Dear citizens and friends of Paternoster,

Mahatma Gandhi once said: “If we are to reach real peace in this world… we shall have to begin with

children.” This is exactly what the Paternoster Project NPC aims to do: to start with the children. Start with those among us who are undeniably innocent, who are undeniably honest and who are undeniably the future of our village: our youngest children. Then help educate them by assisting and empowering

dedicated teachers and volunteers in order for the children of Paternoster to become doctors and engineers and firemen and nurses and teachers and scientists and fishermen, and also great parents. The Paternoster Project NPC aims to offer each child the opportunity of education, through which dreams can come true.

To this end, the buy-in of countless role players is required if a young child is to be given the wings of education, the freedom of an inquisitive mind, the compass of a life of purpose and the confidence that comes with knowledge. To these people – the people who support the Paternoster Project NPC and St Augustine’s Primary School with time, effort, money and commitment – we tip our hats. For in the magical forest of our children’s minds, you are the safe towers, the bridges that span the dangerous ravines and the cool streams that refresh tired feet. You bring the magic, the safety and the hope. You lift

our children high enough to reach that which so often looks so far away: their dreams. For that, we can never thank you enough.

JACO VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

MANAGING DIRECTOR: PATERNOSTER FISHERY

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Jaco van der Westhuizen

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NEWSP A T E R N O S T E R P R O J E C T

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE

PATERNOSTER PROJECT NPCTo equip the youth of

Paternoster for the future and to maintain

local heritage.

Thank you to this band of enthusiastic people for distributing Paternoster Project News to the people in the village.

These nine men from Paternoster Fishery tackled the enormous task of distributing the first issue of Paternoster Project News (PPN) to every household in the village. They did so in record time, with coordination and arrangements being done by Mariëtte Grobbelaar (centre). A sincere thanks from PPN for their help and a job well done. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Wilfred Walters, Gurshwin Prins, Ashley Coraizin and Adriaan van der Merwe. FRONT ROW: Edwin Clarke, Adrian Cloete, Mariëtte Grobbelaar, John Moolman, Hennie van der Westhuizen and Vuso Makwakwa.

Angi Grade R

AnnaCrèche

LisaCrèche

JennySchoolLong-term volunteer

Dear families We are the new volunteers from Germany and we are going to work with your children from January until May 2018. In the mornings, Anna and Lisa will be helping in the crèche. Angi and Cathy will support the teacher in Grade R and Jenny, Michi, Nik and Lukas are going to help out at St Augustine’s Primary School. However, all eight of us are going to offer workshops in the afternoon programme. We are looking forward to getting to know your children and working with them. Please feel free to come and see us if you have any questions regarding your child, or the programme. You can also leave us a message in our ‘comment box’ at the container.

LukasSchool

MichiSchool

NikSchool

We are the new volunteers for your kids from January until May 2018:

Cathy Grade R

Yours sincerely, The Volunteers

When we started the foundation – Kinder Fördern Zukunft Stiften -

in 2009, we had the wish to give something back to those who were largely responsible for our success as a children’s magazine publisher in Germany: the children.

The foundation had ambitious goals: namely to offer opportunities to young people, regardless of their social or economic background, to give them direction and prospects for their future. So, for many years, we supported the setting up of school libraries, exclusively in Germany, or financed academic studies on the topic of promoting reading skills. We also supported the German Children’s Non-fiction Literature Award and played a major role in reading projects for refugees from Syria and Iraq.

Until one day, when an old friend from South Africa, Jaco van der Westhuizen, called and asked us for help for the schoolchildren of Paternoster. We share his love for South Africa and for us, Jaco represents what we appreciate so much besides the wonderful countryside: friendly, open-minded, honest people who are full of life.

Jaco had become managing director of the local fishery just a few months before, and appealed to us in his charming, but nonetheless direct, way: “If you really want to do justice to the purpose of your foundation, come to Paternoster and support our 200 schoolchildren. They will be grateful to you like nowhere else in the world. Show them alternative job perspectives, give them hope and make sure that they leave school with a good education.”

We first went to Paternoster shortly before Christmas 2015. We met Jaco, Sanita van der Merwe and Ben Rootman, and made plans as to how the foundation could also be involved successfully in South Africa in the future. Jaco and the friends from the Paternoster People’s Partnership expanded on their ideas: the support should not be purely financial, but in the form of German students assigned by the foundation to help the children of Paternoster. And with that, the Paternoster Project was born.

Just a few months later, the concept for a promising project was approved. For a period of at least three months, students from the University of Education/Weingarten should support the children of Paternoster in their everyday schooling, but particularly in implementing an afternoon programme where the children could learn, in a concentrated and dedicated way, to enjoy learning, reading, sports and games. Lesson plans, curricula and projects were planned together with the university.

The first students were invited to interviews and carefully selected. Interest was very high, as we were not only offering the chance to live and work for several months in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, but we also paid for the flights, organised orientation programmes and provided free accommodation. We were therefore able to select the best of the best students to send to Paternoster.

Just 10 months later, in October 2016, the first volunteers – in their striking orange T-shirts and windcheaters – moved into their accommodation in Paternoster. Now, 15 months later, several further promising developments can be noted:

1The original four volunteers have increased to eight, and more may be included in the future.

2Besides the University of Education/Weingarten, we now also have the Federal University

of Baden-Württemberg and the University of Heidelberg on board – and, from summer 2018, students from the University of Stellenbosch will also help to develop the programme.

3 A boarding house for the students’ accommodation, together with a gathering area

for meetings, is under construction in Paternoster, and should be completed in August 2018.

4The first Paternoster Conference, with academics and project partners from South

Africa and Germany, took place in October 2017 in Paternoster. Together, a programme was developed to pave the way for the continuation of the project. The conference is to be held annually, so that success can be measured according to the goals that were set the previous year.

5Prestigious delegations have visited Paternoster, including the Baden-Württemberg Minister for

Science, Research and the Arts, with a delegation of 22 university academics and office bearers.

6 German media reported on these visits and Paternoster thus achieved international public

awareness.

7The first Paternoster Project Newsletter was published in December 2017. This is now

scheduled for every three months, both in print and digital format, and in English and Afrikaans.

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How the Paternoster Project started

Christian Neuber

“A L O T H A S A L R E A D Y B E E N A C H I E V E D I N P A T E R N O S T E R , V E R Y Q U I C K LY A N D E F F I C I E N T LY. ”

Children are the custodians of the future of Paternoster.

Something for everyone after school

The St Augustine’s Afternoon Programme is in full swing, ensuring that children have time for both work and fun. There is time set aside for homework (50 minutes),

followed by lunch in the cafeteria and various workshops.

