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HOT Cares Weekly Wrap: Safer Dementia Care, Healing Help for Two Children & Training Joburg’s Teachers

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Two young children recovering from a devastating shack fire are getting help reaching their medical appointments, a dementia home is being made safer and teachers caring for some of Joburg’s youngest children are getting vital training — all thanks to the kindness of HOT1027 listeners.

It’s been another rewarding week making a meaningful difference through HOT Cares here on HOT1027 to the tune of R289 000.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look...
2 Oct English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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