Launch of Disability Awareness Campaign
The Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, Ms Lulu Xingwana and South African Disability Alliance will tomorrow, Friday, 12 November launch the Disability Awareness Campaign at Tumelo Home for Mentally and Physically Handicapped Children in Ivory Park, Midrand.
The home currently accommodates 32 children most of whom are either orphaned, abandoned or were abused in their families setting. Serving a local population of about 1,5 million, there is a long list of children waiting to be accommodated at the home.
Before the launch, Minister Xingwana will visit some of the families with children on the waiting list as part of the assessment of interventions needed to address the situation. Minister Xingwana is expected to announce efforts that will be undertaken by the Department to ensure the realization of rights of persons with disabilities.
Starting tomorrow, the Campaign aims to raise awareness about the challenges and highlight key interventions for protection of rights of people with disabilities. The Campaign will run up the International Day for Persons with Disabilities on 3 December which will be commemorated in a Disability Summit to be held in Bloemfontein.
The media is invited to the launch taking place as follows:
Date: Friday, 12 November
Time: 11h00
Venue: Tumelo Home for Handicapped Children, 2717 Ivory Park Ext 2, Midrand
Directions to From Pretoria on N1:
- Take N1 towards Johannesburg
- Turn left into Allandale off ramp
- Go through about 3 sets of traffic lights
- Follow direction to Castenhoff clinic
- See Engine garage on left and pass
- At the traffic lights, turn left into Dale road towards Rabbie Ridge
- Cross a set of traffic lights and proceed straight
- See BP garage on your left and proceed for about 2km (see houses, schools and shops on both sides)
- Turn left into Maggie Baloi street – see Tumelo Home entrance
Directions to from Johannesburg on N1:
- Take N1 towards Pretoria
- Turn left into Allandale off ramp and immediately right and follow Kempton Park direction
- Go through about three sets of traffic lights
- Follow direction to Castenhoff clinic
- See Engine garage on left and pass
- At the traffic lights, turn left into Dale road towards Rabbie Ridge
- Cross a set of traffic lights and proceed straight
- See BP garage on your left and proceed for about 2km (see houses, schools and shops on both sides)
- Turn left into Maggie Baloi street – see Tumelo Home entrance
Enquiries:
Sibani Mngadi
Cell: 082 772 0161
