Greetings from Jo-Burg

Today, we arrived in South Africa after a long journey. Employees of the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA) greeted us with great warmth, kindness, and boerewors (South African sausage). We enjoyed our first night in Johannesburg with a braai (Afrikaans for barbeque). Over the next six weeks, we will work with the National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA) and QASA to facilitate job preparation workshops and sensitization seminars for employers and private recruitment agencies in an effort to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities in South Africa.


Before we begin our orientation tomorrow morning, we wanted to take the time to introduce ourselves:


Chris Adams: I am a rising senior Psychology & Philosophy double major. My interest in people with disabilities began when I volunteered to cycle across the United States to spread awareness and raise funds for people with disabilities. It is through this experience that I became interested in the topics of community and sexual psychology within the disability community. This experience will open my eyes to the research needed on the lives and needs of people with disabilities around the world.


Kit Dobyns: I am a rising senior Africana studies major. During my previous experiences working in Tanzania and Rwanda, I have had the opportunity to witness the unique challenges people with disabilities face in sub-Saharan Africa. Through my endeavors with NCPPDSA and QASA, I hope to learn from and contribute to their progressive approach to supporting persons with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Chris and Kit