For the second year, QASA held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually on the Zoom platform. On Saturday, 18 September 2021, QASA staff, members and regional associations signed in to get an update on the organisation’s activities, finances and management. During the event, QASA treasurer Richard Barron broke down the […]
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Website redesign with Life Choices
The QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA) has a new striking, user-friendly website, which was launched in June, with a lot of help from Life Choices – a non-profit organisation dedicated to investing in youth. The organisation provides a host of services (such as family stability, health and education) to […]
Priority vaccination plea to save lives
With the rate of infections ever climbing and new variants always posing a risk, QASA is fighting to ensure its members are kept safe Risk of death rather than mortality rates should be the criteria that secures priority vaccination argues the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA). The organisation has […]
Priority vaccination plea to save lives
Risk of death rather than mortality rates should be the criteria that secures priority vaccination argues the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA). The organisation has made a plea to the Department of Health to include quadriplegics and paraplegics in the second round of the vaccine roll out. The organisations […]
Beanie donations
QASA received a generous donation of beanies, scarves and socks from Beanie Group, a knitting and crocheting group based in KwaZulu-Natal. The group donates all its knitted and crocheted items to NPOs and NGOs. QASA delivered the items to Hillcrest hospital to be distributed among the elderly to wear and […]
QASA bids farewell to admin assistant
Thokozile Cele, the former administrative assistant for QASA, resigned in December 2020 to pursue new career ventures. Thoko, as she was fondly known, will be missed for her bubbly personality, her willingness to help and her ever so kind character. QASA wishes Thokozile all the best in her new venture […]
Meet the QASA recruitment officer
QASA contracted Dhaneshree Suleman as the recruitment officer for the Work Readiness Programme with the goal of assisting candidates to source employment opportunities and facilitate the relationships between the candidates and potential employers. Dhaneshree is a self-motivated, team-orientated person with a dynamic outlook on life and a strong desire to […]
Another first with a virtual AGM
The new decade has brought with it some unexpected challenges as the world struggles to manage the COVID-19 pandemic with South Africans spending most of the year in lockdown. To ensure the safety of its members and staff, QASA has adapted to these new challenges by hosting its first-ever virtual […]
QASA welcomes new intern
Phindile Dlamini is the most recent addition to the QASA team. Joining as an intern and ambassador, she is a quadriplegic member who completed the QASA Work Readiness Programme in March. She will assist with admin functions. The reserved, well-mannered young lady had the following to say: “I was so […]
Regaining self-confidence
With a vision to enable their members to live their lives to their full potential, QASA’s Work Readiness Programme is providing participants with knowledge, skills and the self-confidence to enter the formal world of work I had given up on a lot of things, including myself, says Nokozola Rantso about […]