Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 August 2022: The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), is worked up to announce that our twenty eighth Casual Day will happen on Friday, 2 September 2022.
“This year we have partnered with Brand South Africa, the official custodian of South Africa’s nation brand. South Africans have been through much in last few years, but one thing that holds true is that we are a caring nation – ubuntu is in our DNA,” says Therina Wenzel, National Director at the NCPD.
“It is in this light that our Casual Day theme for 2022 is #ICelebrateSA with Persons with Disabilities.”
This initiative is vital as it helps greater than 600 Special Schools, Community Based Organisations, National Programmes, NPOs in the subject of Disability in addition to the incapacity items of 11 universities, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
All donations that the NCPD receives go to the funding particular schooling programmes for youngsters with disabilities, in addition to their utilization of assistive expertise in the classroom. Additionally, it gives programmes that assist financial participation by encouraging college students to enter the workforce via profession improvement and placement initiatives.
NCPD is an lively non-profit organisation which form South Africa right into a country the place Persons with Disabilities have entry to equal alternatives and rights.
“We are grateful to all our devoted supporters who have helped us over the years to raise more than R411 million for people with disabilities. A special thank you to every one of our donors, large and small, who took part in last year’s Casual Day and enabled us to improve the lives of people with disabilities through some of the most trying times,” says Therina.
Tshilidzini Special School in Limpopo serves as a great illustration of this in observe as funding from Casual Day, that assists the colleges with hostel lodging and academic wants of the kids with disabilities.
The faculty was in a position to purchase gear for listening to impaired, bodily disabled and visually impaired college students for a few years. As water can be scarce, the faculty was additionally in a position to dig a borehole and renovate its school rooms and dormitories with Casual Day donations. Please click on on this YouTube hyperlink to be taught extra about the Tshilidzini Special School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WomQy6JvyEA&t=15s
“This year’s theme is about the people, places and character of South Africa. We invite our supporters to join the discussion, wave the flag and share those things that celebrate our country and themselves!” urges Therina.
What makes South Africa particular to you? It may very well be…
- Fellow South Africans who work onerous to construct our nation
- The resilient spirit of buddies, household, and communities
- Your wealthy cultural heritage expressed via costume, dance and music
- Your grandmother’s Malva pudding recipe
- The indescribable pure magnificence of the environment
- The freedoms enshrined by our structure
- The braveness of weak individuals who face every day challenges
- The real, world-renowned friendliness of South Africans, to call a couple of…
- It’s about making a protected area for us to rejoice the wealthy landscapes, wildlife, cultures, languages, and myriad constructive points of South African life which might be usually forgotten.
You can rejoice this day by carrying your Casual Day sticker and merchandise – t-shirts, caps, and bucket hats. Please be sure you decide up your sticker or supporter merchandise from certainly one of the taking part NPOs, our web site (www.casualday.co.za), authorities businesses, companies, or colleges. All proceeds from the stickers and supporter gross sales go on to organisations of individuals with disabilities throughout South Africa.
Stickers can be found for a donation of R20 from taking part retailers together with Alpha Pharm, Jet, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Loot.co.za, Jam Clothing, The Hub and restricted Spars. You may also get your personalised digital Casual Day stickers on-line at www.casualday.co.za/digital sticker
Send us your pics or tag us on all our social media channels! We look ahead to celebrating the theme #ICelebrateSA with you all!