Reaching Out to Rwanda

The Hospice Palliative Care Society of Cape Breton County is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011. Twenty -five years ago, palliative care was not known or available in Cape Breton, and today we are very fortunate to have a well developed Palliative Care Program island wide. In appreciation and recognition of these 25 years of community support and health care development, the Society is “reaching out” in a small way to The Partnership in Caring Project. This project began as a partnership and sharing between the nursing community in Antigonish and the staff of Butare Hospital, Rwanda as they strive to improve quality of care for the people of Rwanda.

This year there is an interest in identifying and developing palliative care in the community of Butare. In recognition of this, the Society with talented help of local artisans designed and sewed this “Reaching Out” Quilt.

Tickets on the quilt are available here. The draw for the quilt will be on Oct. 7, 2011. Please help us to reach out and share our blessings with the community of Butare.
Thank you.