Jumping Kids is a Section 21 Trust; classified as a Non-Profit Company (2009/018078/08) by the South African Labour Act; which supplies and maintains quality prosthetic equipment for children living with lower limb amputation or limb related disability across South Africa and into the continent. Our mandate is to provide beneficiaries, of school going age, with the tools required to become successful contributing members of society. These tools are:
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Amputation is the removal of a body extremity due to trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is applied to control pain or disease in the affected limb, such as malignancy and gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out as a preventative surgery. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands.
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Puseletso Mabote
In 2010 Puseletso Mabote underwent an emergency amputation after a road accident claimed his right leg from above the knee.
After a challenging three years, he became a Jumping Kids beneficiary (2013) and was subsequently introduced to Para athletics as part of his rehabilitation.
Now, in 2024, Puseletso is aiming to represent South Africa at his second consecutive Paralympic Games in the Men’s T63 division.