SY is vandag 80. Hulle noem haar tannie Dorie, ma of mammie, daar in Huis Minette waar Doreen Matthews as huismoeder omsien na sewe volwasse verstandelik ge-stremde inwoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doreen het dekades gelede haar loopbaan in verpleging begin, maar na die geboorte van haar dogter, wat ook verstandelik ge-stremd was, het sy van beroep verander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie lang ure van verpleging het dit vir my moeilik gemaak om my dogter te versorg. Toe trek ons platteland toe en ek kry \u2019n werk as posmeester van Alicedale,\u201d s\u00ea Doreen vanuit Huis Minette se sonkamer op Uitenhage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs posmeester was ons huis naby die klein poskantoortjie en ek kon tussendeur die werk na my dogter omsien. Dit was wonderlike jare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toe, 20 jaar gelede, kom Doreen terug na Uitenhage en begin as huismoeder werk by Huis Minette, \u2019n geregistreerde nie-wins- gewende organisasie wat deur Gerrie en Isabella Bezuidenhout in 1994 gestig is om om te sien na verstandelike gestremde volwassenes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is twee huise en in die ander huis op die aangrensende erf word daar na 18 verstandelik gestremde inwoners omgesien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk versorg die kinders \u2013 ons noem hulle kinders \u2013 soos my eie. Ek sorg dat hulle ordentlik aantrek, kyk na hulle higi\u00ebne, maak vir hulle lekker huiskos, gesels en troos wanneer dit nodig is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOmdat my dogter verstandelik gestremd was, is dit my passie om hierdie kinders in liefde te versorg. En h\u00falle onvoorwaardelike liefde hou my aan die lewe,\u201d s\u00ea Doreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar dogter is twee jaar gelede oorlede op die ouderdom van 57 jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doreen s\u00ea sy kan nie alles alleen doen nie en daarom is Mavis Cibi, wat net so lief vir die inwoners is, haar regterhand. Die inwoners help self ook met dagtake in en om die huis. Doreen dien ook op die bestuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNou en hier \u2013 is wat belangrik is. Gister is verby en ons weet nie of m\u00f4re gaan kom nie. Elke dag is genade van die Here af,\u201d s\u00ea Doreen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anel, een van die inwoners s\u00ea, \u201cOns gaan vir ma \u2019n lekker sokkie-sokkie op haar verjaardag hou. Ek het \u2019n CD-player<\/span> en ek gaan vir haar Nicholas Louw en Kurt Darren speel. Sy hou van hulle en ons gaan dans!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SY is vandag 80. 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