Phakathi kwamawaka abantwana abachatshazelwa yimfazwe yaseUkraine nguYustina, intombazana eneminyaka emi-2 enoncumo olumnandi ethembele kubudlelwane ne-Iowa.
U-Justina usandul 'ukunyanga i-clubfoot ngokusebenzisa indlela ye-Ponceti engeyiyo yotyando eyaphuhliswa kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo kwiYunivesithi yase-Iowa, eye yafumana ukuthandwa kwehlabathi jikelele.Uthe ngokuthe ngcembe wabeka unyawo lwakhe kwindawo echanekileyo ngokufaka uthotho lwe-plaster cast ngugqirha wase-Ukraine oqeqeshwe kwindlela.
Ngoku ukuba i-cast ivaliwe, kufuneka alale ubusuku bonke ade abe yi-4, egqoke into ebizwa ngokuba yi-Iowa Brace.Isixhobo sixhotyiswe ngezicathulo ezikhethekileyo ekupheleni kwentonga ye-nylon eyomeleleyo egcina iinyawo zakhe zinwetshiwe kwaye kwindawo echanekileyo.Le yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuqinisekisa ukuba imeko ye-clubfoot ayiphindi iphinde iphinde ikhule kwaye ikwazi ukukhula ngokuhamba okuqhelekileyo.
Xa uyise wayeka umsebenzi wakhe ukujoyina ukulwa nabahlaseli baseRashiya, u-Justina nomama wakhe babalekela kwidolophana encinane kufuphi nomda waseBelarusian ongenabubele.Unxibe i-Iowa Brace ngoku, kodwa kuya kufuneka ukuba ngokuthe ngcembe akhulise ubungakanani njengoko ekhula.
Ibali lakhe livela kumthengisi wezinto zonyango wase-Ukraine ogama linguAlexander owayesebenza ngokusondeleyo kunye neClubfoot Solutions, i-Iowa engenzi nzuzo enikezela nge-braces.Ilayisensi yi-UI, iqela lenze inguqu yanamhlanje ye-brace, ihambisa malunga neeyunithi ze-10,000 ngonyaka kubantwana malunga namazwe angama-90 - ngaphezu kweepesenti ze-90 ezifikelelekayo okanye zikhululekile.
U-Becker nguMlawuli oLawulayo weClubfoot Solutions, encediswa ngumfazi wakhe uJulie. Basebenza kwikhaya labo eBettendorf kwaye bagcina malunga neebrayisi ezingama-500 kwigaraji.
U-Alexander usasebenza nathi eUkraine, ukunceda nje abantwana,” utshilo u-Becker.” Ndimxelele ukuba siza kubanyamekela de eli lizwe libuyele kwimeko yalo.” Okulusizi kukuba, uAlexander wayengomnye wabo banikwa imipu ukuze balwe.
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithumele malunga ne-30 ye-Iowa braces ukuya e-Ukraine simahla, kwaye bacebe ngakumbi ukuba banokufika e-Alexander ngokukhuselekileyo.Ukuthunyelwa okulandelayo kuya kubandakanya iibhere ezincinci ezifakwe kwinkampani yaseKhanada ukunceda ukuvuyisa abantwana, u-Becker uthe.
"Namhlanje sifumene enye yeepakethi zenu," uAlexander wabhala kwi-imeyile yamva nje eya kwaBeckers. "Sibulela kakhulu kuwe nakubantwana bethu baseUkraine! Siza kubeka phambili kubemi bezixeko ezomeleleyo: iKharkiv, iMariupol, iChernihiv, njl.
UAlexander wanika i-Beckers ngeefoto kunye namabali amafutshane abanye abantwana abaninzi base-Ukraine, njengoJustina, ababenyangwa ngenxa ye-clubfoot kwaye bafuna i-braces.
Wabhala wathi: “Indlu kaBogdan eneminyaka emithathu ubudala yonakala yaye kwafuneka ukuba abazali bakhe bachithe yonke imali yabo ukuyilungisa.” UBogdan ulungele ukulingana ne-Iowa Brace elandelayo, kodwa akanamali.” Unina wamthumelela ividiyo emxelela ukuba angawoyiki amaqokobhe awayeza kuphuma.”
Kwenye ingxelo, uAlexander wabhala: “KuDanya owayeneenyanga ezintlanu ubudala, yonke imihla kwakuwela iibhombu nemijukujelwa engama-40 ukusa kwezingama-50 kwisixeko sakowabo iKharkov. Abazali bakhe kwafuneka bafuduselwe kwisixeko esikhuselekileyo.
“U-Alexander unomntwana we-clubfoot, njengamaqabane ethu amaninzi phesheya,” undixelele u-Becker.” Yindlela awabandakanyeka ngayo.
