Daga cikin dubban yaran da yaƙin Ukraine ya shafa akwai Yustina, wata yarinya 'yar shekara 2 mai murmushi mai daɗi wadda ta dogara da dangantaka da Iowa.
Kwanan nan Justina ta yi wa ƙafar kwance ta hanyar amfani da hanyar Ponceti wadda ba ta tiyata ba wadda aka ƙirƙira shekaru da yawa da suka gabata a Jami'ar Iowa, wadda ta shahara a duk duniya. A hankali ta sake daidaita ƙafarta zuwa matsayin da ya dace ta hanyar amfani da jerin simintin gyaran ƙafa da wani likita ɗan ƙasar Ukraine ya horar a kan hanyar.
Yanzu da aka cire wa 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, dole ne ta yi barci kowace dare har sai ta kai shekara 4, tana sanye da abin da ake kira Iowa Brace. Na'urar tana da takalma na musamman a kowane ƙarshen sandar nailan mai ƙarfi wanda ke sa ƙafafunta su miƙe kuma su kasance a daidai matsayi. Wannan muhimmin ɓangare ne na tabbatar da cewa yanayin ƙafar ƙafa ba ya sake dawowa kuma za ta iya girma tare da motsi na yau da kullun.
Lokacin da mahaifinta ya bar aikinsa don shiga yaƙi da mamaya na Rasha, Justina da mahaifiyarta sun gudu zuwa wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da kan iyakar Belarusiya mara kyau. Tana sanye da rigar Iowa Brace yanzu, amma za ta buƙaci ƙara girmanta a hankali yayin da take girma.
Labarinta ya fito ne daga wani dillalin kayan aikin likita na Ukraine mai suna Alexander wanda ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Clubfoot Solutions, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta a Iowa wadda ke samar da kayan gyaran fuska. Kungiyar wacce ke da lasisin UI, ta tsara nau'in kayan gyaran fuska na zamani, inda take isar da kusan na'urori 10,000 a kowace shekara ga yara a kusan kasashe 90 - fiye da kashi 90 cikin 100 na su kyauta ne ko kuma araha.
Becker shine Manajan Darakta na Clubfoot Solutions, tare da taimakon matarsa Julie. Suna aiki daga gidansu da ke Bettendorf kuma suna adana kusan kayan haɗin gwiwa 500 a garejin.
"Alexander har yanzu yana aiki tare da mu a Ukraine, kawai don taimaka wa yara," in ji Becker. "Na gaya masa za mu kula da su har sai ƙasar ta dawo da ƙarfi. Abin baƙin ciki, Alexander yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka ba wa bindigogi don yaƙi."
Kamfanin Clubfoot Solutions ya aika da kusan kayan haɗin gwiwa 30 na Iowa zuwa Ukraine kyauta, kuma sun yi shiri sosai idan za su iya isa wurin Alexander lafiya. Kayayyakin jigilar kaya na gaba za su haɗa da ƙananan beyar da aka cika da kayan aiki daga wani kamfanin Kanada don taimakawa wajen faranta wa yaran rai, in ji Becker. Kowanne ɗan ƙugu yana sanye da kwafin madaurin Iowa a cikin launukan tutar Ukraine.
"Yau mun karɓi ɗaya daga cikin fakitin ku," Alexander ya rubuta a cikin wani imel da ya aika wa Beckers kwanan nan. "Muna godiya sosai gare ku da 'ya'yanmu na Ukraine! Za mu ba da fifiko ga 'yan ƙasar biranen da abin ya shafa: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, da sauransu."
Alexander ya bai wa Beckers hotuna da gajerun labarai na wasu yaran Ukraine da dama, kamar Justina, waɗanda ake yi wa maganin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma suna buƙatar takalmin gyaran ƙafa.
"Gidan Bogdan mai shekaru uku ya lalace kuma iyayensa sun kashe duk kuɗinsu don gyara shi," ya rubuta. "Bogdan ya shirya don sabon girman Iowa Brace, amma ba shi da kuɗi. Mahaifiyarsa ta aika masa da bidiyo tana gaya masa kada ya ji tsoron fashewar harsashin."
A wani rahoto kuma, Alexander ya rubuta: "Ga Danya mai watanni biyar, bama-bamai 40 zuwa 50 da rokoki suna faɗowa a kan birninsa na Kharkov kowace rana. Iyayensa dole ne a kwashe su zuwa birni mafi aminci. Ba su san ko gidansu ya lalace ba."
"Alexander yana da ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa, kamar sauran abokan hulɗarmu da ke ƙasashen waje," in ji Becker. "Haka ya shiga ciki."
Duk da cewa bayanin ba a yi shi ba lokaci-lokaci, Becker ya ce shi da matarsa sun sake jin labarin Alexander ta imel a wannan makon lokacin da ya yi odar ƙarin nau'ikan takalmin Iowa guda 12 a girma dabam-dabam. Ya bayyana halin da yake ciki "mara kyau" amma ya ƙara da cewa "ba za mu taɓa yin kasa a gwiwa ba".