Right after school, the grade 3 to 7 children who are part of the programme meet with their assigned German volunteer and local volunteers, who help them with their homework. After a hearty lunch, the children head off to attend different workshops – whatever they are interested in. Crafts, soccer, rope skipping, music, acting, board games and dancing are all options. There’s also a newspaper workshop, where children write articles that get published in their own newspaper, Pato Times, which is distributed by the kids to different shops.

Every workshop aims to provide something tangible for the kids to showcase after three months, when the volunteers leave and a new set of volunteers takes over. Hence, the workshops offered can change slightly with the new intake of volunteers every quarter. Ultimately, the workshops aim to equip the kids for real life by providing them with important life skills such as perseverance, creativity, teamwork and fair play. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, local and German volunteers also offer reading and emotional development workshops. PP

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A lot has already been achieved, very quickly and efficiently. In the meantime, the Paternoster Project is widely regarded as a reference for exemplary foundation work in Africa.

But why exactly Paternoster, when there are so many – too many – places in Africa in dire need of the support of a foundation?

Successful work by a foundation has a lot to do with the people involved. In the Paternoster Project, these are highly committed, unpretentious people who are all pursuing one goal: to make Paternoster into a showcase project which proves that things can be changed for the better on a small scale, and which can then serve as a model for change on a larger scale.

People are sacrificing a lot of their time, with passion and dedication, for this wonderful idea. These people also get on well and respect each other, can rely on each other and, above all, take pleasure in the success of the project.

Our special thanks go to Jaco van der Westhuizen, the father of the idea, as well as to André Kleynhans, who acts as a diplomatic coordinator between the different interest groups and thus adds momentum to the project. Also, to Nathalie van der Heever, Celestine Barends, Sanita van der Merwe, Janette du Toit, Joan Kruger, Johan de Jager and all the others not mentioned here, who contribute in the background to ensure that the project progresses and that our volunteers feel well looked after and can dedicate themselves fully to their work.

Thanks are also due to Maike Reinhardt, our dynamic project leader, and to Arnold van Zyl, an outstanding diplomat in the background who, as a South African living in Stuttgart, is invaluable for our international project.

In the meantime, the goal of the Paternoster Project, as a non-profit organisation, is to equip the youth of Paternoster for the future and to maintain the local heritage. What delights us most about this project is that we not only do good for the children of Paternoster, but can also give our German students an opportunity to live and work in a foreign culture.

Offering such an opportunity to young people growing up in a rapidly changing society is absolutely priceless – and hopefully a valuable help for Paternoster.

CHRISTIAN NEUBER,

PATERNOSTER PROJECT NPC FOUNDER

Volunteers and children build great rapport while working together.

AFTERNOON PROGRAMMEFROM FEBRUARY 2018

MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

EmotionalIntelligence

TUESDAY

StoryHoek

THURSDAY

German

Rope Skipping

Acting

Soccer

Freelatics

Crafts

Newspaper

Music

Crafts

Sports

Board Games

Rope Skipping

Acting

Soccer

Freelatics

Board Games

Paternoster’s children may soon be talking German to tourists visiting the village.

Two education students from the University of Education/Weingarten in Germany, Michaela Zeutzheim and Jennifer Tribelhorn, will be teaching German to primary school children in the afternoons. German as a foreign language is one of Michaela and Jennifer’s main subjects at university, which makes them ideally suited to teach the children. Lessons will be offered twice weekly to 12 children in grades 6 and 7. If this pilot project is successful, another study group for younger children could also be arranged.

According to hoteliers in Paternoster, finding employment in the tourism industry will be easier if applicants can speak a foreign language, such as German. Holiday employment at tourist-related establishments may then also be an option for German-speaking locals. PP

Food fuel for the local children

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It’s an absolute honour and privilege to be part of this amazing school feeding programme, and all the good deeds that are happening in the Paternoster Project.

My name is Astrid Coraizin, and I was born and raised in Paternoster. As a resident of the village, I feel so blessed to be part of this after-school feeding programme for the first six months of 2018. I am currently a third-year student studying Business and Information Administration at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Wellington Campus and I am doing my experiential training at Paternoster Fishery, which is one of the food sponsors for the programme. I am in charge of this great programme.

We serve only the best and the tastiest food to the children, and I prepare the food myself with help from a local volunteer, Fredeline Engelbrecht. PP

ABOVE: Astrid Coraizin oversees the after-school feeding project. RIGHT: Happy faces enjoying a tasty lunch.

German lessons kick off at St Augustine’s Primary School

Two education students from Germany will be teaching German to primary school children, twice weekly in the afternoons.

The foundations for Volunteer House have been thrown. On 2 February, four trucks of ready-mix concrete

were on site to pour the foundations of the building. A total of 120 tons of concrete and five tons of steel rebar are in the house’s foundations, which are on granite rock and dune sand. Then the low foundation walls were built and the floor poured before the construction of the walls, which took about a week. The roof of this cellar section is also part of the floor of the first storey of the house, with a second storey to follow.

“By mid-May, I anticipate we will be close to the third floor – possibly pouring that floor,” says André Kleynhans of Anker Bouers. “We are building in-situ decks, which are more expensive, but this will save a huge amount of time – as much as two months. Since so many miracles have happened with this house, we may even be finished by the end of July. It’s a difficult house to build, but if it wasn’t a challenge I wouldn’t want to build it anyway. People have been so patient with us, with the noise and sand from the site – it has been an amazing surprise.”

André says that at times, up to 60% of the building team is from Paternoster. “Local people are coming to ask for jobs, to be a part of it. Some say the work is like going to gym, and they are really working hard. In fact, some people I have never seen working before are now working on this building site.”

André adds that the building of Volunteer House has strong community support, too. “One of the older fishermen told me that before heading out to sea, fishermen gather on the building site to pray, and women have also been seen holding hands and praying on the site that this will be the start of positive change in Paternoster. They say the wording on the board promises so much, and they have seen previous promises by the Germans being kept, so they have hope for the future again.” PP

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Since so many miracles have happened with this house, we may even be finished by the end of July.”

FROM ABOVE: The foundations being poured for Volunteer House. Anker Bouers’ André Kleynhans and his sons André Junior (left) and Hannes (right) are responsible for building Volunteer House.

Volunteer House is rising from the sand

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Christmas came early for 43 children from Paternoster’s Educare Crèche. On 7 December last year, the children were

treated to an outing they will never forget – over two hours of extreme fun at Play Time in Vredenburg.

Initiated and organised by Paternoster resident Christine Coetzee, the outing for children and teachers was a hit. A bus collected them in Paternoster and transported them to Play Time, opposite the West Coast Mall.

Christine, who has two young children of her own, says she just wanted to do something fun for the children, and she arranged the outing and sponsors in just four days. She baked Christmas tree cupcakes and put together party packs for the children, who were all aged between one and five years.

