Prosthesis for Military Veteran

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SAMVOZA SA Military Veterans
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Johannesburg
South Africa
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Started a yr ago
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Prosthesis for Military Veteran Frikkie

SAMVOZA (SA Military Veterans Organisation Southern Africa) assist thousands of forgotten hurting and needy SA Military Veterans of all walks of life, with the means to our disposal, with basic food, health care, medication, accommodation etc. www.samvo.international  This is only one of the tragic stories of many struggling forgotten SA Military Veterans. 

One of our Military Veterans Frikkie Van Breda (75) lives with his son in a one bedroom garden cottage. Frikkie’s son did have work to support them but in November/December 2023 things suddenly changed for them both. 

Frikkie was cutting his toe nails when he accidentally cut the flesh of his right toe. As Frikkie does not have a medical aid he treated the toe himself for a few weeks but afterword it became badly infected and he went to Tambo Memorial Hospital for treatment. Dr's discovered he had gangrene and on the 6 February 2024 his big toe was surgically removed. The gangrene was not cured and on the 7 March 2024 they removed the...

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S. SA Military Veterans 5 Apr '25
Frikkies birthday is on the 7 April 25. Please help us to get Frikkie walking again. He still lives in one bedroom with his son who cares for him. Rally family, friends, work mates together to donat...

S. SA Military Veterans 5 Mar '25
Frikkie and his son were renting a 1 bedroom garden cottage. The Owners sold the house and Frikkie aquired another flat to move into. The end of Feb 2025 at the last moment, before they moved in, th...

S. SA Military Veterans 1 Mar '25
Frikkie busy with daily exersizes. Determined to be ready to walk again.

S. SA Military Veterans 17 Feb '25
Since the campaign started to assist Military Veteran Frikkie to receive a prosthesis, he is now full of hope and gratitute. He has started daily exersizes to strengthen his stump leg muscles to one...
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