Hermanus Waldorf School

                                                                     Grace, with her mother, father and baby brother

GRACE KAMUNDI

Grace Kamundi was born in Malawi on 24 July 2007. She moved with her mother and father to Hermanus in 2009, and joined the Hermanus Waldorf School Kindergarten in 2012. Her father, Gaba, is a gardener and her mother, Ruth, a domestic worker. They live in a cottage on a farm in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley.

On 25 June 2013 she was admitted to the Tygerberg Hospital with an abdominal mass noted by her mother. She was diagnosed with a type of cancer of the kidney, nephroblastoma, also known as Wilms tumour.

She started chemotherapy on 8 July 2013 at the oncology department in Tygerberg. Her one kidney was recently removed. She cannot attend school any longer, due to her suppressed immunity caused by the chemotherapy treatment. Her teacher has said she can come to school whenever she is feeling stronger, even if it is just for a visit. She misses her school friends very much.

Grace is now staying at home, and she goes for chemotherapy twice a month. She  has a new baby brother, Renzo, who is one month old.