featured campaigns
Read the inspiring stories behind our featured campaigns created by champions or charity organisations in your local area.
7-year-old Farren fearlessly fights Leukemia
One month before her birthday, Farren Grace (7), a grade one pupil from Westville, Durban, was diagnosed with Leukemia, a rare form of cancer in the blood and bone marrow. As a result of her condition, Farren faces frequent infections, fatigue as well as bleeding and...
Joburgers peddle expand the South African Bone Marrow Registry database
On the 21st of November 2021, 28 cyclists from Johannesburg, part took in the 94.7 Ride Joburg Pedaling for a purpose, the group aimed to support the South African Bone Marrow Registry in raising funds for the organisation's Patient Assistance Programme. To date, the...
‘Mountain Man’ Andrew Patterson climbed Table Mountain 365 times in 2018 to raise almost R1Million rand for charity.
In 2018, Andrew Patterson (39) from Sea Point, Cape Town, successfully climbed Table Mountain every day for a year to raise funds for 3 non-profit organisations, Habitat for Humanity, One Heart and Sunflower Fund on BackaBuddy. Through the summer sun and winter rain,...
Community raises over R60k for medical bills after 9-year old boy is attacked by pig
On the 30th of September 2021, Luke Mulvey, a 9-year-old boy who lives on a smallholding in Lovemore Park, Eastern Cape, was attacked by a 250kg mother sow that he has looked after as a pet for the last 2-years.
Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust alumni crowdfund to support at least 6 first year students
The Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust’s (CRET) alumni are giving back and paying it forward with an initiative of their own, supporting deserving students just like they were once supported.
8-month-old, Baby Mahi, needs a life-saving bone marrow transplant from an international donor.
Just four months ago, the Jithoo family from KwaZulu-Natal, heard the devastating news that no parent ever wants to hear: their 8-month-old baby girl, Mahi, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, a very rare form of cancer.
KZN Woman in need of urgent breast reduction surgery to get ‘6kg weight off her chest’
Kirsty Olwagen (32) a school bus driver from Pietermaritzburg, was a breech baby, born with a dislocated hip, which has placed tremendous strain on knees her whole life. Pictured above: Kirsty and her husband, Sefas. At only 2-years old, doctors at Mediclinic in...
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Walking for 29 hours, GBV activist Leilani hopes to provide women with free self-defence classes
On the 16th of September 2021, the 29th anniversary of her sexual assault, Leilani will take on a new challenge: walking for 29 hours, from Ventersdorp to Little Falls, Gauteng, to raise R290 000 on BackaBuddy, to provide women, particularly those in disadvantaged areas with access to free self-defence classes.
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