IBhodi yoKhenketho yaseGambia ikhupha incwadana yokulwa ukhenketho ngokwesini lomntwana

Ibhodi yezoKhenketho yaseGambia ekuzibopheleleni kwayo ekupheliseni ukhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo kubantwana eGambia iye yenza ikomiti yombutho wokuphuhlisa incwadi yoqeqesho kukhenketho lwesini lwabantwana. Incwadi yoqeqesho yaphehlelelwa ngoLwesithathu umhla wesi-5 kweyeDwarha kwiNdawo yokuchithelwa yeholide yaseBaobab eKololi.

Ukuphehlelelwa kwencwadana yoqeqesho kuhambelana nesigunyaziso se-GTB ekukhuselweni kwabantwana kwezokhenketho kwaye sikwasebenza njengesixhobo kunye nemathiriyeli ebambekayo eyenziwa ngurhulumente waseGambia kunye ne-UNICEF ukukhusela abantwana kwezokhenketho.

Esenza ingxelo yakhe yokuphehlelela egameni lomphathiswa wezokhenketho nenkcubeko, uSekela Nobhala weSigqeba uMnu. Modou Joof uthe ukuphehlelelwa kwale ncwadana yemigaqo sesinye isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwiimbali zokhenketho lwabantwana. Ukwathe kusexesheni nanjengoko beza kubona ukuqala kwelinye ixesha labakhenkethi. Uvakalise inyani yokuba ukhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo kubantwana ngumba ongaphelelanga nje kwicandelo lezokhenketho kodwa kuluntu luphela kuquka, iintsapho, izikolo kunye neminye imibutho. Uthe umlo ochasene nokhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo kubantwana ngumlo kuwo onke amacandelo nakuzo zonke iimbombo zelizwe. Oku, uye waphawula ukuba abantwana basengozini kwaye banokutsalwa lula zizinto ezininzi. Ngoko ke uvakalise ukuzibophelela kubo bonke ekulweni ukhenketho lwabantwana ngokwesondo. “Yenziwa ngabo bonke nakwabanye” utshilo.

UMnu Joof uthe ukhenketho lubonelela ngengeniso kurhulumente waseGambia nakwicandelo labucala, ngoko ke wathi ngumthombo obaluleke kakhulu wengeniso kubo bobabini baseGambia nabangengabo baseGambia abasebenza ngaphakathi kweli candelo.

Udize ukuba, iSebe lezoKhenketho lilungele ukwandisa isohlwayo esibotshelelwa aboni bokhenketho lwezesondo zabantwana ukuze kukhuselwe umntwana eGambia kunye nabakhenkethi. Uthe le ncwadana yoqeqesho iza kunceda kakhulu ekwandiseni ulwazi kweli candelo nakwindalo esingqongileyo, njengoko umba wokhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo kubantwana ingumba ontsonkothileyo oneengxaki zentlalo.

Waphawula ukuba ngentsebenziswano, umlo ochasene nokhenketho lwesini kubantwana ngokuqinisekileyo uya kupheliswa.

Unike abaqeqeshi umsebenzi wokuba badlulele ngaphaya kwegumbi lokufundela kwaye benze kube ngumsebenzi wokwazisa nokusasaza ulwazi koogxa babo. Uqukumbele ngokubulela iUNICEF ngenkxaso yayo ekuqulunqweni kwale ncwadana.

U-Ousman Kebbeh, iGosa lezoKhenketho lwaBasebenzi kwi-GTB uthe le ncwadana yoqeqesho yaqala kunyaka ophelileyo ngentsebenziswano nabachaphazelekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba le ncwadana yoqeqesho ikwibhodi yokukhusela ukhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo lomntwana eGambia.

Uqaphele ukuba, ikomiti yabasebenzi emiselwe ukusebenza kwincwadana yoqeqesho idlala indima ephambili ekukhuselweni kokhenketho lokwabelana ngesondo kubantwana. Ucele umngeni kubathathi-nxaxheba, ababiza ngokuba ngoonozakuzaku bemibutho kunye namaziko abo ukuba babelane kwaye basasaze koogxa babo ngolwazi malunga nokhenketho lwabantwana ngokwesondo, ukuze lukhusele abantwana bethu.

Konke oku uthe, kufuna iinzame ezidibeneyo ekufuneka zithathe umsebenzi wethu.

Ubulele urhulumente waseGambia kunye neUNICEF ngenkxaso yabo ekukhuseleni abantwana kwilizwe lethu. Ubongoze abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba bayisebenzise kakuhle le ncwadana yemigaqo. Ezinye izithethi ziquka uModou Tala Jobe weSmall Scale Enterprises in Tourism (ASSET) othe wajongana neemvakalelo ezifanayo.