Barrier Breakers is a national campaign involving various
initiatives that are based on the common theme of breaking
down social, employment, infrastructure and other barriers
for people with disabilities (pwd’s).
Some examples of initiatives include:
Prevention:
Project aimed at learners whereby they are taught about the
importance of road safety; including being responsible pedestrians.
Sensitisation & Awareness:
Fun programmes aimed at able bodied South Africans from pre-school
to corporates.
Accessibility Assessments:
Aimed at improving the built-up environment for pwd’s.
Reasonable Accommodation:
Aimed at creating the correct working environment for pwd’s.
Education:
Training of employers and intended colleagues so that they
know how to interact with pwd’s in the work place.
Hero Hunt:
Annual event to recognise the disabled who have succeeded
in areas other than sport ie business, arts, education etc.
BB Festival:
Annual event to bring together in a spirit of fun the disabled
and non-disabled communities and to celebrate the abilities
of pwd’s.
Goodwill Message SMS/Balloon
Campaign: Annual event to spread messages
of goodwill over the country and establish a world record
for the number of virtual balloons released into cyber space.
Change 4 Change:
Annual event involving the collection of loose change in branded
collection containers.
BB Members and Supporters:
An ongoing project that raises funds through a process that
gives recognition to organisations that have
made an effort to address infrastructure accessibility issues
for pwd’s.
OBJECTIVES
To improve the quality of life of pwd’s by removing
barriers to life.
To raise funds to maintain and expand services to pwd’s.
To create jobs for pwd’s.
To recognise companies that have made an effort to address
accessibility issues.
To raise awareness of the needs of pwd’s.
To identify and recognise achievers in the disability sector.
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