Funeral Academy For Africa

The Funeral Academy for Africa offers various workshops and courses for funeral directors, including a full time national certificate in funeral services.

The Compassionate Friends (South Africa)

The Compassionate Friends is a mutual self-help organisation offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents and siblings.  To assist them in the positive resolution of the grief experienced upon the death of a child and to support their efforts to achieve physical and emotional health.  The Compassionate Friends also offer support for those who have experienced stillbirth, miscarriage and infant death.

The Compassionate Friends - Johannesburg
The Compassionate Friends - Cape Town
The Compassionate Friends - Pretoria

There are various groups of The Compassionate Friends around South Africa, national contacts can be found on the Johannesburg link above.  

Infants Remembered In Silence (USA)

IRIS offers parents, families, friends and professionals support, education and resources on the death of a child in early pregnancy (miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy etc.), or from premature birth, stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defects, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), illness and all other types of infant and early childhood death. Grieving is not about forgetting... It is about remembering.

Good Grief

Free on-line memorial pages. Good Grief is a place to grieve, a place to share, a place to celebrate the lives of those that have passed. Post a page to commemorate a loved one, a friend, a relative and share photos and memories with those whose lives they enriched. Creating a memorial page is a totally free service.

Hospice

Hospice provides palliative care for patients and their families throughout the world. They are an information resource for patients and care givers, helping to alleviate suffering associated with progressive, incurable illness.

Palliative care provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms. It is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with terminal illness. Hospice offers a support system and integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care.

Witwatersrand Hospice - includes Midrand, Alberton, Soweto, Alexandra and the greater Johannesburg area.
St Luke's Hospice Cape Town - includes various centre's in and around Cape Town.
Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa - also provides a map for you to find a Hospice in your area.

The Cancer Association of South Africa

CANSA is a non-profit organization set up to fight cancer and offer support to cancer sufferers.

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer, the primary cause of which is exposure to asbestos.  Asbestos.com is an extensive information resource for all mesothelioma issues ranging from mesothelioma disease to diagnosis options.

See another mesothelioma information resource based in the USA.

The Organ Donor Foundation

The Organ Donor Foundation is a non-profit charity, which aims to address the critical shortage of organ and tissue donors in South Africa. Currently there are over 3,500 people awaiting organ and cornea transplants. Tragically less than 1,000 will this year receive a transplant and the "Gift of Life" due to this critical shortage. Please support organ donation. Let’s ensure that South Africa remains a centre of excellence for organ and tissue transplantation. Transplants save lives.

For more information on organ donation, visit http://www.odf.org.za/. Alternatively call the Organ Donor Foundation Toll Free on 0800 22 66 11.

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group

Suicide Helpline: 0800-567-567
Mental Health Helpline: 011-262-6396

Trained counsellors operate the Mental Health Counselling centre and the toll free Suicide Crisis Line every day from 8am to 8pm. The SA Depression and Anxiety group has over 120 support groups nationwide.