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Spar p p p people give gifts One of the young patients at St Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children in Montana couldn’t wait to play with the gift she received at a Christ mas party organised by Spar Western Cape’s CSI division. According to Charlene Mekel of Spar, they asked their retailers to bring a gift for a child to their AGM. “Most of them bring more than one. I would like to use this opportunity to thank them for their generosity,” says Charlene. More than 200 gifts were collected this year. PHOTO: NK PHOTOGRAPHY
DISABILITIES: EMPOWERMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES
The invisible challenge GARY VAN DYK @gvdcapejazz
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he International Day of persons with disabilities was celebrated locally with organisations meeting to make their voices heard. “Inclusion matters: Access and empowerment for people of all abilities” was the theme that was endorsed last Thursday to observe this year’s event. The theme was launched by the United Nations for 2015 to draw attention on the situation of people with invisible disabilities such as mental health and psychosocial disabilities, intellectual disabilities as well as
hearing (and visual) impairments. To give prominence to the day locally, a disability resource fair was held at the Bishop Lavis rehabilitation centre where the public could access information, products and services. Lorenzo Williams, chairperson of the newly formed Bishop Lavis disability organisation, was very happy about this awareness programme and said that the formation of this organisation was to unify the voices of the disabled in the area. “We will be having regular meeting where we will be discussing their needs,” he said. “Our focus will include our rights to accessible environments as well as education and
training.” Some sobering facts about disability are that 20% of the world’s poor are disabled; the percentage of children with disabilities not attending school is between 65 to 85% in some African countries; the mortality for children with disabilities may be as high as 80% and in many low-income and middle-income countries, only 5 to 15% of people with disabilities who require assistive devices and technology such as hearing aids, have access to them (UN, 2015). Dr Diane Bell, director of academic affairs at USB executive development and member of the Presidential working group on disability said that the International Day of persons
with disabilities, a United Nations sanctioned day, has been celebrated since 1992 as a means to promote an understanding of people with disability and to encourage support for their dignity, rights and well-being. “The main driver is to work towards ensuring an inclusive and accessible society for all,” she said. “Considering that approximately one billion people worldwide have some form of disability and are faced with many challenges which prevent them from enjoying access to society on an equal basis with others, this is an important initiative.. V To page 2
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