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Read about the little heroes and heroines we’ve helped during their time of need.


SOUNDS GOOD!
Braxdyn Perry is a creative and active kid, who loves to zip around on ice skates and rollerblades. He has recently been diagnosed with...
Mar 29, 20212 min read


MAKING A SPLASH
When two-year-old Caydence Rewi was diagnosed with a severe neurodevelopmental impairment called CDKL5 late last year, she was forced to...
Mar 11, 20211 min read


DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM HER BUBBLE
Inara Herdman loves music, drawing and craft projects and is very talented for a ten-year-old! She tries not to let the fact that she has...
Mar 11, 20212 min read


SATAN’S LITTLE HELPER ASSISTS FAMILY WHO FELL BETWEEN THE CRACKS
Twelve-year-old Seth Robinson is a fun, happy kid with a rare set of challenges to deal with. Desperate for support, his family looked in...
Feb 24, 20213 min read


SPREADING SOME HOLIDAY CHEER
Nate Wakelin loves being near water, hanging with his family and getting away in their caravan whenever possible. He also has a rare...
Jan 28, 20212 min read


READING THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES
Thirteen-year-old Teina Stone is an avid reader, but his autism can make it tough at school. Happily, he found HELL’s Reading Challenge...
Dec 2, 20202 min read


SPECIAL DELIVERY!
Eight-year-old Boston had a tough start to life, which has left him battling a number of ailments. Despite the considerable challenges he...
Mar 5, 20201 min read


MONKEYING AROUND
Since birth, six-year-old Mason Whitworth has soldiered through many unfortunate circumstances relating to his health. Refusing to let it...
Nov 13, 20192 min read


ABSOLUTELY MARVEL-OUS!
Six-year-old Cameron Bartle was born with only half a heart and has already had four open heart surgeries in his short life span! Tough...
Aug 22, 20191 min read


MAKING MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME
Eight-year old Emma Smaling and her seven-year old brother LJ were born with a rare condition that has led to more than 230 broken bones...
Jul 17, 20192 min read


MAKING A SPLASH!
CJ Neville loves spending time with his family and anything involving water – a common characteristic for kids with Angelman Syndrome....
May 8, 20192 min read


TACKLING ADVERSITY
Deprived of playing the game of rugby that he loves, 15-year-old Te Aorangi Clarke recently took on a different type of challenge thanks...
Mar 11, 20191 min read


JUMPING FOR JOY!
Six-year-old Sophia Lovejoy doesn’t let anything take the smile off her face, despite struggling with debilitating pain caused by a...
Jan 25, 20191 min read


MAYOR OF GISBORNE OFFERS LOCAL TEEN A SLICE OF ADVICE
16-year-old entrepreneur Oliver Lodewyk got more than he bargained for as a nominee of HELL Pizza’s Satan’s Little Helper scheme –...
Dec 17, 20182 min read


A SMALL ‘THANK YOU’
Living through post-natal depression (PND) can be one of the most overwhelming, frightening and debilitating experiences a parent can...
Sep 9, 20181 min read


14-YEAR-OLD CANTABRIAN WINS SATAN’S BIGGEST LITTLE HELPER AWARD
West Melton’s Maddie Collins has been named Satan’s Biggest Little Helper for 2018 for her initiative in making pillowslips for fellow...
Apr 27, 20183 min read


DRAWING ON FAMILY STRENGTH
After Kaio Goncalves Portsmouth’s mother Julia was forced to spend more than four months away from home following the premature birth of...
Dec 5, 20172 min read


SEWING FOR SALVATION
Eight years ago, Maddie Collins, now 13, was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)* – a rare disease that attacks the...
Nov 10, 20172 min read


READING CHALLENGE RECORD-BREAKER
The HELL Reading Challenge is our way of encouraging little devils across the country to pick up a book – and this year is going to be...
Sep 27, 20172 min read


PUTTING SAMUEL IN THE DRIVING SEAT
Samuel Bell was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphatic cancer when he was just 17 years old; the ensuing treatments meant he was too...
Aug 4, 20171 min read
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