Pakati pezviuru zvevana vakakanganiswa nehondo muUkraine ndiYustina, musikana ane makore maviri ekuberekwa ane kunyemwerera kwakanaka anovimba nehukama neIowa.
Justina achangobva kurapa tsoka dzakakuvara achishandisa nzira yePonceti isina kuvhiyiwa yakagadzirwa makumi emakore apfuura paYunivhesiti yeIowa, iyo yave kufarirwa pasi rose. Akachinja zvishoma nezvishoma tsoka yake panzvimbo chaiyo nekuisa plaster yakatevedzana nachiremba wekuUkraine akadzidziswa nzira iyi.
Zvino zvaabviswa chigamba, anofanira kurara husiku hwese kusvika ava nemakore mana, akapfeka chinonzi Iowa Brace. Chishandiso ichi chine shangu dzakakosha kumagumo ese etsvimbo yakasimba yenylon inoita kuti tsoka dzake dzirambe dzakatambanudzwa uye dziri munzvimbo chaiyo. Ichi chikamu chakakosha chekuona kuti chirwere che clubfoot hachidzokeri uye kuti anogona kukura nekufamba kwakajairika.
Baba vake pavakasiya basa ravo kuti vabatane nehondo yekurwisa vapambi veRussia, Justina naamai vake vakatizira kumusha mudiki uri pedyo nemuganhu weBelarusian usina hushamwari. Iye zvino ari kupfeka Iowa Brace, asi achafanira kuwedzera zvishoma nezvishoma saizi yake sezvaanokura.
Nyaya yake inobva kumutengesi wezvekurapa wekuUkraine anonzi Alexander uyo akashanda pamwe chete neClubfoot Solutions, sangano risingabatsiri rekuIowa rinopa mabraces. Vakapihwa rezenisi neUI, boka iri rakagadzira vhezheni yemazuva ano yebraces, vachipa mayuniti angangoita zviuru gumi pagore kuvana vari munyika dzinosvika makumi mapfumbamwe - anopfuura makumi mapfumbamwe muzana ayo anokwanisika kutenga kana mahara.
Becker ndiye Mutungamiriri weClubfoot Solutions, achibatsirwa nemukadzi wake Julie. Vanoshanda vari kumba kwavo kuBettendorf uye vanochengeta mabraces angangoita mazana mashanu mugaraji.
“Alexander achiri kushanda nesu muUkraine, kungobatsira vana,” akadaro Becker. “Ndakamuudza kuti tichavatarisira kusvika nyika yadzoka pakuva nesimba. Zvinosuwisa kuti Alexander aive mumwe wevakapihwa pfuti dzekurwa.”
Clubfoot Solutions yakatumira simbi dzinosvika makumi matatu dzeIowa kuUkraine mahara, uye vakaronga zvakawanda kana vakakwanisa kusvika kuAlexander zvakachengeteka. Chinotevera chichasanganisirawo mabheya madiki akagadzirwa kubva kukambani yekuCanada kuti abatsire vana kufadza, akadaro Becker. Mwana wega wega akapfeka kopi yesimbi yesimbi yeIowa ine mavara emureza weUkraine.
"Nhasi tagamuchira rimwe remapakeji enyu," Alexander akanyora muemail yake nguva pfupi yadarika kuBeckers. "Tinokutendai zvikuru imi nevana vedu vekuUkraine! Tichaisa pamberi vagari vemumaguta akakanganiswa zvikuru: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, nezvimwewo."
Alexander akapa mhuri yekwaBeckers mifananidzo nenyaya pfupi dzevamwe vana vekuUkraine, vakaita saJustina, avo vairapwa tsoka dzakakombama uye vaida kusungirirwa simbi.
"Imba yaBogdan ane makore matatu ekuberekwa yakakuvara uye vabereki vake vakatoshandisa mari yavo yese kuti vaigadzirise," akanyora kudaro. "Bogdan agadzirira imba inotevera yeIowa Brace, asi haana mari. Amai vake vakatumira vhidhiyo vachimuudza kuti asatye kuputitswa kwemabhambu."
Mune mumwe mushumo, Alexander akanyora kuti: “Kuna Danya ane mwedzi mishanu yekuberekwa, mabhomba makumi mana kusvika makumi mashanu nemaroketi aidonhera muguta rake reKharkov zuva rega rega. Vabereki vake vaifanira kutamiswa vachiendeswa kuguta rakachengeteka. Havazivi kana imba yavo yakaparadzwa.”
"Alexander ane mwana ane chirwere chemakumbo akakombama, sevamwe vatinodyidzana navo kune dzimwe nyika," Becker akandiudza. "Ndizvo zvaakatanga kuita."
Kunyangwe ruzivo rwacho rwaingoitika nguva nenguva, Becker akati iye nemukadzi wake vakanzwa kubva kuna Alexander zvakare kuburikidza neemail vhiki rino paakatenga mamwe mabraces gumi nemaviri eIowa muhukuru hwakasiyana. Akatsanangura mamiriro ake ezvinhu "asina kugadzikana" asi akawedzera kuti "hatizomboregi".
