JOHANNA Wewers (64) sit haar pen neer, kyk op, en s\u00ea met n bre\u00eb glimlag:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOm vir die eerste keer my naam te kan skryf \u2026 dit maak by hart baie ge-lukkig. Ek kon dit nog nooit doen nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johanna is een van die studente wat onlangs by die Voorbereidingskool Despatch met lees- en skryf-klasse vir volwassenes begin het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die hoof, Madel\u00e9ne Sachse, het met die inisiatief begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit breek my hart om te sien hoe ouers en grootouers \u2019n kruisie maak op dokumentasie waar hulle handtekeninge verlang word. Hulle kry skaam en vra altyd om verskoning daarvoor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Johanna s\u00ea dit is so, sy het skaam gekry. \u201cWanneer ek my naam moes skryf, het ek my voorletters op my eie skeef en krom manier gemaak. Skryf kon ek nog nooit nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madel\u00e9ne s\u00ea ongeletterdheid hou mense vasgevang in \u2019n baie klein belewingsw\u00eareld. \u201cMaar wanneer di\u00e9 mense leer lees en skryf, is dit ongelooflik om te sien hoe hulle transformeer in \u2019n w\u00eareld wat voorheen nie vir hulle bestaan het nie.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madel\u00e9ne het twee jaar gelede met die skoolbeheerraad se toestemming begin om ongeletterde mense te nooi om lees- en skryfklasse by te woon. Dit is \u2019n gratis diens wat die skool aan die gemeenskap bied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aanvanklik was daar geen belangstelling nie. Maar toe, vroe\u00ebr vanjaar, het die eerste vyf vroue aangemeld vir die klasse. Hulle ouderdomme wissel van 16 tot 65 jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is s\u00f3 bevredigend, ek doen wat ek die beste doen \u2013 ook wat die skool se kernbesigheid is \u2013 om ander te leer lees en skryf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mense is my passie, as ek kan help voel ek skatryk,\u201d s\u00ea Madel\u00e9ne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie studente volg die graad 1 kurrikulum. Alle leesstof en skryfbehoeftes, asook vervoer, word goedgunstiglik deur die Voorbe-reiding Skool Despatch verskaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En s\u00f3 help die skool om hoop na volwassenes te bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy siel en my hart is gelukkig, want nou kan ek skryf,\u201d s\u00ea Johanna. \u201cMy lewe het nuwe betekenis gekry. Juffrou is wonderlik. Sy het vreugde na my lewe op my oudag gebring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy kinders en kleinkinders is nie bietjie trots op my nie. Hulle het my leerdery tot op Facebook gesit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(VERVOLG OP P. 7)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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