As World Diabetes Day approaches on Monday 14th November, South Africans are invited to #WearBlueForDiabetes.
South Africa (31 October 2022) – It’s a simple idea – but a powerful one. What if every school and workplace in South Africa wore blue for diabetes on World Diabetes Day? Imagine the conversations we could start, the awareness we could spread, the difference we could make for the 1 in 2 South Africans currently undiagnosed with diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes symptoms are easy to miss in children. That’s why Sweet Life Diabetes Community launched the Wear Blue for Diabetes campaign in November 2021.
Do you know the 5 common symptoms of diabetes? Would you know what to look for in a child with Type 1 diabetes? For most parents (and many teachers), the answer is no. But Sweet Life is looking to change that this year with #WearBlueForDiabetes.
#WearBlueForDiabetes
That’s what we want to do this World Diabetes Day. The idea is rooted in school awareness – when #WearBlueForDiabetes was launched in schools last year, it took off and schools around South Africa wore blue, shared the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes (usually diagnosed in children) and supported the members of their school families living with diabetes.
This year, they take it one step further and invite workplaces to take part as well. So now is the time to rally your boss, your colleagues, or your bossy cat, and get everyone onboard to wear blue.
Sign up to Wear Blue
Taking part is easy! All you have to do is:
- Sign up on www.sweetlife.org.za/wear-blue-for-diabetes
- Wear blue for diabetes on Monday 14th November 2022, World Diabetes Day.
- Snap a photo and share it online using #WearBlueForDiabetes.
To make things even easier, SweetLife has developed a special Digital Diabetes Awareness pack with all the resources needed to spread awareness of diabetes in your school or workplace – including WhatsApp graphics, a video by South Africa’s favourite storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe (in English, subtitled in Afrikaans, isiZulu and isiXhosa), social media shareables with the symptoms and how to support people with diabetes, a printable poster, an informative slide deck on diabetes in South Africa and a community resources list.
It’s a one-stop-shop for diabetes awareness – imagine the impact you could make if you took this to your school or workplace?
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“We believe that the answer to the diabetes crisis our country is facing will be found in empowered individuals. We’d like to invite you to become one of those individuals, and #WearBlueForDiabetes on the 14th November.”
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