Daga cikin dubban yaran da yakin Ukraine ya shafa akwai Yustina, wata yarinya ’yar shekara 2 da murmushi mai dadi wacce ta dogara da dangantaka da Iowa.
Kwanan nan Justina ta yi maganin kafan kafa ta hanyar hanyar Ponceti wacce ba ta tiyata ba shekaru da dama da suka gabata a Jami'ar Iowa, wacce ta samu karbuwa a duniya. A hankali ta mayar da kafarta matsayin da ta dace ta hanyar yin amfani da simintin gyare-gyaren filasta da wani likita dan kasar Ukraine ya horar da shi. hanya.
Yanzu da aka kashe simintin gyare-gyaren, dole ne ta yi barci kowane dare har sai ta cika shekaru 4, sanye da abin da ake kira Iowa Brace. Na'urar tana sanye da takalma na musamman a kowane ƙarshen sandar nailan mai ƙarfi wanda ke sa ƙafafu ta mike kuma a daidai matsayi. Wannan wani muhimmin sashi ne na tabbatar da yanayin ƙafar ƙafar baya sake faruwa kuma za ta iya girma tare da motsi na yau da kullun.
Lokacin da mahaifinta ya bar aikinsa don shiga yaƙi da maharan Rasha, Justina da mahaifiyarta sun gudu zuwa wani ƙaramin ƙauye kusa da iyakar Belarus. Tana sanye da takalmin gyaran kafa na Iowa yanzu, amma za ta buƙaci ƙara girma a hankali yayin da take girma.
Labarinta ya fito ne daga wani dillalin kayan aikin likitancin dan kasar Ukraine mai suna Alexander wanda ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Clubfoot Solutions, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Iowa da ke ba da takalmin gyaran kafa. UI ta ba da lasisi, kungiyar ta tsara sigar takalmin gyaran kafa na zamani, tana kai kusan raka'a 10,000 a shekara ga yara a cikin kusan 90. kasashe - fiye da kashi 90 cikin 100 na masu araha ko kyauta.
Becker shine Manajan Darakta na Solutions Foot Foot, wanda matarsa Julie ke taimaka masa. Suna aiki daga gidansu a Bettendorf kuma suna adana takalmin gyaran kafa 500 a gareji.
"Alexander har yanzu yana aiki tare da mu a Ukraine, don kawai taimaka wa yara," in ji Becker. "Na gaya masa cewa za mu kula da su har sai kasar ta dawo da aiki. Abin baƙin ciki, Alexander yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka ba da bindigogi don yaƙar. "
Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙwallon ƙafa ta aika da takalmin gyaran kafa na Iowa kusan 30 zuwa Ukraine kyauta, kuma sun ƙara tsarawa idan za su iya isa Alexander cikin aminci. Jirgin na gaba kuma zai haɗa da ƙananan berayen da wani kamfani na Kanada zai taimaka wajen faranta wa yara rai, in ji Becker. 'yar'uwar tana sanye da kwafin sashin Iowa a cikin launukan tutar Yukren.
"A yau mun sami ɗaya daga cikin fakitinku," Alexander ya rubuta a cikin imel ɗin kwanan nan ga Beckers. "Muna godiya sosai a gare ku da 'ya'yanmu na Ukrainian! Za mu ba da fifiko ga 'yan ƙasa na biranen da ke fama da wahala: Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, da dai sauransu."
Alexander ya bai wa Beckers hotuna da gajerun labarai na wasu yara 'yan Ukrainian da yawa, kamar Justina, waɗanda ake yi musu jinyar ƙwallon ƙafa kuma suna buƙatar takalmin gyaran kafa.
"Gidan Bogdan mai shekaru uku ya lalace kuma iyayensa sun kashe duk kuɗinsu don gyara shi," Bogdan ya shirya don girman Iowa Brace na gaba, amma ba shi da kuɗi. Mahaifiyarsa ta aika da wani bidiyo tana gaya masa kada ya ji tsoron harsashin da ke tashi.”
A wani rahoto, Alexander ya rubuta: “Danya ɗan wata biyar, bama-bamai 40 zuwa 50 da rokoki suna faɗowa a birninsa Kharkov kowace rana. Dole ne a kwashe iyayensa zuwa birni mafi aminci. Ba su sani ba ko gidansu ya ruguje”.
"Alexander yana da yaro mai ƙafar ƙafa, kamar yawancin abokan aikinmu a ƙasashen waje," Becker ya gaya mani. "Haka ya shiga ciki."
Kodayake bayanin ya kasance na ɗan lokaci, Becker ya ce shi da matarsa sun sake jin ta bakin Alexander ta hanyar imel a wannan makon lokacin da ya ba da umarnin 12 ƙarin nau'i-nau'i na takalmin gyaran kafa na Iowa daban-daban.
