Puk’s Sand, Sea and Shell project brings hope

Arrangements, arrangements, arrangements and triumph... A long trip there and a long trip back, but what happened in between those two trips was something no person can even scrapbook, except if you have a scrapbook in your heart. 

  The Sand, Sea and Shell project is deeply moving and something that compels you as person to go on your knees and thank our Heavenly Father for the privileges that we have. To sacrifice your heart for someone cost nothing and we get so much more back in return.
  The Sand, Sea and Shell project is the opportunity that the Puk Campus’ Student Rag Community Service offers to a group of less privileged children between the ages of seven and nine to experience the sea for the first time in their lives. According to Luré Delport of the organisation, 24 less privileged children from Promosa Primary School were offered the opportunity this year. The group of children was identified by their teachers on the basis of conditions at home and unemployed parents.
  Each student takes responsibility for a child for a week. In this way personal attention is ensured and firm friendships formed. “During this holiday a variety of places is visited and various activities are participated in, which helps with the child’s development and human relations. We visited the navy. They introduced the learners to the diving staff who showed them what it all entails. They visited Ushaka Marine World, which was something quite extraordinary for the children, and we believe that they will never forget this experience. We also visited the zoo in Durban,” Delport said.
  The Sand, Sea and Shell project is one of the Puk SRCS’s (SJGD) biggest actions that are presented annually. “It is so difficult for me to explain to people what kind of experience it is. I don’t think there are even words to describe this specific project. It is an honour for me as Ms Rag Personality to be able to say that I was part and the organiser of this project. I as human being has grown so much – emotionally and spiritually,” Delport said.
  “It is breathtaking to see those 24 children rushing into the sea, to experience every child’s character and to realise how much there is in every one of them. The most difficult part of this holiday was the farewell – each child has a place in your heart – but to know you will carry these memories for ever is some consolation. Let God be the wind under your wings – each day is a gift from God.”

 Published by Kiewiet Scheppel on 12 May 2011.