“I felt my kids were privileged as they had been to Play Time before, and I wanted the crèche children to have this fun experience too. It was important that the outing had meaning, so I only approached friends and family to contribute towards costs, and they gladly helped.” So much so, that the children enjoyed two hours of play, instead of the one hour planned.

“It was an amazing experience,” smiles Christine, “and the children just played and played. They didn’t even want to stop to eat cake. I am already planning something better for this year.” Christine says she wants to do more with the crèche children during 2018.

“I think I got more from the outing than the kids did,” adds Christine. “I just loved it. Helping kids is what I would like to do more of.” PP

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ABOVE: It was smiles all round when 43 children from the crèche spent over two hours at Play Time in Vredenburg in early December.

Crèche kids treated to fun at Play Time

”“ I T W A S A N A M A Z I N G E X P E R I E N C E A N D T H E

C H I L D R E N J U S T P L AY E D A N D P L AY E D .

Amanda says that developing emotionally includes competencies such as self-awareness and the ability to observe and appreciate oneself in relationship with others. “It means I must be able to label what I feel, be able to take a step back, understand why I feel it, and to then take a deep breath before I decide what to do about it. I am sure most adults will agree this is a difficult discipline. The good news is that it is also a learnt behaviour.”

She says that because we are feeling beings, we need to learn to understand what we feel and how to respond to what we feel. Those who watch the sitcom series Big Bang Theory will have seen how difficult it can be for an intellectual genius to be able to behave appropriately towards others, by reading their own and other’s emotions and responding in an appropriate manner.

“We are looking forward to 2018, and have identified customised emotional development themes that we want to play with, to support the holistic development of the children,” says Amanda. “We have agreed to review our progress weekly, adapting to make sure that what we do is absolutely relevant at any given time. Our most important objective is that the children and teachers feel cared for, and we hope that children and teachers alike will experience support in the endeavour to grow pupils ready for secondary school.” PP

The development of emotional intelligence is believed to be a key area of growth for both children and adults.

It is often said to form part of the foundation of successful people.

In November 2017, an Emotional Development programme was launched at St Augustine’s Primary School. Amanda Roon, along with the German volunteers and Paternoster volunteers Joan Kruger, Cheryl de la Porte, Fran Hepburn, Ester Schoeman and Christine Coetzee, introduced the concept to the children with a fun exercise of making their wishes known. The children worked in groups to imagine what it would feel like if their dreams came true, and how would feel if they didn’t. The resource material was generously provided by www.6Seconds.org and the exercise encouraged the children to have a long-term view to aspire to, as well as to practise labelling their emotions.

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Emotional intelligence encourages success

With guidance from German and local volunteers, children learn the importance of emotional intelligence, how to identify what they feel and to respond to these feelings appropriately.

Our most important objective is that the children and the teachers feel cared for.”“

What will the dentists be focusing on?They will repair teeth and educate the children on how to avoid getting cavities. We see huge successes in the children’s dental health, and I encourage parents to make use of this free opportunity for their children. Parents can come and see for themselves how their children are treated. Healthy teeth are part of a bright future. Without healthy teeth, you can’t find a job easily – and certainly not in tourism.

Are there opportunities for Paternoster youth to shadow at Strandloper and learn about hospitality?I think tourism is the future for Paternoster, so if anyone is interested, they can contact our human resources department, with a letter explaining who they are and what they are interested in – and we will do our best to make a plan for them. We can also organise tours for older children who are thinking about their careers. We can take them on a tour through all the departments, and show them how a hotel operation works.

Do you consider employing local people first at Strandloper?A very strong yes. I believe that sustainable jobs are more important than helping with handouts. Having a job changes everything, because people with a secure income can help themselves and their children, and it brings order to life. We employ 54 staff in Paternoster, of whom 26 are from Paternoster, 17 are South African and 11 are international. I will always employ a local person first. It is so great to see how some people start knowing little, and they become stars.

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Simone is co-owner of Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel and co-founder of West

Coast Kids charity.

When and why did the dental programme start for Paternoster’s children?We started in 2010, because my husband and I strongly believe in helping our immediate community, no matter where we live. I was concerned about the dental health of

Paternoster’s children. For me, the pulling of front teeth is a disturbing custom, as is the approach to pull teeth rather than to save them. In general, Paternoster children have healthy teeth. With our team, we wanted to show children how to keep their teeth healthy and to repair teeth rather than to pull them.

What can be done to educate parents on sending healthy snacks to school, not sweets and soft drinks?We are discussing an awareness programme around healthy nutrition. The dentists also do their best to talk to children about eating healthy food, because you are what you eat. We want to involve the parents in nutrition education, because there are so many healthy and affordable snack options for kids. I have approached a nutritionist, who is willing to come to Paternoster and give a talk and practical presentation on how parents can prepare healthy snacks for their children – for example, putting peanut butter on apple slices. My wish would be to ban chips and sweets and soft drinks from school, and then the packets and bottles also wouldn’t pollute the streets or threaten marine life. There is a worldwide movement away from sugar, because it is bad for health and it affects children’s behaviour and their capacity for learning at school.

You initiated the dental healthcare programme in Paternoster. Are you considering extending the programme to attend to eyesight and hearing problems?Health is crucial. You can have the most amazing teacher and education programmes, but if you are not healthy you can’t benefit fully from this. Looking after your health is also about self-care and self-respect. Last year, we initiated an eye health project in conjunction with the Yonga Trust, a South African NGO. Children with very poor eyesight were identified and now wear stylish Benetton glasses. It is also a good idea to test children’s hearing – and I hope, with the support of the community, that we can initiate this.

When will the dentists be back in Paternoster?We haven’t set a date yet as this requires a lot of planning, but hopefully at the end of 2018 or early in 2019. It will be great for the parents to be more involved – maybe by organising a traditional fish braai to thank the dentists for all their help and to connect with the volunteer team, and also to build up a relationship of trust.

Simone Jacke

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Interview with Simone Jacke

“ W E W A N T E D T O S H O W C H I L D R E N H O W T O K E E P T H E I R T E E T H H E A LT H Y A N D T O R E P A I R T E E T H R A T H E R T H A N T O P U L L T H E M . ”

Healthy teeth make beautiful smiles.

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Should you wish to contribute to the work being done with the children of Paternoster and be part of positive change, your donation would be greatly appreciated.

PUBLISHER: CHRISTIAN NEUBER · EDITOR: KERI HARVEY · DESIGNER: ASTRID ROWE TRANSLATORS: LINÉ ENSLIN & ELZANNE COETZEE · PROOFREADERS: HALEY ABRAHAMS (ENGLISH), MARINA ENSLIN (AFRIKAANS)

Paternoster Project NPCNedbank

Account number: 1146942400Universal branch code: 198765

R 75

Paternoster Reading Book: “Gemeinsam – Together – Saam”

12 short stories for children

Nedbank, Branch Code 198765 Acc.Nr. 1146942400www.paternosterproject.co.za

• Written in German, English and Afrikaans

• With the purchase of the book, you support the activities of the Volunteer Project, which we have established to help the children of Paternoster to realise their dreams.

