Pakati pa ana zikwizikwi omwe akhudzidwa ndi nkhondo ku Ukraine pali Yustina, mtsikana wazaka ziwiri yemwe akumwetulira bwino yemwe amadalira ubale wake ndi Iowa.
Posachedwapa Justina anachiritsa phazi lopindika pogwiritsa ntchito njira ya Ponceti yopanda opaleshoni yomwe idapangidwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazo ku University of Iowa, yomwe yatchuka padziko lonse lapansi. Pang'onopang'ono wasintha phazi lake kukhala pamalo oyenera popaka ma plaster angapo ndi dokotala waku Ukraine wophunzitsidwa njira imeneyi.
Tsopano popeza kuti pulasitala yachotsedwa, ayenera kugona usiku uliwonse mpaka atakwanitsa zaka 4, atavala chomwe chimatchedwa Iowa Brace. Chipangizochi chili ndi nsapato zapadera kumapeto kwa ndodo yolimba ya nayiloni yomwe imasunga mapazi ake atatambasuka komanso pamalo oyenera. Ichi ndi gawo lofunikira pakuwonetsetsa kuti vuto la clubfoot silikubwereranso ndipo akhoza kukula bwino akamayenda bwino.
Pamene abambo ake anasiya ntchito yawo kuti alowe nawo mu nkhondo yolimbana ndi ankhondo aku Russia, Justina ndi amayi ake anathawira kumudzi wawung'ono pafupi ndi malire a dziko la Belarus. Tsopano akuvala chigoba cha Iowa Brace, koma ayenera kukula pang'onopang'ono akamakula.
Nkhani yake imachokera kwa wogulitsa zinthu zachipatala wa ku Ukraine dzina lake Alexander yemwe adagwira ntchito limodzi ndi Clubfoot Solutions, bungwe lopanda phindu ku Iowa lomwe limapereka zothandizira. Pokhala ndi chilolezo cha UI, gululi linapanga mtundu wamakono wa chithandizo chamankhwala, kupereka pafupifupi mayunitsi 10,000 pachaka kwa ana m'maiko pafupifupi 90 - opitilira 90 peresenti omwe ndi otsika mtengo kapena aulere.
Becker ndi Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Clubfoot Solutions, mothandizidwa ndi mkazi wake Julie. Amagwira ntchito kunyumba kwawo ku Bettendorf ndipo amasunga zitsulo zolumikizira pafupifupi 500 m'garaja.
“Alexander akadali kugwira ntchito ndi ife ku Ukraine, kuti athandize ana,” anatero Becker. “Ndamuuza kuti tidzawasamalira mpaka dzikolo litayambiranso kugwira ntchito. Mwatsoka, Alexander anali m'modzi mwa omwe adapatsidwa mfuti kuti amenyane nawo.”
Clubfoot Solutions yatumiza zomangira pafupifupi 30 za ku Iowa ku Ukraine kwaulere, ndipo akukonzekera zambiri ngati angathe kufika ku Alexander bwinobwino. Kutumiza kwotsatira kudzaphatikizaponso zimbalangondo zazing'ono zochokera ku kampani yaku Canada kuti zithandize kusangalatsa ana, anatero Becker. Mwana aliyense amavala chifaniziro cha zomangira za ku Iowa zomwe zili ndi mitundu ya mbendera ya ku Ukraine.
“Lero talandira limodzi mwa maphukusi anu,” Alexander analemba mu imelo yaposachedwa kwa a Beckers. “Tikukuthokozani kwambiri inu ndi ana athu aku Ukraine! Tidzapereka patsogolo nzika za mizinda yomwe yakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi vutoli: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, ndi zina zotero.”
Alexander anapatsa banja la Beckers zithunzi ndi nkhani zazifupi za ana ena angapo aku Ukraine, monga Justina, omwe anali kulandira chithandizo cha matenda a mapazi opindika ndipo ankafunika kuikidwa zitsulo zolumikizira.
“Nyumba ya mwana wazaka zitatu Bogdan inawonongeka ndipo makolo ake anayenera kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zawo zonse kuti akonze,” iye analemba. “Bogdan wakonzeka kugula Iowa Brace yofanana ndi ya kukula kwake, koma alibe ndalama. Amayi ake adamutumizira kanema womuuza kuti asaope zipolopolo zikuphulika.”
Mu lipoti lina, Alexander analemba kuti: “Kwa Danya wa miyezi isanu, mabomba ndi maroketi 40 mpaka 50 ankagwera mumzinda wake wa Kharkov tsiku lililonse. Makolo ake ankayenera kusamutsidwa kupita ku mzinda wotetezeka. Sakudziwa ngati nyumba yawo yawonongeka.”
“Alexander ali ndi mwana wolumala, monga momwe amachitira ndi anzathu ambiri akunja,” Becker anandiuza. “Ndi momwe adayambira.”
Ngakhale kuti nkhaniyi inali yongochitika mwa apo ndi apo, Becker adati iye ndi mkazi wake adamvanso kuchokera kwa Alexander kudzera pa imelo sabata ino pamene adaitanitsa ma braces ena 12 aku Iowa a kukula kosiyana. Adafotokoza za momwe zinthu zinalili "zosakhazikika" koma adawonjezera kuti "sitidzasiya".
