad Phillip. However, earlier this year, it

OHH & EYE CARE AWARENESS WEEK, 14 & 15 OCTOBER 2019  Imagine slowly feeling your vision deteriorating and realising you will, very soon, be completely blind? So many things – your work,

LITTLE BOY GETS THE “OORPERASIE” HE PRAYED FOR We sometimes tend to think that we need to make huge miracles happen in order to make a big impact on someone’s life. Five-year-old

TAKING THE STING OUT OF CIRCUMCISION, ONE PATIENT AT A TIME Imagine truly wanting to uphold the traditions and cultures of your ancestors, but at the same time being afraid of what

28-year old Sipho Hleza has lived a lifetime of hardship and poverty. Sipho grew up with his grandmother in rural Limpopo. A childhood that, though filled with love, could not provide Sipho with the medical attention he desperately needed.

MOTHER OF SEVEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AGAIN Judith Xaba (53) slipped and broke her leg just over 10 years ago. Most people would get it casted and if lucky, that would be

Jonathan Oosthuizen (16), like many other teenagers, is not a stranger to problems with his ears. Since he struggled with ear infections his whole life, Jonathan and his family did not immediately realise anything out of the ordinary was going on even though it seems as if his hearing had started to deteriorate. If only they knew…