Nangona ulwazi lwaluyi-sporadic, u-Becker uthe yena kunye nomfazi wakhe beva ku-Alexander kwakhona nge-imeyile kule veki xa wayala i-12 izibini ezingaphezulu ze-Iowa braces ngobukhulu obuhlukeneyo.Wachaza imeko yakhe "ephosakeleyo" kodwa wongezelela "asisoze siyeke".
"Abantu base-Ukraine banebhongo kakhulu kwaye abafuni kunikwa izipho," utshilo u-Becker.
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithengisa i-braces kubathengisi kumazwe acebileyo ngexabiso elipheleleyo, emva koko isebenzisa loo nzuzo ukubonelela ngokukhululeka okanye ukunciphisa kakhulu i-braces kwabanye abasweleyo.
Wathi: “Kukho imfuneko enkulu ehlabathini lonke.” Kunzima ukushiya nawuphi na umkhondo kulo.” Nyaka ngamnye kuzalwa abantwana abamalunga nama-200 000. Sisebenza nzima kanye ngoku eIndiya, enabantu abamalunga nama-50 000 ngonyaka.”
Yasekwa kwisiXeko sase-Iowa ngo-2012 ngenkxaso evela kwi-UI, i-Clubfoot Solutions isasaze malunga ne-85,000 ye-braces emhlabeni jikelele ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. I-stent iyilwe ngamalungu amathathu e-faculty aqhubekisela phambili umsebenzi ka-Gqr.
Ngoncedo oluvela kwamanye amaqabane e-UI kunye nabaxhasi, iqela liye lakwazi ukuphuhlisa i-brace elula, esebenzayo, engabizi, esemgangathweni ophezulu, u-Cook uthe.Izihlangu zine-rubber synthetic lining, i-straps eqinile endaweni ye-velcro ukuzigcina ubusuku bonke, kwaye zenzelwe ukubenza bamkeleke ngakumbi kwintlalontle kubazali nabantwana - umbuzo obalulekileyo.
Xa kufika ixesha lokufumana umenzi we-Iowa Brace, u-Cook wathi, wasusa igama le-BBC International kwibhokisi lesicathulo ayibonayo kwivenkile yezihlangu zendawo kwaye wathumela i-imeyile kwinkampani ukuba ichaze oko kwakuyimfuneko.Umongameli wayo, uDon Wilburn, wabiza umva ngokukhawuleza.Inkampani yakhe eBoca Raton, eFlorida, iqulunqa izicathulo kunye nokuthumela ngaphandle kwezigidi ze-30 iimbini ngonyaka ukusuka eChina.
I-BBC International igcina i-warehouse e-St. Louis egcina i-inventory ukuya kwi-10,000 i-Iowa braces kunye nokusingatha i-drop shipping yezisombululo ze-clubfoot njengoko kufuneka.U-Becker uthe i-DHL sele inikezele ngezaphulelo zokuxhasa ukuhanjiswa kwe-braces e-Ukraine.
Ukungathandwa kwemfazwe yaseUkraine kwade kwabangela ukuba amaqabane aseRussia eClubfoot Solutions anikele kwisizathu kwaye athumele ezabo izihlangu e-Ukraine, uBecker uxele.
Kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, uCook wapapasha i-biography ebanzi yePonceti. Kwakhona kutshanje wabhala incwadi yabantwana ye-paperback ebizwa ngokuthi "Lucky Feet," esekelwe kwibali lokwenyani likaCook, inkwenkwe ye-clubfoot adibana nayo eNigeria.
Inkwenkwe yajikeleza ngokurhubuluza de indlela kaPonceti yazilungisa iinyawo zayo. Ekupheleni kwencwadi, iqhele ukuhamba ukuya esikolweni. UCook unike ilizwi loguqulelo lwevidiyo lwencwadi ku-www.clubfootsolutions.org.
"Ngexesha elithile, sathumela i-container ye-20-foot eNigeria kunye ne-3,000 braces kuyo," wandixelela.
Phambi kobhubhane, uMorcuende wayehambela phesheya komndilili wamatyeli ali-10 ngonyaka ukuya kuqeqesha oogqirha ngendlela ye-Ponseti kwaye ebesindleka ogqirha abandwendwelayo abali-15-20 ngonyaka ukuze baqeqeshwe eyunivesithi, utshilo.
UCook wanikina intloko koko kwakusenzeka eUkraine, evuyiswa kukuba ingeniso awayesebenza nayo yayisakwazi ukubonelela ngezihlanguli apho.
Wathi: “Aba bantwana abazange bakhethe ukuzalwa benonyawo olusisilima okanye kwilizwe elidlakazwe yimfazwe.” Bafana nabantwana kuyo yonke indawo.” Oko sikwenzayo kukunika abantwana ehlabathini lonke ubomi obuqhelekileyo.”
Ixesha lokuposa: May-18-2022