Ma waena o nā tausani o nā keiki i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ke kaua ma Ukraine ʻo Yustina, he kaikamahine 2 makahiki me ka minoʻaka ʻoluʻolu e hilinaʻi nei i ka pilina me Iowa.
Ua mālama ʻo Justina i ka wāwae kalapu ma o ke ʻano hana Ponceti ʻoki ʻole i hoʻomohala ʻia i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala aku nei ma ke Kulanui o Iowa, kahi i loaʻa ai ke kaulana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻololi mālie ʻo ia i kona wāwae i ke kūlana kūpono ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi moʻo o nā plaster casts e ke kauka Ukrainian i aʻo ʻia i ke ʻano hana.
I kēia manawa ua wehe ʻia ke kāpili, pono ʻo ia e hiamoe i kēlā me kēia pō a hiki i kona piha ʻana i 4, e ʻaʻahu ana i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Iowa Brace. Ua lako ka hāmeʻa me nā kāmaʻa kūikawā ma kēlā me kēia wēlau o kahi koʻokoʻo nylon paʻa e hoʻopaʻa ana i kona mau wāwae i ke kīkoʻo a ma ke kūlana kūpono. He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi kēia no ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole e hoʻi hou ke kūlana o ka wāwae kalapu a hiki iā ia ke ulu me ka neʻe maʻamau.
I ka haʻalele ʻana o kona makuakāne i kāna hana e hui pū me ke kaua kūʻē i nā poʻe hoʻouka kaua Lūkini, ua holo ʻo Justina a me kona makuahine i kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi kokoke i ka palena ʻo Belarusian aloha ʻole. Ke komo nei ʻo ia i ka Iowa Brace i kēia manawa, akā pono e hoʻonui mālie i kona nui i kona ulu ʻana.
Loaʻa kāna moʻolelo mai kahi mea kūʻai aku lako lapaʻau Ukrainian i kapa ʻia ʻo Alexander nāna i hana pū me Clubfoot Solutions, he hui waiwai ʻole o Iowa e hāʻawi ana i nā braces. Me ka laikini ʻia e UI, ua hoʻolālā ka hui i ka mana hou o ke brace, e hāʻawi ana ma kahi o 10,000 mau ʻāpana i ka makahiki i nā keiki ma kahi o 90 mau ʻāina - ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 pakeneka o ia mau mea he kūpono ke kumukūʻai a manuahi paha.
ʻO Becker ke Luna Hoʻokele o Clubfoot Solutions, me ke kōkua o kāna wahine ʻo Julie. Hana lākou mai ko lākou home ma Bettendorf a mālama i kahi 500 mau pale lima i loko o ka hale kaʻa.
"Ke hana pū nei ʻo Alexander me mākou ma Ukraine, no ke kōkua wale ʻana i nā keiki," wahi a Becker. "Ua haʻi aku au iā ia e mālama mākou iā lākou a hiki i ka wā e hoʻi hou ai ka ʻāina a holo. ʻO ka mea kaumaha, ʻo Alexander kekahi o ka poʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i nā pū e kaua."
Ua hoʻouna aku ʻo Clubfoot Solutions ma kahi o 30 mau pale niho Iowa i Ukraine no ka manuahi, a ua hoʻolālā hou aku lākou inā hiki iā lākou ke hōʻea palekana iā Alexander. ʻO ka hoʻouna aʻe e komo pū ana me nā bea liʻiliʻi i hoʻopihapiha ʻia mai kahi hui Kanada e kōkua i ka hoʻohauʻoli ʻana i nā keiki, wahi a Becker. Hoʻokomo kēlā me kēia keiki bipi i kahi kope o kahi pale niho Iowa i nā kala o ka hae Ukrainian.
