Khumbula, unyaka owodwa odlule, yonke inthanethi kanye nezinyathelisi zanyathelisa isithombe esicindezelayo somfana oneminyaka emibili ubudala evela eNigeria ukuphuza amanzi ebhodleleni, okwakubanjwe owesifazane?
Khona-ke kwaba ngokoqobo waba uphawu lomuntu futhi wanikeza ithemba nokholo ukuthi izwe alikho ngaphandle kwabantu abalungile. Futhi lesi sithombe sesithombe asizange siphele ngesibhamu esisodwa, sinomphumela futhi ngisho "nokuphela okujabulisayo"!
Masithathe konke ngokuhlelekile?
Ekupheleni kukaJanuwari 2016, umsunguli wesiKhwama sosizo noNtuthuko yezingane ze-Afrika, u-Anne Anne Ringgren Loven wathola emigwaqeni yaseNigeria umntwana olambile, obomi bakhe bebuvele bube nobukhulu bezinwele ekufeni. Kwabonakala ukuthi umfana waphonswa ngaphandle, njengento engadingekile ekhaya ngabazali bakhe, ekholelwa ukuthi kukhona amandla angcolile kuye.
Maye, ngenxa yalesi sifunda se-Afrika, isimo lapho abazali bebiza izingane zabo ngegama elithi "imimoya emibi" basolwa ngisho nezinsana zobulovu, bese behlushwa, baxoshwa endlini noma babulawe, okuvamile. Ungaphunyuki isiphetho sokudubula kanye nalesi sibili esineminyaka engu-2 ubudala. Ezinyangeni ezingaphezu kwezingu-8 wazulazula ezitaladini, wadla ama-scraps kanye nezibonelelo zabadlulile-kuze kube ngumhlangano othakazelisayo ...
Khona-ke u-Anya wakhothama wazama ukumondla kahle umntwana, wamnika amanzi ebhodleleni, wabe esesigqoke ngengubo, wathathwa esibhedlela esiseduze ukuze athole ukwelashwa.
Umfana osindisiwe wayebizwa ngeThemba (ithemba), futhi ngoJanuwari 30, 2016, washicilela isikhundla sakhe sokuqala ngokomzwelo ku-Facebook, wabelane ngesithombe sakhe esidumile:
"Izinkulungwane zezingane eNigeria zisolwa ngokuthakatha. Sibonile ukuhlushwa kwezingane. Sibone izingane ezesabekayo futhi sibona abafile ... "
Ngokusebenzisa inethiwekhi yezokuxhumana, u-Anya Ringgren Loven wathinteka kubo bonke abathintekayo ngesicelo sokusekela ngemali ukubuyiswa kwalo mfana nezinye izingane ezisindiswe nguye emigwaqweni.
Lokhu kuyamangalisa, kepha ezinsukwini ezingaphezu kwezinsuku ezimbili emva kokushicilelwa kokuthunyelwe, imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizigidi zamaRandi ezivela emhlabeni wonke yamukelwa yisiKhwama sosizo nokuthuthukiswa kwezingane ze-Afrika!
Kuyaziwa ukuthi esibhedlela umfana waqala ukukhipha izimpethu futhi wenza igazi. Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbili, u-Anya wabika ukuthi iThemba inamandla, waqala ukuzuza isisindo futhi usevele edlala nezinye izingane ngenjabulo.
Ngempela, emva nje nonyaka wezindaba ezinhle mayelana nomfana ogcinwe, akekho ngaphansi! Namuhla, iThemba inempilo futhi ...
... kuleli sonto, uzoqala ukuya esikoleni okokuqala.
Futhi uNksz Lowen nomyeni wakhe sebeqalile ukwakha izintandane zabo lapho izintandane, ukunakekelwa, kanye nensindiso nethemba lokuphila zizotholakala yibo bonke abantwana abayidingayo!
Ithemba ngoJanuwari 2016 noJanuwari 2017