Becker ya ce "'Yan Ukrain suna alfahari sosai kuma ba sa son kayan hannu." Ko a cikin imel ɗin ƙarshe, Alexander ya sake cewa yana so ya biya mu abin da muka yi, amma mun yi shi kyauta."
Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa tana sayar da takalmin gyare-gyare ga dillalai a ƙasashe masu arziki a kan farashi mai kyau, sannan ta yi amfani da waɗannan ribar don ba da takalmin gyaran kafa kyauta ko rage mahimmanci ga wasu mabukata.Becker ya ce gudummawar $25 ga ƙungiyoyin sa-kai ta gidan yanar gizon sa, www.clubfootsolutions.org, za ta rufe farashin tafiya zuwa Ukraine ko wasu ƙasashe waɗanda ke buƙatar takalmin gyaran kafa.
"Akwai bukatu da yawa a duniya," in ji shi. "Yana da wuya a gare mu mu bar wata alama a ciki. A kowace shekara ana haihuwar yara kusan 200,000 da ƙafar ƙafa. Muna aiki tuƙuru a yanzu a Indiya, wanda ke da kusan shari'o'i 50,000 a shekara. "
An kafa shi a cikin birnin Iowa a cikin 2012 tare da goyon baya daga UI, Clubfoot Solutions ya rarraba kusan takalmin gyaran kafa 85,000 a duk duniya har zuwa yau. Mambobin malamai uku ne suka tsara stent wanda ya ci gaba da aikin marigayi Dokta Ignacio Ponseti, wanda ya fara aikin jinya ba tare da tiyata ba a nan. shekarun 1940. Uku su ne Nicole Grossland, Thomas Cook da Dokta Jose Morquand.
Tare da taimako daga sauran abokan hulɗar UI da masu ba da gudummawa, ƙungiyar ta sami damar haɓaka sauƙi mai sauƙi, inganci, mara tsada, takalmin gyaran kafa mai inganci, in ji Cook.Takalma suna da suturar roba ta roba mai dadi, madauri mai ƙarfi maimakon velcro don kiyaye su a wuri duka. dare, kuma an tsara su don sa su zama masu yarda da zamantakewa ga iyaye da yara - tambaya mai mahimmanci. Sanduna a tsakanin su suna cirewa don sauƙin sakawa da cire takalma.
Lokacin da lokaci ya yi da za a nemo masana'anta na Iowa Brace, Cook ya ce, ya cire sunan BBC International daga cikin akwatin takalmi da ya gani a wani kantin sayar da takalma a cikin gida kuma ya aika wa kamfanin imel don bayyana abin da ake bukata. Kamfaninsa a Boca Raton, Florida, yana kera takalma da shigo da nau'i-nau'i kusan miliyan 30 a shekara daga China.
BBC ta kasa da kasa tana kula da wani sito a St. Louis wanda ke kula da kaya har zuwa 10,000 Iowa braces da kuma sarrafa sauke jigilar kaya don maganin kafan kafa kamar yadda ake bukata.Becker ya ce DHL ta riga ta ba da rangwame don tallafawa isar da takalmin gyaran kafa zuwa Ukraine.
Rashin farin jinin yakin Ukraine har ma ya sa abokan huldar Kafar Kwando ta Rasha suka ba da gudumawa ga wannan fanni tare da jigilar nasu kayan gyaran kafa zuwa Ukraine, in ji Becker.
Shekaru uku da suka wuce, Cook ya wallafa cikakken tarihin Ponceti. Haka nan kwanan nan ya rubuta littafin yara na takarda mai suna “Lucky Feet,” dangane da gaskiyar labarin Cook, yaron da ya sadu da shi a Najeriya.
Yaron ya zagaya ta hanyar rarrafe har hanyar Ponceti ta gyara ƙafafunsa. A ƙarshen littafin, yakan yi tafiya zuwa makaranta. Cook ya ba da muryar sigar bidiyon littafin a www.clubfootsolutions.org.
"A wani lokaci, mun aika da kwantena mai ƙafa 20 zuwa Najeriya tare da takalmin gyare-gyare 3,000 a ciki," in ji shi.
Kafin barkewar cutar, Morcuende ya yi balaguro kusan sau 10 a kowace shekara zuwa kasashen waje don horar da likitocin hanyar Ponseti kuma ya karbi bakuncin likitocin 15-20 a shekara don horarwa a jami'a, in ji shi.
Cook ya girgiza kai ga abin da ke faruwa a Ukraine, yana farin ciki cewa ƙungiyar sa-kai da ya yi aiki da ita har yanzu tana iya ba da takalmin gyaran kafa a can.
Ya ce: “Waɗannan yaran ba su zaɓi a haife su da ƙafar kafa ba ko kuma a cikin ƙasar da yaƙi ya daidaita.” Suna kama da yara a ko’ina. Abin da muke yi shi ne baiwa yara a duk duniya rayuwa ta al'ada. "
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-18-2022