Karli Fourie is a kid hero and a budding athlete with the warmest heart. After becoming the youngest person to swim the Robben Island to Blouberg Crossing, the 10-year-old tackled the famously freezing swim successfully once again; raising over R50,000 for children in need!
Cape Town, South Africa (27 August 2024)— Karli Fourie has just completed her second Robben Island to Blouberg crossing swim at only 10-years-old—a feat that made her a record holder last year when she became the youngest person to tackle the swim.
However, Karli had always planned to use the famously freezing swim as a means to raise funds for Home From Home—a safe space for foster children that she has been supporting every year through clothes donations on her birthday. In 2023, when she attempted the crossing as a training exercise, she unintentionally passed all the requirements to break the record before she had set up her fundraising campaign, which meant she had only achieved half her dream.
Determined to follow through with her intentions for Home from Home, Karli set her mind on meeting the fierce stretch of sea once again. A girl of her word, she did exactly that and impressively, completed the 7.4km swim in 3 hours and 4 minutes.
If that wasn’t enough, she cartwheeled “straight out of the water” as legend of the crossing Howard Warrington recalls. Her right hand in the water, the multiple world record holder Howard joined Karli on her mission—a swim he has done well over 200 times and often for wonderful causes.
“I couldn’t be prouder of this incredible young lady,” Howard beamed.
Beyond proving that the crossing was no match for her a second time, the young athlete with a heart of gold earned her biggest victory outside of the water with the news that she has surpassed her fundraising goal for Home From Home!
Karli raised R52,410 in total—all of which will make the world of difference to foster children in 16 communities across the Western Cape.
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