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ABILITY: Changing Lives by Empowering Persons with Disabilities WHO WE ARE: The Association for the Persons with Disabilities, Nelson Mandela Bay, was established in 1940 and is a non-profit organisation located at 55 Paterson Road, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. APD was established to promote the advancement of persons with disabilities so as to enable them to attain their maximum level of independence and integration into the community and to allow them to take their rightful place in society. Our vision is for Nelson Mandela Bay to be the most accessible, inclusive and disability-friendly metro in South Africa. Our purpose is summed up in our Ability cause: Changing lives by empowering persons with disabilities. We believe that by empowering persons with disabilities in their personal capacities, they in turn become powerful catalysts for change in their immediate social circles and, in time, their communities. ABILITY WEAR JOB CREATION CENTRE: The Ability Wear Job Creation Centre provides basic and advanced sewing and garment- manufacturing skills training to persons with disabilities. Beneficiaries who are deemed competent after completing their six-month basic sewing training programme are placed in the centre’s various production lines where they are provided with income-generating work opportunities. On-the-job skills training and knowledge transfer is ongoing in this centre. We are continually looking to identify persons with disabilities with potential to receive sewing, printing, and embroidery training. The centre custom manufactures and brands a wide range of clothing apparel for local companies, government departments and some 40 schools in and around Nelson Mandela Bay. Currently we have 45 beneficiaries working in this centre who mostly come from impoverished communities. Woolworths ladies & baby spencers Schoolwear & sports clothing for schools Embroidery on caps, golfers, bags & more 15000 golf shirts & 15000 caps Ongoing sewing skills training & job mentoring We manufacture a range of for Casual Day 2015 jackets & hoodies for high schools custom matric jackets

ABILITY INDUSTRIAL JOB CREATION CENTRE: The Ability Industrial Job Creation Centre provides real-world skills training and income- generating work opportunities for people with disabilities in an accessible, accommodating environment. This centre secures contract work from local companies which is generally labour intensive and includes bulk posting, packaging, and assembling of components to mention but a few. The centre serves two purposes: 1) To act as a “stepping stone” for people with disabilities who are capable of being up-skilled and eager to grow. These beneficiaries receive training and then move into our Ability Wear Job Creation Centre. 2) It also caters for people who have lesser capabilities, who are happy to come to a supportive, enabling work environment every day (e.g. persons with moderate intellectual disabilities). The Ability Industrial Job Creation Centre plays a key role in addressing the huge challenge of unemployment amongst people with disabilities from impoverished communities in Nelson Mandela Bay. Due to a number of barriers the majority of our people working in the centre have no job alternatives in the open labour market. The sad reality is if we had to close the Ability Industrial Job Creation Centre most of our people would end up at home and unemployed. Currently we have 55 beneficiaries working in this centre. Posting 40000 Audi magazines Separating & sorting 600000 tags for Bobtail Dusting of chocolate boxes for Cadbury Labelling of Woolworths packaging Reupholstery of bus seats for Algoa Bus There are approx. 400 buses in the fleet ABILITY RECRUITMENT CENTRE: The Ability Recruitment Centre is registered with the Department of Labour and is responsible for finding employment for suitably qualified people with disabilities in the open labour market in Nelson Mandela Bay. Ability Recruitment provides the following services:  Placement of people with disabilities in the open labour market  Advise and partner with other registered placement agencies to ensure the rights of people with disabilities are upheld throughout employment processes  Facilitation of work-readiness programmes for applicants registered on our employment database  Presentation of disability sensitisation workshops to companies and government departments to address social and environmental barriers in the workplace  Conduct accessibility surveys, compile reports, and make recommendations to ensure workplace environments are accessible to people with disabilities  Advise companies/government departments on reasonable accommodation measures and universal design principles

