Avela Foundation

Avela Foundation The Avela Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps South African children with burn injuries for their physical and psychological recovery.

The Avela Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps children with burn injuries on their road to physical and psychological recovery. Our foundation was inspired by a brave young girl who showed tremendous courage in the face of adversity. Children are magnificent, vibrant, and full of life. Sometimes life doesn’t treat them kindly and that’s when we come in – by giving them hope through love and support.

Today, Umatter joined other healthcare partners at Madiba Primary School in Lenasia for a Burns Awareness Drive as part ...
12/05/2026

Today, Umatter joined other healthcare partners at Madiba Primary School in Lenasia for a Burns Awareness Drive as part of Burns Awareness Week. 🤍

Through education and community engagement, we continue spreading awareness around burn prevention, safety, and the support available to children and families affected by burns.

Together, we can help create safer spaces and brighter futures for our children.

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Deeply grateful to Roger-Michael and his incredible team for successfully crossing Lesotho in such challenging condition...
10/05/2026

Deeply grateful to Roger-Michael and his incredible team for successfully crossing Lesotho in such challenging conditions, freezing temperatures, snow, and all. ❄️🚴‍♂️

This was no easy journey, but they took on this challenge for something far greater: helping support the programme through the Avela Foundation and the Smile Foundation. 💛

Thank you for your strength, commitment, and hearts for helping children and burn survivors feel seen, supported, and never alone.

May is Burns Awareness Month. And this matters more than you might think.⠀A burn can happen in the blink of an eye, but ...
07/05/2026

May is Burns Awareness Month. And this matters more than you might think.
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A burn can happen in the blink of an eye, but prevention? That starts long before the moment arrives. It starts in the conversation you have tonight at dinner. In the safety check you do this weekend. In the habit of moving that hot cup away from the edge.
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This month, we’re showing up for you. Real talk. Simple tips. Honest conversations. Practical habits that could save a child’s life.
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Because awareness isn’t just information. It’s protection. It’s love in action.
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The final push to Lesotho 🇱🇸🚴‍♂️💛After days of grit, endurance, and determination, Roger-Michael and his incredible team...
07/05/2026

The final push to Lesotho 🇱🇸🚴‍♂️💛

After days of grit, endurance, and determination, Roger-Michael and his incredible team of cyclists are on the final stretch of their journey , riding not just for the challenge, but to raise awareness and funds for the and the program, helping burn survivors and their families receive the emotional and psychological support they deserve.

Every kilometer ridden carries hope for a child learning to heal beyond the scars.

If you would like to help them finish strong, please consider supporting this beautiful cause. No donation is too small, and every bit of support helps us continue changing lives. 💛

Let’s help push them across the finish line together.

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My name is Shanice Rose. 🤍I was just a toddler when I pulled a kettle cord and boiling water burned my neck and chest. W...
27/04/2026

My name is Shanice Rose. 🤍
I was just a toddler when I pulled a kettle cord and boiling water burned my neck and chest. What felt like a normal moment turned into something life changing in seconds.
My scars may not always be visible to others, but they remind me every day of what I survived.
Today, I wear my Cape of Hope. For myself, and for every little champ still going through their journey. There is always light at the end of the tunnel. ✨
LittleChamp

I am a trustee of the Avela Foundation based in Cape Town. I’m joining four friends to cycle across Lesotho for two we...
27/04/2026

I am a trustee of the Avela Foundation based in Cape Town. I’m joining four friends to cycle across Lesotho for two weeks and we’ve decided to take this opportunity to help raise funds for burn survivors in South Africa because we believe every child deserves a chance to heal after the trauma of a burn injury. Our goal is to raise funds to provide essential medical treatments and psychological support through the programme. Pls join us and be part of our journey by donating on the link. Thanks for your support 🙏 🇱🇸 🇱🇸

story “At six years old, I survived a car accident that left with third-degree burns across my left arm and back.What...
25/03/2026

story “At six years old, I survived a car accident that left with third-degree burns across my left arm and back.
What followed were long hospital stays, skin graft surgeries, implants, missed school, and a childhood shaped by recovery.
The scars are still there.
So is the PTSD.
But so is strength.
Movement became my healing.
It started with running during lockdown, it’s since bloomed into a big love for cycling.
Sport became the place I felt safest, strongest, and most myself.
Today, I’m proud to announce that I’m partnering with the Avela Foundation and the UMatter programme to raise awareness and funds for child burn survivors across South Africa through my upcoming races.
In South Africa, 3.2% of the population sustains serious burn wounds annually - that’s 1.6 million cases a year, thousands of them children. Recovery is not just physical. It’s lifelong. It’s emotional. It’s psychological.
UMatter, created by the Avela Foundation together with the Smile Foundation, provides psychosocial support to children and families navigating life after burn injuries - because healing goes beyond the scars.
Every race I line up for this season will be for something bigger.
For the little girl I was.
For the children currently fighting their own battles.

If you’d like to support, donate, or share, follow along for the full journey from daily training to race day.
You can find the links to my Strava, the Avela Foundation, and the donation page in my bio.
Find your passion, and you’ll find your strength”.

TJ & Kevin are taking on the legendary ABSA Cape Epic. 8 days - 692KM One of the toughest mountain bike stage races in t...
17/03/2026

TJ & Kevin are taking on the legendary ABSA Cape Epic. 8 days - 692KM One of the toughest mountain bike stage races in the world. Riding through demanding terrain of the Western Cape to raise funds for children with burn injuries. Every kilometre they ride represents hope, healing, and a future filled with confidence for children recovering from burn injuries. Your support will help provide physiological support. Please join us in cheering them on and help us change lives one pedal stroke at a time. Wishing them a safe and successful race. We are grateful for your support 🙏 donation link on bio

At Umatter, we know that healing is more than procedures and progress reports. It is comfort. It is dignity. It is feeli...
27/02/2026

At Umatter, we know that healing is more than procedures and progress reports. It is comfort. It is dignity. It is feeling cared for in the quiet moments too.
Fleece blankets were handed out to children in the burns unit at Chris Hani, and to parents keeping watch and standing strong beside them.
Sometimes the smallest acts of care bring the greatest warmth. 🤍
ChrisHaniBara

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