Thank you!

Your dedication has been pivotal to our success, deeply impacting healthcare in rural South Africa.

Each of you embodies Tshemba's spirit of compassion and selflessness, leaving a lasting mark both on our mission and in our hearts. You came, you roared and we still hear you in our halls.

As we expand our program, your continued support remains invaluable.
Looking forward to building on this momentum together.

Wishing you a joyful holiday season.
The Tshemba Team

Our 2025 Tshemba Lions

Thank you to all our volunteers this year, without you none of this would be possible.

Abe Lambrechts

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani

Clinical Virologist

Aleisha Chetty

Medical Officer

Alexandra Chicoine

General Practitioner

Alice Gwyn-Jones

Medical Doctor

Alice Till

General Practitioner

Alida Spoelstra

Medical Doctor

Armand Pretorius

Medical Doctor

Bart van Dijken

Medical Doctor

Carly de Bliquy

Educator

Carol Gelfer

Public Health Specialist

Charlotte Nuboer

Medical Doctor

Charlotte Waldon

Medical Doctor

Clarice Greyling

Occupational Therapist

Claudia Folba

Anaesthetist

Claudia Handtrack

Medical Doctor

Dee Wevill

General Practitioner

Ed Hillary

Hospitalist

Eksoda Mazibuko

Diabetes Community Champion

Eleanor Watkins

Medical Doctor

Elizabeth Ashikodi

Medical Doctor

Gareth Grant

Medical Doctor

Grace Lehnardt

Medical Doctor

Hari Jeyabelen

Medical Doctor

Heloïse Wessels

General Practitioner

Henry Hughes

Medical Doctor

Henry Richardson Banks

Medical Doctor

Holly Lyne

Medical Doctor

Imogen Ross

Medical Doctor

Isabelle Brooks

Medical Doctor

Jeremy Croock

Medical Doctor

Joan Louwrens

General Practitioner

Joe Sullivan

Family Physician

Khensani Khoza

Medical Doctor

Kyle Gilday

Medical Doctor

Lebogang Ramogobedi

Optometrist

Leoni Joubert

Optometrist

Maarten Borg

General Practitioner

Madeline Carpenter

Medical Doctor

Marelize Vermeulen

Medical Doctor

Mark Faeson

Obstetrician & Gynecologist

Mark Wevill

Ophthalmologist

Matthew Thomas-Davies

Medical Doctor

Michele Zuckerman

Paediatrician

Neil Ganatra

Medical Doctor

Reuben Aubrey

Medical Doctor

Roslyn Cassidy

Physiotherapist

Sakhile Ntuli

Medical Doctor

Sam Heal

General Practitioner

Sandy Inglis

Emergency Medicine Specialist

Sushmi Heal

General Practitioner

Teresa Thornton

Medical Doctor

Thomas Walzl

Medical Doctor

Tom Witt

Family Physician

This experience has taught me that medicine is not practiced in isolation but in constant dialogue with the social fabric around it.

Dr Imogen Ross

Medical Doctor

Our Stats in 2025

With your help we did all this

94

Volunteers

7101

Patients treated

215

Trainings and CPDs

363

Eye procedures

292

Cataract surgeries

222

Theatre procedures

167

Diabetes training participants

2000

Learners reached with sexual-health education

227

Pregnant teenagers supported

573

Total learners vision screened

2400

Learners received dental health education

5

Child diabetes support activities delivered

4

Teen girls’ health support events

And To Our See Lions

Thanks to you, grandparents can once again read bedtime stories this holiday season.

Amanda Kaboyo-Kisoro

Ophthalmologist

Anneke Weidemann

Ophthalmologist

Cathy Segoapa

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Charl Marais

Opthalm Reg

Claire Cullen

Ophthalmologist

Dirk Booysen

Optometrist

Ditebogo Ngoaka

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Evans Kgosana

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Farai Mabunda

Ophthalmologist

Fran Diesel

Anaesthetist

Hannelien Du Rand

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Jan Olivier

Ophthalmologist

Kgomotso Malaka

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Leanne Welch

Ophthalmologist

Mahwash Khan

Optometrist

Mandi Kampman

Medical Doctor

Mduduzi Mabaso

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Mpho Mantsha

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Nicholas Rumney

Optometrist

Nomcebo Mkhatshwa

Ophthalmologist

Nomvulo Mdhluli

Ophthalmologist

Omphile Gill

Ophthalmologist

Parisha Juta

Ophthalmologist

Rick Diesel

Anaesthetist

Saajidah Gaibie

Ophthalmologist

Sachin Bawa

Ophthalmologist

Silindokuhle Tshabalala

Ophthalmologist

Thesipo Leeu

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Thomas Maringa

Ophthalmologist

Walter Masuwa

Ophthalmic Scrub Sister

Yasseen Ebrahim

Ophthalmologist

It’s worth every moment and definitely gives you perspective on what medicine means outside of a first world country. I think every doctor should live this experience.

Dr Alexandra Chicoine

Medical Doctor

Finally, To Our Medical Communicators

Who speak to the hearts of our patients

Hi Khensa Vuhlanganyisi bya hine bya vaongori ve nkoka swinene, Ku hlula swirhalanganyi swa ririmi va pfumelela vatirhi va hina vaku tirhandzela ku nika vukorhokeri lebyi hlamakiseka swinene eke Ndhavuko.