Phakathi kwezinkulungwane zezingane ezithintwe impi yase-Ukraine kukhona uYustina, intombazane eneminyaka emi-2 emamatheka kamnandi ethembele ebuhlotsheni ne-Iowa.
U-Justina usanda kwelapha i-clubfoot ngokusebenzisa indlela ye-Ponceti engahlinzeki eyakhiwe emashumini eminyaka edlule e-University of Iowa, esethole ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke.Kancane kancane uye wabeka unyawo lwakhe endaweni efanele ngokusebenzisa uchungechunge lwe-plaster cast ngudokotela wase-Ukraine oqeqeshwe ngale ndlela.
Manje njengoba umlingisi ucishiwe, kufanele alale njalo ebusuku kuze kube yilapho eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala, egqoke lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Iowa Brace.Idivayisi ifakwe izicathulo ezikhethekile ekugcineni kwentonga enayiloni eqinile egcina izinyawo zakhe zinwetshiwe futhi zisesimweni esifanele.Lokhu kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuqinisekisa ukuthi isimo se-clubfoot asiphindi futhi angakhula ngokuhamba okuvamile.
Lapho uyise eyeka umsebenzi wakhe ukuze ahlanganyele ekulweni nabahlaseli baseRussia, u-Justina nomama wakhe babalekela edolobhaneni elincane eliseduze nomngcele waseBelarusian ongenabungane.Ugqoke i-Iowa Brace manje, kodwa uzodinga ukukhula kancane kancane njengoba ekhula.
Indaba yakhe iphuma kumthengisi wempahla yezokwelapha wase-Ukraine ogama lakhe lingu-Alexander owasebenza eduze ne-Clubfoot Solutions, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yase-Iowa ehlinzeka ngamabhuleki. Ilayisensi yi-UI, iqembu liklame inguqulo yesimanje yebrace, iletha amayunithi angaba ngu-10,000 ngonyaka ezinganeni cishe emazweni angu-90 - ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-90 awo athengekayo noma mahhala.
U-Becker unguMqondisi Ophethe we-Clubfoot Solutions, esizwa umkakhe u-Julie. Basebenza ekhaya labo e-Bettendorf futhi bagcina izinsimbi zokuqinisa izinyawo ezingaba ngu-500 egaraji.
“U-Alexander usasebenza nathi e-Ukraine, ukuze nje asize izingane,” kusho u-Becker.” Ngimtshelile ukuthi sizozinakekela kuze kube yilapho izwe libuyela emuva futhi lisebenza.” Ngokudabukisayo, u-Alexander wayengomunye walabo abanikezwa izibhamu ukuba balwe.
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithumele ama-brace e-Iowa angaba ngu-30 e-Ukraine mahhala, futhi sebehlele okwengeziwe uma bengafika e-Alexander ngokuphepha.Ukuthunyelwa okulandelayo kuzophinde kuhlanganise namabhere amancane agxishiwe avela enkampanini yaseCanada ukuze asize ukujabulisa izingane, kusho u-Becker.Iwundlu ngalinye lifaka umfanekiso wobakaki we-Iowa ngemibala yefulegi lase-Ukraine.
“Namuhla sithole elinye lamaphakheji enu,” kubhala u-Alexander ku-imeyili yakamuva eya kwa-Beckers.” Sibonga kakhulu kini nezingane zethu zase-Ukraine!
U-Alexander unikeze abakwa-Beckers izithombe kanye nezindaba ezimfushane zezinye izingane ezimbalwa zase-Ukraine, njengo-Justina, owayelashelwa i-clubfoot futhi edinga izinsimbi.
Wabhala: “Umuzi kaBogdan oneminyaka emithathu ubudala wonakala futhi abazali bakhe kwadingeka basebenzise yonke imali yabo ukuze bawulungise.” UBogdan uselungele usayizi olandelayo we-Iowa Brace, kodwa akanayo imali.” Unina wamthumelela i-video emtshela ukuthi angasabi amagobolondo azoqhuma.
Komunye umbiko, u-Alexander wabhala: “NgoDanya onezinyanga ezinhlanu ubudala, kwawela amabhomu namarokhethi angu-40 kuya kwezingu-50 nsuku zonke edolobheni lakubo eKharkov.” Abazali bakhe kwadingeka bathuthelwe edolobheni eliphephile.
“U-Alexander unengane ye-clubfoot, njengabalingani bethu abaningi phesheya,” kusho u-Becker.” Wazibandakanya kanjalo-ke.
Nakuba ulwazi lwalungavamile, u-Becker uthe yena nomkakhe bezwa ku-Alexander futhi nge-imeyili kuleli sonto lapho eyala amanye ama-pair angu-12 e-Iowa braces ngobukhulu obuhlukahlukene.Wachaza isimo sakhe "esingaqondakali" kodwa wanezela "asisoze sayeka".
