Mu bana ibihumbi bagizweho ingaruka n'intambara yo muri Ukraine harimo Yustina, umukobwa w'imyaka 2 ufite inseko nziza ushingiye ku mubano na Iowa.
Justina aherutse kuvura ikirenge akoresheje uburyo bwa Ponceti budakoreshejwe ubuvuzi bwo kuvura indwara yo kubabara amaguru bwakorewe muri Kaminuza ya Iowa mu myaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo ishize, bwamamaye ku isi yose. Yagiye ahindura ikirenge cye buhoro buhoro akoresheje uburyo bwa plaster bwakozwe n'umuganga wo muri Ukraine wahuguriwe ubwo buryo.
Noneho ko icyuma cyashyizwemo icyuma gifunga amaguru, agomba kuryama buri joro kugeza afite imyaka ine, yambaye icyo bita Iowa Brace. Icyo gikoresho gifite inkweto zidasanzwe ku mpera zose z'inkoni ikomeye ya nylon ituma ibirenge bye bikomeza kurambura no mu mwanya ukwiye. Iki ni igice cy'ingenzi cyo kwemeza ko ikibazo cy'ikirenge kidasubira kandi ko ashobora gukura neza mu buryo busanzwe.
Ubwo se yahagarikaga akazi ke kugira ngo yifatanye mu kurwanya abagaba b'ingabo z'Abarusiya, Justina na nyina bahungiye mu mudugudu muto uri hafi y'umupaka wa Belarusi utari mwiza. Ubu yambaye ikoti rya Iowa Brace, ariko azakenera kwiyongera buhoro buhoro uko agenda akura.
Inkuru ye ikomoka ku mucuruzi w’ibikoresho by’ubuvuzi wo muri Ukraine witwa Alexander wakoranye bya hafi na Clubfoot Solutions, umuryango udaharanira inyungu wo muri Iowa utanga ibikoresho by’ubuvuzi. Bahawe uruhushya na UI, itsinda ryakoze verisiyo igezweho y’ibikoresho by’ubuvuzi, ritanga ibikoresho bigera ku 10.000 ku mwaka ku bana bo mu bihugu bigera kuri 90 - ibirenga 90 ku ijana muri byo bihendutse cyangwa ni ubuntu.
Becker ni Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Clubfoot Solutions, yungirijwe n'umugore we Julie. Bakorera mu rugo rwabo i Bettendorf kandi babika ibyuma bigera kuri 500 muri gareji.
Becker yagize ati: “Alexander aracyakorana natwe muri Ukraine, kugira ngo afashe abana gusa.” Namubwiye ko tuzabitaho kugeza igihe igihugu kizasubira gukora. Ikibabaje ni uko Alexander yari umwe mu bahawe imbunda zo kurwana.”
Clubfoot Solutions yohereje ibyuma bigera kuri 30 bya Iowa muri Ukraine ku buntu, kandi bateganya byinshi niba bashobora kugera kuri Alexander mu mutekano. Ibikurikiraho bizaba birimo n'idubu nto zuzuyemo ibintu bivuye muri kompanyi yo muri Kanada kugira ngo bifashe abana guhumuriza, nk'uko Becker yabitangaje. Buri cyana cyambaye ishusho y'icyuma cya Iowa kiri mu mabara y'ibendera rya Ukraine.
“Uyu munsi twakiriye imwe mu mapaki yanyu,” Alexander yanditse mu ibaruwa iherutse koherereza Beckers. “Turabashimira cyane mwebwe n'abana bacu bo muri Ukraine! Tuzashyira imbere abaturage b'imijyi yibasiwe cyane: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, n'ibindi.”
Alexander yahaye umuryango wa Beckers amafoto n'inkuru ngufi z'abandi bana benshi bo muri Ukraine, nka Justina, bari kuvurwa indwara yo kubabara ibirenge kandi bakeneye gusigwa imitsi.
Yanditse ati: “Inzu ya Bogdan w’imyaka itatu yari yangiritse kandi ababyeyi be bagombaga gukoresha amafaranga yabo yose kugira ngo bayikosore.” Bogdan yiteguye ikamba rikurikira Iowa Brace, ariko nta mafaranga afite. Nyina yamwoherereje videwo amubwira ko atagomba gutinya ko ibisasu bizaraswa.”
Mu yindi raporo, Alexander yanditse ati: “Ku mwana w’amezi atanu Danya, ibisasu na za roketi 40 kugeza kuri 50 byagwaga mu mujyi we wa Kharkov buri munsi. Ababyeyi be bagombaga kwimurirwa mu mujyi utekanye. Ntibazi niba inzu yabo yarasenyutse.”
“Alexander afite umwana ufite ikirenge kigufi, kimwe n’abandi bafatanyabikorwa bacu benshi bo mu mahanga,” Becker yarambwiye. “Uko ni ko yabyitabiriye.”
Nubwo amakuru atari asanzwe, Becker yavuze ko we n'umugore we bongeye kumva Alexander binyuze kuri imeri muri iki cyumweru ubwo yatumizaga izindi 12 z'imipira yo mu bwoko bwa Iowa mu bunini butandukanye. Yasobanuye uko ibintu byagenze "bidasobanutse" ariko yongeraho ati "ntituzigera ducika intege".
