HospiVision (Gauteng Office)

HospiVision - Touching Lives, Giving Hope No one can ever say that he will never fall ill. It can happen to anybody; to someone close to you or even yourself. Imagine the joy of having a compassionate HospiVision friend when you are facing illness, hospitalization or surgery, someone who can support and comfort you as patient and your caregivers through your journey through adversity. At HospiVision we assist people to regain as much of their humanity and dignity and integrity as possible, despite their health struggles. Illness impacts both on the individual and those around them. That is why we want to help people get their lives back. The cancer, the heart attack, the operation, the trauma becomes a smaller and smaller part of how we think about ourselves and we recover our capacity to focus on the things that are of value to us – family, friends, play, the community, spirituality, artistic expression, work…..to live with HOPE! Our Purpose: Serious illness and hospitalisation can be a challenging and traumatic experience, especially when it has to be faced without any resources or support. Thanks to HospiVision , people in such situations have access to a compassionate friend who can comfort and counsel them, their family members and their caregivers as they undertake their journey though illness. HospiVision does this by providing spiritual, emotional, social and physical care to patients in hospital, while at the same time empowering people through skills development, and supporting children infected or affected by AIDS. We at HospiVision assist people as they regain their humanity, dignity and integrity, despite their health situation. Illness impacts both on the individual and those around them, so we want to help people get their lives back. Our Vision: HospiVision touches the lives of sick people and those around them and gives them hope through counseling, spiritual care and physical support. Our Mission: HospiVision facilitates the establishment of sustainable integrated support systems that reach out to and are in service of the sick, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged, their families and those who care for them. Our Values: HospiVision is committed to spiritual values such as respect, responsibility, integrity, love, fairness and service. Ownership by the community, church, family and individual involved, is encouraged. HospiVision promotes a culture of lifelong learning and the provision of the highest quality, most cost effective accredited education and training Our Services: - Implementing and managing spiritual care programmes - Offering a volunteer service facility through which patients and personnel are visited - Making 24 hour trauma counseling to patients, their families and staff available - Supporting medical personnel and care-givers through special employee assistance services - Presenting HospiVision Time, a weekly program on Radio Pulpit, a national Christian broadcaster - Promoting Choose Life, a value based HIV programme for church, community and youth leaders - Hosting The Oasis, a support network for people living with AIDS and on anti-retroviral therapy - Leading the Hopeful Compassion Programme, counseling opportunity for those coping with HIV - Managing the Children’s Care Train, a resource for children coping with various health crises - Creating accredited training opportunities for those whowant to engage in similar outreaches Our Standing: Non Profit Company registered with the Department of Social Development Public Benefit Organization registered with SARS BBBEE compliant First FBO to be accredited at the National Department of Health as a Lay Counseling Organization SAQA alignment and accreditation of our training Accreditation by the CP Powell Bible Centre at the University of South Africa as a training provider Member of the SA Institute of Fundraisers Member of the South African Association for Pastoral Work Nominated for the Gates Award for Global Health Participated in a presentation at the 53rd United Nations Convention on the Status of Women