{"id":50324,"date":"2020-06-25T10:12:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/veiliger-opsie-vir-die-weerloses-20200624-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:49:30","slug":"veiliger-opsie-vir-die-weerloses-20200624-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/veiliger-opsie-vir-die-weerloses-20200624-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Veiliger opsie vir di\u00e9 weerloses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_4c962f8d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8910\/727dbc92e60d467f9df5358df1420cad.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8910\/d4d8f3b4f4f84c0cb0c9083e8a5644d7.jpg\" title=\"Uitenhage se Drostdy Werkplek vir verstandelik gestremde volwassenes het voor die Covid-19 inperking hul werkers ingelig oor persoonlike higi\u00ebne en gesondheidsre\u00ebls. Mia Smit (voor) bestuurder van die sentrum s\u00ea Drostdy sal toe bly vir solank moontlik omdat gestremdes ho\u00eb risiko-gevalle vir infeksie is.                                                                                              Foto:VERSKAF\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Uitenhage se Drostdy Werkplek vir verstandelik gestremde volwassenes het voor die Covid-19 inperking hul werkers ingelig oor persoonlike higi\u00ebne en gesondheidsre\u00ebls. Mia Smit (voor) bestuurder van die sentrum s\u00ea Drostdy sal toe bly vir solank moontlik omdat gestremdes ho\u00eb risiko-gevalle vir infeksie is.                                                                                              Foto:VERSKAF<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span>D<\/span>IT is tjoepstil by Uitenhage se Drostdy Werkplek vir verstandelik gestremde volwassenes. Weg is die woeligheid, die vriendelike gesigte, sorgsame personeel en verkopers in die strate met mandjies vol tuisgebak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Net soos duisende besighede, instansies en werknemers, wurg die Covid-19 pandemie ook die Drostdy Werkplek in Kerkstraat. Alhoewel daar steeds duisende rande per maand aan huur en ander uitgawes opgedok moet word, is dit beter dat die 80 geregistreerde siele van die Drostdy Werkplek vir hul eie mediese veiligheid tuis bly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verligting van die inperkingregulasies is nie iets waaroor Mia Smit, bestuurder van die Drostdy Werkplek, opgewonde raak nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie gestremdes, of kinders soos ons na hulle verwys, wil elke dag weet wanneer kan hulle terugkom. Hulle mis dit verskriklik om te kom werk en om konstruktief besig gehou te word,\u201d s\u00ea Smit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOns sou baie graag wou oopmaak, maar selfs voor die inperking het ons deur die hande was-, veilige afstand- en masker-dril gegaan en gesien, <span>o nee<\/span>, dit gaan nie werk met ons kinders nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeen van ons fondsinsamelingsprojekte kan aangepak word nie, nie eens ons kombuis, wat ons grootste bron van inkomste is nie. Maar dit is beter dat die sentrum toe bly en ons kinders veilig by hul huise is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cOns gestremdes is ho\u00eb risiko-gevalle, meeste van hulle moet met \u2018n onderliggende immuun-gebreksindroom saamleef.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Die sentrum val onder die departement van maatskaplike ontwikkeling. Lopende kostes beloop gemiddeld sowat R60 000 per maand om die volwasse verstandelik ge-stremdes, konstruktief by die sentrum besig te hou en te versorg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Smit s\u00ea hulle het die jaar goed afgeskop met opwindende planne en nuwe projekte om Drostdy finansie\u00ebl \u2018n goeie hupstoot te gee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Toe kom Covid-19 en bring alles tot stilstand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cHoe langer die pandemie aanhou, hoe meer draai my kop oor wat ons moet doen om fondse in te kry. 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