• To equip the children of Paternoster for the future and to maintain the local heritage.

P A T E R N O S T E R

P R O J E C T N P C

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Would you consider showcasing local crafts at the shop in Strandloper?Definitely, as long as they meet the standards required by well-travelled guests. I would also like to encourage the teaching of crafts to the younger generation in Paternoster, and I have already been in contact with a lady who can teach leather craft.

What do you have in mind for the future for Paternoster’s children and the village in general?We will continue with our charitable work, such as the health programmes for the children, and will hopefully stay involved with their education and be able to continue with the sponsorship of a teacher at St Augustine’s School. I am extremely excited about all the other parties involved in helping the people of Paternoster and believe that together we can change the future of our children. I think a dynamic has started that will lead Paternoster and its people to a bright future. At the same time, we will focus further on job creation through the development of tourism. I really believe that tourism is the key to develop Paternoster, and this can influence the circumstances of the local community in a very positive way.

I am excited and hopeful and thankful for all the contributions from so many people. As Nelson Mandela said: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” PP

Now selfies can be taken with smiles.

Beste inwoners en vriende van Paternoster

Mahatma Gandhi het gesê: “As ons regtig vrede op hierdie aarde wil hê ... sal ons by ons kinders moet

begin.” Dit is presies wat die Paternoster Project NPC beoog om te doen: om by die kinders te begin. Ons wil begin by diegene wat onteenseglik onskuldig is, wat ontwyfelbaar eerlik is en wat die toekoms van ons dorpie in hulle hande hou: ons jongste kinders. Ons

wil help om hulle op te voed deur die ondersteuning en bemagtiging van toegewyde onderwysers en vrywilligers, sodat die kinders van Paternoster dokters en ingenieurs en brandweermanne en verpleegsters en onderwysers en wetenskaplikes en vissermanne kan word, en veral sodat hulle uitstekende ouers kan word. Die Paternoster Project NPC se doelwit is om aan elke kind die geleentheid te bied om onderrig te ontvang, sodat hulle drome

daardeur verwesenlik kan word. Om dié rede is die inkoop van talle rolspelers nodig om sodoende ’n jong kind die vlerke van opvoeding, die vryheid van ’n nuuskierige verbeelding, die kompas van ’n doelgerigte lewe en die selfvertroue wat met kennis saamhang, te gee. Ons haal ons hoed af vir die mense wat die Paternoster Project NPC en die St Augustine Primêre Skool ondersteun met tyd, moeite, geld en toewyding. In die toweragtige woude van ons kinders se verbeeldings is julle die veilige hawens, die brûe wat gevaarlike klowe oorsteek en die koel stroompies waarin moeë voete kan rus. Julle is die magic, die veiligheid en die hoop. Julle maak dit vir ons kinders moontlik om dit te bereik wat só dikwels só onbereikbaar lyk: hulle drome. Ons sal julle nooit genoeg daarvoor kan bedank nie.

JACO VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

BESTURENDE DIREKTEUR: PATERNOSTER VISSERYE

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Jaco van der Westhuizen

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NUUSP A T E R N O S T E R P R O J E C T

DIE AMPTELIKE NUUSBRIEF VAN DIE

PATERNOSTER PROJECT NPCOm die jeug van Paternoster

toe te rus vir die toekoms en om die plaaslike

erfenis te onderhou.

Dankie aan hierdie groep entoesiastiese mense wat die Paternoster Project Nuus onder die mense van die dorp versprei.

Hierdie nege manne van Paternoster Visserye het die enorme taak op hulle skouers geneem om die eerste uitgawe van Paternoster Project Nuus (PPN) onder elke huishouding in die dorp te versprei. Hulle het dit ook in rekordtyd gedoen, met Mariëtte Grobbelaar (middel) in beheer van die algehele koördinasie en reëlings. ’n Opregte dankie van PPN aan elkeen van hierdie mense vir hulle hulp en behendigheid. AGTERSTE RY, LINKS NA REGS: Wilfred Walters, Gurshwin Prins, Ashley Coraizin en Adriaan van der Merwe. VOORSTE RY: Edwin Clarke, Adrian Cloete, Mariëtte Grobbelaar, John Moolman, Hennie van der Westhuizen en Vuso Makwakwa.

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Beste families Ons is die nuwe vrywilligers van Duitsland en ons gaan vanaf Januarie tot Mei 2018 met julle kinders werk. Anna en Lisa sal in die oggende by die crèche help. Angi en Cathy sal die Graad R-onderwyser ondersteun en Jenny, Michi, Nik en Lukas gaan ’n handjie bysit by die St Augustine’s Primêre Skool. Al agt van ons gaan ook werkswinkels aanbied tydens die namiddagprogram. Ons sien uit daarna om julle kinders te leer ken en om met hulle te werk. Moet asseblief nie skroom om ons te kom sien as jy enige vrae rakende jou kind of die betrokke program het nie. Jy kan ook vir ons ’n nota in ons “kommentaarboksie” by die gerestoureerde skeepshouer los.

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MichiSkool

NikSkool

Ons is die nuwe vrywilligers wat vanaf Januarie tot Mei 2018 met julle kinders sal werk:

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Vriendelike groete, Die Vrywilligers

Toe ons die stigting – Kinder Fördern Zukunft Stiften – in 2009 begin het, wou ons graag

iets teruggee aan diegene wat grootliks verantwoordelik was vir ons sukses as die uitgewers van ʼn kindertydskrif in Duitsland: die kinders.

Die stigting het ambisieuse doelstellings gehad, naamlik om geleenthede aan jongmense te bied, ongeag hulle maatskaplike of ekonomiese agtergronde, ten einde leiding en goeie vooruitsigte vir die toekoms te gee. Ons het vir baie jare lank die oprigting van skoolbiblioteke in Duitsland ondersteun, en akademiese studies ten bate van leesvaardighede befonds. Ons het ook die Duitse Children’s Non-fiction Literature Award ondersteun en ʼn beduidende rol gespeel in leesprojekte vir vlugtelinge van Sirië en Irak.

Eendag het ʼn ou vriend van Suid-Afrika, Jaco van der Westhuizen, gebel en vir ons hulp gevra met die skoolkinders van Paternoster. Ons deel sy liefde vir Suid-Afrika en vir ons verteenwoordig hy dít wat ons, naas die wonderlike platteland, soveel waardeer: vriendelike, oopkop, eerlike mense wat entoesiasties en lewenslustig is.

