1st Place:<\/strong> Ikhwezi Lokusa Catholic Full Service Primary School<\/a> Best Child<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Place:<\/strong> Wings for Life School<\/a> Best Group Photo Awards<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Place:<\/strong> Provision Optometrists<\/a> Best Selfie\/Individual<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Place:<\/strong> Impala Platinum Mine<\/a> Best Pet<\/strong> \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Place:<\/strong> @adventures_of_lilly_and_lando<\/a> Creative images of the winning entries embodied the spirit of inclusion and the essence of joy, dignity, and community pride within South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Casual Day funds, NCPD still contributes to the much-needed resources such as assistive devices, skills development programs, job placements, accessible transportation, sustainable food gardens, gender-based violence support, nappies for continence care and human rights\u2019 advocacy support. These projects are still important as the organisation strives to enable the social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities through increased access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking forward, NCPD is now well on its way to a far more impactful Casual Day 2025. The effort will declare the 31st anniversary theme and state the amount of money raised last year in its \u201cShow and Tell\u201d events beginning in March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur 30th anniversary campaign was a grand plan that bore good fruits,\u201d says Wentzel. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to every South African who purchased a sticker, wore our merchandise, and shared their stories. Your support enables us to continue our important work in transforming lives and building a more inclusive society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on our social media channels: Facebook<\/a> | X<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) has now ended its milestone 30th anniversary Casual Day Campaign that saw record numbers of involvement and thousands of powerful moments captured through its #ISeeYou photographic competition. The 2024 campaign, themed \u201cI See You,\u201d successfully built upon three decades of promoting inclusion and visibility for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,35],"tags":[135,39,41,560,430],"class_list":["post-7496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-focus","category-in-the-news","tag-casual-day","tag-disability","tag-disability-connect","tag-national-council-of-and-for-people-with-disabilities","tag-ncpd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496","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=7496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2nd Place:<\/strong> Alma School<\/a>
3rd Place:<\/strong> Paarl School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-Competition-Best-Kids-Group-1st-place-Winner-Ikwezi-School-600x600-1.png\")
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2nd Place:<\/strong> Alma School<\/a>
3rd Place:<\/strong> Alma School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-Competition-Best-Child-1st-place-Winner-Wings-for-Life-School-600x600-1.png\")
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2nd Place:<\/strong> Makgongoana High School<\/a>
3rd Place:<\/strong> @the.gasboys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-Competition-Best-Group-1st-place-Winners-Provision-Optometrists-600x600-1.png\")
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2nd Place:<\/strong> @soulbird87<\/a>
3rd Place:<\/strong> Radio Tygerberg 104FM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-Competition-Best-Individual-1st-place-Winner-Impala-Platinum-Mine-team-Implats-600x600-1.png\")
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2nd Place:<\/strong> @ten_x_collective<\/a> \u2013 Sam
3rd Place:<\/strong> Trieest and Kanus<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dev.disabilityconnectexpo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Photo-Competition-Best-Pet-1st-place-adventures_of_lilly_and_lando-600x600-1.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCongratulations to all our winners! Your creativity and spirit truly stood out.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n