Help Cheshire Home Summerstrand by Create opportunity through movement... for needy residents who need wheelchairs
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Wheelchairs
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Help Cheshire Home Summerstrand by Create opportunity through movement... for needy residents who need wheelchairs
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Welcome to Cheshire Home Summerstrand Cheshire Home Summerstrand is a home for 57 chronically physically disabled residents. We provide care, support and opportunity to each resident at the Home. Our residents come from all walks of life and their disabilities have resulted from a number of possible causes: diving accidents, motor vehicle and motor bike accidents, impairment from birth, illness (strokes, asthma); degenerative disease; rugby injury, crime and assault. Most of our residents only receive a government disability pension of R1 600 per month of which R1 100 is used towards the running of the Home. The balance is issued back to the resident as pocket money. This together with a departmental subsidy are crucial sources of income. However this is not enough and we have to fundraise an additional R 160 000 per month to meet the basic requirements of running a home and providing care and opportunity to each resident. In addition the Home has an outreach programme, Khaya Cheshire, in Walmer Township. This is a “Care and Development Centre” for 22 physically/mentally disabled children whom we strive to teach and get back into the mainstream of education. We invite you to visit Cheshire Home Summerstrand and become a partner in helping us make a difference
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- 1. Don’t pass any personal information to people you haven’t met offline before.
- 2. When meeting one of your contacts offline for the first time, always be sure to arrange to meet in a public place.
- 3. Make sure that you are not left alone with someone that you have never met before.
- 4. Know where you’re going. If you’re headed off the beaten track or into an unfamiliar part of town, be sure you have directions and a GPS or map book.
- 5. If you feel unsafe, consult the person in charge and let him or her know.
- 6. Avoid wearing expensive jewellery: it could get damaged, lost or stolen.
- 7. Ask, ask, ask! If you’re worried about something or concerned about your safety in a certain situation, ask the person in charge.
