Governance

LIST OF NETWORKING PARTNERS

Listed below are members of the Knysna Bitou Community Care Forum
(formerly Garden Route Palliative Care Forum) with whom Knysna Sedgefield have new Memorandum of Agreement and who have all signed on to the Palliative Care strategy. (Please see copy of the Strategy document attached hereto).

Organisation	Nature of relationship	Where are They Based?	Describe the nature of their work
Alzheimer’s Association SA	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Counselling, are, education, and screening, of Alzheimer’s Patients
CANSA Association	Knysna Community Care Forum	George / Knysna	Counselling, Education, Prosthetics, and Care of Cancer patients
Child Welfare	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Counselling, Care and placement of Children / orphans
EMS – Metro	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Transporting of patients
FAMSA	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Family, Marriage and trauma counselling and support
HAST Co-ordinator	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	HIV Counselling & Testing Counsellors and adherence support
Knysna Assoc Physically Disabled	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Care of disabled people and skills development
Knysna PHC Services	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Treatment Support, Adherence Counselling, Life Style Counselling and education
Loeriehof / Knysna caring services	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Care of elderly and residence, family Support, Community Support
Masithandane	Knysna Community Care Forum	Sedgefield	Chronic Care, Community Care, Self-Empowerment programmes, Education and Counselling
Red Cross	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	First Aid Education, Private Home Nursing services
That’s It	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	TB Adherence Support, Counselling, and Treatment support , Assisting DOH
Vermont Centre	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	KSH in-patient unit and care of elderly, In-House care for Disabled people
Mad About Art	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Youth Programmes, Education, Counselling adherence support to youth
Epilepsy South Africa	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	In Patient Care of people with Epilepsy, Work programmes
Edge of Africa	Knysna Community Care Forum	Knysna	Volunteer organisation involved in numerous community upliftment programmes

Listed below are other organisations with whom KSH network regularly

National and International

Organisation	Nature of relationship	Where are They Based?	Describe the nature of their work
Hospice Palliative Care Association Western Cape	Member and participant	Paarl	Support and development of Hospices
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA)	Member and participant	Cape Town	Support and development of Hospices
DeKalb County Hospice	Twin Hospice– mutual support, sharing of palliative care learning material and experiences	Illnois, USA	Hospice providing palliative home based care
Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa (FHSSA)	Member	Alexandria, USA	Support and development of Hospices
Western Cape Networking AIDS community of South Africa (NACOSA)	Member and participant	Roggebaai, Cape Town	Support and development, small grants, sharing of information

Local

Organisation	Nature of relationship	Where are They Based?	Describe the nature of their work
Knysna Provincial Hospital	Cross referrals, pharmacy, palliative care awareness	Knysna	Hospital
Municipal Clinics (x6)	Referrals, support, palliative care mentoring	Knysna and surrounds	Primary Health Care clinics
Dept of Social Services	Social services	George	Social Welfare support
South African Social Security Agency (SASSA)	Assistance with fast-tracking social grants and pensions	George	Social Welfare grants, Disability, foster care grants, old age pension etc.
Dept. Home Affairs	Assistance with important documentation	George	Identity documents, birth certificates, marriage certificates
HAART Clinic (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy Clinic)	Cross referrals, HIV/Aids support	Knysna	ARV clinic
Dorothy Broster Children’s Home	Placements, providing care for Orphan Vulnerable Children	Knysna	Orphanage
Black Sash	Legal advice to patients	Knysna	Labour / Employment issues
Sinethemba Youth	Referral of orphan vulnerable children	Knysna	OVC support and child care
Faith based organisations, eg Options, Youth for Christ & churches	Spiritual support, food parcels, clothing, bedding	Knysna	Spiritual care, and support of teenage pregnancies
KADAC (Knysna Alcohol & Drug Abuse Centre)	Referral, counselling, support	Knysna	Alcohol and Drug rehabilitation
South African Police Services	Referral of community issues	Knysna	Police Station