“Abantu base-Ukraine baziqhenya kakhulu futhi abafuni ukuphiwa imali,” kusho u-Becker.” Ngisho nakuleyo imeyili yokugcina, u-Alexander waphinda wathi ufuna ukusikhokhela ngalokho esikwenzile, kodwa sikwenze mahhala.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithengisa izinsimbi kubathengisi bamazwe acebile ngentengo egcwele, bese isebenzisa leyo nzuzo ukuze inikeze izisekelo zamahhala noma ezincishiswe kakhulu kwabanye abadinga usizo.U-Becker uthe umnikelo ka-$25 wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ngewebhusayithi yayo, ethi, www.clubfootsolutions.org, uzokhokhela izindleko zokuya e-Ukraine noma kwamanye amazwe adinga i-brace.
Wathi: “Kunesidingo esikhulu emhlabeni wonke.” Kunzima ngathi ukushiya noma yimuphi umkhondo kuwo.Minyaka yonke kuzalwa izingane ezingaba ngu-200 000. Sisebenza kanzima njengamanje eNdiya, enabantu abangaba ngu-50 000 ngonyaka.
Yasungulwa e-Iowa City ngo-2012 ngosizo lwe-UI, i-Clubfoot Solutions isabalalise cishe izinsimbi ezingu-85,000 emhlabeni wonke kuze kube manje. Isitezi saklanywa amalungu amathathu ophiko aqhubekisela phambili umsebenzi kaDkt. Ignacio Ponseti ongasekho, owaphayona ukwelapha okungahlinzeki lapha ngeminyaka yawo-1940. Laba abathathu ngo-Morquand, u-Thomas Cook noDkt.
Ngosizo oluvela kwabanye ozakwethu be-UI kanye nabanikeli, ithimba likwazile ukwenza i-brace elula, ephumelelayo, engabizi, yekhwalithi ephezulu, kusho u-Cook. Izicathulo zinezintambo zenjoloba zokwenziwa ezikhululekile, izintambo eziqinile esikhundleni se-velcro ukuze zihlale zisendaweni ubusuku bonke, futhi zenzelwe ukuzenza zamukeleke kakhulu emphakathini kubazali nezingane - umbuzo obalulekile.
Lapho kufika isikhathi sokuthola umenzi we-Iowa Brace, uCook wathi, wasusa igama le-BBC International ebhokisini lezicathulo alibona esitolo sezicathulo sendawo futhi wathumela i-imeyili inkampani ukuze ichaze okwakudingeka.Umongameli wayo, uDon Wilburn, wabuya ngokushesha.Inkampani yakhe eBoca Raton, eFlorida, iklama izicathulo futhi ingenisa cishe amapheya ayizigidi ezingu-30 ngonyaka evela eChina.
I-BBC International igcina inqolobane e-St. Louis egcina uhlu lwezinsimbi ezifika ku-10,000 ze-Iowa futhi ibambe ukuthunyelwa kwe-drop shipping yezixazululo ze-clubfoot njengoba kudingeka.U-Becker uthe i-DHL isivele inikeze izaphulelo ukuze isekele ukulethwa kwezinsimbi zokubopha e-Ukraine.
Ukungathandwa kwempi yase-Ukraine kuze kwashukumisela ozakwethu be-Clubfoot Solutions yaseRussia ukuthi banikele emzamweni futhi bathumele ezabo izinsimbi e-Ukraine, kubika u-Becker.
Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, u-Cook washicilela umlando ophelele ka-Ponceti. Usanda kubhala futhi incwadi yezingane ene-paperback ebizwa ngokuthi "Lucky Feet," esekelwe endabeni yeqiniso ka-Cook, umfana we-clubfoot ahlangana naye eNigeria.
Umfana wahambahamba ngokukhasa kwaze kwaba yilapho indlela kaPonceti ilungisa izinyawo zakhe. Ekupheleni kwencwadi, ujwayele ukuya esikoleni. UCook unikeze izwi lenguqulo yevidiyo yencwadi ku-www.clubfootsolutions.org.
“Ngesinye isikhathi, sathumela isitsha esingamamitha angu-20 eNigeria esinezinsimbi ezingu-3,000 kuso,” wangitshela.
Ngaphambi kwalolu bhubhane, uMorcuende wayehambela phesheya izikhathi eziyishumi ngonyaka eyoqeqesha odokotela ngendlela ye-Ponseti futhi ebamba odokotela abavakasha abangu-15-20 ngonyaka ukuze bathole ukuqeqeshwa enyuvesi, esho.
U-Cook wanikina ikhanda ngalokho okwakwenzeka e-Ukraine, ejabulela ukuthi inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ayesebenza nayo yayisakwazi ukunikeza izisekelo lapho.
Wathi: “Lezi zingane azizange zikhethe ukuzalwa zinezinyawo eziyisihluthulelo noma ezweni elikhungethwe impi.” Zifana nezingane kuyo yonke indawo.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-18-2022