Children and their families in Cape Town who have chronic or life-limiting illnesses are benefiting greatly from Footprints 4 Sam’s “Super Sam Hero” car campaign, a free transportation programme.
The project has been on-going for the past seven years and it offers an essential service by driving young patients and their carers to and from Cape Town’s hospitals and clinics, acknowledging the difficulty many families have paying for transportation to important medical appointments.
The organisation told the Good Things Guy, “Our dedicated drivers, Humbert Kordom and Sonwabo Mandindi, who do more than just drive, are at the heart of this initiative.”
“They navigate challenging, crime-affected neighbourhoods to reach families in need, assist children down flights of stairs with their ‘buggies’ (wheelchairs) and prams and safely transport them to essential check-ups, therapy sessions and psychosocial support programmes like music, art therapy, counselling and physiotherapy.”
In order to provide more and safer transportation for families in need, the group recently replaced the wheels on their cherished but well-worn van.
Every youthful passenger is treated with dignity and like the VIPs they truly are thanks to the drivers’ kind hearts and welcoming smiles.
Melissa Williams-Platt, a Footprints 4 co-founder According to Sam and Sam’s mother, they feel incredibly pampered and the new car is amazing.
The expansion of this core program, namely into Gauteng to serve facilities like Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Charlotte Maxeke, and Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, is their dream, she stated.
Editor’s note: Footprints 4 Sam’s “Super Sam Hero” car campaign provides free transportation to children and their families in Cape Town with chronic or life-limiting illnesses.
Description: Over the past seven years, a project has been in operation, providing essential services to young patients and their carers in Cape Town, addressing financial challenges faced by families.
Editor: Thato Mahlangu
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