NguKelly Kelly
"Manje ake siqale. Manje ake sizinikele kabusha emzabalazweni omude nomunyu, kodwa omuhle, wezwe elisha… Singasho ukuthi amathuba okuba makhulu kakhulu? … umzabalazo unzima kakhulu? … futhi sithumela ukuzisola kwethu okukhulu? Noma kuzoba nomunye umlayezo - wokulangazelela, wethemba, wobumbano… Ukuzikhethela kungokwethu, futhi noma singakhetha ngenye indlela, kufanele sikhethe kulesi sikhathi esibucayi somlando wesintu.”
- UDkt Martin Luther King, "Ngaphesheya kweVietnam"
Kabul—Ngichithe usuku lwasekuseni oluzolile ngendlela emangalisayo lapha e-Kabul, ngilalele izingoma zezinyoni kanye nokukhala nokusabela phakathi komama nezingane zabo emakhaya angomakhelwane njengoba imindeni ivusa futhi ilungiselela izingane zayo ukuya esikoleni. Mina noMaya Evans sifike lapha izolo, futhi sisanda kuzinza endaweni yokuhlala yalabo abasamukelayo abasebasha, The Amavolontiya okuthula ase-Afghan (APVs). Izolo ebusuku, basitshele ngezenzakalo ezimangazayo nezethusayo eziphawule izinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule zokuphila kwabo e-Kabul.
Bachaza indlela abazizwa ngayo lapho ukuqhuma kwamabhomu, eduze, kubavusa ekuseni kaningi. Abanye bathi bazizwe becishe bethuka bethola ngolunye usuku ukuthi amasela agqekeze umuzi wabo. Baveze imizwa yabo ejulile yokwethuka esitatimendeni senduna yempi egxeka umbhikisho wamalungelo abantu lapho amalungu omphakathi amaningana ebambe iqhaza. Futhi ukwesaba kwabo lapho emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, eKabul, owesifazane osemusha, isazi samaSulumane okuthiwa uFarkhunda, wamangalelwa ngamanga engxabanweni yasemgwaqweni yokungcolisa iKoran, okwathi ngemva kwalokho, ngenxa yokuvunywa yisixuku esithukuthele samadoda mhlawumbe ayizinkulungwane ezimbili, amalungu esixuku, ngokusobala ayesebenzisana namaphoyisa, amshaya waze wafa. Abangane bethu abasebasha baxazulula imizwa yabo buthule lapho bebhekene nobudlova obungenakugwemeka futhi obuvame ukuweqisa.
Ngicabange ukuthi ngingazihlanganisa kanjani izindaba zabo esifundweni ebengizilungiselela international online school ehlose ukusiza ukuphakamisa ukwazi phakathi kwabantu, ngaphesheya kwemingcele futhi wabelane ngemiphumela. Ngethemba ukuthi isikole sizosiza ukuthuthukisa ukunyakaza okuzinikele ekuphileni okulula, ukwabelana okukhulu, isevisi kanye, kwabaningi, izenzo eziqondile ezingenalo udlame egameni lokuqeda izimpi nokungalungi.
Empeleni, lapho amalungu eVoices eya eKabul, “umsebenzi” wethu uwukulalela nokufunda kubasingathi bethu futhi sibuyisele izindaba zabo zempi emazweni anokuthula uma kuqhathaniswa izenzo zawo ezehlise leyo mpi phezu kwawo. Ngaphambi kokuthi sihambe, izindaba ezivela e-Afghanistan zazivele zimbi kakhulu. Idlanzana labantu lifile empini phakathi kwamaqembu ahlomile. Ukuhlaselwa kwehhotela laseKabul kosomabhizinisi bamazwe ngamazwe ngesonto eledlule. Sibhalele abangani bethu ngomzuzu wokugcina sibathembisa ukuthi bangahambi, ngethemba lokuthi ngeke sibenze izisulu zodlame. “Ngicela nize,” basibhalela abangani bethu. Ngakho silapha.
Ubukhona basentshonalanga e-Afghanistan sebuvele bubangele ukucekelwa phansi, ukuhlupheka nokulahlekelwa okungenakubalwa. A muva nje kukhishwe i-Physicians for Social Responsibility kubalwe ukuthi kusukela ngo-2001 e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan, izimpi zase-US zibulale okungenani izigidi ezingu-1.3 futhi cishe ngaphezu kwe-2 million izakhamuzi.
Lo mbiko ugxeka izikhulu zezombusazwe zase-US ngokuveza udlame oluqhubekayo e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zezingxabano phakathi kwabantu “njengokungathi ukuqubuka kabusha nonya lwalezi zingxabano akuhlobene nokucekeleka phansi okubangelwa ukungenelela kwamasosha amashumi eminyaka.”
Abangane bethu abasebasha baye basinda enhlekeleleni yempi, futhi ngamunye wabo uhlushwa ukuhlukumezeka, njengoba kwenza abazali babo nogogo nomkhulu ngaphambi kwabo. Lapho sihambe nabo siyovakashela amakamu ababaleki angaphandle kwaseKabul, abaningana baye balandisa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kwasengabantwana, bebaleka lapho amadolobhana abo ehlaselwa noma ehlala abantu. Sifunda kubo ngosizi omama babo abalubekezelela lapho kungenakudla okwanele ukondla umndeni noma uphethiloli owawuzobathwala ebusika obungenanhliziyo: lapho bona ngokwabo bacishe babulawa yi-hypothermia. Abangane bethu abaningi abasebasha babhekana nezikhathi ezesabekayo lapho bezwa izindaba ezindabeni zabantu base-Afghan ababulawa imicibisholo noma ukuqhuma kwezibhamu lapho bebona amalungu omndeni wabo kanye nabathandekayo babo. Bayathuthumela futhi ngezinye izikhathi bayakhala, bekhumbula okuhlangenwe nakho okufanayo ekuphileni kwabo siqu.
