National Para Sports Festival opens November 29

The annual National Para Sports Festival which is organised by National Paralympic Committee (NPC) in collaboration with the Dan-deVan Group of Companies, is slated for November 29 at the Accra Stadium.

The event which is dubbed the “Dan-deVan National Paralympic Festival” will see athletes participate in a top-6 wheelchair tennis competition, a wheelchair basketball game involving two teams from Accra and Sunyani, 15km wheelchair race, and a 15km hand cycling race.

Daniel Mensah, the chairman of the Dan-deVan Group of Companies, explained that the decision to partner with the NPC was to honour para sports athletes who excelled during the course of the year.

“We are excited to partner the National Paralympic Committee to celebrate our para sports athletes and also inspire a new generation.

“This couldn’t have come at a much better time as we are set to officially launch the Dan-deVan Group of Companies on 3rd December, 2015 at the GNAT Hall in Accra.

“As a company, it is our major corporate social responsibility to offer scholarships and sponsor persons with disabilities to grow to their true potential in their careers and life.”

Dan-deVan Group of Companies, a full-service transportation and logistics company which is also involved in construction, early on in May sponsored the ‘Yak-Dan National Juniors Wheelchair Tennis camp’ in Kumasi.