At this time there wasn’t adequate specialist paediatric care in Port Elizabeth, and so they started collecting voyager miles and donations, so that these children could be flown to Cape Town – mostly for cardiac and renal impairments.

We have grown so much since those early days, with the small team of highly dedicated people driving this initiative.

The paediatric care available in Port Elizabeth has also, vastly improved over the years. However the need for children to reach the care that they need has increased greatly.

In South Africa, in particular, many families live in rural and remote areas, and simply cannot afford the transport required for their critically and chronically ill children to receive specialised care in the major centres.

On average, we are fortunate enough to transport over 140 critically and chronically ill children every month – but this is a mere fraction of the children in Southern Africa who desperately need assistance. As a result, many children succumb to their illnesses.

For many, we are the only consistent hope that these children will be able to receive the care which they so desperately need.

In 2018, we spread our own wings and became independent of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa.