featured campaigns
Read the inspiring stories behind our featured campaigns created by champions or charity organisations in your local area.
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.
Earth-shaker, Romario, dedicates his 10th Birthday to help complete an aviary and plant 350 trees
Romario Valentine (9), a pint-size planet warrior and artist from Umhlanga, Durban, has dedicated the last 4 years of his young life to protecting our planet. Fully focused on his passions, namely bird and marine conservation, climate change, and deforestation,...
Tragic Cooking oil accident: 2-year-old Willow Kleinhans suffers severe burn wounds
On the 31st of March 2021, 2-year-old Willow Kleinhans from Richard’s Bay was playing in her mother’s kitchen when she reached for the gas stove, and accidentally poured boiling cooking oil over her head and 25% of her body.
South Africans coming together even in these trying times.
Take a look at a few BackaBuddy campaigns launched this year that reminded us what it means to be South African, even in these trying times.
5 Charities To Support This Heritage Day
While we take a day to celebrate our heritage, donate a warm nutritional meal to a charity by helping them raise funds to feed those in need.
Johannesburg mother pleads for donations to help her 11-year-old twin boys, Caleb and Cole
Eleven year old twins, Caleb and Cole need your help to receive new hearing aids. They rely on these devices to hear and their existing ones are broken with no medical aid to replace them.
Shadrack Kuchale speaks out for the first time since the armed robbery that left him paralysed
On 1 September 2021, in the early hours of the morning, Shadrack Kuchale (38) From Cosmo City, Johannesburg, was on his way to work, when he was attacked and held at gunpoint.
Crowdfunding campaign brings hope to Pearl’s children after her tragic murder
To honour the life and memory of her friend, KT, has started a crowdfunding campaign to help cover the cost of Pearl’s children trauma counselling, as well as their education and living expenses for the foreseeable future.
Death and Resurrection: An exhibition to celebrate 20 years of an artists’ collective
Marking 20 years after the founding of the Keiskamma Project, the organisation is excited to announce that the iconic artworks created over the years will be exhibited at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, a living museum that tells the story of South Africa’s hard-fought journey to democracy.
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