Amaarah Reaches her Dream

The Cape Wheel loves to be able to help make a dream come true and this story is about a little girl named Amaarah and her special day...

Amaarah is 10, a sweet girl with warm smiling eyes and a joy that seems misplaced in a hospital where she unfortunately has had to spend too much time.

Once Amaarah was well enough The Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge, in the V&A Waterfront, and Reach for a Dream had a special weekend planned for her and her family.

It started with a overnight in the hotel, with huge pizzas all round and lots of fun. The next day a trip to the Two Oceans Aquarium, which was an absolute highlight, exploring the marina on Tommy the Tugboat, and then a ride on the Cape Wheel.

She loved every minute of her ride being high above the city and on such a perfect, sunny, spring day (rather rare in Cape Town at the moment).

Then a delicious lunch at Primi Piatti. To top it all Amaarah was presented with a purple bicycle and fruit basket.

Wow what a super special day! Thanks to Jenni from Reach for a Dream for letting us help.

Reaching High for a Dream

Each month a “Reach for a Dream” child is selected to help make their dreams come true.

This month Akhona was chosen and the plan was to take her, her brother & sister out for a full day of activities at the V&A Waterfront.

One of the planned activities was a ride on the Cape Wheel and we were happy to sponsor this request for the group.

Akhona is 14 year old and has Rheumatic Heart Disease. Her parents are deceased and she lives with her brother & sister. Akhona likes watching Generations, her favourite music is Rihanna and Justin Bieber and she enjoys eating McDonalds.

Her father told her that she should be a Lawyer one day…

There are many ways to help a child's dream come true so visit Reach for a Dream and get involved today!

Nosiphiwo's Birthday Dream Comes True.

On Sunday Nosiphiwo arrived at the V&A Waterfront for the first time in her life, and for her 17th birthday the Cape Wheel Team surprised her and her friends with a sponsored ride on the Cape Wheel.

Nosiphiwo is a remarkable girl from the De Grendel Farm who, despite her underprivileged and difficult childhood, has achieved high academic and sports results. Currently Nosiphiwo lives with an elderly aunt and does house keeping, cooking and washing in between her studies and sport.

Recently Nosiphiwo received a full mentorship from the Madrinha Trust in the UK and they are also going to pay for her full university education and related costs. So a very exciting future for Nosiphiwo and it's thanks to Toni Tresadern.

Toni Tresadern runs an NGO and a safe house for special needs children, the Thandanani Care Centre. All the children have mental disabilities of various degrees (low mental functioning) and most are foetal alcohol syndrome children. However they are all functionally well within their various capabilities and currently attending main stream school, although most will go on to completing their education in a skills school.

Toni spends an enormous amount of time trying to educate and empower the underprivileged children in the community as well as looking after all the De Grendel Farm children, the Richwood bush children and a group of 45 from Du Noon.

The last letter from Nosiphiwo's mentor in England had a picture of the London Eye in it and she was amazed at this wheel. When Toni told her that there was one at the Waterfront, she mentioned that she had never been to the Waterfront in her life! So Toni approached the Cape Wheel to ask if Nosiphiwo and her friends could come for a ride.

Of course we were happy to help her dream come true.