Jaco was toe net ʼn paar maande gelede as die besturende direkteur van die plaaslike visserye aangestel en hy het ʼn beroep op ons gedoen op sy eie sjarmante, dog direkte, manier: “As julle regtig die doelstellings van hierdie stigting tot eie reg wil laat kom, kom Paternoster toe en ondersteun ons 200 skoolkinders. Nêrens anders in die wêreld sal iemand so dankbaar wees soos wat hierdie kinders sal wees nie. Wys vir hulle alternatiewe beroepsmoontlikhede, gee vir hulle hoop en maak seker dat hulle die skool verlaat met ʼn goeie opvoeding.”

Ons is kort voor Kersfees 2015 vir die eerste keer Paternoster toe. Ons het met Jaco, Sanita van der Merwe en Ben Rootman vergader en beplan hoedat die stigting ook in die toekoms suksesvol by Suid-Afrika betrokke kan wees. Jaco en ons vriende van die Paternoster People’s Partnership het uitgebrei op hulle idees: die ondersteuning wat ons bied, moet nie net finansieel van aard wees nie. Die stigting moet eerder Duitse studente aanstel wat die kinders van Paternoster kan help. So is die Paternoster Project gebore.

Net ʼn paar maande later is die konsep vir dié belowende projek goedgekeur. Vir ʼn periode van ten minste drie maande, moet die studente van die Universiteit van Onderwys/Weingarten die kinders van Paternoster help met alledaagse skoolwerk. Hulle moet spesifiek ʼn namiddagprogram implementeer waar die kinders op ʼn gekonsentreerde, toegewyde manier gewys kan word dat leer, lees, sport en speletjies insgelyks ewe veel geniet kan word. Lesplanne, kurrikula en projekte is in samewerking met die universiteit beplan.

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Hoe het die Paternoster Project ontstaan?

Christian Neuber

“ D A A R I S O P ’ N V I N N I G E E N D O E LT R E F F E N D E W Y S E R E E D S B A I E I N P A T E R N O S T E R B E R E I K . ”

Die kinders is die bewaarders van Paternoster se toekoms.

Die eerste studente is uitgenooi na onderhoude en noukeurig gekies. Daar was groot belangstelling, omdat ons nie net die geleentheid gebied het om vir ’n paar maande in een van die mees beeldskone lande in die wêreld te woon en werk nie, ons sou ook vir die vlugte betaal, oriënteringsprogramme georganiseer en gratis verblyf voorsien. Daarom was dit vir ons moontlik om die beste van die beste studente te kies om Paternoster toe te stuur.

Slegs 10 maande later, in Oktober 2016, het die eerste vrywilligers met hulle helderoranje T-hemde en windjakkers by hulle woonplek in Paternoster ingetrek. Nou, 15 maande later, kan verskeie verdere belowende ontwikkelinge opgemerk word:

1Die oorspronklike vier vrywilligers het met nog vier toegeneem, en sal in die toekoms selfs nog

meer word.

2Buiten die Universiteit van Onderwys/Weingarten, is die Cooperative State University

van die bondstaat Baden-Württemberg en die Universiteit van Heidelberg ook nou aan boord, en in die somer van 2018 gaan die studente van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch ook help om die program verder te ontwikkel.

3Daar word tans ʼn losieshuis vir die studente se gebruik, sowel as ʼn raadskamer vir

vergaderings, in Paternoster gebou. Dit sal in Augustus 2018 voltooid wees.

4Die eerste Paternoster-konferensie, met akademici en projekvennote van Suid-Afrika

en Duitsland, het in Oktober 2017 in Paternoster plaasgevind. Saam is daar ʼn program ontwikkel om die weg te baan na die voortsetting van die projek.

Die konferensie gaan voortaan jaarliks gehou word, sodat die sukses van die projek gemeet kan word aan die hand van die doelwitte wat die vorige jaar daargestel is.

5Invloedryke afgevaardigdes het intussen besoek afgelê by Paternoster; insluitend

die Baden-Württemberg Minister van Wetenskap, Navorsing en die Kunste en ʼn afvaardiging van 22 universiteitsakademici en ampsdraers.

6Die Duitse media het oor hierdie besoeke berig en Paternoster het daardeur

internasionale publieke bewustheid bereik.

7Die eerste Paternoster Project-nuusbrief is in Desember 2017 gepubliseer. Dit

is geskeduleer om elke drie maande in beide gedrukte en digitale formaat, en in Afrikaans en Engels, te verskyn.

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Iets vir almal na skool

St Augustine's se namiddagprogram is in volle gang en verseker dat kinders tyd het vir beide werk en pret. Daar word tyd uitgesit vir huiswerk (50 minute), gevolg deur

middagete in die kafeteria en verskeie werkswinkels.

Direk na skool kom die graad 3 tot 7 leerders wat deel is van die program en hul toegewysde Duitse vrywilliger bymekaar, wat hulle dan met hul huiswerk help. Na ’n stewige middagete vertrek die kinders om verskillende werkswinkels by te woon, afhangend van hul belangstellings. Die opsies is handwerk, sokker, touspring, musiek, drama, bordspeletjies en dans. Daar is ook ’n koerantwerkswinkel waar kinders artikels skryf wat in hul eie koerant, die Pato Times, gepubliseer word, waarna die kinders dit na verskillende winkels versprei.

Elke werkswinkel het ten doel om iets tasbaar te verskaf wat die kinders na drie maande kan tentoonstel wanneer die vrywilligers vertrek en die nuwe groep vrywilligers oorneem. Daarom kan die werkswinkels wat aangebied word effens verander wanneer die vrywilligers elke kwartaal wissel. Uiteindelik poog die werkswinkels om die kinders vir die werklikheid toe te rus deur belangrike lewensvaardighede soos deursettingsvermoë, kreatiwiteit, spanwerk en regverdige spel te bevorder. Op Dinsdae en Donderdae bied die Duitse vrywilligers ook werkswinkels vir lees en emosionele ontwikkeling aan. PP

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...vervolg van p.3 Daar is op ’n vinnige en doeltreffende wyse reeds baie in Paternoster bereik. Terselfdertyd word die Paternoster Project in breë kringe beskou as ’n voorbeeld van uitsonderlike vrywilligerswerk in Afrika.

Maar hoekom spesifiek Paternoster, terwyl daar so baie ander – te veel ander – plekke in Afrika is wat ’n dringende behoefte aan die ondersteuning van so ’n stigting het?

’n Stigting se sukses het baie te doen met die mense wat daarby betrokke is. By die Paternoster Project is daar hoogs toegewyde, beskeie mense wat almal een doel voor oë het: om van Paternoster ’n vertoonkas-projek te maak wat bewys dat dinge op ’n klein skaal verbeter kan word, en dan as ’n voorbeeld van verandering op ’n groter skaal kan dien.

Mense offer baie van hulle tyd met passie en toewyding op vir hierdie wonderlike idee. Hierdie mense kom ook goed oor die weg en respekteer mekaar. Hulle maak staat op mekaar, en bowenal geniet hulle die sukses van die projek.

