June 2017 Billiard and the Naledi Football Club Story – Die Son – Billiard Helps Soccer Kids Bone Marrow Transplant – 702 Live – Register to be a bone marrow donor and help 3-year old Raqeeb May 2017 Bone Marrow Transplant For Raqeeb Palm – News 24 – Athlone mom starts fund for son’s marrow transplant Bone […]
Rainbows & Smiles – Crowdfunding at The Comrades.
The Comrades marathon this year is an “UP RUN” starting at the City Hall in Durban and finishing at The Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg on the 4th of June 2017. The 86,73 km race is an historic event embedded in our heritage and was built on the foundation of friendship and camaraderie. This year 17 […]
Kind-hearted Billiard, Crowdfunds for Soccer Kits.
Billiard Molongoana works seven days a week as a gardener and handyman to earn money to fund his passion: The Naledi Football Club in Site C, Khayelitsha. Billiard used to walk home in the evenings, and see the boys in his neighbourhood, playing soccer in the streets, kicking anything from empty cool drink bottles to […]
A Decade of Friendship lives on.
The 2007 MBA classmates from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, are honouring a decade of friendship in a very special way. On the 30th of April 2017, UCT alumni, Russell Martin sadly passed away, leaving behind his wife IIze, his two young boys, Oliver and Conner and his friends and family […]
Raqeeb (3) Isn’t making enough making enough blood to survive.
Raqeeb Palm, was diagnosed with Aplastic Aneamia in October 2016, at just three years old. Raqeeb is from Heideveld (Athlone area) Western Cape. After noticing unusual bruising on his body his mother, Zaida Palm had the doctors run a few tests to find out the root of the problem, the results from the blood test […]
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We see extraordinary giving on a daily basis, and the month of May 2017 has been no exception. We’ve also seen an increase of causes created on BackaBuddy in the media. For this reason, and a few others, our ‘News & Views’ section has been added to the site. Keep your eyes open for campaigns […]
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