Young Hearts Africa Foundation

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The Young Hearts Foundation raises much-needed funds and awareness to facilitate life-saving heart operations for young children from disadvantaged families born with CHD (Congenital Heart Disease).

A child with congenital heart disease did not choose this path. Neither did their family.But you can choose to walk alon...
21/08/2026

A child with congenital heart disease did not choose this path. Neither did their family.

But you can choose to walk alongside them.

A donation to Young Hearts Africa, however small, helps fund the surgery that gives a child the chance they deserve.

R50. R100. Whatever you can give today matters more than you know.

Donate today: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

To the mothers who have sat in corridors not knowing what comes next. The aunts who stepped in when it was needed. The n...
09/08/2026

To the mothers who have sat in corridors not knowing what comes next. The aunts who stepped in when it was needed. The nurses and staff who show up every single day. The cousins who drove through the night. The women who held everything together when everything felt like it was falling apart.

You are the heartbeat behind the heartbeat.

Happy Women's Day from all of us at Young Hearts Africa.

It is human to avoid what is painful to witness. None of us are immune to it.But the children waiting for heart surgery ...
31/07/2026

It is human to avoid what is painful to witness. None of us are immune to it.

But the children waiting for heart surgery in South Africa do not have the luxury of looking away from their own reality.

Please donate what you can: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

Mandela asked us to look at how we treat our children. Are we ready to answer?In South Africa, thousands of children are...
17/07/2026

Mandela asked us to look at how we treat our children. Are we ready to answer?
In South Africa, thousands of children are waiting for life saving heart surgery that their families cannot afford.
The surgery exists. The doctors are ready. The funding is not there.
Mandela's words ask us to look honestly at that reality and decide what kind of society we want to be.
This Mandela Day, please donate to Young Hearts Africa. A child is waiting.
DONATE TODAY: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

For a child with untreated congenital heart disease, those milestones are not guaranteed.But they can be, with the right...
10/07/2026

For a child with untreated congenital heart disease, those milestones are not guaranteed.
But they can be, with the right support and the right funding behind them.
Young Hearts Africa exists to make sure more children reach those special moments.
Please donate today. Every rand brings us closer: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

No child chooses the circumstances they are born into.But every one of them deserves a chance to live.In South Africa, t...
03/07/2026

No child chooses the circumstances they are born into.
But every one of them deserves a chance to live.
In South Africa, thousands of children are waiting for life saving heart surgery that their families simply cannot afford.
Will you help us?
DONATE TODAY: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

We are proud to announce that our founder, Dr Wilhelm Lichtenberg, has just released his newest song, La Gravitá.The son...
26/06/2026

We are proud to announce that our founder, Dr Wilhelm Lichtenberg, has just released his newest song, La Gravitá.
The song explores what holds our universe together - from the orbits of planets to the bonds between people.

You can listen to the song on the following platforms:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5us5iuiGAAZKWNAMQ4Nsur
Apple: https://music.apple.com/.../la-gravita-single/6779249337
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPdPRzAVztPzbYX1tPNBcVb0z-LLjzL1o

Congenital heart disease is treatable.What is missing, for thousands of South African families, is the funding to access...
19/06/2026

Congenital heart disease is treatable.
What is missing, for thousands of South African families, is the funding to access that treatment.
Heart disease kills more people than the six most common cancers combined. Yet it remains strangely invisible.
Your donation helps close the gap between what is possible and what families can afford.
R50. R100. Every amount helps fund a life saving surgery.

DONATE TODAY: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

June is the month we honour the youth of our country and celebrate their lives and their futures.Sadly, every day there ...
05/06/2026

June is the month we honour the youth of our country and celebrate their lives and their futures.
Sadly, every day there are mothers sitting in hospital corridors waiting for news about their babies hearts. The funds are just not available for surgery and their future will be devastating. Please give them the hope they deserve this Youth Month, be that someone.
Donate to Young Hearts Africa. R100 is all it takes to be part of saving a life.
Donate today: https://youngheartsafrica.org/donations/

90% of children in South Africa born with heart defects never get the surgery they need. Not because it can't be done. B...
29/05/2026

90% of children in South Africa born with heart defects never get the surgery they need. Not because it can't be done. But because their families simply can't afford it.

This Youth Month, help us change that - one small donation at a time.

R50. R100. Whatever you can. Together, we can fund the surgeries that turn heartbreak into hope.

Young Hearts Africa has already saved 32 precious lives. Help us save the next one.
Every rand counts.

Visit youngheartsafrica.org to donate or partner with us.

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Goodwood
Cape Town
7460

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00

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