"I kēia lā ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o kāu mau pūʻolo," i kākau ai ʻo Alexander ma kahi leka uila i nā Beckers. "Mahalo nui mākou iā ʻoe a me kā mākou mau keiki Ukrainian! E hāʻawi mākou i ka mea nui i nā kamaʻāina o nā kūlanakauhale i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, a pēlā aku."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Alexander i nā Beckers i nā kiʻi a me nā moʻolelo pōkole o kekahi mau keiki Ukrainian ʻē aʻe, e like me Justina, ka poʻe i mālama ʻia no ka wāwae kalapu a pono nā pale.
"Ua hōʻino ʻia ka hale o Bogdan, ʻekolu makahiki, a ua pono kona mau mākua e hoʻolilo i kā lākou kālā āpau e hoʻoponopono ai," i kākau ai ʻo ia. "Ua mākaukau ʻo Bogdan no ka Iowa Brace nui aʻe, akā ʻaʻohe kālā. Ua hoʻouna aku kona makuahine i kahi wikiō e haʻi ana iā ia ʻaʻole e makaʻu i ka pahū ʻana o nā pūpū."
Ma kekahi hōʻike ʻē aʻe, ua kākau ʻo Alexander: "No Danya ʻelima mahina, ua hāʻule he 40 a 50 mau pōkā a me nā roketa ma luna o kona kūlanakauhale ʻo Kharkov i kēlā me kēia lā. Pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia kona mau mākua i kahi kūlanakauhale palekana. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike inā ua luku ʻia ko lākou hale."
“He keiki wāwae kalapu ko Alexander, e like me ka nui o kā mākou mau hoa ma waho,” wahi a Becker iaʻu. “Pēlā ʻo ia i komo ai.”
ʻOiai he ʻike sporadic ka ʻike, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Becker ua lohe hou ʻo ia a me kāna wahine mai Alexander ma o ka leka uila i kēia pule i kāna kauoha ʻana i 12 mau pālua o nā pale niho Iowa i nā nui like ʻole. Ua wehewehe ʻo ia i kona kūlana "ʻano ʻē" akā ua hoʻohui ʻo "ʻaʻole loa mākou e haʻalele".
"Haʻaheo loa ka poʻe Ukrainians a ʻaʻole makemake i nā mea hāʻawi manawaleʻa," wahi a Becker. "ʻOiai ma kēlā leka uila hope loa, ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Alexander ua makemake ʻo ia e uku iā mākou no kā mākou hana, akā ua hana mākou me ka uku ʻole."
Kūʻai aku ʻo Clubfoot Solutions i nā pale niho i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā ʻāina waiwai ma ke kumu kūʻai piha, a laila hoʻohana i kēlā mau loaʻa e hāʻawi i nā pale niho manuahi a i ʻole i hoʻemi nui ʻia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e pono ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Becker he $25 ka hāʻawi kālā i ka hui waiwai ʻole ma o kāna pūnaewele, www.clubfootsolutions.org, e uhi i ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi ʻana i Ukraine a i ʻole nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e pono ai kahi pale niho.
"Nui ke koi a puni ka honua," wahi āna. "He mea paʻakikī iā mākou ke waiho i kekahi kaha i loko. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma kahi o 200,000 mau keiki i hānau ʻia me ka wāwae kalapu. Ke hana ikaika nei mākou i kēia manawa ma India, nona kahi o 50,000 mau hihia i ka makahiki."
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma Iowa City i ka makahiki 2012 me ke kākoʻo mai UI, ua hāʻawi ʻo Clubfoot Solutions ma kahi o 85,000 mau pale niho ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a hiki i kēia lā. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka stent e ʻekolu mau kumu i hoʻomau i ka hana a Kauka Ignacio Ponseti i hala aku nei, nāna i hoʻomaka i ka mālama ʻoki ʻole ma aneʻi i nā makahiki 1940. ʻO Nicole Grossland, Thomas Cook lāua ʻo Kauka Jose Morquand nā mea ʻekolu.
