NguKathy Kelly, uJuni 26, 2018
Ebhalela iChicago Tribune kuleli sonto, uSteve Chapman ubize umbiko kaHulumeni wase-US ngempi yase-Afghanistan “umlando wobuze.” "I-Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction" umbiko ithi i-US yachitha izizumbulu zemali “ifuna inzuzo esheshayo” ekuzinziseni kwesifunda - kodwa lokhu “kwandise izingxabano, kwavumela inkohlakalo nokusekelwa okuqinile kwabashokobezi.”
“Ngamafuphi,” kusho uChapman, uhulumeni wase-United States “wenza izinto zaba zimbi kakhulu kunokuba zibe ngcono.”
Okwamanje, izinzuzo zenziwe abakhiqizi bezikhali. Ngokwesilinganiso, ngonyaka wokuqala kaTrump ehhovisi, iPentagon yehlisa amabhomu ayi-121 ngosuku e-Afghanistan. Inani eliphelele le izikhali - imicibisholo, amabhomu - asetshenziswe e-Afghanistan ngezindiza eziqhutshwa abantu nezishayelwa ukude ngoMeyi kulo nyaka Kulinganiselwa ku-2,339.
Abenzi benzuzo ngempi baletha izinto ezingokoqobo eziyisihogo namathemba angenalutho, kodwa amaVolontiya Okuthula Ase-Afghan awazange ayeke ukwenza ngcono izwe lawo. Ekuvakasheni kwakamuva eKabul, silalele njengoba becubungula umbuzo wesikhathi eside wokuthi ukuthula kungafika kanjani ezweni elicekeleke phansi umnotho lapho ukuqashwa izinduna zempi ezahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa amasosha ase-US kanye ne-Afghan, kuwukuphela kwendlela yemindeni eminingi yokubeka isinkwa. Phezulu kwetafula. U-Hakim, ongumeluleki wama-APV, uyasiqinisekisa ukuthi ukuthula okuhlala njalo kufanele kubandakanye ukwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi kanye nemali engenayo ngethemba lokulondoloza umphakathi. Bekhuthazwa izingcingo zika-Mohandas Gandhi zokuzanelisa, kanye nesibonelo sozakwabo u-Pashtun, u-Badshah Khan, bamelana nempi ngokukhuthaza imfundo nokudala imifelandawonye yendawo.
UMiriam ungumfundi ku-APVs '"Street Kids' School," esilungiselela izingane ezisebenza kanzima ukuthi ziphishekele imfundo kuyilapho zisiza imindeni yazo ukuthi ihlale isebenza kahle ngezabelo zanyanga zonke zelayisi namafutha. Ehlezi nami engadini ye-APVs' Borderfree Centre, umama wakhe ongumfelokazi, u-Gul Bek wangitshela ngobunzima abhekana nabo njengomama ongayedwa wezingane ezinhlanu.
Inyanga ngayinye udonsa kanzima ukuze akhokhe amanzi, irenti, ukudla nophethiloli. Eminyakeni ethile edlule, inkampani yafaka ipayipi lamanzi eliya emzini wakhe, kodwa njalo ngenyanga ummeleli wenkampani uyeza ezolanda ama-Afghani angu-700 - 800 (cishe ama-$10.00) ukuze akhokhe amanzi asetshenziswe umndeni. Umndeni ompofu - ngisho ongenawo umonakalo wempi - awukwazi ukonga u-$ 10 kalula. Uzama kanzima ukonga. “Kodwa kufanele sibe namanzi!” kusho uGul Bek. "Siyidinga ukuze siyihlanze, siyipheke, siwashe." Uyazi ukuthi ibaluleke kangakanani inhlanzeko, kodwa akalokothi abheke isabelomali sakhe samanzi. UGul Bek unovalo lokuthi angase axoshwe uma engakwazi ukuphatha irenti. Ingabe wayezoya ekamu lababaleki eKabul? Anikine ikhanda. Ngabuza ukuthi uhulumeni uyasiza yini. “Abazi lutho ngendlela esiphila ngayo,” kusho yena. “Ekuqaleni kweRamadan, besingakwazi ngisho nokuba nesinkwa. Sasingenawo ufulawa.” Amadodana akhe amabili amadala, aneminyaka engu-19 nengu-14, aseqala ukufunda amakhono okuthunga futhi aya esikoleni ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngabuza ukuthi uke acabange yini ukubavumela ukuba bajoyine amasosha noma amaphoyisa ukuze bathole okuthile okusondelene neholo lokuziphilisa. Wayengaguquki. Ngemva kokusebenza kanzima kangaka ekhulisa lamadodana, akafuni ukulahlekelwa yiwo. Ngeke abavumele ukuthi baphathe izibhamu.
