Hloni from Soweto received his first walking solution thanks to a collaboration between Reach for a Dream and Jumping Kids. He competes in athletics.

Hloni Koalane lost his right leg in 2009 after a battle with cancer.

His leg was amputated below the knee at Baragwanath Hospital.

He became a beneficiary of the Reach for a Dream initiative who, in collaboration with the Nedbank Dream Riders and Foundacion Teleton Mexico AC, ensured that Hloni was fitted with an advanced walking prosthetic.

In 2011, the young football enthusiast also received his sports prosthetic (or blade) from Jumping Kids and has proved to be quite the acrobat ever since.

Since becoming a Jumping Kid Hloni has…

• represented Reach for a Dream Foundation at numerous events
• collaborated with Foundacion Teleton Mexico AC during the 2010 Soccer World Cup
• travelled to Mexico to reunite with his Mexican friends in December 2010
• collaborated with Pralympian Arnu Fourie
• starred in a ZDF German Television production focussed on the Jumping Kids initiative
• represented the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund at various events including the Ro3 Oasis Water4Good event (2012) and Celebrity Cycle Tour video shoot (2013)
• won three gold medals at the 2015 SASAPD Nedbank National Athletics Championships in the T44 u/18 category
• won gold in the Men under-20 Long Jump (4.77m) and 100m (14.58s) items and silver (32.06s) in the 200m at the 2016 SASAPD Nedbank National Athletics Championships