Hot Cares Christmas – Single Mom with Autistic Boy and Sick Mom Gets Some Relief

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A retrenched single mom with two kids – one autistic – and a mother diagnosed with stage four cancer. Those are the bare bones of Melanie’s story, which reached us via Sue, an old friend of Melanie’s mom. Here is her full story and how Hot Cares is stepping to make life just a little bit easier for Melanie this Christmas.
6 Dec 2022 10AM English South Africa Non-Profit

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