Reach For A Dream needs your help during lockdown
The Reach For A Dream Foundation encourages residents to join the #ShareHope Campaign by making a cash donation towards dream fulfilment.
FOR the last 32 years The Reach For A Dream Foundation (RFAD) has brought hope, joy and healing to more than 62 000 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years who are strained emotionally, physically and financially by life-threatening illnesses.
The foundation enriches children’s lives by making dreams come true and as a result, distracting them from the needles, medication and hospital environment. These children are under extreme pressure to deal with their medical issues and are in desperate need of our encouragement.
When a child is faced with a life-threatening illness, the impact that a dream coming true can have on their health is overwhelming. Doctors and parents report that after a dream is realised children appear more uplifted, happier and are able to cope better.
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“By fulfilling dreams, Reach For A Dream brings hope, joy and inspiration by offering a magical moment to regain a childhood lost to illness,” explained Julia Sotirianakos, CEO of Reach For A Dream. “During these unprecedented times of the Covid-19 pandemic our dreamers are more vulnerable than ever and their need for inspiration to keep fighting a life-threatening illness increases dramatically.
“Adherence to our Presidents’ call for the lockdown means that the foundation is not in contact with the dreamers, however, as soon as the lockdown is lifted, every effort is going to be made to reach as many of our dear dreamers as quickly as possible and in this regard we need your valuable support,” she said.
The Reach For A Dream Foundation encourages residents to join the #ShareHope Campaign by making a cash donation towards dream fulfilment.
If you would like to give back to the NPO, visit their website (www.reachforadream.org.za) or donate to the cause.
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