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Casual Day new beneficiaries come on board
Casual Day new beneficiaries come on board
Miss SA Marilyn Ramos has added Casual Day to her portfolio of causes that she will support this year. She is passionate about children, and has spent much of her reign so far advocating and caring for vulnerable children. By supporting the Casual Day campaign, she is helping to raise awareness of the needs of all persons with disabilities.
Casual Day is a project owned by the National Council of Persons with Physical Disabilities and has been run in partnership with its national beneficiaries, SA National Council for the Blind, Disabled People South (DPSA), SA Federation for Mental Health, Deaf Federation of SA (DeafSA) and Epilepsy SA, for the past 18 years. "The addition of the new beneficiary organisations affords us the opportunity to effect real transformation of the project and to become more representative of the wider disability sector," says Therina Wentzel, National Director of the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA).
"Now in its 19th successful year of service to the community of persons with disabilities, this gives the Casual Day project team the chance to refresh our approach and to re-align our values within a changing landscape of diversity and greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in today's challenging world.
Last year Casual Day raised a staggering R22.2 million. That is ten percent more than the year before. All in all, the project has raised R170 million. "We are ecstatic about the response from South Africans."
Donations are raised R10 at a time for a Casual Day sticker, which is distributed via the infrastructure of the project's various sponsors and financial partners and a wide network of participating organisations rendering services in the field of disability. "This is a moving example of community spirit in action," concludes.