At the age of 4 JP was diagnosed with renal failure. For the next 9 years, JP had to travel to Red Cross Hospital 4 to 5 times a year to monitor his renal function. The biggest challenge for the family was getting to these appointments as only one parent was employed....

Trinisha was born on the 30th of July 2008 and after her birth, she struggled to breathe on her own. At 2 weeks old she was diagnosed with bilateral vocal cord palsy and the doctors did a tracheostomy to bypass the vocal cord palsy in order to allow air to pass...

Luntu is traveling with Wings & Wishes for the past 9 years! She started traveling with us in 2014 when she was just 5 years old. She was newly diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, an illness where the body's immune system attacks its own cells and...

Rushane was born as a healthy baby. When he was 11 years old, his mom, Felicity, attended his soccer match and noticed that he was out of breath and he had no energy. On their way home Rushane complained that his legs were heavy, and Felicity noticed his ankles and...

Giavanna was only 5 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 osteosarcoma. On Tuesday 25th August 2015 at 4:30 pm Dr Peterson gave the lifechanging diagnosis to Giavanna’s parents. He told them that she would immediately be discharged from Life Mercantile...

For the 19-year-old Myrtle, life was almost perfect. She had the most beautiful one-year-old little girl, Denay, who changed her whole life. They lived in the scenic fishing town of Arneston and just moved into their new home, starting their life as a family. As their...

Beautiful Araya is only 3 years old. She lives in Richards Bay Eastern Cape and travels every month to Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal for a blood transfusion. She suffers from thalassemia major. An inherited blood disorder. Wings & Wishes sponsor their monthly travel...

Awonke is an 11-year-old boy living with his family in the rural areas of the Free State. He suffers from dilated cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart cannot pump blood effectively as the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber,  is enlarged and weakened. He...

Asisipho is a beautiful girl with a brilliant smile. According to her mom, she is very sociable and loved being the centre of attention. Aggressive fibromatosis casted a dark shadow on her zest for life.  This is a rare benign tumour that develops from the tissue of...