By Chloe Mpinga | Business Development Manager
Reach For A Dream
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Making Dreams Come True
Childhood should be the most magical phase of one's life. For children who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, the magic is easily lost. Reach For A Dream tries to alleviate some of the emotional, physical and financial strain of dealing with a life-threatening illness by creating magical moments that last a lifetime. Some of the health concerns we deal with range from leukemia, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy to HIV, kidney failure and blood disorders. Below are some magical dream we were able to fulfil.
BLOEMFONTEIN DREAM:
Melanie (4) from Northern Cape, dreamt of having baby dolls that she could ‘look after’. Seeing her gifts, literally made her jump for joy. Once her dolls were unwrapped she didn’t want to do anything else but kiss and talk to her ‘baby’. She was one happy young lady .It is moments like these that show how special and fulfilling the work is that we do.
KZN DREAM:
Given from Durban, had his dream fulfilled while he was in hospital. Given’s dream was to receive a laptop, and the fulfillment of this dream was made very exciting for Given as it also involved his passion for culinary skills. A cake-decorating bake-off was arranged with his doctor, Dr. Gouden. The winner was to receive a ‘mystery prize’. To Given’s delight and surprise he won the bake-off, and was beyond excited to discover that the mystery prize was a laptop. It was smiles all round.
JHB DREAM:
Dylan (17) always dreamt of having a high-tech themed room. With a lot of secrecy and hard work from our Johannesburg dream team we were able to make Dylan’s dream come true. Dylan’s mom Ruth, made sure she kept him out of the house for three days, during the makeover. When Dylan arrived home from school and saw the transformation of his room he was totally surprised. This special handover, was made extra special as it was also Dylan’s birthday, that day.
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