CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme

VIDEO: CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) programme supports children and teens diagnosed with cancer or affected by cancer (a family member has cancer), as we believe no child or family should have to face cancer on their own. Come and see what we do…

CANSA joins Childhood Cancer International, founders of International Childhood Cancer Day, celebrated globally on 15 February in raising awareness of childhood cancer & working towards lowering deaths, pain and suffering and supporting the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Childhood Cancer Target Goals. #EarlyDetection #CANSACares

Breyton Paulse, Springbok rugby legend, shares about CANSA’s Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme which supports parents, guardians, children and teens affected by cancer. #CANSAcares #CANSAserves #ChildhoodCancerAwareness #CANSATLC

Being a teenager is a challenging phase of anyone’s young life, especially if you think of the physical and hormonal changes that their bodies go through, and for some of us watching this metamorphosis, the mood swings and sometimes difficult […]

Afrikaanse Weergawe PDF Read more about our support offering to children / teens and families affected by cancer…

Each September the Vlok family host an online fundraiser to support CANSA’s TLC Programme and children / teens affected by cancer. Funds raised in 2018 will help CANSA TLC afford life changing medical port-a-cath and broviac implants, as well as critical nutrition packages for South African paediatric cancer patients. We appreciate each and every donation! Together we can make a difference! #CANSATLC #ChildhoodCancerAwareness

As part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the spotlight is placed on raising awareness of symptoms and making parents and guardians of children / teens diagnosed with cancer, aware of avenues of support available. CANSA focuses on early detection and support of teenage cancer Survivors (patients) this September…

English Media Release 16 Augustus 2018 – As deel van Kinderkanker bewusmaking maand, laat die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) die kollig val op die bewusmaking van simptome van kinder- en tienerkanker. Dit sal help om ouers/voogde van kinders of tieners […]

Watch video of when CANSA TLC Nicus Lodge was visited by SABC Real Talk with Anele on #MandelaDay 2017: Support by CANSA TLC CANSA offers a programme called CANSA Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) that supports not only the diagnosed […]

Afrikaans PPT: Childhood Cancer Awareness | Symptoms | Myths | CANSA TLC Support Read more…

Afrikaans PPT: How to Support Your Friend who has Cancer Read more…

English PPT: Hoe om Jou Maatjie met Kanker te Ondersteun Lees meer…

English PPT: Kinderkanker Bewustheid | Simptome | Mites | KANSA TLC Ondersteuning Lees meer…

A travel grant was awarded to Dr Tanya Schickerling of Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Division of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology to attend the SIOP 2016, 48th Congress of International Society of Paediatric Oncology in Dublin, Ireland from 18 to […]

CANSA officially opened its TLC Brian Davey Step Down Unit in September 2015, housed at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria. The unit, which serves the Steve Biko, Unitas and Pretoria East hospitals, provides a sterile but family friendly environment where children can safely prepare for, or recover from, stem cell transplants and build up their immune systems, without risk of infection.

CANSA is partnering with the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC) to serve the children and families of children diagnosed with cancer in South Africa.

They say that life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Many of us find ourselves rushing from place to place, planning all the things we need to do and never having time to appreciate the […]

Ignorance re cancer is rife in remote rural communities – many people still erroneously believe that cancer is contagious. A young girl and her mom were being rejected by their community, when CANSA’s TLC Staff in Kimberley stepped in to […]

Daniel Baron, popular South African singer & songwriter, shares a personal message of encouragement to all children fighting cancer, below: We all have people that inspire us in our lives. My cousin, Matthew de Klerk, was diagnosed with cancer at […]

When I found out that my only son, Stuurman (11 yrs old), had brain cancer I thought my eyes and ears must be deceiving me. It was the 19th March, a day I cannot forget. My name is Sarah Tlou […]