by Zane Groenewald | May 5, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Liané Roux, a 10-month old baby from Secunda, Mpumalanga has faced a number of serious health issues since the start of her life, as a result of being born with 3 congenital heart defects. Concerned that their daughter (who was 4 months old at the time) was showing...
by Zane Groenewald | Feb 17, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Dale Benson (39), an educator from Cape Town, South Africa, who had been teaching English in Vietnam, arrived safely home on the 15th of July after receiving the devastating news that he is dying of stage 4 cancer. Time was of the essence After experiencing severe...
by Simbulele Jezile | Feb 7, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Support this BackaBuddy Campaign 3-year-old, Kyleigh ‘Milana’ Kista, from Benoni South Africa was diagnosed with a Complex Congenital Heart Defect at birth, and needs urgent, life-saving treatment in the US within the next 3 months. Kyleigh’s condition, known as...
by Zane Groenewald | Feb 3, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Support this campaign on BackaBuddy In January 2022, Matthew Hahm (11), Thorne Davids (10) and Alex Jacobs (9), from Parkwood, Cape Town, heard a loud dog’s cry after a free-roaming dog chased Bruno, Thorne’s puppy into the road where he was knocked by a car. Without...
by Zane Groenewald | Feb 1, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Despite being diagnosed ‘profoundly deaf’ at birth and ‘clinically blind’ at the age of 48, Jennifer Pretorius (59) who lives in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, has always been determined to lead a full life. At the age of 6, unable to attend mainstream school due to...
by Zane Groenewald | Jan 24, 2022 | Campaign, Impact
Nickey Seger (48), a fitness specialist and wellbeing coach from Strubensvalley, Johannesburg, is honouring a decade-long promise she made to a student close to her heart. In 2005, while working at Scuba City in Ferndale, Nickey met Goodwill Khuzwayo (41), a charming...