Lapho ngivakashela ikamu lababaleki ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, ngaluqonda uvalo lwakhe lokuthuthela ekamu. Amakamu aminyene, anodaka, futhi awahlanzekile ngendlela eyingozi. Umdala wasekamu, u-Haji Jool, wanikwa izikhiye zegumbi lokulawula umthombo osanda kufakwa yizinhlangano ezizimele ezimbili. Ngalolo suku, ama-valve ayengasebenzi. Imindeni engu-200 kwengu-700 ekamu ithembele kulowo mthombo ukuze ithole amanzi. Ngibuke ubuso obukhathazekile babesifazane abebelinde, kusukela ekuseni, ukuzokha amanzi. Babezokwenzenjani? UHaji Jool wangitshela ukuthi iningi lemindeni ibiqhamuka ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Babaleka emizini yabo ngenxa yempi noma ngenxa yokuswela amanzi. Ingqalasizinda yaseKabul ehlaselwe, edinga kakhulu ukubuyiselwa kwe-US iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu yempi, ayikwazi ukusekela abantu.
Abangane bethu be-APV, bebona isidingo sokudala amathuba emisebenzi nemali engenayo, sebeqalile ukuqhubekela phambili nomsebenzi oncomekayo wokusungula amadlelandawonye. Ekuqaleni kukaJuni, baqale umfelandawonye wokuthunga izicathulo, eholwa izinsizwa ezimbili, uHussein noHosham, asebeqeqeshiwe kakade futhi sebefundise amakhono abo kuNoorullah. Baqamba isitolo sabo ngokuthi “Okuhlukile.” I-co-op yokubaza izosebenza maduze nje.
I-APV ibonga abantu abaningi bamazwe ngamazwe okuthi, ebusika obuyisithupha obudlule, baye basiza "Iphrojekthi Ye-Duvet" yabo yaminyaka yonke ukuletha izingubo zokulala ezidingeka kakhulu kubahlali baseKabul abangenalo isivikelo esimweni sezulu esibi sasebusika. I-“Duvet Project” inikele ngezingubo zokulala zasebusika emindenini entulayo engu-9,000 e-Kabul futhi inikeze imali yasebusika kubathungi abangaba ngu-360. Kodwa-ke, i-APV ibhekane nesicelo esiqhubekayo sabathungi abathi, yize bebonga iphrojekthi yesizini, baveze isidingo sabo esikhulu semali engenayo unyaka wonke.
Kulo nyaka, i-APV yakha umfelandawonye wabathungi ozokhiqiza izingubo zokugqoka unyaka wonke ukuze zidayiswe endaweni engabizi futhi izosabalalisa namaduvethi.
I-US isebenzisa amandla amakhulu avela esibhakabhakeni sase-Afghanistan, inisa isihogo somlilo ngamanani amakhulu kakhulu. Indawo yayo Yokuphepha kanye nezisekelo zayo zamasosha, ngaphakathi naseduze kwaseKabul, isiza ukudonsa amanzi endaweni ngokushesha kunokumbiwa kwemithombo. Ngokuqhubekayo kubangela inzondo nokulimala. Khonamanjalo, kungase kuzwakale njengokusho okuthile, kodwa ngokucabanga ngezwe elingcono abangani bethu abasebasha bayasiza ukulakha. Ngamaphrojekthi asimeme okusekela abadinga kakhulu, bamukela ukwenqaba kukaGul Bek ukubambisana nempi. Izenzo zabo ezilula, ezincane do qinisa iKabul. Bazinikela ekuhawukeleni, ekuqiniseni omakhelwane babo. Batshala imbewu engase ikhule noma ingakhuli ihlathi lapho - basebenzisa, kunokumosha, amandla abanawo. Abaklonyeliswa ngempumelelo enkulu yokubumba nokucekela phansi izwe, kodwa esikhundleni salokho ngenjongo enenjongo yokumisa umjikelezo ononya wempi futhi bamelane nezigaba ezinonya ezizama ukunqoba. Thina kuVoices sibonga ithuba, kanye nabo, lokulahla ukuphelelwa ithemba. Ekusekeleni amaphrojekthi abo, singenza izinxephezelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zincane kangakanani, ngenxa yobuze obuqhubekayo bempi.
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Kathy Kelly (UKathy@vcnv.org) Ukubambisana kwamazwi e-Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org).She uvakashele eKabul ekuqaleni kukaJuni njengesivakashi seVolontiya Yokuthula Afghan (ourjourneytosmile.com)
