The Deputy Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities (DWCPD), Hon Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu MP, in partnership with Cell C, will officially handover accessible ICT equipment and software to the Phokeng in Education IT academy, Rustenburg, this Friday.
This initiative is championed by the Deputy Minister, Honourable Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu MP, and it speaks to this year’s theme of the United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities “Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an Inclusive Society”.
All media are invited as follows:
Date: 22 November 2013
Time: 11h00 to 14h00
Venue: Phokeng, Rustenburg, North West
Media programme
10h00 – Arrival and registration
11h30 - Media briefing
12h30 - Photo opportunity (ribbon cutting)
13h00 – Media briefing (wrap up)
Phokeng in Education is an independent training and skills development service provider which specialises in Braille Studies, South African Sign Language (SASL), and Information Communication Technology (ICT) training for disabled youth, partially sighted, blind, hard of hearing and deaf persons in and around the rural villages of Rustenburg and the greater North West province. The institution also provides South African Sign Language Interpretation courses.
The School of Excellence also provides training in scarce skills such as Braille Production Services and Orientation and Mobility Services to enable blind and partially sighted people to live more independent lives.
RSVP:
Dirosa Lebona
Cell: 072 742 4769
Ireen Magwai
Cell: 072 822 5869
Enquiries:
Emilie Olifant
Cell: 082 903 9250
E-mail: Emilie.olifant@dwcpd.gov.za
