Hi Guys

I would like to aid a friend who's young boy is very sick it would be fantastic if the good people on AR would be so kind as to bid on this hunt if you find it appealing it is for a very worthy cause please view details below:

Lian Verwey is two and a half years old and one of the most unique children in the world as he was recently diagnosed with 3q13 Deletion Syndrome – Lian is the only registered person with this syndrome in South Africa.
A 3q13 deletion is a genetic condition that occurs when there is a small piece of genetic material (DNA) missing from one of the 46 chromosomes – chromosome 3.

The genetic change usually affects development, and sometimes health and behaviour as well. But how much it affects individuals, and the ways in which it affects them can vary a lot.

Lian was born on 29 December 2014 into a family consisting of his parents, Ryno and Mandy, as well as his siblings Ryno Jnr and Mieke.

It was a very traumatic day as he was born with a hole in his heart, which caused that no blood was circulated to his lungs. He spent most of January 2015 in intensive care.

It was discovered during the next few months that he did not produce enough Myelin, which is essential for the proper functioning of the nervous system. Lian was able to sit unaided at 11 months, but at 13 months he had a major setback and needed assistance with sitting.

So many problems followed, including respiratory difficulty, muscle weakness and incoordination, poor muscle tone, swollen kidneys, skin eczema, bad indigestion and the list continues… After an unthinkable amount of tests and doctor appointments, Lian was only diagnosed with the syndrome early in 2017.

The diagnosis was an enormous breakthrough as we now known what we are dealing with and which challenges to expect in future.
Lian will have special needs for his entire life and the medical aid offers little to no support.

This is placing his family on severe financial strain.

We would like to share with you what his needs are, hoping you will reach out to Lian and offer some support in any way possible.
• Lian needs quarterly Stem cell therapy which is very expensive, but shows excellent results.
• He blooms after having Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy.

For optimal results Lian needs this twice a month.
• He suffers from Hydro nephrosis - a condition where both his kidneys are swollen as a result of a build-up of urine inside them. He needs a horribly expensive scan called a VCUG to determine the extent of the problem.
• He needs special milk, very special milk that is imported from the US.
• He suffers from skin eczema and can really do with another visit to a Dermatologist as the current ointments and treatments offer little relief and not long lasting at all.
• He has undergone BDA (Biomechanical Developmental Approach) therapy. Therapists teach parents specifically designed techniques to assist with severe developmental impairments. It works wonders, but the sessions and equipment comes at a cost.

Lian has joined weekly classes to assist with things normal children do without thinking.

The sensory integration (SI) therapy uses play activities to change how the brain reacts to touch, sound, sight and movement.

• Due to the fact that Lian is growing older and bigger and he is not able to walk, specialised equipment such as a special gait trainer, car chair, stroller, etc. is becoming a reality. Ryno and Mandy moves him where ever he has to be but soon he will be too heavy to carry.
Even though Lian is confronted with this rare and challenging syndrome, he is unbelievably brave and is fighting every day to get through the many challenges.


Auction Time Frame:
The Auction would run from today (21 August) until 8am (central time zone) on the 28th of August.

Rules:
It is quite simple the highest bid takes the hunt please bid by posting a reply with the amount you are willing to pay for the hunt.
The reserve price for this hunt is $3000 should we not reach the reserve amount the hunt would be deemed as unsold.

The full amount will be paid directly to the Verwey family to aid young Lian.

Hunt Details:

Location: Limpopo Province of South Africa
Property Size: 5000 Acres / Property is fenced
Outfitter: Spiral Horn Safaris
PH: Louis van Bergen
Dates: 2017 or 2018


This Hunt Includes:
1 x Arrival Day
1 x Departure Day
3 x Full Hunting Days Hunting 1 on 1 with your PH
1 x Sable Bull (client is welcome to take any bull on the property no size limit generally we take bulls of 38"-44")

The above rates include the following:
•Accommodation is quoted per person per day
•The full use of all facilities in the Lodge such as the swimming pool and satellite television
•A daily laundry service is also available at no extra cost
•Full catering: early morning coffee & rusks, brunch, snacks, dinner, all soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in moderation
•Hunting: a fully licensed Professional Hunter, trackers, skinners, all camp staff, transport to and from blinds, picking up of trophies, field preparation of any game taken and transportation of trophies to shipping company
•Transport by vehicle from Johannesburg International Airport

The above rates excludes the following:
•Accommodations prior to and after safari
•Transport by vehicle between other Hunting Provinces
•Taxidermy work and shipping of trophies to final destination

Thank you all in advance for reading this long post and I sincerely hope that you will participate in this good cause.

