STORIES OF HOPE

Kendreya

Kendreya

  Kendreya At Wings & Wishes we strongly believe in collaboration with other organizations to ensure maximum impact. We teamed up with Young Hearts Africa to transport little Kendreya for lifesaving cardiac surgery.  Thank you to our airline partner,...

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Wings & Wishes, so much more

Wings & Wishes, so much more

Wings & Wishes is so much more than the booking of a bus ticket or flight. We are the light in a dark tunnel for families navigating life with a sick child, taking away some of the stress and worry about traveling to medical care. Here are messages from 2 moms. We...

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A new start for Ementle

A new start for Ementle

Imagine living in the rural town of Nqanqarhu in the Eastern Cape. Your little girl is diagnosed with biliary atresia and is in need of a liver transplant. Every month mom and child make the grueling 14-hour trip by bus to Johannesburg to meet with the transplant...

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Message from a mom

Message from a mom

I am a single mom with three children. Their father has chosen not to be involved. My 11-year-old son, Joel, was born prematurely at 29 weeks, suffered a grade 3 and 4 intraventricular brain hemorrhage, among other complications, and as a result faces several...

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Emetle -Waiting For A Miracle

Emetle -Waiting For A Miracle

Little Emetle lives in the rural Eastern Cape town of Maclear. She suffers from biliary atresia. Biliary atresia is a condition that affects an infant’s liver. Bile normally flows from your baby’s liver to their small intestine. But with biliary atresia, your baby’s...

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A Special Gift For Silo

A Special Gift For Silo

Silobonile suffers from biliary atresia, a condition in infants in which the bile ducts outside and inside the liver are scarred and blocked. Bile can’t flow into the intestine, so bile builds up in the liver and damages it. The damage leads to scarring, loss of liver...

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4 Years Of Braveness And Laughter

4 Years Of Braveness And Laughter

Araya lives in Richards Bay. For the past 4 years she has traveled monthly to Durban for a blood transfusion. Thus far Wings & Wishes funded 46 return trips! She suffers from thalassemia -  an inherited blood disorder characterised by less oxygen-carrying protein...

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Kyle’s Journey

Kyle’s Journey

We would like to introduce you to an incredibly special boy, 14-year-old Kyle. As his mom does not have a medical aid, she attended the local clinic during her pregnancy, but she did not have a scan done. When Kyle was born the doctors noted some abnormalities but was...

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Oreokame needs a donor

Oreokame needs a donor

Oreokame lives in Kuruman in the Northern Cape. In 2016 he was diagnosed with Fanconi Anaemia – a rare disease that mainly affects the bone marrow. Oreokame’s health condition is impacting his family. Emotionally his mom is drained, but she keeps strong for his sake. ...

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