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.
Ntando-Mahlangu

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Ntando Mahlangu

Born with fibular hemi-melia; a congenital condition that affected both his legs from the knee down; Ntando Mahlangu spent a good portion of his young life in a wheelchair.

In 2012, the year of the London Paralympics, a decision was made to amputate both Ntando’s legs through the knee. He was fitted with his first set of prosthetics at an event organized by Avis South Africa, in collaboration with the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund and IceXpress Progressive Prosthetics.

Latest News

Round Table Pretoria hosts Action Cricket Day to raise funds for Jumping Kids

11 August 2023
On August 12th, the Pretoria charter of the Round Table initiative is hosting a day of action cricket, at Bull Ring Action Cricket in Centurion, to raise funds for children...

The Strenue Trust, investing in an inclusive future in collaboration with Jumping Kids

27 July 2023
Johannesburg, 27 July 2023 – The 2023 Para Athletics World Championships; that concluded on July 17th at Stade Charléty in Paris, France; produced a blistering *T63 100m sprint performance from Jumping Kids Prosthetic...

Puseletso Mabote (17) sets two World marks at National Para athletics Championships

21 March 2023
The curtain came down at the Toyota South Africa SASAPD (Sports Association for the Physically Disabled) National Para athletics Championships (19-21 March) in Cape Town with 17 year-old Paralympian, Puseletso Mabote...