“Anthu aku Ukraine ndi onyada kwambiri ndipo safuna mphatso,” anatero Becker. “Ngakhale mu imelo yomaliza ija, Alexander ananenanso kuti akufuna kutibwezera zomwe tinachita, koma tinachita kwaulere.”
Clubfoot Solutions imagulitsa zitsulo zomangira kwa ogulitsa m'mayiko olemera pamtengo wathunthu, kenako imagwiritsa ntchito phindu limenelo kupereka zitsulo zaulere kapena zotsika kwambiri kwa ena omwe akusowa thandizo. Becker adati chopereka cha $25 ku bungwe lopanda phinduli kudzera pa webusaiti yake, www.clubfootsolutions.org, chidzalipira ndalama zoyendera ku Ukraine kapena mayiko ena omwe akufunika zitsulo zomangira.
“Pali kufunikira kwakukulu padziko lonse lapansi,” iye anatero. “N’zovuta kuti tisasiye chizindikiro chilichonse mmenemo. Chaka chilichonse ana pafupifupi 200,000 amabadwa ndi matenda a mapazi opindika. Tikugwira ntchito mwakhama pakali pano ku India, komwe kuli anthu pafupifupi 50,000 omwe ali ndi matendawa pachaka.”
Kampani ya Clubfoot Solutions, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku Iowa City mu 2012 mothandizidwa ndi UI, yagawa ma braces pafupifupi 85,000 padziko lonse lapansi mpaka pano. Stent iyi idapangidwa ndi aphunzitsi atatu omwe adapitiliza ntchito ya malemu Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, yemwe adayambitsa chithandizo chosagwiritsa ntchito opaleshoni kuno m'ma 1940. Atatuwa ndi Nicole Grossland, Thomas Cook ndi Dr. Jose Morquand.
Mothandizidwa ndi anzawo ena a UI ndi opereka ndalama, gululi linatha kupanga chogwirira chosavuta, chogwira ntchito, chotsika mtengo, komanso chapamwamba, Cook adatero. Nsapatozi zili ndi lamba wopangidwa bwino, zingwe zolimba m'malo mwa velcro kuti zikhale pamalo ake usiku wonse, ndipo zapangidwa kuti zikhale zovomerezeka kwa makolo ndi ana - funso lofunika kwambiri. Mipiringidzo pakati pawo imachotsedwa kuti isavute kuvala ndi kuvula nsapato.
Cook anati nthawi itakwana yoti apeze wopanga nsapato wa Iowa Brace, anachotsa dzina la BBC International m'bokosi la nsapato lomwe adawona ku sitolo ya nsapato yakomweko ndipo anatumiza imelo ku kampaniyo kuti afotokoze zomwe zikufunikira. Purezidenti wake, Don Wilburn, anabwerera nthawi yomweyo. Kampani yake ku Boca Raton, Florida, imapanga nsapato ndipo imatumiza nsapato pafupifupi 30 miliyoni pachaka kuchokera ku China.
Bungwe la BBC International lili ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu ku St. Louis yomwe ili ndi zida zolumikizirana mpaka 10,000 ku Iowa ndipo imasamalira kutumiza zinthu zolumikizirana ndi mapazi a clubfoot ngati pakufunika kutero. Becker adati DHL yapereka kale kuchotsera kuti ithandizire kutumiza zida zolumikizirana ku Ukraine.
Kusakondedwa kwa nkhondo ya ku Ukraine kunapangitsa kuti mabungwe a Clubfoot Solutions aku Russia apereke ndalama zothandizira nkhondoyi ndikutumiza zida zawo ku Ukraine, Becker adatero.
Zaka zitatu zapitazo, Cook adasindikiza mbiri yonse ya Ponceti. Posachedwapa adalembanso buku la ana lotchedwa "Lucky Feet," lochokera ku nkhani yeniyeni ya Cook, mnyamata wa miyendo yopindika yemwe adakumana naye ku Nigeria.
Mnyamatayo ankayendayenda pokwawa mpaka njira ya Ponceti itasintha mapazi ake. Pofika kumapeto kwa bukuli, nthawi zambiri ankayenda kupita kusukulu. Cook ndiye amene analankhula za kanema wa bukuli pa www.clubfootsolutions.org.
“Nthawi ina, tinatumiza chidebe cha mamita 20 ku Nigeria chokhala ndi zomangira 3,000,” iye anandiuza.
Asanafike mliriwu, Morcuende ankapita kunja kwa dzikolo pafupifupi ka 10 pachaka kukaphunzitsa madokotala njira ya Ponseti ndipo ankalandira madokotala 15-20 obwera kudzaphunzira ku yunivesiteyo pachaka, adatero.
Cook anagwedeza mutu wake pa zomwe zinali kuchitika ku Ukraine, akusangalala kuti bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe ankagwira nalo ntchito linali litatha kupereka chithandizo kumeneko.
“Ana awa sanasankhe kubadwa ndi chilema cha mapazi kapena kudziko lomwe lili ndi nkhondo,” iye anatero. “Ali ngati ana kulikonse. Chomwe tikuchita ndikupatsa ana padziko lonse lapansi moyo wabwinobwino.”
Nthawi yotumizira: Meyi-18-2022