Me ke kōkua mai nā hoa UI ʻē aʻe a me nā mea hāʻawi, ua hiki i ka hui ke hoʻomohala i kahi mea kākoʻo maʻalahi, pono, ʻaʻole pipiʻi, a kiʻekiʻe ke kūlana, wahi a Cook. Loaʻa i nā kāmaʻa kahi uhi ʻoluʻolu o ka laholio synthetic, nā kaula paʻa ma kahi o ka velcro e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou ma kahi o ka pō a pau, a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻolilo iā lākou i ʻae ʻia e ka lehulehu e nā mākua a me nā keiki - he nīnau koʻikoʻi. Hiki ke wehe ʻia nā kaola ma waena o lākou no ka maʻalahi o ke kau ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i nā kāmaʻa.
I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka manawa e loaʻa ai kahi mea hana no Iowa Brace, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cook, ua wehe ʻo ia i ka inoa o BBC International mai kahi pahu kāmaʻa āna i ʻike ai ma kahi hale kūʻai kāmaʻa kūloko a ua leka uila i ka hui e wehewehe i ka mea e pono ai. Ua kāhea koke kona pelekikena, ʻo Don Wilburn. Hoʻolālā kāna hui ma Boca Raton, Florida, i nā kāmaʻa a lawe mai i kahi kokoke i 30 miliona mau pālua i ka makahiki mai Kina mai.
Mālama ʻo BBC International i kahi hale kūʻai ma St. Louis e mālama ana i kahi waihona o 10,000 mau pale niho Iowa a lawelawe i ka hoʻouna ʻana no nā hoʻonā wāwae kalapu e like me ka mea e pono ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Becker ua hāʻawi mua ʻo DHL i nā uku hoʻēmi e kākoʻo i ka lawe ʻana o nā pale niho i Ukraine.
ʻO ka kaulana ʻole o ke kaua ma Ukraine ua hoʻoikaika i nā hoa Clubfoot Solutions o Rusia e hāʻawi i ke kumu a hoʻouna i kā lākou lako ponoʻī o nā pale niho i Ukraine, ua hōʻike ʻo Becker.
ʻEkolu makahiki i hala aku nei, ua paʻi ʻo Cook i kahi moʻolelo pilikino piha o Ponceti. Ua kākau hou ʻo ia i kahi puke keiki pepa i kapa ʻia ʻo "Lucky Feet," ma muli o ka moʻolelo maoli o Cook, he keiki wāwae kalapu āna i hālāwai ai ma Nigeria.
Ua neʻe ke keiki kāne ma ke kolo ʻana a hiki i ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ke ʻano Ponceti i kona mau wāwae. I ka hopena o ka puke, hele wāwae ʻo ia i ke kula. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Cook i ka leo no ka mana wikiō o ka puke ma www.clubfootsolutions.org.
"I kekahi manawa, ua hoʻouna aku mākou i kahi pahu 20 kapuaʻi i Nigeria me 3,000 mau pale i loko," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo ia iaʻu.
Ma mua o ke ahulau, ua huakaʻi ʻo Morcuende i nā ʻāina ʻē ma ka awelika o 10 mau manawa i ka makahiki e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kauka ma ke ʻano Ponseti a hoʻokipa i 15-20 mau kauka kipa i ka makahiki no ke aʻo ʻana ma ke kulanui, wahi āna.
Ua lulu ke poʻo o Cook i ka mea e hana nei ma Ukraine, me ka hauʻoli ua hiki nō i ka hui waiwai ʻole āna i hana pū ai ke hāʻawi i nā pale ma laila.
"ʻAʻole i koho kēia mau keiki e hānau ʻia me ka wāwae kalapu a i ʻole ma kahi ʻāina i haehae ʻia e ke kaua," wahi āna. "Ua like lākou me nā keiki ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ka mea a mākou e hana nei, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā keiki a puni ka honua i kahi ola maʻamau."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-18-2022