Ons bedank graag vir Jaco van der Westhuizen, die vader van die idee, sowel as André Kleynhans, wat optree as die diplomatieke koördineerder tussen die verskeie belangegroepe en dus bydra tot die momentum van die projek.

Ook aan Nathalie van der Heever, Celestine Barends, Sanita van der Merwe, Janette du Toit, Joan Kruger, Johan de Jager en almal anders wat nie hier genoem word nie, wat in die agtergrond bydra tot die ontwikkeling van die projek en wat omsien na die vrywilligers se welstand, sodat hulle hulself ten volle aan hulle werk kan wy.

Ons wil ook ons dank betuig aan Maike Reinhardt, ons dinamiese projekbestuurder, en Arnold van Zyl, ’n uitstaande diplomaat in die agtergrond, wat as ’n Suid-Afrikaanse inwoner in Stuttgart onvervangbaar vir ons internasionale projek is.

In die tussentyd is die doel van die Paternoster Project, ’n nie-winsgewende organisasie, om die jeug van Paternoster toe te rus vir die toekoms en om die plaaslike erfenis te bewaar. Waaruit ons die meeste genot put, is dat ons nie net omsien na die kinders van Paternoster nie, maar ons kan ook aan ons Duitse studente die geleentheid bied om in ’n ander kultuur te woon en werk.

Om so ’n geleentheid te bied aan jong mense wat grootword in ’n vinnig veranderende samelewing, is absoluut onskatbaar – en hopelik ook waardevol vir Paternoster.

CHRISTIAN NEUBER,

PATERNOSTER PROJECT NPC STIGTER

Tydens skoolure word daar op kennis en leer gefokus, terwyl die namiddagprogram selfontwikkeling aanmoedig en kinders die geleentheid gee om hul belangstellings te verken.

NAMIDDAGPROGRAM VANAF FEBRUARIE 2018

Duits

Touspring

Drama

Sokker

Freelatics

Handwerk

MAANDAG WOENSDAG VRYDAG

EmosioneleIntelligensie

DINSDAG

Story Hoek

DONDERDAG

Touspring

Drama

Sokker

Freelatics

Bordspeletjies

Koerant

Musiek

Handwerk

Sport

Bordspeletjies

Voedsame kos vir die plaaslike kinders

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Dit is ’n absolute eer en voorreg om deel te wees van hierdie merkwaardige skole-voedingsprogram, en om deel te wees van al die goeie dade waarvoor die Paternoster

Project verantwoordelik is.

My naam is Astrid Coraizin, en ek is in Paternoster gebore en grootgemaak. As ’n inwoner van dié dorp, voel ek so geseënd om vir die eerste ses maande van 2018 deel te wees van hierdie na-skoolse voedingsprogram. Ek is tans ’n derdejaarstudent in Besigheids- en Inligtingsadministrasie aan die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie (KSUT/CPUT) se Wellington-kampus. Ek doen ook verder ervaring op by Paternoster Visserye, een van die voedselborge vir die program. Ek is in beheer van hierdie besonderse program.

Ons bedien slegs die beste en lekkerste kos aan die kinders, en ek berei self die kos, met die hulp van ’n plaaslike vrywilliger, Fredeline Engelbrecht, voor. PP

BO: Gelukkige gesiggies geniet ’n smaaklike middagete.REGS: Astrid Coraizin hou toesig oor die na-skoolse voedingsprojek.

Duitse lesse skop af by die St Augustine’s Primêre Skool

Twee onderwysstudente van Duitsland gaan twee keer per week smiddags vir die kinders van die primêre skool Duits leer.

Paternoster se kinders mag dalk in die nabye toekoms met toeriste Duits praat. Twee onderwysstudente

van die Universiteit van die Onderwys/Weingarten in Duitsland, Michaela Zeutzheim en Jennifer Tribelhorn, gaan smiddags vir die kinders van die primêre skool Duits leer. Duits as ’n vreemde taal is een van beide Michaela en Jennifer se hoofvakke aan die universiteit, wat van hulle die ideale kandidate maak om die taal aan die kinders te leer. Die lesse sal twee keer per week aan 12 kinders in graad 6 en 7 aangebied word. Indien hierdie loodsprojek ’n sukses is, kan daar nog ’n studiegroepie vir die jonger kinders gereël word.

Volgens die hoteleienaars van Paternoster sal dit makliker vir applikante wees om eendag werk te kry in die toeristebedryf indien hulle ’n vreemde taal soos Duits kan praat. Dit sal dan ook moontlik wees vir die plaaslike Duitssprekendes om vakansiewerk by toeriste-verwante organisasies te kry. PP

Die fondamente van die vrywilligershuis is gelê. Vier trokke was op 2 Februarie gereed om die beton vir die fondasies te

giet. Altesaam 120 ton beton en vyf ton betonstaal is gebruik vir die huis se fondamente, wat op ’n oppervlak van granietrots en duinsand gelê is. Die lae fondamentmure is gebou en die vloer is gelê voordat die konstruksie van die mure kon begin. Dit het ongeveer een week geneem. Die dak van die kelder-gedeelte is ook deel van die vloer van die huis se eerste verdieping, en die tweede verdieping moet nog gebou word.

“Ek verwag dat ons teen die middel van Mei naby daaraan sal wees om met die derde verdieping te begin – ons sal moontlik al die vloer kan lê,” sê André Kleynhans van Anker Bouers. “Ons bou ingeboude dekke wat wel duurder is, maar dit spaar ’n groot hoeveelheid tyd – ongeveer twee maande. Aangesien daar alreeds soveel wonderwerke gebeur het tydens die bou van hierdie huis, kan ons dalk al teen die einde van Julie klaar wees daarmee. Dit is ’n moeilike huis om te bou, maar as dit nie ’n uitdaging was nie, sou ek dit in elk geval nie wou bou nie. Die inwoners was tot dusver so geduldig met ons, die geraas en sand van die bouperseel – dit is ’n merkwaardige verrassing.”

André sê dat soveel as 60% van die bouspan meestal bestaan uit mense van Paternoster. “Plaaslike mense kom vra vir werk, om deel te wees daarvan. Sommige vergelyk die werk met ’n oefensessie by die gim, en hulle werk regtig hard. In werklikheid werk sommige mense wat ek nog nooit vantevore gesien werk het nie, nou op hierdie bouperseel.”

André las ook by dat die gemeenskap kragtige steun verleen aan hierdie bouprojek. “Een van die ouer vissermanne het my vertel dat die vissermanne op die bouperseel bymekaarkom om te bid, voordat hulle uitgaan op die see. Daar is ook al vroue gesien wat hande vashou en bid op die perseel. Hulle hoop dat dit die begin van positiewe veranderinge in Paternoster sal wees. Die mense sê dat die bewoording op die bord belowend is, en hulle het al vantevore gesien dat die Duitsers hulle beloftes nakom, so hulle het weer hoop vir die toekoms.” PP

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Aangesien daar alreeds soveel wonderwerke gebeur het tydens die bou van hierdie huis, kan ons dalk al teen die einde van Julie klaar wees daarmee.”

