Phakathi kwamawakawaka abantwana abachaphazelekileyo yimfazwe e-Ukraine kukho uYustina, intombazana eneminyaka emi-2 ubudala enoncumo oluhle oluxhomekeke kulwalamano ne-Iowa.
UJustina usandula ukunyanga unyawo olugobileyo ngendlela yePonceti engasebenzisi utyando eyaphuhliswa kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo kwiYunivesithi yase-Iowa, eyathandwa kwihlabathi liphela. Utshintshe kancinci kancinci unyawo lwakhe kwindawo efanelekileyo ngokufaka uthotho lwee-plaster casts ngugqirha wase-Ukraine oqeqeshwe kule ndlela.
Ngoku ekubeni i-cast isusiwe, kufuneka alale ubusuku bonke de abe neminyaka emi-4, enxibe into ebizwa ngokuba yi-Iowa Brace. Esi sixhobo sixhotyiswe ngezihlangu ezikhethekileyo kuzo zonke iziphelo zentonga ye-nylon eqinileyo egcina iinyawo zakhe zoluliwe kwaye zikwindawo efanelekileyo. Le yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuqinisekisa ukuba imeko ye-clubfoot ayiphindi ivele kwaye unokukhula ngokuhamba okuqhelekileyo.
Xa uyise wayeka umsebenzi wakhe ukuze ajoyine umlo nxamnye nabahlaseli baseRashiya, uJustina nonina babalekela kwilali encinci kufutshane nomda waseBelarus ongenabuhlobo. Unxibe i-Iowa Brace ngoku, kodwa kuya kufuneka akhule kancinci kancinci njengoko ekhula.
Ibali lakhe livela kumthengisi wezixhobo zonyango wase-Ukraine ogama lingu-Alexander owayesebenzisana ngokusondeleyo neClubfoot Solutions, intlangano engenzi nzuzo yase-Iowa ebonelela ngeebraces. Eli qela linikwe ilayisenisi yi-UI, liyile inguqulelo yanamhlanje yebraces, linikezela malunga neeyunithi ezili-10,000 ngonyaka kubantwana kumazwe amalunga nama-90 - ngaphezulu kwama-90 ekhulwini azo afikelelekayo okanye asimahla.
UBecker nguMlawuli oLawulayo weClubfoot Solutions, encediswa yinkosikazi yakhe uJulie. Basebenza ekhayeni labo eBettendorf kwaye bagcina iibraces ezimalunga nama-500 egaraji.
“UAlexander usasebenza nathi eUkraine, ukunceda abantwana,” utshilo uBecker. “Ndimxelele ukuba siza kubanyamekela de ilizwe libuyele esimeni salo. Okubuhlungu kukuba, uAlexander wayengomnye wabo banikwa izibhamu zokulwa.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithumele malunga nama-30 e-Iowa braces e-Ukraine simahla, kwaye bacebe ngakumbi ukuba banokufika e-Alexander ngokukhuselekileyo. Ukuthunyelwa okulandelayo kuya kuquka neebhere ezincinci ezifakwe kwinkampani yaseKhanada ukunceda ukomeleza abantwana, utshilo uBecker. Ithole ngalinye linxiba umfanekiso we-Iowa bracket ngemibala yeflegi yase-Ukraine.
“Namhlanje sifumene enye yeepakeji zenu,” ubhale watsho uAlexander kwi-imeyile yakutshanje eya kwaBeckers. “Siyanibulela kakhulu nina nabantwana bethu baseUkraine! Siza kunika ingqalelo abemi bezixeko ezithwaxwe kakhulu yile ntlekele: iKharkiv, iMariupol, iChernihiv, njl.njl.”
UAlexander wanika uBeckers iifoto kunye namabali amafutshane abanye abantwana baseUkraine, njengoJustina, ababenyangwa ngenxa yeenyawo ezisicaba kwaye befuna ukuxhonywa ngebraces.
“Indlu kaBogdan oneminyaka emithathu ubudala yonakele kwaye abazali bakhe kwafuneka bachithe yonke imali yabo ukuyilungisa,” wabhala. “UBogdan ulungele i-Iowa Brace yobukhulu obulandelayo, kodwa akanamali. Umama wakhe uthumele ividiyo emxelela ukuba angoyiki ukuba kuza kuqhuma iimbumbulu.”
Kwenye ingxelo, uAlexander wabhala wathi: “KwiDanya oneenyanga ezintlanu ubudala, iibhombu ezingama-40 ukuya kuma-50 kunye neerokethi zaziwela kwisixeko sakhe saseKharkov yonke imihla. Abazali bakhe kwakufuneka bafuduselwe kwisixeko esikhuselekileyo. Abazi ukuba indlu yabo itshatyalalisiwe na.”
“UAlexander unomntwana oneenyawo ezigobileyo, njengabanye amaqabane ethu kwamanye amazwe,” utshilo uBecker kum. “Yindlela awabandakanyeka ngayo.”
Nangona ulwazi belungafumaneki rhoqo, uBecker uthe yena nomfazi wakhe baphinde bava kuAlexander nge-imeyile kule veki xa waye-odola ezinye ii-braces ezili-12 zase-Iowa ngobukhulu obahlukeneyo. Uchaze imeko yakhe "engaguqukiyo" kodwa wongeza athi "asisoze siyeke".
