Run To Hear
- By: Hermo Terblanche
- Short URL: http://www.backabuddy.co.za/runtohear
Personal message
Run To Hear is a project aimed at fund-raising for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. The charity that I have chosen to support is the Carel du Toit Trust. For more information about the trust, please see the box on the right-hand side.
In this day and age, technology can do wonders for the hearing impaired people, provided that sufficient funds are available. Hearing aids are very expensive, and even more astronomical are the costs involved in cochlear implants!
Because of this, most people are cut off from much needed hearing aids and other supportive services such as hearing tests, consultancy and speech therapy.
It is crucial for children diagnosed with hearing disabilities to be treated and helped as soon as possible. It is in the infant stage of such a child’s life that a solid foundation needs to be laid upon which his/her education and adaptation to a normal life can be based.
Often, parents do not have the funds at their disposal to take immediate action, which delays the rehabilitation process and so loses crucial time. This severely jeopardises the child's chances of living a normal life and condemns him/her to be at a disadvantage forever. I strongly believe that no child deserves the injustice of a lifetime of struggling to adapt in a normal hearing world, just because the much-needed technology was too expensive and the child could not be helped in time.
Please give these children a fair chance for a normal healthy life!
Please donate generously! It is safe and easy!
(Look out for the "donate now" button below the fund barometer on the right-hand side.)
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Donations
| Name | Comment | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| B Honck | Hermo, jy's 'n kampioen! | Jul 07, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| supporter | Good luck | Jun 08, 2010 | R 1 500.00 |
| Anonymous | Sterkte | Jun 08, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Carinne | Hermo, hoop hierdie is jou beste Comrades ooit! Ek bid jou God se rykste seen toe op jou projek. | May 31, 2010 | R 2 000.00 |
| Danore Joubert | Sterkte vir die Groot C. Hardloop sommer ook vir my en Christelle se part. | May 27, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| Deon | Hi Hermo, geniet jou Comrades en hardloop 'n PB! | May 22, 2010 | R 300.00 |
| Carine | Baie sterkte! Hardloop 'n hond uit 'n bos uit! Hiehie! | May 11, 2010 | R 200.00 |
| Jeanne Wilters | Hey buddy !!!! Mag God jou en jou projek EN jou Comrades wedloop sëen, meer as wat jy voor kan hoop | May 04, 2010 | R 100.00 |
| :) | Ek's baie trots op jou Hermo. Jy is 'n wonderlike inspirasie! | Apr 29, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| SourceCode | Wonderful initiative!! Well done Harry & good luck!(Sponsored by sourceCode/K2) | Apr 29, 2010 | R 3 450.00 |
| Debbie | "Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficu | Apr 26, 2010 | R 200.00 |
| Anonymous | Geniet elke oomblik! :) | Mar 05, 2010 | R 200.00 |
| Phonak | Phonak supports your efforts and wishes you only the best! Visit www.phonak.co.za for more informati | Feb 18, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Anonymous | Hou bene hou!! | Feb 15, 2010 | R 50.00 |
| AB | Sterkte met die Two Oceans & Comrades. | Feb 14, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| HMT | Hermo, jy verdien net die beste. Trots op jou. Sterkte met die voorbereiding. | Feb 12, 2010 | R 2 000.00 |
| Chris | Sterkte met die Comrades en mag die Here jou projek ryklik seën! | Feb 10, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| L.T.B | Ek voel trots om jou as broer te he. Alle sukses met die projek en die Comrades! | Feb 09, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| E.T. | May your efforts be blessed with many donations for these children and may you run a spectacular Com | Feb 08, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| Louise | Eks amazed oor wat jy doen!Absoluut fantasties!Jyt my 100% ondersteuning!Carel du Toit is 'n fantast | Feb 06, 2010 | R 100.00 |
Carel du Toit Trust - Pretoria |
The Carel du Toit Trust is situated in Lynnwood Glen Pretoria . It also provides a service that makes it possible for deaf children to acquire normal language and speech. Children can go on to mainstream education in ordinary schools and integrate into hearing society where they can eventually follow their dreams. For more information: - visit our website www.cdtkids.givengain.org THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS AND ENERGETIC, HERMO AND THEA AND AMANDA, WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN DEAF CHILDREN'S LIVES........ SUMAYA AND CJ HAVE RECEIVED THEIR COCHLEAR IMPANTS AND ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 30TH THEIR COCHLEAR IMPLANTS WERE SWITCHED ON. Now begins a whole new experinece of sound as they go through the program. The anticipation has been great over the past few weeks and a big thank you must go to their dad's medical aid who came on board and have made the whole experinece a good one. They would also like to say a special thank you to the organisers of all the fundraising through the Pretoria Rekord Foundation who have raised enough funding to go towards the whole year's fees costs for both children. - The Wiehaan Foundation for funding to cover all related costs for the Implant over an above what the medical aid contributed as well as further costs for the extramural activities the children have at the centre (Musical appreciation and ball skills) |
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