Dr Tseliso Nkuebe, member of DFL’s Executive Board, attended the two-monthly meeting of community volunteers at Deemount near Harding. He travelled to the small KwaZulu Natal hamlet in his private vehicle and was accompanied by his wife, Sophie and little daughter, Boh.

Dr Nkuebe encouraged the community members with a short devotion and then lectured on how to treat specific diseases within the reality all the other socio-economic problems. These realities, like alcoholism, poverty, cultural practises, often (in the eyes of the broader community) over-shadow the “treatable” diseases in priority, it is neglected and eventually this leads to serious complications, like multiple drug-resistance.

With this as backdrop, Dr Tseliso facilitated a group discussion on how to assist patients in the community with certain chronic diseases like diabetes, arthritis and stroke.

Dr Tseliso Nkuebe, Executive Board Member of DFL, lecturing to community volunteers

On Saturday afternoon, Dr Tseliso and some of the DFL staff and volunteers visited some community-based patients. They are being cared for by their family members with the support of DFL’s home-based care-givers. These visits were used as opportunities for “in-service training” for the care-givers and family members.

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Visiting patients in KwaMachi rural community

Some patients stay in very poor conditions

The main attraction, while Daddy is lecturing….little Boh Nkuebe