What´s New at Epilepsy South Africa
Revealing the potential:
Play your part by buying your share!
Background:Epilepsy South Africa is an organisation that depends on donations, partnerships and support to present its services to people with epilepsy and other disabilities. We work according to carefully planned strategies and have proper systems and feedback processes in order. The Strategy:As part of a greater fund development strategy, we present a social investment plan to the South African corporate sector, individuals and family trusts to give to a good cause, easily and quickly. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become a highly effective social investor in Epilepsy South Africa. We made selected projects available to you as an investment opportunity with a social return. We will continue our efforts to develop funds, but wanted to involve individuals to build their share of abeling South Africa. You will receive the bi-annual report to the project that you have donated to as well as a "Share Certificate" as this bold action made you a partner in our efforts. Our core values and ideals are to aspire for and we sincerely hope that you will stand next to us in overcoming the obstacles set before people with epilepsy and other disabilities. Buy a share for only R250 and see the Potential Revealed! The total value of this section of our Business plan is R625 000, but the activities released through your contribution will exeed the limit of what money can buy! Contact: Drikie Snyman at 021 447 3014 or email her at funddev.no@epilepsy.org.za |
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Relaunch of our website, 16-21 June 2008:
Click and Think of People with Epilepsy
June, the half way mark in our year indicated that we were close to the end of the graduate turning of the earth on its axis. The sun appears to reach its northernmost extreme and results in a day with the shortest hours of daylight. This universal event is the exact symbolism that leads to having National Epilepsy Week at this time.
The turning from darkness to light beautifully embodies the overcoming of obstacles like stigma, isolation, misunderstanding and discriminisation toward people with epilepsy. This is often helped by others entering into an understanding of people with epilepsy and not just being a bystander. Who did not enjoy it when Jonty Rhodes caught that ball for South Africa; we were proud South Africans and therefore more than bystanders?
People that have epilepsy often live normal lives and form a great part of the economic and social force that South Africa depends on today. They are active role models for their children and families. Who, in today's pressured circumstances, needs an extra obstacle in his/her way? Finances, work, crime, electricity and the moral situation all cleverly handed to us in the deck of cards to play.
As an organisation that learns as much as we give to people with epilepsy, we request that you won't be stumbling block in their lives. Wisen up and enlarge your understanding by adding knowledge about epilepsy to your own life.
Epilepsy South Africa's updated website will be launched at 12o'clock on the 16th of June and we invite every one to hit our site. An estimated 1% of our population has epilepsy. So don't be ignorant this week, include your neighbour and try to teach yourself something about epilepsy that you never knew! Help us to "Click and Think of people with epilepsy!" We are hoping to get 470 000 hits on our new site - One for each person with epilepsy in South Africa.
Start and improve your business:
TRAINING OF TRAINERS
PROGRAMME
Epilepsy South Africa uses the Start and Improve Your Business Programme developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The Training of Trainers seminar will equip persons working in the disability field to assist people with disabilities in the establishment of their own businesses. However, this course was not designed for people with disabilities and would thus benefit those working in development, job creation and the alleviation and eradication of poverty. The course not only deals with business management, but also offers an opportunity for the acquisition and development of training skills.
To find out more, download document from Publications and Downloads
Income generation and job creation:
TRAINING OF TRAINERS
PROGRAMME
The Programme is a project planning guide for the development of income generation projects for unemployed people with disabilities in Africa.
Objectives of the Programme
- This programme was created for development staff wishing to create jobs for unemployed people, especially people with disabilities.
- The programme shows methods to assist unemployed people to undertake activities which will result in job creation, i.e. the creation of an income generation project or self-owned business venture.
To find out more, download document from Publications and Downloads