According to the centre's coordinator Martin Shumba, the non-profit organisation has children from the age of two to 30 years. The society provides educational services to all children with learning disabilities, who have Down's syndrome, autistic, who have attention deficit disorder, attention hearing deficit disorder, severe dyslexia, epilepsy and other developmental delays. He said the education society was a parents' initiative and has qualified specialised teachers. The society depends on donations and contributions from parents.
A manager at Dulce Caf, Sharon Lawless, said that the fun day is to encourage the mentally handicapped children, who are often kept indoors, to be taken out. The fun walk will raise funds for the school and the public has been encouraged to join in this free event. It will start with a walk from the school to the car park next to the Shell garage in Village Plaza. "We will have food for sale and there will be fun games, such as jail, where we will 'lock up' all the rich people who will have to pay to come out," she said.
She said it was about time parents brought children to school. The education society offers breakfast and lunch; it starts at 7:30 to 4pm from Monday to Thursday, while the day ends earlier on Friday at 12pm.
Lawless said that the funds would be spent on buying some of the equipment the children need. The Village, Kgale, Phakalane and Broadhurst Spars will participate in the event.