Indaba ye-Afghanistan kuma-akhawunti aseNtshonalanga ukuthi i-Afghanistan ayikwazi ukubhekana nokuhlukumezeka kwayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sizama kangakanani, ngezinhlamvu zethu, izisekelo kanye nezikole zamathokheni kanye nemitholampilo, ukusiza. Nokho laba bantu abasha basabela ngokuqinile ekuhlukumezekeni kwabo hhayi ngokufuna ukuziphindiselela kodwa ngokuthola izindlela zokusiza abantu baseKabul izimo zabo zimbi kakhulu kunezabo, ikakhulukazi ama-Afghan angu-750,000 ahlala, kanye nezingane zabo, emakamu ababaleki angcolile.
Ama-APV asebenzisa i- esinye isikole sezingane zasemgwaqeni e-Kabul. Izingane ezincane ezingabondli abakhulu bemikhaya yazo azisitholi isikhathi sokufunda izibalo eziyisisekelo noma “izinhlamvu zamagama” lapho zisebenzisa amahora angaphezu kwayisishiyagalombili nsuku zonke zisebenza emigwaqweni yaseKabul. Abanye bangabathengisi, abanye izicathulo zokupholisha, kanti abanye baphatha izikali emigwaqweni ukuze abantu bazikale. Emnothweni obhidlika ngaphansi kwesisindo sempi nenkohlakalo, imali abayisebenzele kanzima ayithengi ukudla okwanele kwemindeni yabo.
Izingane zemindeni empofu kakhulu e-Kabul zizoba namathuba angcono empilweni uma zifunda. Ungakhathazeki ngokukhuphuka kwezibalo zokubhalisa esikoleni ezivame ukucashunwa amasosha ase-US njengezinzuzo zomsebenzi. I-CIA World Fact Book kaNdasa wezi-2015 ibika ukuthi u-17.6% wabesifazane abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-14 bayakwazi ukufunda nokubhala; Sekukonke, entsheni nakubantu abadala bangama-31.7% kuphela abakwazi ukufunda noma ukubhala.
Ngemuva kokwazi ngemindeni engama-20 izingane zayo ezisebenza emigwaqweni, abakwa-APV benze uhlelo lapho umndeni ngamunye uthola isaka lerayisi lanyanga zonke kanye nesiqukathi esikhulu samafutha ukuze kulungiswe ukulahlekelwa kwezimali komndeni ngokuthumela izingane zabo emakilasini angahlelekile e-APV. isikhungo futhi ulungiselela ukubabhalisela esikoleni. Ngokuqhubeka nokuxhumana phakathi kwezizwe zase-Afghanistan ezinezinkinga, amalungu e-APV manje ahlanganisa izingane ezingama-80 esikoleni futhi anethemba lokusebenzela izingane eziyi-100 maduze.
Njalo Friday, izingane zitheleka egcekeni lesikhungo futhi ngokushesha zishaye ujenga ukuze zigeze izinyawo nezandla zazo futhi zixubhe amazinyo azo empompini womphakathi. Bese bekhuphuka izitebhisi beya ekilasini labo elihlotshiswe ngokukhazimulayo bese behlezi lapho othisha babo beqala izifundo. Othisha abathathu abangavamile, uZarghuna, uHadisa, noFarzana, bazizwa bekhuthazekile manje ngoba izingane eziningi ezihlala emgwaqweni ezingamashumi amathathu nanye ezazisesikoleni ngonyaka odlule zafunda ukufunda nokubhala ngokushelelayo phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye. Ukuhlola kwabo ngezindlela ezahlukene zokufundisa, okuhlanganisa ukufunda komuntu ngamunye, kuyazuzisa—ngokungafani nezinhlelo zezikole zikahulumeni lapho abafundi abaningi bebanga lesikhombisa bengakwazi ukufunda.
Ngenkathi ehola umboniso wezingane ezihlala emgwaqweni, uZekerullah, naye owayeyingane yasemgwaqweni, wabuzwa ukuthi wayenakho yini ukwesaba. UZekerullah uthe wesaba ukuthi izingane zizolimala uma kuqhuma ibhomu. Kodwa ukwesaba kwakhe okukhulu kwakuwukuthi ubumpofu babuyobahlupha kukho konke ukuphila kwabo.
Lowo mlayezo wesibindi nozwelo ngeke - futhi ngeke - uphumelele njalo. Kodwa uma sikuqaphela, futhi ngisho nangokwengeziwe, uma, sifunda esibonelweni saso, sithatha isinyathelo ukuze sibe yisibonelo ngokwethu, khona-ke kusinikeza indlela yokwesaba kobungane, ngenxa yokuhlangana kokwesaba empini, nokuphuma, mhlawumbe, yokubambelela kohlanya lwempi. Thina ngokwethu sifika ezweni elingcono kakhulu lapho sinquma ukulakhela abanye. Imfundo yethu, ukunqoba kwethu ukwesaba, kanye nokufika kwethu njengabantu abalinganayo emhlabeni wabantu abadala, kungaqala noma kuqale futhi - manje.
Ngakho ake siqale.
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Kathy Kelly (kathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org).
