Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund

Providing access to prosthetic equipment, school and sport for children living with lower limb amputation from previously disadvantaged communities.

We supply and maintain quality prosthetic equipment for children

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:

Access to, and maintenance of, quality prosthetic equipment

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Access to mainstream education

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Access to sports participation opportunities

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What is Amputation?

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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Jumping Kids role-model Ntando Mahlangu featured on BBC World Service

South African Paralympic sprinter Ntando Mahlangu got his first prosthetic blades at the age of 10, after growing up using a wheelchair. He hopes to inspire the next generation of bilateral above-knee amputee children to dream big and work hard to attain their goals in school and sport.
Bonzai Photography - Nationals Day 3 LR-6

Featured Profile

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.

Latest News

Jumping Kids beneficiaries shine at Nationals

17 April 2025
At the end of March, twelve Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund (Jumping Kids) beneficiaries travelled to the Eastern Cape to participate in track and field athletics at the Toyota SASAPD National...

Jumping Kids joins What’s Your Epic campaign championed by Team Driepoot

7 March 2025
Two longstanding Jumping Kids charity ambassadors, Reuben van Niekerk and Dane Wilson, have partnered with Össur South Africa and Amarex for the ‘What’s Your Epic’ campaign to fundraise for...

Four Para Athletes represent RSA in Dubai with Jumping Kids support

4 March 2025
To kick-off the 2025 athletics season, Jumping Kids helped sponsor four up and coming Para athletes from IsAbility Sports Club Gauteng to participate in the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai...