Investing in Wheelchair Tennis Sports Development
Facilitating access to sports participation opportunities at the highest level is one of the three pillars of the Jumping Kids philosophy – the other two being facilitating access to mobility equipment and access to quality education. These three pillars compliment each other since it is the Jumping Kids belief that providing children living with limb
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Jumping Kids beneficiaries shine at Nationals
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 Championships that took place in Gqeberha from 28 March to 1 April 2025. Young athletes living with physical disabilities hailing from three provinces, who are
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Jumping Kids joins What’s Your Epic campaign championed by Team Driepoot
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 the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund in the lead-up to the 2025 Absa Cape Epic (16-23 March) that the duo will be participating in. Össur’s What’s Your
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Four Para Athletes represent RSA in Dubai with Jumping Kids support
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, United Arab Emirates. The event was the first in a series of World Para Athletics Grand Prix competitions and important opportunity for the four
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Jumping Kids trio represent RSA at the Dream Program
Three South Africans associated with the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund were invited to represent their country at the 2025 edition of the Dream Program that took place from 6-19 January in South Korea. Bongani Mahlangu, Edwin Nelson, and Simnikiwe Bosman; all three of which are lower limb prosthetic device users, were selected by SASCOC to
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Six Paralympic Games Medals in Paris for South Africa
South Africa produced a superb performance at the Paris Paralympics, bringing home six medals, two Paralympic records, two World records and numerous African records and personal best performances from the Games that took place from 28 August to 8 September in France. Medal winners for South Africa: Paralympic gold and bronze medalist, Mpumelelo Mhlongo also
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Toyota ambassador, Paralympian Tyrone Pillay retires from athletics
In the lead up to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (August 28 to September 8), Paralympic bronze medallist Tyrone Pillay announced his retirement from competitive athletics after he did not make the team selected to compete in France due to a limited number of spots. The former KwaZulu-Natal based athlete, who now lives in Belgium
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Jumping Kids Sports Day launches at Shapa Soweto in partnership with Nike
On Friday, 14 June 2024, a group of Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund (Jumping Kids) beneficiaries and guests are being hosted at the Shapa Soweto sports complex for the inaugural Jumping Kids Sports Day in collaboration with Nike. The event, that starts at 10:30 am, aims to showcase different sports participation opportunities, get attending Jumping Kids
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Six Medals, World and African Records in Kobe
South Africa’s squad of Para-athletes brought home six medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), a World- and African record from the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships that took place (17-25 May) in Kobe, Japan. The Championships are a crucial qualifier for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and athletes associated with the Jumping Kids Prosthetic
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JK associated athletes at Para Athletics World Championships
It is an Olympic year! This means another chance to celebrate sport as an important factor in creating better understanding and inclusive change, while cheering for our South African role models. An important stop, on the road to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, is the Kobe Para Athletics World Championships to be held from 17
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