{"id":52920,"date":"2022-10-03T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/hulp-in-touwsrivier-20220928-2\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T09:45:58","slug":"hulp-in-touwsrivier-20220928-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/hulp-in-touwsrivier-20220928-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift of the Givers bring dokters na Touwsrivier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dis net samaritane met harte propvol deernis wat nie anderpad kyk wanneer \u2019n medemens in nood verkeer nie.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00f3 kan ges\u00ea word van Suid-Afrika se grootste hulpverle\u00adningsorgani\u00adsasie, Gift of the Givers, en die plaaslike nie-regeringsorganisasie, Compassionate Hearts. Hulle het vanjaar vir \u2019n tweede keer hul hulpbronne gratis beskikbaar gestel om na die mediese behoeftes van sowat 1 500 inwoners (sommige van Laingsburg en Matjiesfontein) om te sien. \u2019n Lang ry mense \u2013 sommige in rolstoele en wat nie die gerief van \u2019n siekefonds of kontant het nie, het Saterdag (17 September) van vroegoggend af geduldig voor die hek van die Laerskool Touwsrivier gewag totdat beurtkrag om 08:30 verby was. Sowat 50 mediese personeellede van Gift of the Givers het toe na hul mediese kwale omgesien. <\/p>\n<p>Die Laerskool Touwsrivier was \u2019n miernes toe die skoolsaal en \u2019n klomp klaskamers in \u2019n mediese sentrum omskep is sodat behoeftiges dienste soos tandheelkunde, oogheelkunde, fisioterapie, ginekologie asook algemene gesondheidsdienste kon ontvang. <\/p>\n<p>Rashaad Baker, \u2019n stigterslid van Compassionate Hearts, verduidelik dat di\u00e9 projek gebore is uit die gemeenskap se mediese nood. \u201cInwoners se gesondheid kwyn weens die afwesigheid van broodnodige mediese dienste wat nie by die plaaslike kliniek beskikbaar is nie. Hier is nie \u2019n staatshospitaal waar mense kan gaan toustaan om gespesialiseerde dienste soos katarakverwydering te ontvang nie. Dis hoekom Gift of the Givers ingestem het om gratis mediese dienste aan die gemeenskap te lewer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Die operasie se sukses was ook afhanklik van ander instansies wat bygedra het om die goeie saak te ondersteun. Europcar het sewe busse geskenk om die mediese personeel na die dorp te vervoer en die Universiteit van Wes-Kaapland (UWK) se fakulteit van gemeenskap-en- gesondheidsdienste het gratis beddens en afskortings vir pasi\u00ebnte se privaatheid voorsien. <\/p>\n<p>Baker en Dalene van der Merwe, aangevuur deur \u2019n passie vir gemeenskapswerk, het twee jaar gelede die nie-regeringsorganisasie Compassionate Hearts gestig. Die oogmerk was toe om minstens een keer per week aan behoeftige mense kos te voorsien. Die organisasie is geaffilieer by die Food Relief Alliance of South Africa (Frasa) wat daarop fokus om honger mense te voed. 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