van die Redaksie
Die lewe is nie sonder seerkry en uitdagings nie.
Dis vakansietyd, Kersfees is op hande en my gemoed vandag swaar en donker.
Nog slegte nuus … en dit net in die kring waarin ek beweeg !
Ek maak my oë toe en oral om my sien ek net seer.
Liewe Heer hoe op aarde bly ‘n mens staande in so ‘n gebroke wêreld vra ek
hardop ?
Nog en nog ‘n egskeiding, buite egtelike verhoudings, mishandeling, slaan, skel, skreeu en vloek…….
Nog en nog kinders wat hierdeur geraak en geknak word. Tussen dit alles deur moet hulle kind wees, skool gaan en worstel om uiteindelik die “regte” pad te kies …hoeveel kry dit nie reg, en wat word van hulle ?
Vir iemand wat daar was, maar vandag as buitestaander, besef ek net weereens hoeveel mense, ouers, vriende, familie, kollegas en kennisse daardeur geraak word.
Almal wil help, want almal kry seer en almal verloor !!
Magteloos staan ons – en ek dink aan iets wat iemand eenkeer gesê het:
“Ek het gesoek na ‘n gelukkige einde. Ek kon nie een kry nie, nou vat ek maar ‘n nuwe begin”.
WITSAND CELEBRATION
On 28 October 2015 the Witsand Sea Rescue boat, Breede Rescuer, was officially launched and welcomed to her newly build boat shed.
After the successful rescue of four sailors from the capsized yacht Gulliver in 2011, when three Witsand NSRI volunteers risked their lives by going far out to sea in a terrible storm to go to the aid of the men who had abandoned ship, it was evident that Witsand needed a larger Sea Rescue vessel.
In early November 2014 the new 8.5m rescue boat Breede Rescuer started her service at Station 33, Witsand and the new Sea Rescue shed has now been completed, allowing the boat to be housed near the water. The protection that the new boat shed offers will extend her lifespan and improve emergency response time.
On Wednesday the 28th of October 2015 the state of the art 8,5 metre Search and Rescue vessel, Breede Rescuer, was officially launched and welcomed to her newly renovated home. The new boat shed, purpose built to house her, allow the crew to launch much faster than they have previously. The large Rigid Inflatable Boat gives the crew greatly improved safety, and endurance, for the rescue work in the area that they they cover, from Cape Infanta to the Gouritz River. •
