\u2019n Kleuterskoolhoof van Despatch se aftrede beteken nie die klap van breipenne, hekel of stoepsit nie. Aik\u00f3na . . . haar tasse is gepak om op \u2019n piepklein eiland in die suidelike Atlantiese Oseaan in \u2019n lang-as Land Rover as nooddiens-gesondheidswerker te gaan diens doen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danieta Ferreira, hoof van Kleuterland Bewaarskool glimlag breed oor di\u00e9 groot stap wat op haar wag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy grootste bonus is dat my kinders trots is op my en my sien as \u2019n go-getter om op 64 \u2019n nuwe beroep op \u2019n eiland te gaan aanpak. Maar, dit is baie hartseer om na 21 jaar vir Despatch bye te s\u00ea. Hier is soveel mooi herinneringe, ek huil permanent,\u201d s\u00ea Danieta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar seun, Jaco Ferreira, werk die afgelope vier jaar op die Verenigde Koninkryk se Ascension Island (Hemelvaart-eiland) en dit is danksy hom dat haar \u201caftrede\u201d \u2018n heel ander pad vat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is \u2018n gekwalifiseerde stafverpleegster en in die Skype-onderhoud met my nuwe werkgewer moes ek hoor ek is oorgekwalifiseerd vir die werk! Maar my mond is mos groot, toe s\u00ea ek ek gee nie om nie. Ek sien dit as \u2018n uitdaging en ek floreer op uitdagings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHulle het my ook gevra wat doen ek om van spanning ontslae te raak, want as jy op die eiland is, is jy basies gestrand. Dit is net 91km\u00b2 groot, die langste teerpad is 16km en daar is net drie dorpe, Georgetown die hoofdorp, Two Boats en Travellers Hill. So, jou liggaam en gees moet gesond en sterk wees om daar te oorleef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWel, my antwoord was \u2026 stap,\u201d s\u00ea Danieta, \u2018n ywerige stapper en voormalige voorsitter van die Voetsac avontuur- en voetslaanklub in Nelson Mandelabaai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJaco het ges\u00ea omdat die eiland basies uit vulkaniese as bestaan, vreet dit skoensole. So, ek het \u00e1l my ou stapskoene ingepak en vir my \u2018n paar ordentlike Jim Greens gekry. Ek moes ook vir my \u2018n glimbaadjie kry, want as jy na sononder op die eiland stap, moet jy duidelik sigbaar wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haaie, skilpaaie, krappe en NASA <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ascension-eiland is basies in die middel van die Atlantiese Oseaan tussen Afrika en Brasili\u00eb en sowat sewe grade suid van die ewenaar. Die aanloopbaan op die eiland was op \u2018n stadium die langste in die w\u00eareld om voorsiening te maak vir die landing van \u2018n Amerikaanse pendeltuig, sou dit nodig wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cat Hill is die basis van die Amerikaanse vloot terwyl Travellers Hill die basis van die Royal Air Force van die Verenigde Koninkryk is. Ander prominente instansies op die eiland sluit in NASA en BBC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Volgens Danieta is daar slegs sowat 760 inwoners op die eiland en as sy daar is, sal daar drie inwoners van Despatch en een van Gqeberha (PE) afkomstig wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het vir my \u2018n nuwe eiland-kostuum gekoop. Maar my seun s\u00ea ek kan vergeet daarvan om nou te gaan swem, want daar is nou so baie Galapagos-haaie dit lyk kompleet soos ons sardientjie-run, want die haaie swem naby om die eiland in hulle broeityd.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit is ook nou die broeityd van die Groenrug-seeskilpad, wat sowat 2000km ver vanaf Brasili\u00eb swem om hul eiers op die strande van Ascension-eiland te l\u00ea. \u2018n Sekere tyd van die jaar trek wyfie-landkrappe vanaf die hoogste berg, Green Mountain, na die strande om hul eiers te daar te l\u00ea. Dan moet alle vensters en deure toe gehou word en geen voertuig mag oor di\u00e9 wyfiekrappe ry nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Danieta en Jaco vertrek Saterdag na Ghana en dan na Sint Helena-eiland waar hulle in \u2018n ou konsentrasiekamp vir \u2018n tydperk moet isoleer voordat hulle na Ascension-eiland vertrek waar Danieta \u2018n verdere agt dae moet isoleer. Daarna sal sy haar uniform en die sleutels van die langas Land Rover kry om vir die volgende twee jaar op di\u00e9 eiland te werk en haar verder te kwalifiseer in die mediese veld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOp die eiland is winkel-voorraad nie soos hier nie, \u2018n boot kom elke tweede maand met kos en ander voorraad. So, jy moet vooruit beplan en sorg dat jy ten minste twee maande se voorraad het.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Het dit haar nie twee keer laat dink nie? Danieta lag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk leef voluit. \u2019n Mens maak jou eie maak in die lewe en leef jou lewe wat jy in jou hart voel is reg. En ek is reg vir hierdie nuwe eiland-belewenis.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2019n Kleuterskoolhoof van Despatch se aftrede beteken nie die klap van breipenne, hekel of stoepsit nie. 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