Registered number: 015-151NPO

The Friends of Hermanus Hospital

project is a non profit organisation, managed by an executive committee and was set up in June 2000.  Core functions of the Friends of Hermanus Hospital are fund raising and practical volunteering.
Aim:
• To provide amenities, assistance and benefits to in and out-patients attending the hospital.
• Provide an improved work environment for staff and are responsive to wishes expressed by hospital staff.
• To promote awareness of the provincial hospital

In past the 10 years, it has been estimated that FHH have generated income of about 1 million rand, half of this is funds raised and half volunteers work hours. 2010-2011  2,624 Volunteer Men/women hours @ R40 per hour = R104,960.00

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Die Vriende van die Hermanus Hospitaal is ’n nie-winsgewende organisasie, wat deur ’n uitvoerende komitee bestuur word en wat sedert Junie 2000 in werking is. Dit bedien ’n hospitaal met 47 beddens wat voorsien in behoeftes van ’n bevolking van 80,000 in die Overberg omgewing. 250 pasiënte word daagliks by die hospitaal en 1 300 pasiënte in ’n netwerk van klinieke behandel. Daar word elke maand 100 babas gebore en 130 operasies word in die hospitaal uitgevoer. Die toename in werklading het die R70 miljoen bouprojek bespoedig en dit sal binnekort begin. Dit sal voorsiening maak vir 69 in plaas van 47 beddens; ’n groter ongevalle afdeling en ’n tweede operasie-teater ingerig sal word.

Vrywilligers word vir ’n verskeidenheid aktiwiteite betrek. ’n Totaal van 2,525 vrywilliger-ure, bereken teen ’n tarief van R40 per uur, is aan die hospitaal gelewer teen die totale waarde van R101,000. Dit sluit nie vrywillige-werk in waarvoor nie rekenskap gegee is nie en wat buite die hospitaal gedoen word. Hierby is ingesluit breiwerk van klere en speelgoed.
Binne in die hospitaal is ’n groep van 20 dames wat die liassering van pasiënte besonderhede hanteer, sommige reeds meer as 8 jaar. Vrywilligers sorteer en versprei klere en die St Peter’s Vroue-gilde gaan steeds voort om baba pakkies/seep te maak en te versprei.
Vrywilligers help ook om te kyk na ’n kas met klere, seep en doeke. Tydskrifte, klere en speelgoed word vir sale en die noodgevalle voorsien. Baie van hierdie artikels word in Hermanus Times versoek.

’n Klein span vrywilligers gee bystand in die X-strale departement. Hulp word met pasiënte en rekenaarwerk gegee. Internasionale vrywilligers soos die Swallows van Engeland en Duitsland is ook deel van die groep. ’n Ander vrywillige gee aan nuwe moeders en hul babas met tas-terapie en advies met borsvoeding. Baie plaaslike kunstenaars het van hulle oorspronklike werk aan die hospitaal geskenk. Hospitaal personeel het onlangs 17 foto’s gekies uit ’n versameling geskenk deur ’n bekende plaaslike kunstenaar en dit is in die gange te hang. Die onderhoud en estetiese voorkoms van die hospitaal-omgewing, soos tuinmaak word deur talentvolle mense onderneem. Daar is ook heelwat bome geskenk.
’n Aantal jong mense werk as vrywilligers in ’n loopbaan “shadowing” hoedanigheid om vir ’n beroepskeuse voor te berei. Twee leerling vroedvroue van Nederland het aan die hospitaal en kliniek se vroedvroue-diens deelgeneem.
Oor die afgelope 10 jaar het VHH inkomste gegenereer van ongeveer een miljoen rand, waarvan die helfte vrywilliger-ure verteenwoordig. Belangrike projekte waarin VHH oor die afgelope jaar betrokke was, is die opgradering en veranderings aan die apteek, die personeel se ruskamer en die aankoop van speelgoed vir die hospitaal.

Angela Heslop - Voorsitter:  Tel: 028-3121663 Selfoon: 072 6098655 

The Friends of Hermanus Hospital project is a non profit organisation, managed by an executive committee; it has been in action since June 2000. It is catering for a 47 bedded hospital that is responding to a population of 80,000 in the Overberg area. Every day approximately 250 patients are treated at the hospital and 1300 patients are treated in the network of clinics. Every month 100 babies are born and 130 operations are performed at the hospital. The increase in workload has driven the R70 million building project which will shortly commence to increase the bed numbers from 47 to 69 and will provide a much bigger Emergency Centre (casualty) and a second operating theatre.

Volunteer time is engaged in practical work within the hospital. A total of 2,525 volunteer hours, valued at a rate of R40 per hour, were supplied to the hospital at a value of R101, 000. This does not account for unaccounted voluntary hours work done outside the hospital. This includes knitting, clothes and toy delivery. In-house work involves filing patient documents in the hospital and clinic. This is a long sustained activity performed by a group of 20 women, many of whom have given this service for over 8 years and more. Volunteers distribute and sort clothes and St Peters Women’s Guild continue to make up and distribute baby packs. Volunteers are involved maintaining a store cupboard of clothing, soap and flannels, delivery of magazines, clothes, toys to the ward and casualty. Many of these items are sourced through requests in the Hermanus Times.

A small team of people are engaged in the X- ray Department and assist with patients and computing of information. International volunteers involve Swallows are from UK and Germany. Another volunteer provides new mothers and their new babies with touch therapy and breast feeding advice. The hospital is unique in that almost all the paintings are original and donated by local artists. Recently hospital staff chose 17 photographs to adorn the hospital walls from a collection donated by a well known local photographer. Maintenance and aesthetics of the hospital also includes supervision of gardening by talented people, many trees have been donated too.

A number of young people work as volunteers in a career shadowing capacity, to prepare for their chosen career, for example medicine. Recently 2 trainee midwives from the Netherlands were able to participate in the hospital and clinic midwifery services.

In past 10 years, it has been estimated that FHH have generated income of about 1 million rand, half of this is funds raised and half volunteers work hours.
Notable projects in which FHH was involved during the past year were pharmacy refurbishment and structural changes, upgrading the staff rest room, repainting garden pots and purchasing hospital toys.

Angela Heslop: Chairperson 028-3121663 Cell 072 6098655 e-mail: aheslop@hermanus.co.za