SY is nie net deel van die gemeenskap nie; sy l\u00fa\u00edster na die mense, neem hul kultuur in ag, hoor wat hul behoeftes is en bewerkstelling \u2019n plan wat so \u2019n groot verskil moontlik sal maak.<\/p>\n
D\u00edt is die beginsels waarop Jeffreysbaai se bekwame InFood Bakery en Deli-bestuurder, Tsidi Kotyi (34), haar passie uitleef en haar beywer om mense se lewens in behoeftige gemeenskappe op te hef. Sy slaag selfs daarin om mense te laat inspring en te help.<\/p>\n
Als om \u2019n positiewe verskil te maak.<\/p>\n
Kotyi vertel geesdriftig van die nuwe projek wat sy, in samewerking met die Umanyano Iwa Mantombazana akwa-Nomzamo-kerkgroep, aan-gepak het en nou \u2019n waardevolle bydrae aan jong skooldogters lewer.<\/p>\n
Die projek behels om broodnodige sanit\u00eare ware in te samel vir Graad 4 tot 10 Humansdorp-leerders wat dit nie kan bekostig nie.<\/p>\n
Haar helderpers lippe trek vasbeslote saam: \u201cDit is baie belangrik: baie van di\u00e9 leerders het nie genoeg sanit\u00eare ware om deur die maand te kom nie. Die meisies is ook te skaam om vir hulp te vra en bly dus vir tot vyf dae \u2019n maand by die huis. Dit veroorsaak dat hulle tot 55 skooldae per jaar kan misloop en met hul skoolwerk agterraak.<\/p>\n
\u201cMense sal dit nie glo nie, maar sa-nit\u00eare ware is \u2019n luuksheid in baie huishoudings. Ons het ouers wat aan ons vertel dat hulle moet kies tussen brood en sanit\u00eare ware vir hulle dogters.\u201d<\/p>\n
Naaste liefde<\/p>\n
Kotyi, wie se ma oorlede is toe sy slegs drie maande oud was, het \u2018n liefde vir gemeenskapsdiens wat op \u2019n baie jong ouderdom begin het.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns was nooit ryk nie, maar liefde en omgee was daar in oorvloed. Ons huis het altyd vir mense in nood oopgestaan – bekende of vreemdeling. My pa het nooit iemand weggewys nie en was altyd gewillig om te help; sonder om te mor of iets terug te verwag. Nie eers \u2019n dankie nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cEk het baie lesse by hom geleer; goed soos omgee, opregte naasteliefde, medemenslikheid en om te gee sonder voorbehoud.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sedert haar pa se afsterwe toe sy in graad 8 was, sit sy die goeie werk voort. Al het sy self nie veel nie – wat sy het, sal sy gee – sonder om te tel hoe-veel mense sy help of om iets terug te verwag. <\/p>\n
Vir haar is dit goed genoeg dat die Here sien wat sy doen en dat dit wat sy doen, uit haar hart uit kom.<\/p>\n
Dit is net wie sy is: fyngebou met groot oorbelle, en nog \u2019n groter hart.<\/p>\n
\u201cJy kan enigiets doen as jy \u2019n groot genoeg hart, liefde en passie het. Dit moet deel van ons almal se lewe wees, sommerso terloops, ongeag jou ouderdom,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n
Tussen al haar liefdadigheidswerk, waarom juis sanit\u00eare ware?<\/p>\n
Sanit\u00eare produkte<\/p>\n
Kotyi, \u2019n oud-leerder van die Laerskool Mzingizi, glimlag breed: \u201cDaar is verskeie voedingskemas by skole in plek vir honger leerders. Maar wanneer dit by sanit\u00eare produkte en persepsies oor menstruasie kom, is daar \u2019n groot leemte.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit lei daartoe dat jong meisies \u2019n lae selfbeeld kry. Dit veroorsaak vrees en verleent-heid. So erg dat baie leerders wat nie sanit\u00eare ware kan bekostig nie, gemiddeld \u2019n week uit elke maand nie skool toe gaan nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cDi\u00e9 dat ons as \u2019n groep besluit het om die leerders te help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Met die hulp van eerwaarde Lusindiso Nyiki en mede-gelowiges, het hulle binne \u2019n japtrap genoeg produkte vir die 340 graad 4 tot graad 7-leerders by die Laerskool Mzingisi in KwaNomzamo, Humansdorp ingesamel.<\/p>\n
Dit is Vrydag aan leerders oorhandig.<\/p>\n
Die Graad 8 tot 10-leerders by die Lungiso Ho\u00ebrskool in KwaNomzamo het ook sanit\u00eare ware ontvang.<\/p>\n
\u201cDit wat ons doen, is niks vergeleke met die vernedering wat arm meiseis sonder sanit\u00eare ware moet deurgaan nie. Van hulle gebruik uit desperaat-heid koerantpapier, gras en boombas om skoon te bly,\u201d s\u00ea Kotyi.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeur net \u2019n pak of twee te skenk, kan inwoners \u2019n meisie hierdie vernedering spaar en dalk help dat sy die eerste een in haar familie word wat skool voltooi en uiniversiteit toe gaan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Help s\u00f3<\/p>\n
Enige skenings van sanit\u00eare doekies is welkom – net wat jy kan bekostig.<\/p>\n
\u201cEen pakkie . . . twee pakkies . . . of drie pakkies kan die w\u00eareld se verskil vir een minderbevoorregte leerder beteken,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n
Vir meer inligting, skakel Kotyi by 082 265 7687.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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