“Abantu baseUkraine bayazingca kakhulu kwaye abafuni zipho,” utshilo uBecker. “Kwanakwi-imeyile yokugqibela, uAlexander uphinde wathi ufuna ukusibuyisela ngoko sikwenzileyo, kodwa sikwenze simahla.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithengisa iibraces kubathengisi abakumazwe atyebileyo ngexabiso elipheleleyo, ize isebenzise loo nzuzo ukubonelela ngeebraces zasimahla okanye ezincitshiswe kakhulu kwabanye abasweleyo. UBecker uthe umnikelo we-$25 kwi-nonprofit ngewebhusayithi yayo, i-www.clubfootsolutions.org, uza kugubungela iindleko zokuhamba uye e-Ukraine okanye kwamanye amazwe afuna ibraces.
“Kukho imfuneko enkulu kwihlabathi liphela,” utshilo. “Kunzima kuthi ukushiya umkhondo kuyo. Unyaka ngamnye malunga nabantwana abangama-200,000 bazalwa benesifo sonyawo oludibeneyo. Sisebenza nzima ngoku eIndiya, enamatyala amalunga nama-50,000 ngonyaka.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions, eyasekwa e-Iowa City ngo-2012 ngenkxaso evela kwi-UI, isasaze malunga nama-85,000 eebraces kwihlabathi liphela ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. Le stent yayiyilwe ngamalungu amathathu e-faculty aqhubeka nomsebenzi kaGqr. Ignacio Ponseti ongasekhoyo, owaqala unyango olungenalo utyando apha ngeminyaka yoo-1940. Aba bathathu nguNicole Grossland, uThomas Cook kunye noGqr. Jose Morquand.
Ngoncedo oluvela kwamanye amaqabane e-UI kunye nabaxhasi, iqela likwazile ukwenza i-brace elula, esebenzayo, engabizi kakhulu, nesemgangathweni ophezulu, utshilo uCook. Ezi zihlangu zine-lining yerabha eyenziwe ngokwenziwa ekhululekileyo, iintambo eziqinileyo endaweni ye-velcro ukuze zihlale zisendaweni yazo ubusuku bonke, kwaye zenzelwe ukuze zamkeleke ngakumbi kubazali nakubantwana - umbuzo obalulekileyo. Iibhari eziphakathi kwazo ziyasuswa ukuze kube lula ukuzinxiba nokuzikhulula izihlangu.
UCook uthe xa kufika ixesha lokufumana umenzi we-Iowa Brace, wasusa igama le-BBC International kwibhokisi yezihlangu awayeyibona kwivenkile yezihlangu yasekuhlaleni waza wathumela i-imeyile kwinkampani echaza oko kwakufuneka. Umongameli wayo, uDon Wilburn, wafowunela kwangoko. Inkampani yakhe eseBoca Raton, eFlorida, iyila izihlangu kwaye ingenisa phantse izihlangu ezingama-30 ezigidi ngonyaka ezivela eTshayina.
I-BBC International igcina indawo yokugcina impahla eSt. Louis egcina uluhlu lwezinto ezixhasayo ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10,000 zase-Iowa kwaye iphatha ukuthunyelwa kwezisombululo zeenyawo ezigobileyo xa kufuneka. UBecker uthe i-DHL sele inike izaphulelo ukuxhasa ukuhanjiswa kwezixhaso e-Ukraine.
Ukungathandwa kwemfazwe yase-Ukraine kwade kwabangela ukuba amaqabane e-Clubfoot Solutions aseRussia anikele kulo mba aze athumele izixhobo zawo zokuxhasa e-Ukraine, utshilo uBecker.
Kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, uCook wapapasha ibali lobomi bukaPonceti. Kutshanje wabhala incwadi yabantwana ebhalwe ngephepha elithambileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-“Lucky Feet,” esekelwe kwibali lokwenyani likaCook, inkwenkwe eneenyawo ezisicaba awadibana nayo eNigeria.
Inkwenkwe yahambahamba ngokukhasa de indlela kaPonceti yalungisa iinyawo zayo. Ekupheleni kwencwadi, iqhele ukuhamba ngeenyawo ukuya esikolweni. UCook wanika ilizwi levidiyo yencwadi ku-www.clubfootsolutions.org.
“Ngesinye isihlandlo, sathumela isitya esingangeenyawo ezingama-20 eNigeria sinee-braces ezingama-3,000,” utshilo kum.
Ngaphambi kobhubhane, uMorcuende wayehamba amazwe angaphandle ngokomyinge wezihlandlo ezili-10 ngonyaka ukuze aqeqeshe oogqirha ngendlela yePonseti kwaye wayebamba oogqirha abali-15 ukuya kuma-20 abatyelelayo ngonyaka ukuze baqeqeshwe eyunivesithi, utshilo.
UCook wanikina intloko yakhe xa ebona okwenzekayo e-Ukraine, evuya ukuba intlangano engenzi nzuzo awayesebenza nayo isakwazi ukubonelela ngenkxaso apho.
“Aba bantwana abazange bakhethe ukuzalwa benonyawo olugobileyo okanye kwilizwe elidlavulwe yimfazwe,” utshilo. “Bafana nabantwana kuyo yonke indawo. Esikwenzayo kukunika abantwana kwihlabathi liphela ubomi obuqhelekileyo.”
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-18-2022