SA Diabetes Advocacy Course

To empower people living with diabetes, and people caring for those with diabetes, to create meaningful change in South Africa. We want to give you all the tools and knowledge and strategy to make a difference in the lives of those with diabetes.

We’ve specifically designed it to be super helpful, interactive and not overwhelming. We know how much you have going on in your lives already! This will be (dare we say it?) fun.

While we share some really helpful articles and links to find out more information, this is not a diabetes education course. We’ll show you where to get educated if that’s what you want to do, but our focus here is on advocacy. We want to give you the tools you need to speak up for people about diabetes.

While some of the information might seem obvious, we want to ensure we are all on the same page, to prevent confusion.

Each week, we all gather together to talk about the topic of the week for 1 hour. It’s a chance for each person to share their opinions, ideas, thoughts and suggestions with like-minded people – and know that you will be heard. It’s also a chance to form connections with your fellow advocates, and see how you might want to collaborate.

We have purposefully kept the class small so that every person will have a chance to share their thoughts each week on Zoom.

Access to a collaborative WhatsApp Diabetes Advocacy community.

• Certificate of completion to share on LinkedIn.

• SA Diabetes Advocate badge to share on social media.

• A Digital Toolkit to use in your campaigns.

• All the skills and knowledge you need to make a change.

We are not talking about picketing and striking and aggression. We’re talking about meaningful engagement with the people who can make decisions about the rights of people with diabetes.

We support a positive, collaborative approach to advocacy.