Terwyl vreugdevure die afgelope twee weke veral in Suid-Afrika hoog gebrand het oor die Springbokke se oorwinning in die Rugby-w\u00eareldbekertoernooi, het \u2019n beskeie mediese student aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch nog \u2019n prysenswaardige prestasie behaal \u2013 deur 1 500 km per fiets af te l\u00ea.<\/p>\n
Sarah Camp (25), \u2019n finalejaar- mediese student van die US se Tygerberg-kampus, het Saterdag (4 November) in Hillcrest net buite Durban in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) aangekom nadat sy 10 dae lank van Worcester deur Suid-Afrika fietsgery het.<\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 jong dokter in wording is ge\u00efnspireer deur prof. Thuli Madonsela se inisiatiewe om studente se universiteitskuld te help verlig en het die veeleisende reis voltooi om geld in te samel vir #Action4Inclusion, \u2019n studenteskuldverligtingsinisiatief deur die Sentrum vir Sosiale Geregtigheid (SSG) aan die US.<\/p>\n
Om haar prestasie in perspektief te stel: Sarah het teen \u2019n gemiddelde 150 km per dag vir tien dae aaneen elke dag verder as deelnemers aan die Kaapstad-fietstoer gery \u2013 oftewel \u2019n Suid-Afrikaanse weergawe van die Tour de France kafgedraf. \u201cGeen wonder my sitvlak voel nogal voos nie,\u201d het sy met haar tuiskoms by haar ouerhuis in Hillcrest geskerts.<\/p>\n
Sarah het al voorheen haar uithouvermo\u00eb op die proef gestel en haar staal gewys. Sy het meer as 230 km te voet in die Drakensberg afgel\u00ea en die lengte van die Teemsrivier (330 km) in Engeland in \u2019n kano geroei. Vroe\u00ebr vanjaar het sy haar eerste Comrades-marathon aangedurf \u2013 een van die mees uitmergelende ultra-marathons ter w\u00eareld.<\/p>\n
Sarah se epiese fietstog het douvoordag op 26 Oktober by die US se Ukwanda- Medieseskool-kampus in Worcester begin. Sy het haar ouerhuis in KZN Saterdag 4 November kort n\u00e1 middagete bereik. Sy het die breedte van die land oor tien dae deurkruis \u2013 van die Wes-Kaapse wynlande, deur die dorre Karoo-hartland, oor die golwende heuwels en ruie berge van die Oos-Kaap en uiteindelik af na die lowergroen ooskus van KZN.<\/p>\n
Sy het meer as R20 000 vir die verligting van studenteskuld op haar geldinsamelingsplatform op GivenGain ingesamel.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns gradeplegtigheid is net om die draai, maar vir baie van my klasmaats is daar min rede vir vrolikheid, want hulle sal nog lank moet spook om hul studieskuld te betaal,\u201d het Sarah verduidelik.<\/p>\n
Sarah is passievol om studente, wat weens uitstaande studentegeld nie vir die volgende akademiese jaar kan registreer nie sowel as studente wat hul studies voltooi, maar weens studenteskuld nie kan graad vang nie, te ondersteun .<\/p>\n
\u201cToegang tot onderwys behoort nie van welvaart afhanklik te wees nie,\u201d het Sarah ges\u00ea. \u201cEk wou op my beskeie manier my deel doen om talentvolle jong professionele mense te help om die loopbaan-hupstoot te kry wat hulle verdien.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sarah moes talle struikelblokke van haar eie oorkom voordat haar avontuur kon begin. Sy moes eerstens haar professore oortuig om haar en die vriendin wat haar per motor begelei het, Bianca Tout (ook \u2019n mediese student), af te gee wat hul hospitaaldiens betref. Sy moes seker maak al haar akademiese werk is op datum, sy moes \u2019n fiets leen en re\u00eblings tref vir borgskappe vir brandstof en verblyf met die roete langs, en laastens die belangrikste hindernis \u2013 haar geliefdes oortuig dat sy al die nodige veiligheidsmaatre\u00ebls tydens haar epiese reis sou tref (insluitend \u2019n veiligheidsbaadjie en \u2019n helder flikkerende lig om sigbaarheid op die pad te verseker).<\/p>\n
\u201cEk hoop die reis het gehelp om bewusmaking te skep en geld vir studente in te samel sodat meer verdienstelike jong Suid-Afrikaners toegang tot die onderwys kan kry soos wat hulle verdien. Almal van ons kan op ons unieke manier \u2019n verskil maak,\u201d het Sarah benadruk en almal wat \u2019n bydrae tot haar poging gelewer het, bedank.<\/p>\n
Madonsela, direkteur van die SSG, was een van die eerste mense wat Sarah gelukgewens het. \u201cSarah se rit hou die vlam van hoop aan die brand tot tyd en wyl ons Pelgrimstog van Hoop van 20 Januarie tot 2 Februarie volgende jaar hervat word. Sarah se gebaar is gegrond in ubuntu <\/i>en diepe menslikheid,\u201d het sy bygevoeg.<\/p>\n
Die US se rektor en visekanselier, prof. Wim de Villiers, het Sarah ook gelukgewens en ges\u00ea haar vasbeslotenheid versinnebeeld die gees van die US-gemeenskap.<\/p>\n
Prof. Elmi Muller, dekaan van die fakulteit geneeskunde en gesondheidswetenskappe, het ges\u00ea die Tygerberg- en US-gemeenskap is geweldig trots op Sarah. \u201cHaar prestasie is werklik merkwaardig \u2013 nie net in terme van die indrukwekkende afstand wat sy afgel\u00ea het nie, maar ook die ongelooflike toewyding wat dit geverg het om 150 km per dag vir tien dae aaneenlopend te ry. Wat haar prestasie nog meer inspirerend maak, is die feit dat sy die merkwaardige reis onderneem het om geld vir haar medestudente in te samel. Sarah is \u2019n fantastiese voorbeeld van vasberadenheid en deernis en sy dien as \u2019n inspirasie vir ons almal.\u201d.<\/span> Mense kan steeds bydraes tot Sarah se geldinsamelingspoging lewer deur intussen \u2019n skenking op haar aanlyn GivenGain-profiel te doen.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Terwyl vreugdevure die afgelope twee weke veral in Suid-Afrika hoog gebrand het oor die Springbokke se oorwinning in die Rugby-w\u00eareldbekertoernooi, het \u2019n beskeie mediese student aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch nog \u2019n prysenswaardige prestasie 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