The Health Promoters in South Africa are very happy with the expansion of its team. Drs. Annemiek Dekker, a medical doctor from the Netherlands has joined our team as medical advisor and lecturer. Annemiek Dekker started volunteering since the beginning of this year. ‘When I heard about the Health Promoters and the positive impact theyRead more about Expansion Health Promoters team![…]
Compiled by Harold E. Robles Foreword by Roger Gamble, US Ambassador, Retired Publishing this book has long been the dream of compiler, Harold E. Robles, as from a young age he regarded Albert Schweitzer as his mentor and role model. ‘Selecting the words for this book from Albert Schweitzer’s oeuvre was difficult,’ Harold Robles commented,Read more about Reverence for Life, the words of Albert Schweitzer[…]
The poorest of the poor are the hardest to reach. They lack many of the basics for survival, such as food and water, but foremost among the basic human rights left unfulfilled is access to preventative health education. In many countries with fragile social systems, disadvantaged families and communities have nowhere to turn for evenRead more about Health Education: a Neglected Area of Human Rights[…]
On Thursday, 21st September, 2017, HPSA launched their new women’s upliftment programme called GrowStronger! at our Health Information Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. 14 very enthusiastic ladies (see above) attended this first session, led by Senior Health Promoters Xoliswa Mhobo and Vuyelwa Mgidi. The women come from some of the poorest, most vulnerable areas ofRead more about Start of HPSA’S new women’s programme GrowStronger![…]
We would like to introduce you to our first Youth Ambassador Nkazie-zimmie Dwezekile. Also known as ‘Nonka’. Nonka was born in the township Colosa in South Africa. She now lives in the Netherlands and studies in Belgium.Last year she participated in the Miss South Africa Netherlands pageant, and won! Who is Nonka Nonka is aRead more about Miss South Africa Netherlands – Youth Ambassador[…]
For the past 15 years Health Promoters have been engaging in the empowerment of people in the vulnerable communities of Cape Town through the medium of health education. Seeing that there is a powerful nexus between ill-health and poverty, we felt obliged to play a role in breaking that link by bringing vital basic healthRead more about Annual Report 2016-2017[…]
Announcement Stellenbosch, South Africa, December 2016 Health Promotion South Africa Trust honored by President Barack Obama. President Barack Obama recently honored the Health Promotion South Africa Trust (HPSA) and its co-Founder and special advisor. In a personal statement from the White House addressed to Dr. h.c. Harold Robles, the President hailed the activities ofRead more about Health Promotion South Africa Trust honored by President Barack Obama[…]
