{"id":7292,"date":"2024-04-25T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T07:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityconnect.co.za\/?p=7292"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T07:46:22","slug":"sa-guide-dogs-give-a-cane-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/sa-guide-dogs-give-a-cane-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Guide Dogs Give a Cane Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">500 Visually impaired persons are on the SA Guide Dogs Association waiting list for a cane and daily life skills training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each client, costs can accumulate to over R 3 500; your donation will help raise vital funds to purchase these canes and provide much-needed training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Guide Dog is a wonderful aid to assist people who are visually impaired to navigate the world safely. But navigating is not the only skill you need when you cannot see.<br \/><br \/>This is where our Orientation &amp; Mobility services have changed the lives of over 100 000 people since its inception in 1974.<br \/><br \/>This year, there are 500 clients on the waiting list to receive a cane and much needed skills training to allow them to live their lives independently, to provide for themselves, their families and their dogs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting today, we need to raise R550 000 to be able to provide our clients with a cane and training. We need your help to make their dreams come true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to support this campaign:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/guidedog.org.za\/give-a-cane-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/guidedog.org.za\/give-a&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givengain.com\/campaign\/give-a-cane-campaign\">https:\/\/www.givengain.com\/campaign\/give-a-cane-campaign<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Donate R50 and help 500 visually impaired persons waiting for a white cane\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qn-FV0JhcNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500 Visually impaired persons are on the SA Guide Dogs Association waiting list for a cane and daily life skills training. For each client, costs can accumulate to over R 3 500; your donation will help raise vital funds to purchase these canes and provide much-needed training. A Guide Dog is a wonderful aid to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,37],"tags":[39,41,554,360],"class_list":["post-7292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disability-spotlight","category-focus","tag-disability","tag-disability-connect","tag-give-a-cane","tag-sa-guide-dogs-association"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}