VAN BO AF: Die fondamente van die vrywilligershuis word gelê. Anker Bouers se André Kleynhans en sy seuns André junior (links) en Hannes (regs) is verantwoordelik vir die bou van die vrywilligershuis.

Van sand tot vrywilligershuis

“

Kersfees het vroeg gekom vir 43 kinders van Paternoster se Educare Crèche. Op 7 December is die kinders bederf met ’n

uitstappie wat hulle nooit sal vergeet nie – meer as twee uur se uitermatige pret by Play Time in Vredenburg.

Die uitstappie vir kinders en onderwysers, uitgedink en beplan deur Paternoster-inwoner Christine Coetzee, was ’n treffer. ’n Bus het almal in Paternoster kom haal en na Play Time oorkant die Weskus Mall vervoer.

Christine, wat twee kinders van haar eie het, sê sy wou iets lekker vir die kinders doen en het die uitstappie en borge in net vier dae gereël. Sy het kersboomkolwyntjies gebak en verrassingspakkies vir die kinders, almal tussen een en vyf jaar oud, bymekaargesit.

“Ek het gevoel my kinders was bevoorreg aangesien hulle al vantevore by Play Time was, en ek wou hê die kinders van die crèche moet ook hierdie opwindende ervaring hê. Dit was belangrik dat die uitstappie betekenisvol moet wees, so ek het slegs vriende en familie benader om by te dra tot die koste. Hulle het graag gehelp.” Soveel so dat die kinders twee ure lank kon speel, in plaas van die een uur wat beplan is.

“Dit was ’n ongelooflike ervaring,” sê Christine, “en die kinders het net gespeel en gespeel. Hulle wou nie eers ophou speel om koek te eet nie. Ek beplan reeds iets beter vir hierdie jaar.” Christine sê dat sy gedurende 2018 meer betrokke by die crèche wil wees.

“Ek dink ek het meer uit die uitstappie gekry as die kinders,” voeg Christine by. “Ek was mal daaroor. Ek wil meer gereeld kinders help.” PP

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BO: Die 43 kinders kon nie ophou glimlag toe hulle vroeg in Desember meer as twee uur by Play Time in Vredenburg deurgebring het nie.

Crèche se kinders bederf met ’n besoek aan Play Time

”“ D I T W A S ’ N O N G E L O O F L I K E E R VA R I N G E N

D I E K I N D E R S H E T N E T G E S P E E L E N G E S P E E L .

Amanda sê dat emosionele ontwikkeling ander vermoëns insluit, soos selfbewustheid en die vermoë om jouself te observeer en waardeer in verhouding tot ander. “Dit beteken dat ek moet kan identifiseer wat ek voel, ’n treë terug gee, verstaan hoekom ek dit voel en dan diep asem haal voordat ek besluit wat om daaromtrent te doen. Ek is seker meeste volwassenes sal saamstem dat dit ’n moeilike dissipline is. Die goeie nuus is dat dit aangeleerde gedrag is.”

Sy sê dat omdat ons wesens is wat kan voel, ons moet leer verstaan wat ons voel en hoe om daarop te reageer. Diegene wat al die sitcom Big Bang Theory gekyk het, sou al gesien het hoe moeilik dit vir ’n intellektuele genie kan wees om op ’n gepaste manier teenoor ander op te tree deur sy eie en ander se emosies te lees en op ’n gepaste wyse te reageer.

“Ons sien uit na 2018 en het pasgemaakte emosionele-ontwikkelingstemas waarmee ons wil rondspeel om sodoende die holistiese ontwikkeling van die kinders te ondersteun,” sê Amanda. “Ons het besluit om ons vordering weekliks te hersien en aan te pas om te

verseker dat wat ons doen relevant is op enige gegewe tyd. Ons belangrikste doelstelling is dat die kinders en onderwysers moet voel daar word vir hulle omgegee, en ons hoop dat beide die kinders en onderwysers ondersteuning sal ervaar in hierdie poging om die leerders gereed te maak vir hoërskool.” PP

Daar word geglo dat die ontwikkeling van emosionele intelligensie ’n deurslaggewende faktor vir groei by

beide kinders en volwassenes is. Daar word ook dikwels gesê dat dit die grondslag vir suksesvolle mense is.

In November 2017 is ’n emosionele-ontwikkelingsprogram by Sy Augustine's Primêre Skool van stapel gestuur. Amanda Roon het met die hulp van die Duitse vrywilligers en vrywilligers van Paternoster, Joan Kruger, Cheryl de la Porte, Fran Hepburn, Ester Schoeman en Christine Coetzee, die konsep aan die kinders bekendgestel deur middel van ’n prettige aktiwiteit waarin hulle hul wense moes openbaar. Die kinders het in groepe gewerk en hulle probeer indink hoe dit sou voel as hulle drome waar word, en ook hoe hulle sou voel as dit nie waar word nie. Die hulpbronne is ruimhartig deur www.6Seconds.org geskenk en die oefening het die kinders aangemoedig om langtermyndoelwitte te hê om na te streef, sowel as om te oefen om hul emosies te identifiseer.

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Emosionele intelligensie kweek sukses

Met die leiding van Duitse en plaaslike vrywilligers, leer kinders van die belangrikheid van emosionele intelligensie, hoe om te identifiseer wat hulle voel en om op ’n gepaste wyse op hierdie gevoelens te reageer.

Ons belangrikste doelstelling is dat die kinders en onderwysers moet voel daar word vir hulle omgegee.”“

Simone is mede-eienaar van Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel en medestigter

van die West Coast Kids-liefdadigheidsorganisasie.

Wanneer en waarom het die tandheelkundige program vir Paternoster se kinders begin? Ons het in 2010 daarmee begin omdat ek en my man glo ons moet ons onmiddellike gemeenskap help, maak nie saak waar ons bly nie. Ek was

bekommerd oor die tandversorging van Paternoster se kinders. Vir my is die trek van tande ’n ontstellende gebruik; so ook om tande te trek in plaas daarvan om dit te red. Kinders in Paternoster het oor die algemeen gesonde tande. Ons as span wou die kinders leer hoe om hulle tande gesond te hou en hulle tande herstel eerder as om dit te trek.

