Mawonekedwe Odzipereka: Susan Smith

Mwezi uliwonse, timagawana nkhani za World BEYOND War odzipereka padziko lonse lapansi. Mukufuna kudzipereka World BEYOND War? Imelo greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

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Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Munalowa nawo bwanji othandizira ankhondo ndipo World BEYOND War (WBW)?

Ndine wolimbikitsa nkhondo kwanthawi yayitali. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 1970, ndinalowa m’gulu la Mtendere Corps ngati njira yogwirira ntchito yamtendere komanso yolimbana ndi nkhondo. Monga mphunzitsi, ndinathandiza ana asukulu kumvetsetsa zimene zikuchitika m’dziko lowazinga, kugogomezera kufunika kwa kukambitsirana ndi kugwirizana. Ndine membala wa mabungwe osiyanasiyana, monga WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) Pittsburgh ndi Lekani Kubanki Bomba, ndipo ndimachita nawo zionetsero za m’deralo. Mu 2020, ndidayamba kucheza nawo World BEYOND War; mliriwu unandikakamiza kufunafuna njira zatsopano zochitira chibwenzi. WBW inandithandiza kutero.

Kodi mliri wa coronavirus wakukhudzani bwanji?

Covid adandipangitsa kuti ndizichita nawo zambiri World BEYOND War. Mu 2020 ndinali kufunafuna njira zolimbikitsira zomwe ndimakhulupirira ndikuzipeza World BEYOND War maphunziro. Ndidadziwa za WBW ndipo ndidapezekapo pazochitika zina, koma mliriwu udandipangitsa kuti ndichitepo kanthu mwachangu. Ndinatenga maphunziro awiri ndi WBW: Nkhondo ndi Chilengedwe ndi Kuthetsa Nkhondo 101. Kuchokera kumeneko ndinadzipereka ndi Maphunziro a Peace and Action for Impact oyendetsa pulogalamu mu 2021. Tsopano, ndikutsatira Zochitika za WBW ndi zochitika ndikugawana ndi ena mu network yanga ya Pittsburgh.

Ndi ntchito zamtundu wanji za WBW zomwe mumagwira ntchito?

Tsopano ndikuchita nawo ntchito ya WBW/Rotary Action for Peace "Maphunziro a Mtendere ndi Kuchitapo kanthu kwa Impact (PEAI).” Ndinamvapo za pulogalamuyi yolimbikitsa luso la achinyamata olimbikitsa mtendere, koma sindinachite chidwi kwambiri chifukwa sindinali wamng'ono. Polankhula ndi Mtsogoleri wa Maphunziro a WBW Phill Gittins, komabe, iye anafotokoza kuti iyi inali pulogalamu ya mibadwo yosiyana. Anandifunsa ngati ndingaphunzitsire timu ya ku Venezuela popeza ndimalankhula Chisipanishi. Nditadziwa kuti kuli gulu la anthu a ku Cameroon, ndinadzipereka kuti ndiziwalangizanso chifukwa ndinali m’dzikolo kwa zaka zingapo ndipo ndinkalankhula Chifulenchi. Chifukwa chake mu 2021 ndidalangiza timu yaku Venezuela ndi Cameroonia ndikukhala membala wa gulu la Global Advisory.

Ndikadali pa Gulu Lapadziko Lonse lomwe likuthandizira kukonza, kulingalira za zomwe zili, kukonza zinthu zina, ndi kukhazikitsa zosintha zomwe zaperekedwa pakuwunika kwa woyendetsa. Pamene pulogalamu ya PEAI ya 2023 ikuyamba, ndikulangiza gulu la Haiti. Ndimakhulupirira kwambiri kuti PEAI imathandizira achinyamata kukhala omanga mtendere kudzera m'magulu amitundu yosiyanasiyana, padziko lonse lapansi.

Kodi malingaliro anu apamwamba ndi ati kwa munthu amene akufuna kuchita nawo zolimbikitsa nkhondo ndi WBW?

Aliyense atha kuchitapo kanthu kuti apititse patsogolo ntchito zolimbana ndi nkhondo / zolimbikitsa mtendere. Yang'anani mozungulira dera lanu. Ndani akugwira kale ntchitoyi? Kodi mungatenge nawo mbali m’njira ziti? Mwina ndi kupita kumisonkhano kapena mwina ndi kuseri kwa zochitika zopereka nthawi kapena ndalama. World BEYOND War nthawi zonse ndi njira yotheka. WBW imapereka zidziwitso zambiri komanso zothandizira. Maphunzirowa ndi abwino kwambiri. Madera ambiri atero Zithunzi za WBW. Ngati mzinda/tauni yanu siinatero, mutha kuyambitsa imodzi, kapena mutha kulimbikitsa bungwe lomwe lidalipo kuti likhale a Wothandizira WBW. Pittsburgh ilibe mutu wa WBW. Ndikugwira ntchito WILPF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) Pittsburgh. Tidachita nawo chochitika ndi WBW pogwiritsa ntchito nsanja yawo ya Zoom komanso kufikirako zotsatsa. WILPF Pgh tsopano amafotokoza pafupipafupi za zochitika ndi zochitika za WBW ndipo tatha kugawana nawo zathu. Mtendere umayamba ndi mgwirizano!

Nchiyani chimakupangitsani inu kuti muzilimbikitsira kuti mulimbikitse kusintha?

Ndimaona kufunikira kotere pondizungulira ine komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Ndiyenera kuchita gawo langa kuti dziko lapansi likhale malo abwino kwa mibadwo ikubwerayi. Nthawi zina, ndimakhumudwa, koma kugwira ntchito ndi maukonde monga WBW ndi WILPF, ndingapeze kudzoza ndi chithandizo kuti ndipitirizebe kupita patsogolo m'njira zabwino.

Yolembedwa February 9, 2023.