Nappy Run is for Everyone and it Must be Fun!

What is Nappy Run?

Nappy Run is a national campaign to create public awareness of children with disabilities in South Africa and to collect nappies for children with disabilities from the public and business community.

Nappy Run is an annual campaign during the month of October (children’s month), which is accompanied by widespread publicity about the special needs of children with disabilities, their disproportionately high need for nappies (which are expensive!) and an appeal to the public and businesses to donate nappies for this special group of children.

The month-long Nappy Run Campaign builds up to the main event of the campaign, the Nappy Run itself. Nappy Run events are fun run/walk events for anyone to enjoy. Nappy Runs are held in cities and towns throughout South Africa at venues that are publicised throughout the month of October.

To qualify for the Nappy Run Event, all runners/walkers must wear...a NAPPY! For the less bold: use your initiative and display a nappy on your person anyway you like. Wear it as a headscarf (kopdoek), bandanna or whatever, but be interesting!

The Nappy Run Entrance Fee... A Pack of Nappies of course!

The whole month of October will provide an opportunity for the donation of nappies by delivering it to central collection points, such as retail stores. Participating retail partners and collection points will be advertised.

If you wish to receive Nappy Run Newsflashes with updates on the Nappy Run campaign, please sign up for it on the form provided above.

Why Nappy Run?

The overwhelming majority of children with disabilities in South Africa live in poor communities with their most basic rights as children often violated and their special disability needs unfulfilled. Poor children with disabilities are acknowledged by the United Nations as the world’s most vulnerable and exposed group of all of humankind. South Africa is no exception to this.

Due to incontinence being so prevalent in children with disabilities, they have a much higher need for the use of nappies and for much longer periods of time. Nappies are a constant need for not only babies and younger children with disabilities, but also for much older children with disabilities. And nappies are very expensive!

Read more about Children with Disabilities