HOT CARES

As heard every Monday and Thursday. Hot Cares aims at making a meaningful difference in the lives of those around us.
Weekly English South Africa Non-Profit · Non-Profit
460 Episodes
420 – 440

MAMA KASI RURAL RESCUE

This week’s Hot Cares story is for the animal lovers. Helga Tsoumbris is the owner of Mama Kasi Rural Rescue, and she spends her life in townships taking dogs for sterilizations, vaccinations, parasite control as well as educating community members on importance of good pet care.
9 Mar 2020 6 min

HOT CARES JOINS THE COMMUNITY IN HELPING SAMUEL AND HIS TWINS

This week, Hot Cares learnt about the touching story of Samuel Nonyane whose wife passed away three weeks ago following the birth of their twin girls. Now faced with the enormous task of having to care for newborn twin girls, as well as his two elder sons, Samuel also has…
24 Feb 2020 8 min

HOT CARES - GET UP WOMEN NPC

Hot Cares recently received a request to help the “Get Up Women” NPC by one of the Hot 91.9 FM clients who was previously in an abusive relationship. She had managed to not only get out of the abusive relationship because of “Women Get Up”, she had totally transformed her…
10 Feb 2020 8 min

HOT CARES - LYNN TYACK

Lynn Tyack is a single foster mother to three children, who live with her in her home. This is not the first time she has fostered, and she has a passion for opening her heart, and home to children who need it the most. In January she opened her home…
3 Feb 2020 5 min

HOT CARES - THE ANGEL NETWORK

As heard every Monday and Thursday. Hot Cares aims at making a meaningful difference in the lives of those around us.
20 Jan 2020 15 min

HOT CARES - CINDY VAN WYK AND MILKSHAKE DIARIES

Cindy is a breast cancer survivor who underwent a bilateral mastectomy and cancer treatment. Her cancer was caught early and she is in remission mostly due to her faith and the fact that she had access to the correct medical treatment. The sad reality is that there are too many…
4 Nov 2019 6 min

Hot Cares - Healing Wings

Healing Wings has been working with the Mankele Trust Community for many years now, every Christmas they host an all-day family event for members of the community. They provide a meal and fun activities like a game of soccer or horse rides; they also use this event to put together…
14 Oct 2019 7 min

Hot Cares - FIBO Africa Corporate Challenge

The FIBO Africa Corporate Challenge aims to raise R91 900 for Hot Cares. We’re challenging corporates to take part in fun fitness challenges to find the fittest corporate in Joburg!
14 Oct 2019 7 min

Gogo's Birthday

At nearly 100 years old, Gogo is still so curious about life and is especially interested in aeroplanes and how they work; but she’s never had the opportunity to travel in one. With her 100th birthday on the 8th of October, Hot Cares decided to send Robinah and her Gogo…
7 Oct 2019 3 min

JUANITA AND CHARMAINE

Charmaine contacted Hot Cares with a request for her amazing, resilient sister, Juanita who has had a rough go of it lately. Both Juanita and Charmaine lost their mother in 2017, but in the following year Juanita was also faced with her ending of her 25-year-long marriage. While Juanita is…
9 Sep 2019 7 min

NEVILLE PILLAY

Neville Pillay is a former East Coast Radio and Lotus FM presenter and comedian who recently suffered a heart attack and mild stroke. Unfortunately, Neville does not have medical aid and requires urgent dialysis treatment. In order to ease the burden on Neville and his family, Hot Cares will cover…
29 Jul 2019 9 min

MADIBA DAY DONATIONS

The Mansfield in the Morning team thank all the listeners and sponsors for their generous donations towards the build "A School for Madiba" project. They recap on what's still outstanding and ask the listeners if they still would like to join the project to please make a donation towards this…
22 Jul 2019 4 min

THE OOSTHUIZEN FAMILY

The Mansfield In The Morning team spoke to Madelein Oosthuizen whose young family has experienced a traumatic loss recently and Hot Cares wanted to bring some sunshine back into their lives.
8 Jul 2019 4 min

GAVIN'S RUGBY DREAM

Sandra wrote in to Hot Cares on behalf of her brother Gavin. At 56 years old, Gavin has been through the emotional and physical of battling cancer, (which was first detected as prostate cancer but then rapidly spread to his skeletal system) and has finally hit that inconceivable wall. Gavin’s…
1 Jul 2019 5 min

WINGS OF INSPIRATION/HAVE A HEART - 27 05 2019

Last winter, Hot Cares lent some Hot Cares help to the Have a Heart Foundation by replacing all the windows in their building which had been smashed in, making the shelter vulnerable to the cold. Since then, they’ve had to move premises (for the better) and have now partnered with…
27 May 2019 5 min

HOT CARES - WELLNESS MISSION PROJECT

Phezile Koekoe reached out to Hot Cares to tell us about the Health and Wellness Mission Project she spearheads in Diepsloot. Every Thursday morning, a group of 45 people who are openly living with HIV and Aids who come together for mutual support group, skills development, spiritual support, health talk…
21 May 2019 3 min

HOT CARES - Miemie Paints The Town! - 23 04 19

This morning on Mansfield in the Morning, Hot Cares got to experience the spirit of tenacity, community and love that, in truth, keeps the world turning. Jeanine Du Toit contacted Hot Cares on behalf of her friend Miemie, being a member of The Chemo Buddies herself. This group of ladies…
23 Apr 2019 5 min
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