Nappy Run reminds the nation and its leaders that the human rights of children with disabilities must be honoured and secured

Nappy Run is a project of the NCPD (The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities) to raise awareness about children with disabilities and to collect much-needed nappies for them. The campaign runs from October to the end of November with the highlight being the main Nappy Run fun run taking place every year on the first Saturday of November at the Johannesburg Zoo.

Hundreds of people converged on the Johannesburg Zoo on Saturday 4 November 2017 to take part in the seventh annual Nappy Run Fun Run of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD). They came, too, to show their solidarity with and support for thousands of South African children with disabilities.

The Nappy Run Fun Run was the highlight of a two-month NCPD campaign for the rights of South Africa’s marginalised and forgotten children with disabilities. It also marked the start of South Africa’s Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM 2017) that ends with the marking of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2017.

Says Therina Wentzel, the NCPD’s national director: “Children with disabilities across South Africa say a huge ‘Thank you’ to every person who either donated a pack of nappies or contributed money for buying nappies.

“Nappy donors have made a huge difference to the lives of these youngsters, and have helped them gain the dignity they need to go to school and be included in everyday community life.

“Inclusion with dignity is a vitally important component of the development of all children. It’s all too often denied to children with disabilities, and especially to children with disabilities from poor communities and families. These youngsters are also denied the education that will enable them eventually to take their places as contributing members of the economy and of society.”

While the focus of the Nappy Run Fun www.nappyrun.org.za

Nappy Run reminds the nation and its leaders that the human rights of children with disabilities must be honoured and secured

Nappy Run is a project of the NCPD (The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities) to raise awareness about children with disabilities and to collect much-needed nappies for them. The campaign runs from October to the end of November with the highlight being the main Nappy Run fun run taking place every year on the first Saturday of November at the Johannesburg Zoo.

Hundreds of people converged on the Johannesburg Zoo on Saturday 4 November 2017 to take part in the seventh annual Nappy Run Fun Run of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD). They came, too, to show their solidarity with and support for thousands of South African children with disabilities.

The Nappy Run Fun Run was the highlight of a two-month NCPD campaign for the rights of South Africa’s marginalised and forgotten children with disabilities. It also marked the start of South Africa’s Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM 2017) that ends with the marking of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December 2017.

Says Therina Wentzel, the NCPD’s national director: “Children with disabilities across South Africa say a huge ‘Thank you’ to every person who either donated a pack of nappies or contributed money for buying nappies.

“Nappy donors have made a huge difference to the lives of these youngsters, and have helped them gain the dignity they need to go to school and be included in everyday community life.

“Inclusion with dignity is a vitally important component of the development of all children. It’s all too often denied to children with disabilities, and especially to children with disabilities from poor communities and families. These youngsters are also denied the education that will enable them eventually to take their places as contributing members of the economy and of society.”

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The SABC Disability 360 Campaign aims to empower People with Disabilities by providing on-going disability related content on-air, online and on the ground (events) through SABC various platforms which will be providing the sector with information about job opportunities, training opportunities and pertinent disability content, in all 11 official languages. 

This Campaign will allow maximum access to information by the Disability Sector in South Africa, thus ensuring that the SABC broadcasts not only compelling content but also content that empowers its audiences. The Disability 360 Campaign further aims at creating an online “community” where people with disabilities can go and engage and access any disability related Information.

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