"'Yan Ukraine suna alfahari sosai kuma ba sa son a ba su kayan tallafi," in ji Becker. "Ko da a cikin wannan imel ɗin na ƙarshe, Alexander ya sake cewa yana son ya rama mana abin da muka yi, amma mun yi shi kyauta."
Kamfanin Clubfoot Solutions yana sayar da takalmin gyaran fuska ga dillalai a ƙasashe masu arziki a farashi mai kyau, sannan ya yi amfani da waɗannan ribar don bayar da takalmin gyaran fuska kyauta ko kuma rage shi sosai ga waɗanda ke cikin buƙata. Becker ya ce gudummawar dala $25 ga ƙungiyar agaji ta hanyar gidan yanar gizon ta, www.clubfootsolutions.org, za ta biya kuɗin tafiya zuwa Ukraine ko wasu ƙasashe waɗanda ke buƙatar takalmin gyaran fuska.
"Akwai buƙatu da yawa a duniya," in ji shi. "Yana da wahala mu bar wata alama a ciki. Kowace shekara ana haihuwar yara kusan 200,000 da ciwon ƙafa. Muna aiki tuƙuru a yanzu a Indiya, wacce ke da kusan kamuwa da cutar 50,000 a shekara."
An kafa Clubfoot Solutions a birnin Iowa a shekarar 2012 tare da tallafin UI, kuma ta rarraba kayan gyaran fuska kusan 85,000 a duk duniya zuwa yanzu. Malamai uku ne suka tsara stent ɗin, waɗanda suka ci gaba da aikin marigayi Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, wanda ya fara aikin tiyata ba tare da tiyata ba a nan a shekarun 1940. Su ukun su ne Nicole Grossland, Thomas Cook da Dr. Jose Morquand.
Tare da taimakon wasu abokan hulɗa na UI da masu ba da gudummawa, ƙungiyar ta sami damar ƙirƙirar abin ɗaurewa mai sauƙi, mai inganci, mai araha, kuma mai inganci, in ji Cook. Takalma suna da rufin roba mai daɗi, madauri masu ƙarfi maimakon velcro don kiyaye su a wurin duk dare, kuma an tsara su ne don su zama masu karɓuwa ga iyaye da yara - muhimmiyar tambaya. Sandunan da ke tsakaninsu suna da sauƙin cirewa don sauƙin sakawa da cire takalma.
Cook ya ce, lokacin da lokaci ya yi da za a nemi kamfanin kera takalma na Iowa Brace, ya cire sunan BBC International daga cikin akwatin takalma da ya gani a wani shagon takalma na gida sannan ya aika wa kamfanin imel don ya yi masa bayani game da abin da ake buƙata. Shugaban kamfanin, Don Wilburn, ya sake kira nan take. Kamfaninsa da ke Boca Raton, Florida, yana tsara takalma kuma yana shigo da kusan nau'ikan takalma miliyan 30 a shekara daga China.
BBC International tana da wani rumbun ajiya a St. Louis wanda ke da tarin kayan haɗin gwiwa na Iowa har zuwa 10,000 kuma yana kula da jigilar kaya don maganin ƙafar ƙafa idan ana buƙata. Becker ya ce DHL ta riga ta bayar da rangwame don tallafawa isar da kayan haɗin gwiwa zuwa Ukraine.
Becker ya ruwaito cewa rashin karbuwar yakin Ukraine ya sa abokan hulɗar Clubfoot Solutions na Rasha suka bayar da gudummawa ga wannan shiri tare da aika kayan haɗin gwiwa zuwa Ukraine.
Shekaru uku da suka gabata, Cook ya buga cikakken tarihin rayuwar Ponceti. Ya kuma rubuta wani littafi na yara mai suna "Lucky Feet," wanda ya dogara ne akan labarin gaskiya na Cook, wani yaro mai ƙafar ƙafa da ya haɗu da shi a Najeriya.
Yaron ya yi ta yawo a cikin rarrafe har sai da hanyar Ponceti ta gyara ƙafafunsa. A ƙarshen littafin, yawanci yakan yi tafiya zuwa makaranta. Cook ya ba da muryar bidiyon littafin a www.clubfootsolutions.org.
"A wani lokaci, mun aika da wani akwati mai tsawon ƙafa 20 zuwa Najeriya mai kayan haɗin gwiwa 3,000," ya gaya mini.
Kafin barkewar cutar, Morcuende ya yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje a matsakaicin sau 10 a shekara don horar da likitoci a cikin hanyar Ponseti kuma ya karɓi bakuncin likitoci 15-20 da ke ziyartar jami'a a shekara don yin horo a jami'ar, in ji shi.
Cook ya girgiza kansa game da abin da ke faruwa a Ukraine, yana farin ciki da cewa ƙungiyar agaji da yake aiki da ita har yanzu tana iya samar da kayan haɗin gwiwa a can.
"Waɗannan yaran ba su zaɓi a haife su da ƙwallon ƙafa ko kuma a ƙasar da yaƙi ya daidaita ba," in ji shi. "Suna kama da yara a ko'ina. Abin da muke yi shi ne ba wa yara a duk faɗin duniya rayuwa ta yau da kullun."
Lokacin Saƙo: Mayu-18-2022