Wat kan gedoen word om ouers te oorreed om gesonde peuselhappies skool toe te stuur in plaas van lekkers en koeldrank? Ons bespreek ’n bewusmakingsprogram oor gesonde kos. Die tandartse doen ook hulle bes om met die kinders te gesels oor gesonde kos, want jy is wat jy eet. Ons wil ouers betrek by voedingsopvoeding, want daar is baie moontlikhede vir gesonde en bekostigbare peuselhappies vir kinders. Ek het ’n voedingkundige benader wat bereid is om Paternoster toe te kom en ’n praatjie en praktiese demonstrasie aan te bied oor hoe ouers gesonde peuselhappies vir hul kinders kan voorberei, byvoorbeeld grondboontjiebotter op appelskyfies. Ek wens ons kon aartappelskyfies, lekkers en koeldrank by die skool verban; dan sou die leë pakkies en bottels ook nie die straat besoedel of die seelewe bedreig nie. Daar is ’n wêreldwye beweging teen suiker, want dit is sleg vir die gesondheid en dit beïnvloed kinders se gedrag en vermoë om te leer.

Jy het die tandheelkundige program in Paternoster van stapel gestuur. Oorweeg jy dit om die program uit te brei na byvoorbeeld sig- en gehoorprobleme? Gesondheid is van kardinale belang. Jy kan die wonderlikste onderwyser en onderrigprogram hê, maar as jy nie gesond is nie, kan jy dit nie ten volle benut nie. Om na jou gesondheid om te sien, is ook deel van selfsorg en selfrespek. Laas jaar het ons ’n oogsorgprojek in samewerking met die Yonga Trust, ’n Suid-Afrikaanse NRO, in werking gestel. Kinders met slegte sig is geïdentifiseer en hulle dra nou stylvolle Benetton-brille. Dit is ook ’n goeie idee om die kinders se gehoor te toets en ek hoop dat ons dit met die gemeenskap se ondersteuning kan doen.

Wanneer is die tandartse weer terug in Paternoster? Ons het nog nie ’n datum vasgestel nie, aangesien dit baie beplanning vereis, maar hopelik aan die einde van 2018 of begin 2019. Dit sal wonderlik wees as ouers meer betrokke kan wees – miskien deur ’n tradisionele visbraai te reël om die tandartse vir hul hulp te bedank en om met die vrywilligers in te skakel en ’n vertrouensverhouding te bou.

Simone Jacke

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’n Onderhoud met Simone Jacke

“ O N S W O U D I E K I N D E R S L E E R H O E O M H U L L E T A N D E G E S O N D T E H O U E N H U L L E T A N D E H E R S T E L E E R D E R A S O M D I T T E T R E K . ”

Waarop sal die tandartse fokus? Hulle sal tande herstel en die kinders leer hoe om gaatjies in hulle tande te verhoed. Ons sien groot suksesse in die kinders se tandversorging en ek moedig ouers aan om van hierdie geleentheid vir hul kinders gebruik te maak. Ouers kan kom kyk hoe hul kinders behandel word. Gesonde tande is deel van ’n blink toekoms. Sonder gesonde tande, kry jy nie maklik werk nie – veral nie in die toerismebedryf nie.

Is daar geleentheid vir Paternoster se jeug om skaduwerk by Strandloper te doen en van die gasvryheidsbedryf te leer? Ek dink toerisme is die toekoms van Paternoster, so indien enigiemand belangstel, kan hulle ons menslikehulpbron-afdeling kontak met ’n brief wat sê wie hulle is en waarin hulle belangstel – en ons sal ons bes doen om vir hulle ’n plan te maak. Ons kan ook toere reël vir ouer kinders wat oor hul loopbane dink. Ons kan hulle op ’n toer deur al die afdelings neem en vir hulle wys hoe die hotelbedryf werk.

Oorweeg julle eerder plaaslike mense vir poste by Strandloper? Absoluut. Ek glo dat volhoubare betrekkings belangriker is as om aalmoese uit te deel. Om ’n werk te hê verander alles, want mense met ’n vaste inkomste kan hulself en hul kinders help, en dit bring orde in ’n mens se lewe. Ons het 54 personeellede in diens, waarvan 26 mense van Paternoster is, 17 Suid-Afrikaans is en 11 van die buiteland af is. Ek sal altyd eerste ’n plaaslike mens in diens neem. Dit is so lekker om te sien hoe party mense aan die begin so min weet en uiteindelik sterre word.

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Gesonde tande maak pragtige glimlagte.

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Indien jy ’n bydrae wil lewer tot die werk wat onder Paternoster se kinders gedoen word en betrokke wil raak by hierdie positiewe verandering, sal jou donasie opreg waardeer word.

UITGEWER: CHRISTIAN NEUBER · REDAKTEUR: KERI HARVEY · ONTWERPER: ASTRID ROWE VERTALER: LINÉ ENSLIN & ELZANNE COETZEE · PROEFLESERS: HALEY ABRAHAMS (ENGELS), MARINA ENSLIN (AFRIKAANS)

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Paternoster Leesboek: “Gemeinsam – Together – Saam”

12 kortverhale vir kinders

“Om die jeug van Paternoster toe te rus vir ’n beter lewenskwaliteit”Nedbank, takkode 198765 rekeningnommer 1146942400www.paternosterproject.co.za

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• Met die aankoop van hierdie boek, ondersteun jy die aktiwiteite van die vrywilligersprogram, wat ons gestig het om die kinders van Pater- noster te help om hulle drome te verwesenlik.

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Sal julle dit oorweeg om plaaslike handwerk by die winkel in Strandloper uit te stal?Definitief, solank dit aan die standaarde van ons welberese gaste voldoen. Ek wil ook die aanleer van handwerkvaardighede by die jonger geslag in Paternoster aanmoedig, en ek is reeds in kontak met ’n vrou wat mense kan oplei om leerprodukte te maak.

Wat het jy in gedagte vir die toekoms van Paternoster se kinders en die dorp oor die algemeen?Ons sal aanhou met ons liefdadigheidswerk, soos die gesondheidsprogramme vir die kinders, en sal hopelik betrokke bly by hul opvoeding en die borgskap van ’n onderwyser by die St Augustine's Primêre Skool. Ek is geweldig opgewonde oor al die ander rolspelers wat hulp aan die mense van Paternoster bied en ek glo dat ons kan saamwerk om ons kinders se toekoms te verseker. Ek dink ’n nuwe kultuur, wat ’n blink toekoms vir Paternoster en sy mense sal verseker, het begin posvat. Ons gaan terselfdertyd verder klem lê op werkskepping en die ontwikkeling van die toerismebedryf. Ek glo regtig dat toerisme ’n deurslaggewende rol in die ontwikkeling van Paternoster speel, en dat dit die omstandighede van die plaaslike gemeenskap op ’n baie positiewe manier kan beïnvloed.

Ek is opgewonde en optimisties en dankbaar vir al die bydraes van so baie mense. Soos Nelson Mandela gesê het: “Dit lyk altyd onmoontlik totdat dit gedoen is.” PP

Gesonde tande gee kinders selfvertroue.