Casa Albert
Casa Albert ("Albert's House"), the hospice building (above), now almost complete and ready to occupy, will be a local centre of excellence, working with young people with life-limiting illnesses such as HIV/AIDS. From here the following services will be provided:
-- Community supportive and palliative care
-- Day care and outpatient's clinic - including physiotherapy, play and counselling
-- Inpatient respite or end-of-life care
-- Education for carers, volunteers and professionals
-- Chapel for quiet prayer and Christian worship
The community
team based in Casa Albert are already active in their palliative care services:
please read our Hospice Casa Albert Project page to
find out more.
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We
decided to name the Hospice Casa Albert project after a young boy called
Albert, who befriended us ever since we began our ministry out there in
1998. We got to know him really well; but in the last two years we found
out that he was HIV positive; and sadly he died on Tuesday, 11th May,
2004, peacefully at his father's home. He was a real inspiration to us
and had such strong faith; as a testimony to his spirit and his faith
we decided to name the home after him. We were able to tell him this before
he passed away.
Left: Steve Cooper (Director of Cry In The Dark) with Albert. |
You
can follow the progress on our Casa
Albert Latest News page.
You can also sign up to become a Cry Partner on our How
To Help - Donate page, and set up a standing order to support
this work regularly, providing vital and reliable
income to keep the home open.