Support the 2014 Casual Day campaign
Do your part for people living with disabilities by supporting the campaign in September.
Mandela Day usually is a very special occasion for the Casual Day team as they make time to visit a school, centre or organisation that renders services to persons with disabilities – and this year was no different.
In 2014, ambassadors from the Casual Day campaign once again showed that they support each and every cause that aims to help the community.
“Mandela Day and Casual Day have this in common; both projects aim to empower communities everywhere. Casual Day seeks to be instrumental in seeing persons with disabilities being included fully in society as interdependent contributors to a better society,” says Casual Day project leader Celeste Vinassa.
Therefore Vinassa urges the Randfontein community to step up, buy a Casual Day sticker and support South Africa’s biggest fundraiser for people living with disabilities.
She adds that the Casual Day campaign has of various ambassadors who helps make this campaign a successful one.
“Our ambassadors are persons with disabilities or people who have dedicated themselves to fighting for the rights of persons with disabilities,” says Vinassa.
“They speak from experience and knowledge about disability. It’s called ‘self-advocacy’. They are all people who have overcome great adversity, and are now ready to help Casual Day with its evolution.”
She adds that Casual Day changes lives one R10 sticker at a time. Their ambassadors are there to give society a deeper understanding of the world of disability and how to make the world a more respectful and nurturing place for everybody.
Casual Day is South Africa’s most successful fundraising project for persons with disabilities as the amount raised for last year climbed to a staggering R24,8 million.
Sponsored by The Edcon Group, Casual Day is the flagship project of the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA), which this year celebrates 75 years of service to the community of persons with disabilities.
“This year we celebrate Casual Day’s 20th birthday and invite everyone to help us celebrate the work of all our beneficiaries which are committed to advancing the rights of persons with disabilities. Apart from the services they provide to their constituencies, they are involved in advocacy and lobbying for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in mainstream society. All our national beneficiaries are committed to advancing the rights of persons with disabilities and are representative of a spectrum of conditions and disabilities,” Vinassa concludes.
