Run Josh Run take 2

Josh is a very motivated and driven young man that doesnt let lifes challenges get him down. See previous givealittle page here: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/run-josh-run

Josh had his left leg amputated below the knee over 4 years ago. He has played numerous sports over the years and has represented Hutt Valley and Wellington as well.

Since having his amputation Josh has had many achievements in sports

1. 2017 AIMS Games – Gold medal and new record – Freestyle, Breaststroke, and back stroke

2. 2017 Junior Halberg Games – David Lavene Foundation Cup for Most Promising Athlete.

3. 2018 AIMS Games – Basketball team, Gold medal and new record for Freestyle, Breaststroke, and back stroke (7 gold medals)

4. 2018 Junior Halberg Games – Most promising junior swimmer

5. 2018 Hutt Valley u13 Basketball Team

6. 2019 - 2021 Upper Hutt College – Junior A Basketball (2019), Senior Volleyball Team (2019-2021)

7. 2020 IPC Volleyball Wellington u15 Representative Team, also named as part of the tournament team. (Gold Medal)

8. 2021 IPC Volleyball Wellington u17 representative team (Silver Medal)

9. 2021 IPC tri-region Volleyball Hutt Valley u15 representative (Gold Medal), also named in the tournament team.

Here are a few web articles of Josh:

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/aims-games/107011620/the-12yearold-basketball-star-with-one-leg-inspiring-his-teammates-at-aims-games

https://i.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/upper-hutt-leader/79672446/schoolboy-amputee-joshua-tia-gives-his-all-in-disability-games

Josh was also on Goodsorts – TV1

Now Josh is focused on becoming a paralympian to represent NZ at 2024 paralympic games, Paris, France in the 100 and 200 mtr sprints. He has a great coach who believes in him and is training with him on a regular basis. (although he has picked up a slight cut on his right foot that has no toes as they were amputated dues to illness.).

Josh has that fire , passion and hunger to run for gold.

To help him with this goal we are looking for funding, as Josh is not covered under ACC, because it was an illness that caused him to have an amputation. He is therefore limited with how many and what types of prosthetic legs he can have.

The running blade is going to cost up to $10,000. We are looking at funding to help with this. And to cover any additional expenses that may he may incur occur during his journey.

We have raised $5630 so far of which $3630 was raised earlier on a previous Givealittle page that closed on the 17 January 2022 and are needing a further $4370 to get him the running blade to help him along his journey towards becoming a Paralympian.

Joshua is a very motivated and hard-working young man who will push himself to overcome the impossible just because he can.