Cresset House gets casual
GLEN AUSTIN - Casual Day's new ambassadors visited Cresset House in Glen Austin to decorate the residents' hall for a party.
Cresset House is home to 60 adults with intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome and autism.
The residents and ambassadors dressed in the Bring out the Bling theme, which is Casual Day’s theme for 5 September.
“Casual Day seeks to be instrumental in seeing persons with disabilities being fully included in society as interdependent contributors to a better society,” said project leader Celeste Vinassa.
The ambassadors who visited Cresset House were Kashveera Chanderjith, the first profoundly deaf chartered accountant in South Africa and audit manager at Anglo American; Tujay Harmonix – or Jonathan Groenewald – a hip-hop artist with muscular dystrophy; Khumo Moyane, who has a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta or ‘brittle bones’; Nicole Laxon, who has absence epilepsy, and Luvo Nelani, a human rights activist in the field of disability.
“Our ambassadors are persons with disabilities or people who have dedicated themselves to fighting for the rights of persons with disabilities,” said 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 said Casual Day changes lives one R10 sticker at a time.
She said Cresset House is a long-time participant in Casual Day and they encourage everyone in the Midrand area to get their stickers from Cresset House.
Schools and businesses in the area can create community spirit in action by donating R10 for their sticker.
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