
category
Health & Wellbeing
primary SDG
Good Health and Well-being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
address
Alberton, South Africa
website
steppingstonehospice.co.za/We help communities in Alberton and surrounding areas by providing specialized palliative care.
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More about Stepping Stone Hospice
Stepping Stone Hospice & Care Services is a registered non-profit organisation founded in 2013 by Tersia Burger, based in Alberton, Gauteng. The organisation provides holistic palliative and end-of-life care to patients and their families, operating an 8-bed Adult In-Patient Unit, a dedicated Children's Palliative Care Unit (one of only five such registered facilities in South Africa), home-based care and nursing, and bereavement counselling services. Since inception, the hospice has supported over 4 300 adult patients and approximately 40 000 family members, caring for around 150 patients monthly. It is the only hospice in Gauteng to hold both CoHSASA accreditation and a five-star APCC rating simultaneously, and in 2025 was awarded the Global Recognition Award for its ground-breaking approach to end-of-life care — recognised as a continental leader in palliative care innovation. Despite its achievements, Stepping Stone Hospice continues to face significant funding pressures, ...





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