APD DAY CARE CENTRE FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: The APD Day Care Centre for Children with Disabilities is our Early Childhood Development Centre which is registered with the Department of Social Development. The centre was established in 2006 and has grown into a well-run, professionally managed facility which has capacity to cater for 32 children. We currently have 30 profoundly disabled children between the ages of 1-7 enrolled at the centre. The 9 full-time staff employed at the centre are responsible for facilitating the children’s specially designed school-entry programme and the provision of two healthy, balanced meals. The children are collected from their homes and transported to and from the centre daily in one of our specially adapted buses (fitted with a wheelchair hoist). Hands-on first aid training for all staff Training children for special schools entry Aligned with Dept of Education themes Develop fine motor, social & cognitive skills Boardmaker teaches colours Changing lives of children with disabilities ABILITY SOCIAL SERVICES: Our team of social workers provide developmental and integrated services to persons with disabilities to ensure their access to a comprehensive, well organized delivery system that enhances their independence and advances their integration into mainstream society. Our team of social workers provide a wide range of disability services including: Assistance with grant applications, rehabilitation services, referrals to special schools, assessments for assistive devices (e.g. wheelchairs), disability sensitisation workshops in schools and local communities, facilitating APD’s employee health and wellness programmes and more. 3 children placed at Lonwabo Wheelchairs handed over to needy children Disability sensitization programme with Special School with disabilities in partnership with ACSA schools using interactive role-plays

ABILITY INSPIRE: We inspire change by sharing the stories of the people we serve. The following are two of our many success stories. Message from Liezl Leslie (Hearing Impairment): “I feel proud of myself at what I’ve achieved so far as a Junior Pattern Maker. It has given my self- esteem a boost. I started working at APD in the Ability Industrial Job Creation Centre doing basic packing and sorting work. After a while, my manager informed me that the Ability Wear Job Creation Centre was looking for sewing trainees. Initially I was put on a production line but struggled to cope with the speed due to limited function in my hands. The Sewing Manager then asked me if I had ever considered pattern making because of my natural creativity. I was then appointed as a Junior Pattern Maker to assist APD’s qualified Senior Designer. Let’s just say the rest is history! Today I draw and grade my own patterns and assist in preparing new, custom designs. When my hard work has been acknowledged in the way that it has it excites me for the future and I continue to set new boundaries for myself and others that will follow.” Message from Craig Meyer (Physical Disability): “I started working at APD about 3 years ago. At the time there weren’t any available positions in the Ability Wear Job Creation Centre. However, I was determined not to give up so I arranged a meeting with the Centre Manager. A few days later she contacted me to let me know that the centre was looking for someone to manage the stores/packing department. I jumped at the opportunity! APD gave me a chance when nobody else was willing to do so. I had previously worked at several companies but never had found my “home”. At APD I learned what it is to be really happy in your work place. Here we show love and support to each other. My life has improved a lot because of APD. I want to thank my managers for the opportunity and for believing in me.” B-BBEE: APD Nelson Mandela Bay is B-BBEE Level 2 accredited. We are proud to announce that we are expecting to achieve B-BBEE Level 1 status when we are rerated in March 2016. Our projects meet the requirements of Code Series 700 of the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice and qualify as socio-economic activities able to perform socio economic development initiatives and contributions with the specific objective of facilitating sustainable access to the economy for its beneficiaries. Any contributions directly benefit a Black Beneficiary Base of greater than 75% and our projects thus qualify for 100% B-BBEE Socio-Economic Development Recognition. CONTACT US: APD Nelson Mandela Bay is active on various social media platforms. For more information on our organisation’s current projects and services follow the links below. They detail the work that we do in our Ability Job Creation Centres and the practical side of our successful Wheelchair Wednesday project. Ability Job Creation Centres: https://youtu.be/It-eD9ptCog Wheelchair Wednesday 2014: https://youtu.be/qbJa6UzEKVs Feel free to visit us any time at 55 Paterson Road, North End, Port Elizabeth Tel: (041) 484 5426 Email: [email protected] Website: www.apdnmb.org.za Facebook: www.facebook.com/APDNMB Twitter: www.twitter.com/APDNMB Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCMKbzWWc-AeOXD1Rw4rLMpA