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Best Regards
Louis van Bergen

Adress:
Farm Buffelsvlei
Thabazimbi
Limpopo
South Africa
0380

E-mail- safari.spiralhorn@gmail.com
www.spiralhorn.co.za
Mobile +27 76 577 6292

This sounds like a very worthy cause

Louis is one of the good guys! Worthy cause too! This will be an excellent hunt, with a great guy--for a good cause.

Ed

Hi Louis,

I would like to bid $ 3000.00 for the hunt for 2018.

Hi Ma Baker

Thank you for buying this hunt and for supporting this cause. I look forward to sharing a campfire with you.

Please contact me on safari.spiralhorn@gmail.com when convenient and we can start planning the hunt.

The full $3 000 will go to Lian Verwey this will help tremendously with all his medical costs and contribute to his quality of life.

I would also like to thank those members who sent me pm’s your interest in this hunt is appreciated.

Best Regards
Louis van Bergen

My respect Louis for going all the way on this - fingers crossed for Lian, and I'm sure Ma Baker will have a great hunt with you.

Great news Louis. Have sent you a mail - look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you Ma Baker

Was good talking to you today!

Best Regards
Louis van Bergen

I contacted Louis regarding this hunt, a little late unfortunately, but he was very generous in putting together a similar hunt for me and a low budget PG hunt for my hunting buddy. We spent a week with Louis and his family on their property a stone's throw from the Botswana border. It took some doing getting there but it was worth while.

The camp is more than adequate, with 4 chalets, a bar/TV lounge, and a dining room. The hot water was hot, the beds extremely comfortable, and the food was excellent home-cooking by his assistant Marissa who is a trained chef, with plenty of meat of various species served nightly. I can recommend the apple crumble. The only thing missing was a hot tub! (Joking)

Louis is a little more worldly than most RSA PHs, good company, and a solid family man. He does his own tracking, something you don't often see in that part of the world. But when the going gets tough he calls in his driver/tracker Lucky, who is a preacher and speaks 8 languages, to assist.

Like many entrepreneurial South African landowners, Louis has invested in breeding rare variants on his property. We saw golden wildebeest, black impala, and copper springbuck both in his breeding camp and in the hunting area. The price of these variants has come down substantially in the last few years due to too many breeders having too much success, so if you want a Springbok "Grand Slam" now is the time to do it.

Louis hunts on his own property as well as a couple of nearby (within 15 minutes) properties.

Other species that have come down in price are Sable (luckily for me) and Roan. I have never seen as many Roan as I saw on this trip. There were more Roan than Wildebeest on one of the properties we hunted.

There are also some very large sunflower farms in the area and if you hit the harvest at the right time, you can shoot a case of ammo before tea time. June is the best month, the exact timing of the harvest depends on the rainfall that year. We were a week or two early but we still enjoyed a day of dove shooting with the occasional sand grouse and rock pigeon in the mix.

I took a very nice Sable (44 longest horn) with a Marlin 336 in 375 JDJ. I converted this rifle myself and used a Weaver V4.5 scope I originally purchased in RSA in my long lost youth. I have hung onto it and was happy to take it back "home" for a hunt. I also took one of my own "Bad Boy" Shot & Ball guns (a 20ga regulated for Brennekes) and absolutely clobbered an impala ram with it. The rest of the time I took a back seat to my buddy who was on his first Africa trip.

Buddy took a very nice BWB bull (too nice for a cull but Louis was gracious), a warthog, a decent impala, a gemsbok and lost a zebra that we think was a brisket hit.

Other species we saw frequently were springbuck, giraffe, nyala, waterbuck, kudu and even a buffalo.

A couple of photos

Sable

Shot & Ball

This is shaping up to be another dry year so help Louis out and have yourself some good hunting!