Phakathi kwezinkulungwane zezingane ezithintekile yimpi e-Ukraine kukhona uYustina, intombazane eneminyaka emibili ubudala enokumamatheka okumnandi ethembele ebudlelwaneni ne-Iowa.
UJustina usanda kwelapha izinyawo ezigoqekile ngendlela yePonceti engahlinzwa eyasungulwa emashumini eminyaka edlule eNyuvesi yase-Iowa, eye yathandwa emhlabeni wonke. Kancane kancane uye washintsha unyawo lwakhe endaweni efanele ngokufaka uchungechunge lwezikhonkwane zeplasta ngudokotela wase-Ukraine oqeqeshwe kule ndlela.
Manje njengoba i-cast isisusiwe, kufanele alale njalo ebusuku aze abe neminyaka emine, egqoke lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Iowa Brace. Le divayisi ifakwe izicathulo ezikhethekile ekugcineni ngakunye kwenduku eqinile ye-nylon egcina izinyawo zakhe zeluliwe futhi zisesimweni esifanele. Lokhu kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuqinisekisa ukuthi isimo se-clubfoot asiphinde sibuye futhi angakhula ngokuhamba okuvamile.
Lapho uyise eyeka umsebenzi wakhe ukuze ahlanganyele ekulweni nabahlaseli baseRussia, uJustina nonina babalekela edolobhaneni elincane eduze komngcele waseBelarus ongenabungane. Usegqoke i-Iowa Brace manje, kodwa kuzodingeka akhule kancane kancane ngobukhulu njengoba ekhula.
Indaba yakhe ivela kumthengisi wezinto zokwelapha wase-Ukraine ogama lakhe lingu-Alexander owayesebenzisana eduze ne-Clubfoot Solutions, inhlangano engenzi nzuzo yase-Iowa enikeza izinsimbi. Njengoba inelayisensi yi-UI, leli qembu laklama inguqulo yesimanje yezinsimbi, linikeza izingane cishe amayunithi ayi-10,000 ngonyaka emazweni angaba ngu-90 - angaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-90 angabizi noma mahhala.
UBecker unguMqondisi Ophethe weClubfoot Solutions, esizwa ngumkakhe uJulie. Basebenzela ekhaya labo eBettendorf futhi bagcina ama-braces angaba ngu-500 egaraji.
“U-Alexander usasebenza nathi e-Ukraine, ukuze nje asize izingane,” kusho uBecker. “Ngimtshelile ukuthi sizozinakekela kuze kube yilapho izwe liphinde lisebenze. Ngokudabukisayo, u-Alexander wayengomunye walabo abanikwa izibhamu zokulwa.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithumele ama-brace angu-30 e-Iowa e-Ukraine mahhala, futhi bahlele okuningi uma bengafika e-Alexander ngokuphepha. Ukuthunyelwa okulandelayo kuzohlanganisa namabhere amancane agcwele impahla avela enkampanini yaseCanada ukusiza ukujabulisa izingane, kusho uBecker. Ingane ngayinye igqoke ikhophi yesibhakela sase-Iowa ngemibala yefulegi lase-Ukraine.
“Namuhla sithole elinye lamaphakheji enu,” kubhala u-Alexander ku-imeyili yakamuva ayithumelele abakwaBeckers. “Siyabonga kakhulu kini kanye nezingane zethu zase-Ukraine! Sizobeka phambili izakhamuzi zamadolobha athinteke kakhulu: iKharkiv, iMariupol, iChernihiv, njll.”
U-Alexander wanika abakwaBeckers izithombe nezindaba ezimfushane zezinye izingane eziningana zase-Ukraine, njengoJustina, ezazilashwa ngezinyawo ezigoqekile futhi zidinga izinsimbi zokusekela.
“Indlu kaBogdan oneminyaka emithathu ubudala yonakele futhi abazali bakhe kwadingeka basebenzise yonke imali yabo ukuyilungisa,” wabhala. “UBogdan usekulungele i-Iowa Brace yosayizi olandelayo, kodwa akanayo imali. Unina uthumele ividiyo emtshela ukuthi angesabi ukuthi kuzoqhuma amabhomu.”
Komunye umbiko, u-Alexander wabhala: “KuDanya onezinyanga ezinhlanu ubudala, amabhomu namarokhethi angu-40 kuya kwangu-50 ayewela edolobheni lakubo iKharkov nsuku zonke. Abazali bakhe kwadingeka bathuthelwe edolobheni eliphephile. Abazi ukuthi indlu yabo ibhujisiwe yini.”
“U-Alexander unengane enezinyawo ezigobile, njengabalingani bethu abaningi baphesheya,” kusho uBecker kimi. “Yileyo ndlela ahileleke ngayo.”
Nakuba ulwazi belungatholakali ngezikhathi ezithile, uBecker uthe yena nomkakhe baphinde bezwa ku-Alexander nge-imeyili kuleli sonto lapho e-oda amanye ama-brace angu-12 e-Iowa ngobukhulu obuhlukene. Uchaze isimo sakhe "esingajwayelekile" kodwa wanezela ngokuthi "asisoze sayeka".
