{"id":268137,"date":"2025-10-31T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/engo-projek-van-hoop\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:00:50","slug":"engo-projek-van-hoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/engo-projek-van-hoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Oom van 81 ruil ou bokwa in vir vuurwa in Engo se Projek van Hoop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hy het hierdie gevoel gehad en dit het waar geword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So vertel oom Izak Gelderbloem (81) wat Vrydag 31 Oktober &#8216;n splinternuwe Renault Kwid Climber ter waarde van R222 000 gewen het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die motor wat op die spel in Engo se Projek van Hoop wat &#8216;n vreugdevolle hoogtepunt bereik het op &#8216;n geselligheid by Renault in Bloemfontein. Vyf finaliste is aangewys en hulle en hul metgeselle, borge Renault Bloemfontein, Novus Media en Evolve &amp; Advisory en Engo se personeel het &#8216;n oggend vol opwinding bygewoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"268139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/engo-projek-van-hoop\/oplus_0-19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO A98 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1761897464&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oplus_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;oplus_0&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vrystaatkroon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075744-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die finaliste is van links Braam Minnaar van Wesselsbron, Izak Gelderblom van Bloemfontein, Ntabeleng Tsimile van Senekal, Bianca Strauss van Vanderkloof en Gideon Mostert van Bloemfontein. FOTO: Lientjie Mentz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die ander finaliste wat aan die finale trekking deelgeneem het, was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Braam Minnaar van Wesselsbron;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gideon Mostert van Bloemfontein;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ntabeleng Tsimile van Senekal;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bianca Strauss van Vanderkloof.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Oom Izak, wat op sy eie in &#8216;n meenthuis in Raymond Mhlabastraat woon, s\u00ea hy is so opgwonde oor di\u00e9 groot geskenk. &#8220;Ek kan net s\u00ea dankie. Vir die Vader s\u00ea: dankie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='282' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/hc0RxFBh?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Die finaliste word aangekondig. VIDEO: Lientjie mentz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy het net &#8216;n ou motor en dit is die eerste keer dat hy &#8216;n motor sal besit wat kragstuur het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy dogter, Ansie, wat die oggend saam met hom bygewoon het, s\u00ea haar pa sal eers weer moet oefen om te bestuur. &#8220;Hy ry net Sondae kerk toe en dan na my toe. Verder ry ons hom rond as hy iets nodig het.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oom Izak het sy wenkaartjie by ds. Jannie Smith van die NG kerk De Bloem gekoop. Smith is ook die voorsitter van Engo se beheerraad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oom Izak het twee kaartjies gekoop. 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Jannie Smith, Alda Fourie (albei van Engo), Stephan Nel (Renault), Karen Herbert en Anch\u00e9 de Bruin (Novus Media), Thabo Mokoena en Frances Jacobie (albei van Renault Bloemfontein), Carolien Koen (Evolve), Rita Wolmerants (Engo) en Willie Pretorius (Evolve). FOTO: Lientjie Mentz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die publiek is vanjaar weer genooi om &#8216;n donasie van R50 te maak en in die trekking te wees vir die kans om die Renault Kwid Climber te wen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;n Totaal van 6 719 kaartjies is in vanjaar se Projek van Hoop verkoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De Wet Claassens, uitvoerende direkteur van Engo, s\u00ea elkeen wat aan die projek deelgeneem het en &#8216;n kaartjie gekoop het, is &#8216;n wenner. Die fondse wat uit die Projek van Hoop ingesamel word gaan vir Engo se Kinder- en Jeugsorgsentrums, gestremdesorg, bejaardesorg en gesinsorg-programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='421' height='750' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/lzJHxRoZ?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;loop=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>De Wet Claassens gesels met oom Izak Gelderblom wat Vrydag &#8216;n splinternuwe Renault Kwid Climber gewen het in Engo se Projek van Hoop. 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Die Projek van Hoop is \u2019n bewys daarvan \u2014 \u2019n herinnering dat wanneer ons saamstaan, ons werklik die w\u00eareld om ons kan kleur met hoop,&#8221; s\u00ea Claassens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engo, \u2018n nie-winsgewende organisasie gegrond op Christelike waardes van moed, uitnemendheid, eerlikheid, integriteit, sorg en empatie, en skep reeds vir meer as \u2018n eeu Ewige Hoop (Tshepo Esafeleng) in die Vrystaat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"268141\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/engo-projek-van-hoop\/oplus_0-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO A98 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1761897415&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0064516129032258&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oplus_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;oplus_0&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vrystaatkroon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031075655-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Die splinternuwe Renault Kwid Climber wat Vrydag in Engo se Projek van Hoop &#8216;n nuwe eienaar gekry het.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit is vanjaar die 12de keer dat die Projek van Hoop aangebied word. Dit is &#8216;n projek waarby Novus Media Gemeenskapsnuus en sy Vrystaatse koerante<em> BloemNuus,<\/em> <em>BloemExpress<\/em>, <em>Vista<\/em> en <em>VrystaatKroon<\/em> van die begin af betrokke is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"268142\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/engo-projek-van-hoop\/oplus_0-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO A98 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1761901144&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;oplus_0&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oplus_0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;oplus_0&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vrystaatkroon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-1320x990.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG20251031085904-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By die wenner oom Izak Gelderblom (voor) is van links Thabo Mokoena (Renault), Anch\u00e9 de Bruin (Nobus Media), Frances Jacobie (Renault), Carolien Koen (Evolve), Willie Pretorius (Evolve) en De Wet Claassens (Engo). 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