{"id":50412,"date":"2020-06-04T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/possible-flight-back-home-for-lauren-20200603-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:48:10","slug":"possible-flight-back-home-for-lauren-20200603-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/possible-flight-back-home-for-lauren-20200603-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible flight back home for Lauren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_686af80c\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8818\/5f3e0094a83748df835fad6cea340685.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8818\/375c69ca4cd741dfa8913ce8b98ab55f.jpg\" title=\"Family and friends of Lauren Kroutz who is stranded in Peru, participated in the Run 4 Lauren initiative to help raise funds to get her back home. From left are Claudette Davis, Vanessa Kroutz (Lauren\u2019s mother), Devireen Kilian, Alex Samuels with in front Chadon\u00e9 Davis with Lauren\u2019s dog, Ozzy. INSET:Lauren Kroutz.        Photos:SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Family and friends of Lauren Kroutz who is stranded in Peru, participated in the Run 4 Lauren initiative to help raise funds to get her back home. From left are Claudette Davis, Vanessa Kroutz (Lauren\u2019s mother), Devireen Kilian, Alex Samuels with in front Chadon\u00e9 Davis with Lauren\u2019s dog, Ozzy. INSET:Lauren Kroutz.        Photos:SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_e36ce60b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8818\/5a77cc0288c6448d980aaefe4bf9c6ce.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8818\/55387abc379043a8a7283bd85dcc520c.jpg\" title=\"A cell phone screen shot of Lauren Kroutz.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">A cell phone screen shot of Lauren Kroutz.<\/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>F<\/span>OR a young woman from Uitenhage who is stuck in Lima, Peru, there are only 11 days left for a possible flight back home. Monday this week R11 000 was till needed to fund her ticket to South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauren Kroutz (20) is one of a group of five South Africans stranded in Lima, after they were transported by the local embassy from other parts of the country to the city where they were told they would charter a flight back home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But several weeks later, they are still languishing in Lima without any income and with no word on being repatriated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kroutz left her hometown of Uitenhage six months ago to teach English in the city of Cusco, Peru. In the meanwhile the initiative \u201cRun 4 Lauren\u201d, was started by Gary Hendricks, an educator at Uitenhage High School, where Lauren matriculated. This initiative inspired a whole community to get active and help raise funds to bring Lauren back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is to have a virtual 5km run\/walk in residents\u2019 own backyards or driveways. All you need to do to help get Lauren back in South Africa, is to pay a R50 registration fee to support the \u201cRun 4 Lauren\u201d initiative on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe support from the community is absolutely awesome. Within two weeks we have already raised R19 000 through the initiative, but still need R11 000,\u201d said Gary Hendricks, who started the Run 4 Lauren initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInitially it was said the flight would cost R40 000, but the possible flight back home from S\u00e3o Paulo to Johannesburg on June 15th costs R15 000 and the flight from Lima to Sao Paulo is also R15 000. All we need is only 220 people to participate in the Run 4 Lauren at a cost of R50 and then we will meet the target!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Vanessa Kroutz, Lauren\u2019s mother, the public\u2019s support back home, has inspired and gave her daughter hope during this very unfortunate time of being stranded in a foreign country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wish to thank all for participating. It means the world to Lauren. Her spirit is still good, but she is very much longing back home and said she especially misses South African traditional home-cooked foods, to braai and potato chips. The infections and conditions related to the Covid-19 virus are very bad in Peru. Apparently the lockdown regulations are much more strict than here. 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