featured campaigns
Read the inspiring stories behind our featured campaigns created by champions or charity organisations in your local area.
Pinetown Mother of Twins Battling Cancer Finds Unexpected Support from Employer and Donors
Buhle Dlamini (38) from Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, is a devoted mother of four-year-old twins and a hardworking domestic worker who has spent years caring for others. But after being diagnosed with aggressive cervical cancer in February, she now faces her own fight—for...
Hope Undivided: JJ Ritter’s Mission to Give CRPS a Voice
In 2021, JJ Ritter’s life changed forever when he was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a rare and debilitating neurological condition often referred to as the “Suicide Disease” due to the unrelenting, excruciating pain it causes. According to the...
The Last Rhinos of Lombardini: One Man’s Mission to Keep Them Safe
Eastern Cape, South Africa – In the quiet rural stretch between Patensie and Humansdorp, where citrus orchards roll into game reserves, lives a young conservationist whose life has been shaped by the heartbeat of the wild. Justin Terblanche (27), affectionately known...
Family Races to Help Artistic 5-Year-Old Hear the World Before Grade 1
At just five years old, Caleb Alexander from Oudtshoorn has already walked a difficult road — from surgeries to correct club feet to recovering from facial burns as a toddler. Now, as he prepares to start Grade 1, his family faces a new challenge: helping Caleb...
Celebrating Workers’ Day – A Cycle of Compassion with BackaBuddy
On this Workers’ Day, we pause to celebrate not only the importance of labour and the rights of workers across the globe, but also the passion and purpose that drives us at BackaBuddy. Every member of our team plays a vital role in building a more compassionate South...
Fighting Stage 4 Cancer, Cape Town Dad Runs to Raise Hope for Kids with Cancer
Aadam Forgan (43), from the Deep South of Cape Town, is preparing to run the Outeniqua Half Marathon on 26 April 2025—while bravely facing stage 4 colorectal cancer. Diagnosed in 2023, just months after his sister was also diagnosed with cancer, Aadam...
It Takes a Village and a Kitchen: Feeding 500 Children With Love and Purpose
Willemina “Mina” Solomons, a 40-year-old woman from Smutsville in Sedgefield along the Garden Route, is the heart behind a powerful story of compassion, community, and resilience. What began as a single act of kindness on Easter Sunday 2024 has since grown into a...
A Mother’s Desperate Plea: Support Needed for Ashley Oosthuizen, Wrongfully Imprisoned in Thailand
George, Western Cape, South Africa – Lynnette (Lynn) Blignaut called for global support from Thailand, where her daughter, Ashley Oosthuizen (26), had been wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Lynnette launched a crowdfunding campaign through BackaBuddy to manage...
Every Step Matters: Baby Adam’s Battle with Bilateral Club Foot
Three-month-old Adam du Toit, from Cape Town, is a brave little warrior facing a challenge that no child should have to endure. Born with a severe form of bilateral club foot, Adam’s ability to walk, run, and play like other children has been hindered by pain and...
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