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SAFI and WIZO give gift of mobility
Two child-sized wheelchairs were presented to pupils at the Lebohang Centre for Disabled Children (LCDC) in Sebokeng by the Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO) and the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) on 27 March. The wheelchairs are intended to empower the pupils’ education through mobility.
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The donation is part of WIZO SA’s local outreach programme. The chairs were secured from Israeli nongovernmental organisation Wheelchairs of Hope.
The donation follows a visit by WIZO to the LCDC a few months back, where it became apparent that the centre’s biggest challenge was the mobility of children travelling to and from the centre in a location environment coupled with harsh terrain. This was having an unfortunate and devastating impact on the children’s education and well-being.