Die Veterane Bystandfonds (VBF) het verlede week sy landswye uitreiktoer in Kaapstad afgesluit met besoeke aan Kraaifontein, Goodwood en Parow, waar hulle milit\u00eare veterane getrakteer het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die onafhanklike nie-winsgewende maatskappy wat in Oktober 2019 gestig is, beywer hom vir hulpverlening aan di\u00e9 veterane wat onderhewig was aan diensplig tussen 1967 en 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tydens die besoeke is lekker middagete aan die mans voorgesit, terwyl die bekende sanger Philip Moolman, wat \u2019n ambassadeur vir die fonds is, opgetree het. Daar is ook menige weermagstories en staaltjies gedeel, wat die manne teruggevoer het na die gedeelde herinnerings wat hulle steeds vandag saambind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veterane het elk \u2019n geskenkpakkie gekry en di\u00e9 wat Sassa-pensioene of \u2019n ongeskiktheidstoelae ontvang, het elk \u2019n koopbewys van R500 ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Johan de Beer, \u2019n direkteur van die V \u201cDaar is min organisasies wat vandag na di\u00e9 veterane omsien. As bejaardes, wat as jong mans groot opofferings moes maak, staan hulle vandag alleen. Ons wil vir hulle wys dat hulle waardeer word vir wat hulle gedoen het,\u201d het hy in \u2019n onderhoud by die NG kerk Kraaifontein aan TygerBurger<\/em> ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baie van die mans is so jonk as 17 in hul matriekjaar opgeroep vir milit\u00eare diensplig \u2013 eers nege maande, toe \u2019n jaar en daarna vir twee jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sommiges is uitstel gegun om eers voorgraadse studies te voltooi, maar baie min jong mans is vrygestel van diensplig vir enige ander rede as om medies ongeskik te wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJy moes vir jou land gaan veg, maar jy het nie eens stemreg gehad nie,\u201d s\u00ea De Beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die konflik in die Suid-Afrikaanse Grensoorlog, ook bekend as die Namibiese Vryheidsoorlog, het tussen 1966 en 1990 op die noordelike grense van die land gewoed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suid-Afrika se destydse regering het die land se noordelike grense in die laat jare sestig begin bewaak en teen 1975 is dienspligtiges operasioneel in \u2019n laeintensiteit-oorlog ontplooi, s\u00ea De Beer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie konflik het \u2019n groot tol ge\u00ebis. Die jong mans het teruggekeer met groot psigiese en emosionele skade en gesukkel om weer in die sameling aan te pas. Baie is gewond of selfs vermink om die res van hul lewens van rolstoele afhanklik te wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBaie van die mans het ook nie n\u00e1 die tyd hul beplande beroepsopleiding begin nie, nooit getrou of kinders gehad nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEen van ons doelwitte met die nasionale uitreik was om diesulkes \u2013 dikwels op moedverloor se vlakte \u2013 op te spoor om hulp te verleen. Ons staan hulle by \u2013 eerstens met kos en klere en om weer in hul gemeenskap te hervestig in erkende bejaardesorgsentrums.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Philip Moolman, ook \u2019n direkteur, verduidelik die VBF se werk as volg:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie VBF is nie \u2019n milit\u00eare organisasie, klub of vereniging nie; het geen lede nie, hef geen lidmaatskapsfooie en bied geen lidmaatskapvoordele aan nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHy is nie geaffilieer by enige milit\u00eare organisasie of die regering nie en is heeltemal afhanklik van donateurs wat eenmalig of maandeliks bydra om noodverligting uitsluitlik aan veterane te kan bied vir kos, klere, huisvesting en mediese sorg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDie VBF-uitreik verwelkom alle veterane, maar veral di\u00e9 wat finansieel uitgedaag word en van \u2019n Sassa-pensioen afhanklik is,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moolman s\u00ea baie veterane oorleef in tragiese isolasie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHul eggenote het hulle verlaat, of hul kinders het ge\u00ebmigreer. Sommige veterane ervaar nie slegs isolasie van familie en vriende nie, maar voel ook afgesny van hul mede-veterane. Hierdie uitreike gee veterane \u2019n kans om weer kontak te maak met mense wat \u2019n soortgelyke geskiedenis as hulself deel; en moedig hulle aan met \u2019n nuwe besef dat hulle nie alleen is nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moolman s\u00ea die VBF was, danksy die publiek se skenkings, binne die eerste 10 maande van sy bestaan in staat om maandeliks by te dra tot die verblyf en maaltye van 69 veterane in nood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gedurende 2020, veral gedurende die inperking, het hulle kruideniersware aan 126 veterane voorsien, mediese sorg aan sewe, klere aan 19, sowel as 24 909 maaltye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDanksy al hoe meer maandelikse skenkers was hulle binnekort in staat om 61 320 maaltye gedurende 2021 te kon voorsien \u2013 byna drie keer meer as die vorige jaar. Die totale bedrag aan noodverligting het teen Februarie 2022 meer as R1,3 miljoen beloop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Besoek www.veteranebystandfonds.co.za of bel 064 705 2262 met navrae.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Die Veterane Bystandfonds (VBF) het verlede week sy landswye uitreiktoer in Kaapstad afgesluit met besoeke aan Kraaifontein, Goodwood en Parow, waar hulle milit\u00eare veterane getrakteer 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