"Vanhu vekuUkraine vanodada zvikuru uye havadi zvipo," akadaro Becker. "Kunyangwe muemail iyoyo yekupedzisira, Alexander akataura zvakare kuti aida kutibhadhara zvatakaita, asi takazviita mahara."
Clubfoot Solutions inotengesa mabraces kuvatengesi vari munyika dzakapfuma nemutengo wakazara, yobva yashandisa purofiti iyoyo kupa mabraces emahara kana akaderera zvakanyanya kune vamwe vanoshaya. Becker akati chipo chemadhora makumi maviri nemashanu kusangano risingabatsiri kuburikidza newebhusaiti yaro, www.clubfootsolutions.org, chichabhadhara mari yekufamba kuenda kuUkraine kana kune dzimwe nyika dzinoda mabraces.
"Pane kudiwa kukuru pasi rose," akadaro. "Zvakaoma kuti tisasiye chero chiratidzo chipi zvacho. Gore rega rega vana vanosvika 200,000 vanoberekwa nemakumbo akakombama. Tiri kushanda nesimba izvozvi muIndia, iyo ine vanhu vanosvika 50,000 pagore."
Yakavambwa muIowa City muna 2012 nerutsigiro rweUI, Clubfoot Solutions yakaparadzira mabraces anosvika 85,000 pasi rese kusvika pari zvino. Stent iyi yakagadzirwa nevadzidzisi vatatu vakaenderera mberi nebasa raDr. Ignacio Ponseti, uyo akatanga kurapwa pasina kuvhiyiwa pano muma1940. Vatatu ava ndiNicole Grossland, Thomas Cook naDr. Jose Morquand.
Nerubatsiro rwevamwe vadyidzani veUI nevabatsiri, timu iyi yakakwanisa kugadzira brace iri nyore, inoshanda, isingadhuri, uye yemhando yepamusoro, akadaro Cook. Shangu idzi dzine rabha yakagadzirwa zvakanaka, tambo dzakasimba panzvimbo pevelcro kuti dzigare dziri panzvimbo yadzo husiku hwese, uye dzakagadzirirwa kuti dzigamuchirwe nevabereki nevana - mubvunzo unokosha. Mitsetse iri pakati padzo inobviswa kuti zvive nyore kupfeka nekubvisa shangu.
Panguva yekutsvaga mugadziri weIowa Brace, Cook akadaro, akabvisa zita reBBC International mubhokisi reshangu raakaona muchitoro cheshangu chemuno ndokutumira kambani email achiitsanangurira zvaidiwa. Mutungamiri wayo, Don Wilburn, akafona nekukurumidza. Kambani yake iri muBoca Raton, Florida, inogadzira shangu uye inotenga mapeya anoda kusvika mamiriyoni makumi matatu pagore kubva kuChina.
BBC International ine imba yekuchengetera zvinhu muSt. Louis ine zvinhu zvinosvika zviuru gumi zveIowa zvinotsigira makumbo echikwata uye inochengetedza zvinhu zvinotumirwa netsoka dzechikwata kana zvichidikanwa. Becker akati DHL yakatopa zvidzikiso zvekutsigira kuendesa makumbo kuUkraine.
Kusafarirwa kwehondo yeUkraine kwakatoita kuti vadyidzani veClubfoot Solutions veRussia vape mari yekubatsira pakurwisa uku uye vatumire zvinhu zvavo zvekutsigira kuUkraine, Becker akadaro.
Makore matatu apfuura, Cook akaburitsa nhoroondo yakazara yehupenyu hwaPonceti. Achangobva kunyorawo bhuku revana rinonzi “Lucky Feet,” rakavakirwa panyaya yechokwadi yaCook, mukomana ane tsoka dzakakombama waakasangana naye kuNigeria.
Mukomana wacho akafamba-famba achikambaira kusvika nzira yePonceti yagadzirisa tsoka dzake. Pakupera kwebhuku, anowanzo famba achienda kuchikoro. Cook ndiye akapa izwi revhidhiyo yebhuku iri pa www.clubfootsolutions.org.
"Pane imwe nguva, takatumira kontena ine urefu hwemamita makumi maviri kuNigeria ine zvisungo zvesimbi zvinosvika zviuru zvitatu," akandiudza.
Denda risati rasvika, Morcuende aifamba kunze kwenyika kanenge kagumi pagore kunodzidzisa vanachiremba nzira yePonseti uye aigamuchira vanachiremba vanosvika 15-20 pagore vachinodzidziswa kuyunivhesiti, akadaro.
Cook akadzungudza musoro wake nezvaiitika muUkraine, achifara kuti sangano risingabatsiri raakashanda naro rakakwanisa kupa rubatsiro ikoko.
"Vana ava havana kusarudza kuzvarwa vaine tsoka dzakakombama kana munyika yakasakadzwa nehondo," akadaro. "Vakafanana nevana kwese kwese. Chatiri kuita kupa vana pasi rese hupenyu hwakajairika."
Nguva yekutumira: Chivabvu-18-2022