Sabrina Love
Finance in Plettenberg Bay

Our Sabrina Love Foundation was started in 2003 in memory of our daughter Sabrina.
Through the Sabrina Love Foundation we are able to help and hopefully reach so many of these special little people and their families in and around Plettenberg Bay, and teach others what a difference it can make.

She was our darling precious child, who came into this world made in her own unique way, with a skeleton that worked differently to anyone else, and a mind as pure and wonderful as any we had ever met. We treasured every day and lived every day as though they would go on forever. Many times were spent in ICU on a ventilator when her little lungs could not cope with pneumonia. She had a fused rib cage from birth which constricted her lungs and made her breathe in an unusual way with her diaphram. We did eventually discover a wonderful machine called a bi-pap which helped to oxygenate her body and was a real life saver when we moved to Plett when she was five years old. We had lived our lives together to their fullest, devoted to making life the very best it could be for Sabrina, first the three of us and then with our little Gabriella arriving to spread a ray of sunshine and bond all we had together when Sabrina was We knew the pain, the heartache, the joy, the gratitude, the appreciation of so many special people who were always there for us, of never travelling the journey on our own. Family, friends, doctors, specialists, nurses, therapists, so many people were there to help us from the day Sabrina arrived. When she left, we knew that there could be no greater pain for a parent with a special needs child, to be alone and not to be able to do everything they could for their child. Sabrina helped us to be able to start her Sabrina Love Foundation, to help families help their treasured people. It is with all the support, love and care that has poured into her Sabrina Love Foundation, by so many of you reading this note, that it has been able to grow and develop over the years to where it is today. Sabrina’s heart and star travels far and wide across the world, spreading her message and touching people to join our challenge to care for all our special needs children in Plettenberg Bay. For us, as her parents, what a privilage it is to have so many people cherish her as we do. It is an amazing experience cycling for Sabrina Love at the Argus. Established in 2004, The Sabrina Love Foundation was set up to care for children with special needs and their families providing them with medical and professional support. Based on the Garden Route of the Western Cape of South Africa, the Foundation is responsible for providing a holistic program for every child under its care. Children are assessed and where possible integrated into everyday school and society and provided with equipment and caregivers to make this possible. The origin behind the establishment of the Foundation was motivated by Tony and Suzy Lubner, after the passing of their 7 year old daughter Sabrina. To provide access to professional care and equipment for disadvantaged special needs children and their parents. To educate and provide coping skills to parents and their special needs children to adapt to their disability. To create awareness within the community about the need to integrate special needs children into day to day society. To provide holistic care to 100% of all children with special needs in the Garden Route, that are living in a disadvantaged environment. To fully integrate special needs children with sufficient ability into mainstream school and society. To lift the cultural stigma of having a child with special needs, and educate society the relevance of including special needs people into every day society.