The Dare2Read (D2R) foundation’s bases are to create opportunities for children to develop the ‘need to read’.
“Words’ are the very purpose of our existence,” as the founder Natalie Goodman once said.
However, on July 12 D2R held their first adults with disability reading and writing sessions with the beneficiaries of Community Challenged Youth Empowerment (CCYE) at the Westbury Library.
Faeeza Davids, the founder of CCYE explained: “There are adults with disabilities that never received a curriculum education, therefore, they can’t read or write. Dare2Read started from the basics to teach them how to write and read with storytelling.
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“They were so excited and eager to be educated, to sign a register or to even draw a picture. CCYE wants to achieve all our goals with the help of the almighty first, we as people with disabilities, community, stakeholders like Dare2Read and the Johannesburg Metro Rehab.”
“These adults have various disabilities and they are the keenest group I have ever worked with. They taught me a thing or two and the very first thing was acceptance. They embraced me with such love and I had a wonderful session with them.
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“Often, we assume that if we have perfect life’s yet in truth we all have some sort of disability, and that is the disability of acceptance. I am such a blessed woman to be given a wonderful gift to use and share with others,” said Goodman.
Projects manager from DR2, Fabian Sass mentioned that the foundation is starting to branch out from children to adults and will now continue to assist both children and adults who cannot read.
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