Momwe Rajvi Desai ankachitira ndi anthu a ku Ghana anathandiza kumvetsa miyambo ya ku India
Rajvi Desai, Visit.org
Dzuŵa linagunda mvula yachisanu June Lachisanu madzulo pamutu wa nsalu yotchedwa Sana Alhassan, pamene ankatsanulira mowa mafuta otentha kuchokera mumphika wonyezimira, pakati pa utsi wambiri womwe unkawoneka ngati mphika.
"Tsopano kuti tili mu nyengo yosala kudya, ndikuyesera kwambiri," Alhassan adalankhula kudzera mwa womasulira. "Koma ndizofunika kwambiri."
Alhassan ndi mmodzi wa akazi 60 omwe amagwira ntchito ku Tiehisuma Shea Butter Processing Center ku Tamale, kumpoto kwa Ghana.
Kwa zaka khumi, iye adadzuka m'mawa kwambiri kuti akagule mtedza wa shea, ndipo akuphwanya, akupera, wophika, wouma, kusakaniza ndi kugulira maso kuti apereke ndalama za sukulu za ana ake.
Alhassan ndi mmodzi wa akazi a m'mudzi wamalonda omwe anandilimbikitsa ine pa sabata yanga yachisanu ndi chimodzi ku Ghana monga mtolankhani wophunzira kuchokera ku yunivesite ya New York. Ndinatenga zithunzi, ndinafunsa mafunso osawerengeka ndipo ndinamva nkhani zochititsa chidwi kuti ndimvetse mavuto a amayi ndi momwe anagonjetsa tsiku lililonse. Icho chinali chisangalalo chamtheradi.
Koma sizinali zatsopano. Kunena zoona, ndinkakhala pa chifuwa cha agogo anga aakazi panthawi yomwe ndinkangogona usiku uliwonse, ndikubwerera kumudzi wawung'ono ku India . Anandiuza za momwe analili osawuka komanso momwe akulu a m'banja anagwirira ntchito m'minda mpaka simungathe kusiyanitsa khungu la mgwalangwa wanu kutentha. Ndiroleni ine ndingonena, icho chinali chithunzi chachikulu kuti muike mutu wa wazaka zisanu.
Poyang'anapo, pali zinthu zambiri zimene ndiyenera kuziganizira. Mkazi wathu wa zamasamba anabwera pakhomo pathu ndi thumba lalikulu la ndiwo zamasamba lomwe linali lokwanira kwambiri pamutu pake moti ndinayenera kuthamanga kuti ndimuthandize kuthetsa mmawa uliwonse. Sindinatengepo zithunzi zake. Sindinamufunsepo za moyo wake. Sindinayambe ndikudzifunsapo chifukwa zinali zodziwika bwino.
Zinali zachilendo ndipo ndinali wotanganidwa kwambiri ndikuyang'ana paphewa la agogo anga m'basiketi, ndikumulimbikitsa kuti asagule okra.
Zaka khumi pambuyo pake, ndinali ku kumpoto kwa Ghana, nthawi zonse ndikukhala misozi, ndikusowa nkhani zowonjezera kuti pang'onopang'ono ndinkakumbutsa za iwo amene ndinasowa kukula.
Anthu amanena kuti ndikofunikira kupita kumadera osiyanasiyana kuti amvetse dziko lapansi. Ndikanena kuti maulendo anga anali ofunika kuti andithandize kumvetsa nyumba yanga.
Kubwerera ku India, amayi anga ndi azimayi. Ali ndi nyumba ya amayi odwala ndipo odwala ambiri amayenda maola awiri kapena awiri poyendetsa sitima zapamwamba kuti apite kuchipatala kuchokera kumidzi yoyandikana nayo. Mtima wamtima wowolowa manja, nthawi zambiri amapereka maulendo aufulu ndi mankhwala kwa osawuka omwe amafunikira chithandizo koma sangathe kulipira. Ndinakulira kuchipatalachi, ndikuwona opaleshoni ndikukhala pa zokambirana pa masiku opanda pake.
Koma sindinapite kuchipatala chaulere cha Dr. David Abdulai, Shekhina ku Tamale kuti ndimvetsetse zomwe amayi anga amachita. Ndinayendayenda pakati pa anthu omwe ali ndi khate, odwala matenda a HIV / AIDS, anthu olumala komanso odwala mwakuthupi komanso anthu osauka omwe adapeza malo abwino ndi Dr. Abdulai.
Amayang'ana odwala 30 patsiku, opanda ndalama, ndipo sanafunsepo aliyense ndalama kapena zopereka zina.
Inde, sindikufanizira kupereka kwa amayi anga kwa Dr. Abdulai. Koma ora lomwelo ndinamuchenjeza ndikumumvetsera kulankhula za ntchito yake anandipangitsa kuzindikira kuti: Nthawi zonse amayi anga ankadandaula chifukwa chosakhala ndi ndalama zokwanira mwina ayenera kulandira chisamaliro chomwe amagawira kudzera pa ntchito za kulera zaufulu komanso njira zopangira opaleshoni. Ndichifukwa chiyani iye akanapitirizabe kuchita zimenezo pokhapokha ndi ngodya zolimba kuti azidula?
Posakhalitsa ndinabwerera ku Accra, ndikuyenda mumsewu wa Makola m'munsi mwa dzuwa lakuda la Ghana. Maonedwe, anthu ndi zokambirana zomwe ndinkangokhalira kuzidziwonetsera pamaso panga, zenizeni monga momwe nsalu ya Dutch Wax nsalu yosindikizidwira yowonekera kunja kwa sitolo ya nsalu.
Zinatenga maulendo opitirira 10,000, kuyenda zaka zoposa 10 kuti ndisamvetsetse komwe ndinali, komanso kumene ndinachokera.
Kumapeto kwa pulogalamuyo, ndinabwerera ku New York City ndikudziŵa bwino kuti ulendo wamtendere ungakhoze kuchita chiyani kwa munthu. Nthawi yanga ndikucheza ndi anthu a ku Ghana, kumvetsetsa miyambo yawo, kuyesa kumvetsetsa dzanja la Ghana, kuphunzira mau omvera m'zinenero zoposa 4 - sizinandithandize kumvetsetsa Ghana bwino, komanso kunamuthandiza kuti akhale ndi udindo komanso wolakwa. Udindo wosayang'ana konse malo ndi kudzidzimva kwa nthawi zomwe sindinalowere m'mudzi mwathu, osaloledwa ulendo wanga wopita.
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