02 January 2019 1 Min Read
Cause they can: Generous Saffers give big
Three-year-old Aaron Lipschitz prepares to be hooked up for his 12-hour daily intravenous feed. With him are his parents Taryn and Steven.
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A Cape Town three-year-old who cannot eat food without becoming seriously ill, a Johannesburg paediatrician who had battled cancer and a foundation that supports child burn victims won the hearts of donors on SA’s biggest crowdfunding platform last year.
According to BackaBuddy’s annual statistics – released to Times Select – the crowdfunding site raised R35m in 2018.
The “Save Aaron” campaign raised the highest amount, R1.5m, for Aaron Lipschitz, who has never shared a meal with his parents, had a slice of his own birthday cake or savoured the taste of a sweet.
Read the full story on Times Select.