The Little Hero Foundation: helping to solve the root causes of animal suffering

Published on

7 May 2026

The Little Hero Foundation exists to solve one of the biggest root causes of animal suffering in South Africa: uncontrolled dog overpopulation. Rather than focusing only on rescue, they fund large-scale sterilisation programmes that prevent suffering before it starts.

Phil de Lange

Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.