Delivered by the Chief Development Officer, SayPro
Date: 06 May 2025
Theme: “Honoring the Heart of Healthcare”
Good morning to the SayPro family, our valued partners, community members, and most importantly, our phenomenal nurses.
Today, on National Nurses Day 2025, I speak to you as SayPro’s Chief Development Officer with great admiration and gratitude. As someone charged with advancing SayPro’s growth, partnerships, and impact, I am constantly reminded that the most powerful foundation for any development—is people. And at the heart of that, stand nurses.
You are the ones delivering care where it’s needed most. You are the ones uplifting communities through compassion, expertise, and tireless service. And you are the reason why SayPro’s Centre for Medical Resources (CMR) continues to grow and succeed in transforming healthcare outcomes across regions.
At SayPro, we do not just develop systems, strategies, and programs—we develop people, and we do it with purpose. That purpose begins with you.
In 2025, our development priorities are rooted in honoring, empowering, and advancing nurses through:
- Expanded partnerships with global health and donor agencies to mobilize more resources directly for nursing support, education, and leadership
- The SayPro Nurse Leadership Fellowship, designed to equip nurses with tools to lead projects, manage clinics, and drive innovation in care
- Enhanced collaboration with academic institutions to offer career progression pathways for nurses across all provinces and rural settings
- The introduction of the Nurse Impact Awards, recognizing and celebrating outstanding development contributions made by nurses in their communities
As we scale our work and extend our reach, we are building not just on policies or funding—but on your dedication. You are not just part of the healthcare system—you are central to its future. You are developers of dignity, of healing, of strength. And every patient you care for becomes part of the legacy you build.
To all SayPro nurses: thank you for being our most trusted partners in development. Your work is not only changing lives—it’s shaping futures.
Happy National Nurses Day 2025.
May you continue to rise, to lead, and to remind us that real development starts with the heart.
[Regaugetswe Netshiozwe]
Chief Development Officer
SayPro