Upcoming Events
Johannesburg
22 April –SA Guide Dogs Cricket Challenge (date to be confirmed)
25 August – Flyfishing Competition (Dullstroom)
Durban
25th May -3rd June - Royal Show
22nd -24th September - Garden Show
Cape Town
8 -10 March: Cape Argus Cycle Tour Expo
18 March: Durbanville Rose Garden Tea Party
22 – 25 March: Get Away Expo
23 – 26 August: Cavendish Charity Book Sale
Follow the diaries of Pasha, Guide-Dog owner and Christine, puppy
raiser.
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Training
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College of Orientation and Mobility
Freedom and Independence mean different things to different people, but to a blind person it means largely the ability to go where he/she likes, when he/she likes, to be able to travel to work safely on a daily basis, go shopping unaided, deposit his/her salary at the building society or bank, visit friends and go to church. This means the need to be mobile.
In 1969 the SA Guide-Dogs Association became aware of the need for this type of Service as a complimentary service to guide dogs and began investigating the feasibility of opening a School of Orientation and Mobility. In 1974 this goal was realized and the Orientation and Mobility School was established to train sighted instructors, from all over Southern Africa, who would in turn train visually impaired people.
The College of Orientation and Mobility rely on funding from private individuals and companies to continue their work. Companies can score BEE points on their scorecard through CSI giving and donations. A company can secure maximum points for funding as our beneficiaries are 98% non-white.
The College of Orientation and Mobility train sighted students who complete a national diploma in Orientation and Mobility (SETA Accredited) and return to their service organisations and or communities where they can effectively train blind and visually impaired people across South Africa on the skills of daily living and mobility using a white cane.
This division of SAGA is ideally positioned for corporates and companies wishing to fund as our beneficiaries are 98% black therefore maximum points can be scored on their social development section of their scorecards.
One trained Orientation and Mobility practitioner can effectively train on average 24 blind people per annum.
It is estimated that 1% of the population is blind in South Africa and there is a need for more support and professionally trained practitioners to assist these individuals.
Please complete the attached enquiry form should you wish to receive a formal proposal or more information regarding donating towards the College of Orientation and Mobility:
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