Kumanani ndi Kahn, FARM STEW Intern, ndi ana ku Zimbabwe ku NewStart Orphanage!

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Ku Zimbabwe, FARM STEW International ndiyokonzeka kuyanjana ndi Kuda Vana Partnership !

Kuda Vana (lomwe limatanthauza "ana okonda" m'Chishona) ndi nyumba yosungira ana amasiye yomwe imayesetsa kupatsa mphamvu ana omwe ali pachiopsezo cha Zimbabwe kuti asamangokhalira kukhala ndi moyo, koma kuti azichita bwino. 

Susan Cherne, Wapampando wa Bungwe la FARM STEW International, adalankhula ndi Kuda Vana pomwe adachita nawo msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa ASI wa 2019 ku Louisville, Kentucky kuti apeze njira zomwe mabungwe awiriwa angagwirizanire. Kuda Vana adaphunzira kuti FARM STEW ikugwira ntchito yopititsa patsogolo thanzi la mabanja osauka komanso anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo pogawana nawo njira yopezera moyo wochuluka padziko lonse lapansi. Ubale wachilengedwe unayambika, ndipo maloto a mnyamata wina wa tsogolo lodzipezera yekha anasonkhezeredwa. 

Kuda Vana simalo anu amasiye. Ogwira ntchito awo amapereka chisamaliro chokwanira kwa mwana aliyense wamasiye kapena wosiyidwa wobweretsedwa kwa iwo ndi Social Services. Ana amaleredwa m’kagulu ka gulu ndipo amapatsidwa chikondi, chakudya, chitetezo, chisamaliro chaumoyo, maphunziro, luso la moyo, ndi chitsogozo chauzimu ndi chamaganizo—zimene zimawathandiza kukhala ndi moyo wodziimira payekha, wolemekezeka, ndi wolemeretsa. Ana omwe ali m'manja mwawo akafika zaka 18, Kuda Vana's Youth Transition Program amapereka nyumba zosinthira komanso chithandizo chamaphunziro kusukulu yamalonda kapena kuyunivesite. 

Mwana aliyense m'manja mwa Kuda Vana amatengedwa ngati banja ndipo, ngati n'kotheka, amathandizidwa muzoyembekeza ndi maloto awo. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Kuda Vana anali ndi nkhawa ndi tsogolo la Tendai wachichepere, wazaka 16 yemwe wakhala ku malo osungira ana amasiye kuyambira ali mwana. Tendai ali ndi vuto lalikulu la kuphunzira, ndipo ali wachichepere kaŵirikaŵiri ankapezeredwa ndi aphunzitsi. Ali ndi zaka 15, sanathe kuwerenga kapena kulemba dzina lake ndipo adataya mtima kuti akwaniritse maloto ake odzakhala Katswiri wa Zachuma kapena kudziyimira pawokha. 

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Ndi nthawi komanso chisamaliro chochokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku Kuda Vana, Tendai posachedwapa adaphunzira kuwerenga. Ndi mnyamata wanzeru kwambiri yemwe amachita bwino popanga zinthu komanso kusamalira minda ya Kuda Vana. Amatha kukulitsa chilichonse ndipo amanyadira kwambiri ntchito yake. Komabe, ogwira ntchitowo anali ndi nkhawa kuti Tendai adzafika zaka 18 ndipo mwalamulo akuyenera kuchoka kusukulu ya Kuda Vana. 

Dr. Rick Westermeyer, FARM STEW Zimbabwe Volunteer Country Director, ndi mkazi wake adayendera Kuda Vana Children's Home mchaka chathachi. Anadutsa m'minda ndikuphunzira za masomphenya okhumba a Kuda Vana kuti akhazikitse Pulogalamu ya Ulimi ya Thrive, njira yopititsira patsogolo chitetezo cha chakudya cha bungwe ndi kulimbikitsa maluso ofunikira pamoyo. Patangotha miyezi yochepa pulogalamu imeneyi itakhazikitsidwa, Kuda Vana anawonjezera malo awo olimako ndi 500%! 

Dr. Rick ndi mkazi wake adaphunziranso za Tendai ndi kugwirizana kwake pa ulimi, komanso zovuta zake pasukulu yachikhalidwe. FARM STEW Zimbabwe ndi Africa Orphan Care adapereka mwayi kwa Tendai kuti akakhale nawo ku Foundation for Farming Training ku Harare pamodzi ndi wogwira ntchito wodzipereka wa FARM STEW. Mwayi umenewu unakhala njira yabwino yopezera chidaliro cha Tendai ndi ziyembekezo zake zamtsogolo monga Katswiri wazachuma. 

Patatha milungu iwiri ataphunzira za kumanga kompositi, mulching, ndi kupanga zokolola zambiri kuchokera kumadera ang'onoang'ono, Tendai adalandira satifiketi ya Maziko a Kulima. Monga wophunzira wamng'ono kwambiri kumeneko, akuti adamva kuti ali wolandirika komanso akuphatikizidwa ndi aliyense, komanso kuti wodzipereka wa FARM STEW, Khan Ellmers, anali wodekha komanso wothandiza poonetsetsa kuti amvetsetsa mfundo iliyonse. Tendai akunena za zomwe adakumana nazo: 

“Ndikufuna kuthokoza komanso kuthokoza anthu omwe adandipatsa ndalama kuti ndipeze mwayi wopita ku maphunziro osintha moyowa. Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndi maloto oti ndikhale ndi mwayi wopeza maphunziro otere kuti ndidziwe luso langa chifukwa ndili ndi chidwi chachikulu pa ulimi. Tsopano ndili ndi zomwe ndingachite ndikakalamba ndi Kuda Vana. Ndikufuna kukhala mlimi wamkulu ndikupereka chakudya kumagolosale okulirapo. Pakali pano, ndikuyang'anira Kuda Vana's Thrive Farming Program, ndipo sikungoyesa ndi zolakwika: tsopano ndikuchita zinthu zolondola ndikamalima. Satifiketi iyi ikutanthauza zambiri kwa ine. Palibe amene angachotse chidziwitso chomwe ndili nacho, ndipo ndidzafufuza dziko lapansi. Apanso, zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cha thandizoli. ”

FARM STEW ikuthokoza kwambiri chifukwa cha mgwirizano wathu ndi Kuda Vana ndipo tikuyembekeza kugwirizanitsa m'njira zambiri kuonetsetsa kuti ana omwe ali pachiopsezo cha Zimbabwe samangopulumuka, koma akuyenda bwino. 

Ngati mungafune kudziwa zambiri za ntchito ya Kuda Vana ndi ana amasiye ku Zimbabwe, chonde pitani ku www.kudavana.org !

Kuti muwone kuyankhulana kwathunthu ndi Kahn Ellmers Dinani Apa!