{"id":52855,"date":"2022-08-02T06:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/give-back-to-the-elderly-if-you-can-20220801\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:56:18","slug":"give-back-to-the-elderly-if-you-can-20220801","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/give-back-to-the-elderly-if-you-can-20220801\/","title":{"rendered":"Give back to the elderly if you can"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Grassy Park Youth Desk Crime Prevention Unit reached out to help the elderly as part of giving back for the International Mandela Day, celebrated on Monday 18 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday 27 July, the team was joined by their local councillor and police to cut grass, remove rubble and mend a wall of an elderly woman in Lotus River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jade Baartman, treasurer of the Grassy Park Youth Desk Crime Prevention Unit, said it was an honour to assist the elderly, adding that elderly people were often vulnerable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is such a great honour for us to be here at this resident\u2019s house, especially because she is elderly. I always go by the words \u2018Eer jou vader en jou moeder en jou dae sal verleng word\u2019 to honour your mother and father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have been planning this for quite some time and went in conjunction with our councillor to assist us to find an elderly person where we can do a clean-up of the property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that it was the first of many clean-ups planned in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are making this a rotational thing and going around and seeing where we can assist to help our older people because they are vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Grassy Park Crime Prevention Unit organised a clean-up in Lotus River.PHOTOs: natasha bezuidenhout<\/div>\n
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Ward 65 councillor Donovan Nelson said it was important to build communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was challenged by the crime prevention youth desk and they had an idea to do 67 minutes to clean a senior\u2019s house. I said it was a brilliant idea and I know exactly where we need to go and I can provide some of the resources like the shrubs, spades, rakes and catering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt all ties into making sure that we look after our seniors and making sure that we value them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nelson added that he grew up in the community and it was a nostalgic moment for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAunty Gene has been in this community for as long as I can remember. I grew up in this community. I used to play in front of her yard, I used to buy suckers from her, so there\u2019s a nostalgic full-circle moment and I think it\u2019s important for building communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing opportunity to be here with the youth desk. It also shows you the amount of work they do in our communities as well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regina Hoffmeister (73), who has lived in her Lotus River home for more than 50 years, said she was very happy with the assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe moved in here on my 18th birthday. This is really a beautiful day, and to have all the young men in my yard. I\u2019m very happy and I feel safer also now with all the changes they are going to do and did already.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grassy Park police spokesperson Capt Wynita Kleinsmith said while cleaning the yard they found knives that were thrown into the shrubs at the back of the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe identified this house, where this lady is staying who has no-one to help her in cleaning the yard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the police youth desk we also want to tell younger children that you need to care for the elderly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you see the aunty coming down the street with a packet, please help her and carry it to her house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Grassy Park Youth Crime Prevention unit assisted in cutting grass, removing rubble, planting shrubs and mending the wall of an elderly person in Lotus River. <\/div>\n
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She added that instead of being assisted in the community the elderly are often robbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is happening now is that they would rather rob the person of her belongings than assisting the aunty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of young children that don\u2019t have anything to do so why not invest in your elderly? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI mean, at the end, they are mothers and fathers and they do not have the means to do what they did when they were younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is our duty as the younger generation to assist where we can.\u201d <\/s1><\/function><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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