The Children’s Hospital Trust in Cape Town have been working hard to raise funds to move the Orthopaedic Unit from the Maitland Cottage Hospital in Newlands onto the main Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital site. On the 17th April 2024, the Harry Crossley Foundation team attended the exciting ground breaking for this new facility [read more]
Monthly Archives: April 2024
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On the evening of the 17th April, the Harry Crossley Foundation Trustees, Linda Whitfield and Bernard Osrin, along with Kristin Larsen and Thuli Mashabane, were invited to join Ikamva Labantu for the screening of their documentary Brave Hearts. The movie follows the lives of multiple women living in the townships and the heroic work they [read more]
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The Harry and Doris Crossley Foundation recently participated in the IPASA Higher Education Funder Seminar, which brought together philanthropic foundations supporting higher education. The seminar aimed to address the current crisis in higher education, particularly focusing on funding challenges and issues affecting the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Given the significant number of students [read more]
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A new year, a new adventure with our Doris Crossley Foundation undergraduate cohort. On the morning of the 13th April, Linda Whitfield, Thuli Mashabane and Kristin Larsen, set off to meet with 30 of our undergraduate students from UCT, Stellenbosch University, SEA, LAMTA and our teaching programmes. We all met at the Cool Runnings Toboggan [read more]