impact stories
Catch up with your favourite causes and charites and see just how impactful your donations and support has been to our community.
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,...
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.
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.
Community saves the life of a beautiful 5-year-old, Naledi, through donations for urgent heart surgery.
After Naledi’s first check-up since her heart surgery, it is with great joy to hear that she is recovering well and her doctor will only need to see her again in a year.
Community steps in to help Holly (3) find her voice.
Kim Jones (43) from Table View, Cape Town is on a mission to help her 3-year-old, ‘beautiful and lively niece’, Holly Bright, find her voice.
43 days after her tragic accident, Pietermaritzburg cyclist, Ingrid Flint (57), has sadly passed away.
Ingrid Flint (57), a cyclist from Ashburton, Pietermaritzburg who was involved in a horrific, near-fatal car accident has passed away.
1 year after his diagnosis, Shaunie (12), loses his battle with Brainstem Glioma.
After a year long battle with Brainstem Glioma, Shaunie Botha, from Johannesburg, passed away in his father’s arms this morning.
Community gets Roadside ‘roosterbrood’ master to Italy as special guest.
When Tannie Poppie Van As, an elderly lady from Laingsburg who runs a roadside ‘roosterbrood’ stand in the Western Cape was invited to Italy to show off her cooking skills, her personality instantly captured the hearts of donors both locally and abroad.
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