Jean Stewart, known to some as Sister Jean or Mama Jean, is a wonderful woman who teaches the home-based care team on Monday and Thursday mornings about topics such as hygiene, food gardens, how to dig pit toilets, and multiple health topics that are prevalent in the communities. She, along with another woman, founded Refilwe as an organization. In addition she has done amazing things in her past as a nurse and in the communities. She also started an AIDS hospice at one point. Being in her presence is both inspiring and incredibly encouraging. Jean has a huge heart and is very passionate about the work that is done here, understandably. In this picture, she is teaching the team to give a bed bath to a terminally ill client (which is played by one of the home-based care workers, Sipho). She stresses practical applications and recently had me acting as an injured client to demonstrate wound care! We are all grateful for her contributions to the work of Refilwe.
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