Making strides for amputees
Despite starting his journey with only R2 000, Paul has been able to help four people get prosthetic limbs.
Since starting his journey in August last year, Paul Steyn has walked over 4 400 kilometers and collected enough money to give four people their own prosthetic limbs.
Paul started his journey in Cape Town, pulling a wagon loaded with gear and weighing about 130 kilograms. This soon proved to be a problem and it was abandoned soon thereafter. He then continued his journey with water and a few essentials in a backpack.
The trip came with its own set of challenges, one of them being when Paul broke his prosthetic foot just outside of Pretoria. Thankfully, he was able to get a new leg two weeks later and he continued his journey.
He shared some of the strange experience he has had so far with the News.
“While I was in Clarens, I ran out of water and started seeing double. On another occasion, I had stopped to sleep for the night and woke up to a strange feeling. When I unzipped my sleeping bag, I found a puff adder inside!” Paul said.
He has been travelling alone because of a lack of sponsorship, but is carrying a Tracker device that also acts a a panic button.
Despite all the challenges he has faced so far, he was all smiles when he arrived at the Oasis Water shop in Monument on Monday afternoon, to top up his water supplies. He started his journey to Magaliesburg on the morning of Tuesday 28 June. He will spend two nights in the area, and then move on to Rustenburg. His next destination is Potchefstroom, where his next beneficiary will be waiting for him.
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