Die Pionierskool in Worcester het sy eerste dapper tree in 2007 gegee om \u2019n kwessie op te los wat voorheen grootliks op die agtergrond geskuif is \u2013 die padveiligheid van siggestremdes. <\/p>\n
Worcester het een van die hoogste konsentrasies mense met siggestremdheid in Suid-Afrika, en dit was destyds \u2013 en is steeds \u2013 vir alle rolspelers \u2019n logiese keuse om hierdie uitdagings aan te pak. <\/p>\n
Suksesvolle onafhanklike reis vir \u2019n blinde moet veilig, gemaklik, doeltreffend en stresvry wees.<\/p>\n
Ongelukkig is in 2007 selde aan hierdie kriteria voldoen en baie probleme is te\u00ebgekom.<\/p>\n
Dit was duidelik dat aksie geneem moes word om bewusmaking te skep en veiligheidsmaatre\u00ebls te verbeter.<\/p>\n
Die doel was om te verseker dat die strate van Worcester veiliger word vir di\u00e9 wat met siggestremdheid leef, maar ook vir die res van die gemeenskap.<\/p>\n
Die Direktoraat Padveiligheidsbestuur onder die beskerming van die Wes-Kaapse departement van vervoer en openbare werke het die skool in 2013 genooi om vir die eerste keer deel van die Deelnemende Opvoedkundige Tegnieke (PET)-projek te wees. <\/p>\n
Die skool moes gebiede en\/of roetes in die sentrale sakekern identifiseer wat die veiligheid van voetgangers met siggestremdheid in gevaar stel. \u2019n Oplossing moes vir hierdie probleem voorgestel word.<\/p>\n
Riette Malherbe en Melanie Smith, ori\u00ebntasie- en mobiliteitspesialiste by die Pionierskool, het met die idee van \u2019n \u201cveilige roete\u201d vorendag gekom \u2013 alombekend as \u2019n \u201cgroenroete\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Kompetisie met prysgeld is gere\u00ebl vir \u2019n gepaste naam vir die groenroete.<\/p>\n
Die naam waarop besluit is, is Ukukhanya Route, wat beteken die \u201cligroete\u201d.<\/p>\n
Zenande Kwinana, \u2019n oud-leerder van die Pionierskool, s\u00ea sy was een van vyf leerders van die Pionierskool wat saam met Smith en Alricht Schwartz, ook \u2019n ori\u00ebntasie- en mobiliteitspesialis, deel van hierdie PET-projek was. <\/p>\n
Die Pionierskool het die eerste plek in die nasionale padveiligheidskompetisie in 2019 behaal. <\/p>\n
Volgens Kwinana was dit \u2019n oomblik van groot trots vir almal. <\/p>\n
\u201cHierdie oorwinning het nie net die belangrikheid van padveiligheid vir siggestremdes belig nie, maar ook die jare van moeite en samewerking. <\/p>\n
\u201cHierdie prestasie het nie net oor \u2019n kompetisie-oorwinning gegaan nie; dit het gegaan oor bewusmaking op \u2019n nasionale vlak.<\/p>\n
\u201cWanneer dit by padveiligheid kom, verseker universele ontwerpbeginsels dat ons strate, openbare ruimtes en vervoerstelsels gebou word om almal te akkommodeer \u2013 ook diegene wat siggestremd is.<\/p>\n
Kenmerke soos tasbare plaveisel, toeganklike voetgangerstraatkruisings, seine en duidelike padmerke is nie net gerieflik nie, maar ook noodsaaklike komponente van veilige stedelike omgewings.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerwyl ons na die toekoms kyk, besef ons dat nog baie werk gedoen moet word. Padveiligheid is nie \u2019n eenmalige projek nie; dit is \u2019n deurlopende verbintenis. <\/p>\n
\u201cDie Pionierskool sal voortgaan om te pleit vir beter infrastruktuur, meer toeganklike openbare vervoer en volgehoue bewustheid van die uitdagings waardeur diegene met siggestremdheid in die gesig gestaar word.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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