“Abanya Ukraine barabyishimiye cyane kandi ntibashaka udupapuro tw’inyongera,” Becker yagize ati. “Ndetse no muri iyo email ya nyuma, Alexander yongeye kuvuga ko yashakaga kutwishyura ibyo twakoze, ariko twabikoze ku buntu.”
Clubfoot Solutions igurisha ibyuma bikingira amaguru ku bacuruzi bo mu bihugu bikize ku giciro cyuzuye, hanyuma igakoresha izo nyungu mu gutanga ibyuma bikingira amaguru ku buntu cyangwa ku giciro gito ku bandi babikeneye. Becker yavuze ko impano y'amadolari 25 kuri uyu muryango udaharanira inyungu binyuze ku rubuga rwayo rwa interineti, www.clubfootsolutions.org, izishyura ikiguzi cyo kujya muri Ukraine cyangwa ibindi bihugu bikeneye ibyuma bikingira amaguru.
Yagize ati: “Hari byinshi bikenerwa ku isi yose.” Biragoye kuri twe gusiga ikimenyetso muri ibyo. Buri mwaka abana bagera ku 200.000 bavukana ubumuga bwo kubabara ibirenge. Turimo gukora cyane ubu mu Buhinde, bufite abantu bagera ku 50.000 bandura buri mwaka.”
Clubfoot Solutions yashinzwe mu Mujyi wa Iowa mu 2012 ku nkunga ya UI, imaze gukwirakwiza imishumi igera ku 85.000 ku isi yose kugeza ubu. Iyi stent yakozwe n'abarimu batatu bakomeje akazi ka nyakwigendera Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, wabaye umuvuzi wa mbere mu kuvura abantu batari ababaga hano mu myaka ya 1940. Abo batatu ni Nicole Grossland, Thomas Cook na Dr. Jose Morquand.
Cook yavuze ko babifashijwemo n'abandi bafatanyabikorwa ba UI n'abaterankunga, itsinda ryashoboye gukora icyuma cyoroshye, cyiza, gihendutse kandi cyiza. Inkweto zifite umugozi woroshye wa sintetike, imigozi ikomeye aho kuba velcro kugira ngo zigume mu mwanya wazo ijoro ryose, kandi zagenewe gutuma ababyeyi n'abana bemerwa neza n'abandi - ikibazo cy'ingenzi. Uduti turi hagati yazo turakurwaho kugira ngo byoroshye kwambara no gukuramo inkweto.
Cook yavuze ko igihe cyo gushaka uruganda rwa Iowa Brace cyageze, yakuyemo izina rya BBC International mu gasanduku k'inkweto yabonye mu iduka ry'inkweto ryo muri ako gace maze yoherereza isosiyete ubutumwa bwa imeri kugira ngo ayisobanurire icyo yari ikeneye. Perezida wayo, Don Wilburn, yahise ahamagara. Isosiyete ye i Boca Raton, muri Florida, ikora inkweto kandi ikatumiza inkweto zigera kuri miliyoni 30 ku mwaka mu Bushinwa.
BBC Mpuzamahanga ifite ububiko i St. Louis bubika ibikoresho bigera ku 10.000 byo mu bwoko bwa braces muri Iowa, kandi bugatanga serivisi zo kohereza ibikoresho byo mu bwoko bwa clubfoot uko bikenewe. Becker yavuze ko DHL yamaze gutanga igabanywa ry’ibiciro kugira ngo ifashe mu kugeza ibikoresho byo mu bwoko bwa braces muri Ukraine.
Kuba intambara ya Ukraine idakunzwe cyane byatumye abafatanyabikorwa ba Clubfoot Solutions bo mu Burusiya batanga inkunga yo gushyigikira iki gikorwa no kohereza ibikoresho byabo byo gukingira muri Ukraine, nk'uko Becker yabitangaje.
Mu myaka itatu ishize, Cook yasohoye igitabo cyuzuye cy’ubuzima bwa Ponceti. Aherutse kandi kwandika igitabo cy’abana cyitwa “Lucky Feet,” gishingiye ku nkuru nyayo ya Cook, umuhungu w’ikirenge cy’ikirenge yahuriye na we muri Nijeriya.
Uwo muhungu yagendaga yihuta kugeza ubwo uburyo bwa Ponceti bwamufashije kugorora ibirenge. Mu mpera z'igitabo, ubusanzwe ajya ku ishuri agenda n'amaguru. Cook yatanze ijwi rya videwo y'igitabo kuri www.clubfootsolutions.org.
“Hari igihe twagiye twohereza muri Nijeriya konteneri ifite metero 20 irimo udukoresho 3,000,” yarambwiye.
Mbere y’icyorezo, Morcuende yajyaga mu mahanga inshuro zigera ku 10 mu mwaka kugira ngo ahugure abaganga mu buryo bwa Ponseti, kandi yakiraga abaganga 15-20 basuraga buri mwaka kugira ngo bahugurwe muri kaminuza, nk’uko yabitangaje.
Cook yazunguje umutwe ku byaberaga muri Ukraine, yishimiye ko umuryango udaharanira inyungu yakoranye nawo wari ugishoboye gutanga inkunga aho ngaho.
Yagize ati: “Aba bana ntibahisemo kuvukira mu gihugu cyashegeshwe n’intambara.” Bameze nk’abana hirya no hino. Icyo dukora ni uguha abana hirya no hino ku isi ubuzima busanzwe.”
Igihe cyo kohereza: Gicurasi-18-2022