For many children living with disabilities, the world has been limited to the confines of a bed or couch, but this Thursday, that discomfort ends as 114 custom buggies roll into remote Bloemfontein to provide the gift of dignity, relief, and newfound freedom.
Johannesburg, South Africa (26 January 2026) – Every child, no matter how far away they live, deserves to experience mobility, comfort, and dignity.
This belief is at the heart of the Boikanyo the Dion Herson Foundation, a charity that takes specialised wheelchairs (buggies) to children living with cerebral palsy in deep rural South Africa.
What started as a single idea has become a nationwide effort. The team behind this movement has travelled into rural communities across five provinces, restored close to 700 buggies, fitted children, supported families, and built partnerships that help them reach further each year.
More than just a chair, a buggy changes life for a child, their caregiver, their siblings, and their entire home. This mobility aid can ease pain, improve feeding, prevent pressure sores, and give a disabled child their first real chance to look around and be part of life.
And now, Boikanyo is starting the year strong, as they prepare to take 114 of these chairs to Bloemfontein on Thursday, 29 January! Together with The Paige Project and Rotary Club of Rosebank, these buggies will be distributed to children who are so disabled and so desperate.
“The catchment areas for this outreach stretch from Senekal to all 17 rural clinics/hospitals in Xhariep. On Friday, our most dedicated donor, Value Logistics, arrived with 2 x 8-ton trucks, which were left filled with life-changing mobility equipment,” Boikanyo explains.
This week, as this precious cargo reaches Bloemfontein, it brings an end to the days of children sitting slumped on floors or couches and caregivers straining to carry them on their backs. Now, that’s true impact.
Sources: Boikanyo the Dion Herson Foundation
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