“Abantu base-Ukraine bayaziqhenya kakhulu futhi abafuni izipho,” kusho uBecker. “Ngisho nakuleyo imeyili yokugcina, u-Alexander uphinde wathi ufuna ukusikhokhela ngalokho esikwenzile, kodwa sikwenze mahhala.”
I-Clubfoot Solutions ithengisa ama-braces kubathengisi emazweni acebile ngentengo ephelele, bese isebenzisa leyo nzuzo ukunikeza ama-braces mahhala noma ancishiswe kakhulu kwabanye abaswele. UBecker uthe umnikelo ongu-$25 enhlanganweni engenzi nzuzo ngewebhusayithi yayo, i-www.clubfootsolutions.org, uzokhokhela izindleko zokuya e-Ukraine noma kwamanye amazwe adinga i-braces.
“Kunesidingo esikhulu emhlabeni wonke,” esho. “Kunzima ngathi ukushiya noma yimuphi umkhondo kukho. Njalo ngonyaka izingane ezingaba ngu-200,000 zizalwa zinezinyawo ezigoqekile. Sisebenza kanzima njengamanje eNdiya, enamacala angaba ngu-50,000 ngonyaka.”
Yasungulwa e-Iowa City ngo-2012 ngokusekelwa yi-UI, i-Clubfoot Solutions isabalalise ama-braces angaba ngu-85,000 emhlabeni wonke kuze kube manje. I-stent yaklanywa amalungu amathathu othisha aqhubeka nomsebenzi kaDkt. Ignacio Ponseti ongasekho, owayengumholi wokwelashwa okungadingi ukuhlinzwa lapha ngawo-1940. Laba abathathu nguNicole Grossland, uThomas Cook noDkt. Jose Morquand.
Ngosizo lwabanye abalingani be-UI kanye nabaxhasi, ithimba likwazile ukwakha i-brace elula, ephumelelayo, engabizi, nesezingeni eliphezulu, kusho uCook. Lezi zicathulo zine-lining yerabha yokwenziwa ekhululekile, amabhande aqinile esikhundleni se-velcro ukuze zihlale endaweni yazo ubusuku bonke, futhi zenzelwe ukuzenza zamukeleke kakhudlwana emphakathini kubazali nasezinganeni - umbuzo obalulekile. Imigoqo ephakathi kwazo iyasuswa ukuze kube lula ukuzifaka nokukhumula izicathulo.
UCook uthe, lapho kufika isikhathi sokuthola umenzi we-Iowa Brace, wasusa igama le-BBC International ebhokisini lezicathulo alibona esitolo sezicathulo sendawo wathumela i-imeyili enkampanini ukuze achaze ukuthi yini eyayidingeka. Umongameli wayo, uDon Wilburn, washaya ucingo ngokushesha. Inkampani yakhe eBoca Raton, eFlorida, iklama izicathulo futhi ingenisa cishe amapheya ayizigidi ezingu-30 ngonyaka evela eShayina.
I-BBC International igcina indawo yokugcina impahla eSt. Louis egcina uhlu lwezinsimbi zokubopha ezifika ku-10,000 zase-Iowa futhi iphatha ukuthunyelwa kwezixazululo zezinyawo ezigoqekayo uma kudingeka. UBecker uthe i-DHL isivele inikeze izaphulelo ukusekela ukulethwa kwezinsimbi zokubopha e-Ukraine.
Ukungathandwa kwempi yase-Ukraine kwaze kwashukumisela abalingani beClubfoot Solutions baseRussia ukuba banikele kulo mkhankaso futhi bathumele izimpahla zabo zokusekela e-Ukraine, kubika uBecker.
Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, uCook washicilela umlando ophelele kaPonceti. Muva nje ubhale nencwadi yabantwana ebhalwe ngephepha ebizwa ngokuthi “Lucky Feet,” esekelwe endabeni yangempela kaCook, umfana onezinyawo ezigobile ahlangana naye eNigeria.
Umfana wahambahamba ngokukhasa kwaze kwaba yilapho indlela kaPonceti ilungisa izinyawo zakhe. Ekupheleni kwencwadi, wayevame ukuhamba aye esikoleni. UCook wanikeza izwi lenguqulo yevidiyo yale ncwadi ku-www.clubfootsolutions.org.
“Ngesinye isikhathi, sathumela isitsha esingamamitha angu-20 eNigeria sinama-braces angu-3,000 kuso,” ungitshele.
Ngaphambi kobhubhane, uMorcuende wayehamba phesheya kwezilwandle isilinganiso sezikhathi eziyi-10 ngonyaka ukuyoqeqesha odokotela ngendlela yePonseti futhi wamukela odokotela abavakashile abangu-15-20 ngonyaka ukuze baqeqeshwe eyunivesithi, kusho yena.
UCook wanikina ikhanda ngalokho okwakwenzeka e-Ukraine, ejabule ukuthi inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ayesebenza nayo yayisakwazi ukunikeza izinsiza lapho.
“Lezi zingane azikhethanga ukuzalwa zinezinyawo ezigobile noma ezweni elihlaselwe yimpi,” kusho yena. “Zifana nezingane yonke indawo. Esikwenzayo ukunikeza izingane emhlabeni wonke impilo evamile.”
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Meyi-18-2022