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Generous Support Brings SA Teacher Home From Vietnam
Diagnosed with terminal cancer and suffering tremendous pain, time is of the essence to bring Dale Benson (39), from Cape Town, home from Vietnam.
‘Diabetic Alert Dog’ will manage 2-year-old Jenna-Mae’s insulin levels as they rise & fall
In September 2021, Jenna-Mae van der Vyver, an ‘exceptionally smart and compassionate’ 2-year-old girl from Krugersdorp, Johannesburg, was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 1, an auto-immune condition, which typically appears during adolescence. As Type 1 diabetes is not...
Cableway Guide to summit Table Mountain 365 times in 2022 to build safe haven for children
Rudy van Dieman (26), a tour guide for Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, began 2022 with an ambitious goal: to achieve 365 summits up Table Mountain, for charity. The challenge which began on 1 January 2022, and will end on the 31st December 2022, came about as a means...
TRIGGER WARNING | Single mom and two young daughters fall victim to terrifying pit bull attack
On 14 December 2021, Marizka De Villiers (26) and her two daughters Megan (5) and Chané (9 months), were brutally attacked by the neighbour’s pit bull on an agricultural plot in Randfontein, Johannesburg. While looking for their dog which went missing, the neighbours...
ISFAP agrees to cover 70% of the tuition fees for 3 deserving, disadvantaged students
The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP), is a South African non-profit company that assists students from less privileged backgrounds. The organisation, which is a positive public-private partnership, intersecting the government and the private sector,...
Modern Miracle | 4-year-old Kyleigh’s life-saving heart surgery declared a ‘resounding success’
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...
Devastating Car Accident claims life of mother (36), daughter (9), daughter (6) suffers severe injuries
On the evening of 21 January 2022, Christeen Syffert (36) and her two daughters, Justeen (9) and Leanie (6) were involved in a serious motor vehicle accident on N17 Voortrekker Road in Alberton. The family was on their way home after seeing Christeen’s mom. Paramedics...
Heroic children walk 2km to the SPCA, carrying injured dog to safety in a baby car seat
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...
SA mom steps out of her comfort zone to honour her son who passed away of cancer
On 12 February 2022, Nadia Lewis (43), from Randburg, Johannesburg, took on the aQuellé Midmar Mile, swimming 1.6km to honour the memory of her son, Hanno, who passed away 8 years ago due to a rare form of cancer. Hanno’s cancer journey In June 2013, when Hanno was...
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