Little Eden to host intellectual disabilities awareness campaign
One hundred and eighty-nine (63 per cent) of the society's residents rely on wheelchairs for all their mobility needs.
Kaya FM and SA Paralympic rower Sandra Khumalo will join forces with Little Eden Society to shine a light on immobility challenges faced by individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.
The partnership hopes to generate greater awareness through the society’s third annual Little Eden Society’s CEO Wheelchair Campaign™.
The campaign will start on March 2.
Because March is National Intellectual Disability month, the society challenges CEOs of companies to spend one day at work in a wheelchair.
By spending time in a wheelchair, the society hopes CEOs will spread awareness about disability and raise much-needed funds for the society.
Funds raised will go towards covering the costs of caring for 300 children and adults with intellectual disability at the society.
Of the 300 residents at the home, 70.7 per cent have been abandoned, while others are from indigent families who are not able to support them financially
One hundred and eighty-nine (63 per cent) of the society’s residents rely on wheelchairs for all their mobility needs.
They have to be bathed, fed and dressed by their carers, as they are unable to do anything for themselves.
Due to their level of mental functioning, they do not qualify to attend special needs schools, so the society does not receive much corporate social investment (CSI) funding.
To Join the campaign, use the following steps.
1. Visit www.littleeden.org.za
2.Fill in and submit the Little Eden CEO Wheelchair Campaign™ registration form.
3. An invoice will be sent to you from the society to process a donation of R50 000 for big companies and R30 000 for smaller companies.
4. Choose any suitable workday during March to participate.
5.Take a video or pictures and write about your “Day in a Wheelchair” experience and send it to info@littleeden.org.za
6. Challenge other CEOs in your field to do the same.
The videos and photographs will be published on various print media, social media platforms and Little Eden’s website.
Each company which participates will receive an 18A Tax Certificate, which may be used to reclaim tax from SARS and BBBEE points.
Visit www.littleeden.org.za for more information or contact Zai Miller on 011 609 0492 or 072 127 8237 or zm@littleeden.org.za
