USista Juliet Lithemba ngoku uliQhawe lezoKhenketho eLesotho kumlo wakhe wokulwa neCOVID

1. UDade Juliet Lithemba ufuzisela amagorha amaninzi kwihlabathi liphela athatha amanyathelo amaninzi ongezelelweyo ukuze alawule lo bhubhani woyikekayo. TNgolunye usuku uSis Juliet Lithemba wawongwa ngewonga leGorha lezoKhenketho yiWorld Tourism Network.
2. Phakathi ku-Epreli, iLesotho ibirekhodishe phantse i-11,000 lezehlo zentsholongwane ngokusweleka kwabantu abangama-315 ngokwe-WHO. Ilizwe liphehlelele iphulo labo lokugonya i-COVID-19 nge-10 Matshi 2021 emva kokufumana izitofu ngeZiko le-COVAX. Ezinye iidosi ze-16,000 zenziwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngakumbi kubasebenzi abaphambili. 
3. Ixhaswe nguMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi (i-WHO), iNgxowa-mali yaBantwana ye-UN (i-UNICEF), kunye namanye amaqabane, abasemagunyeni bayile imiyalezo ekujoliswe kuyo kumaqela athile kuluntu afana nabantu abadala, abasesichengeni, kunye namalungu oluntu aneemeko ezahlukeneyo ezinje ngesifo seswekile kunye igazi elonyukayo. 

Ukhenketho yeyona nto ifumana imali kweli lizwe liMazantsi eAfrika. Ukulwa ne-COVID-19 kuya kulibuyisela eli candelo liphila.

KuDade Juliet Lithemba, lo nyaka uphelileyo “bekungekho nto imfutshane ngaphandle kobabalo nenceba evela phezulu”, njengoko eyicacisa. Umhlali oneminyaka engama-77 ubudala waseMt Royal Convent yamaSista eCharity yaseOttawa, ebekwe kwisithili saseLeribe eLesotho, ebengazi lukhulu nge-COVID-19 de ikhaya lakhe loonongendi kunye nabanye oodade basulelwa yile ntsholongwane iyingozi. 

Ukukhusela abantu abadala baseLesotho, urhulumente ebesele eqhuba iphulo elaziwa njengeNgozi yoNxibelelwano loMngcipheko kunye nokuzibandakanya koLuntu. Konke malunga nabantu banceda abantu.

ILesotho, indawo ephakamileyo, ubukumkani obunqatyisiweyo obujikelezwe nguMzantsi Afrika, buxutywe ngumnatha wemilambo kunye neentaba ezibandakanya ukuphakama kwe-3,482m yeThabana Ntlenyana. Kwithafa leThaba Bosiu, kufutshane nekomkhulu laseLesotho, iMaseru, ngamabhodlo asusela kwinkulungwane ye-19 yolawulo lukaKumkani uMoshoeshoe I. UThaba Bosiu ujonge iNtaba iQiloane, uphawu oluhlala luhleli lwesizwe saBasotho besizwe

Uye wanikela ubomi bakhe kwinkonzo yezenkolo ukusukela ngo-1964, xa wayeneminyaka engama-20 kuphela ubudala. Kwiminyaka engama-47 zokuzinikezela kwakhe, akazange abone ukuphazamiseka okunje kuziswa sisifo njengakwi-COVID-19 bhubhane. 

Usista Lithemba wayengomnye wabantu bokuqala ukuchongwa njengomba oqinisekisiweyo ngoMeyi 2020 kwikhaya lakhe loonongendi ngethuba wayeqala ukucinga ukuba ubanjwe yingqele. 

“Akuzange kumangalise kum ukuba ndineempawu ezifana nomkhuhlane kuba ubomi bam bonke, bendikhathazwa yingqele”, utshilo. 

Akukho phuculo 

Akuzange kubengcono njengoko iintsuku zazihambile de watyelela iSibhedlele iMotebang, indawo ekumgama nje ongephi ukusuka kwikhaya loonongendi, ukufumana unyango. Umongikazi owayemncedisa ngala mini wathi makavavanye i-COVID-19. 

Emva kokuvavanywa ukuba unayo le ntsholongwane, uDade Lithemba wasiwa kwisibhedlele iBerea ukuze avalelwe yedwa kwaye abekwe iliso. Waye kwioksijini yonke imihla kangangeentsuku ezili-18. 

“Ndide ndafundiswa nendlela yokusebenzisa umatshini weoksijini. Ngokuqinisekileyo yayiza kuhlala ixesha elide esibhedlele. Oku, ndikufunde ngokuhamba kweentsuku ”, utshilo. Echasene nomandlalo wakhe yayingudadewabo owayehlala kwikhaya loonongendi, owayephefumla nzima, esitya okanye esela namanzi. 

"Wayengaginyi okanye agcine nantoni na", utshilo uDade Lithemba. Kamva, ummelwane wakhe wasweleka kabuhlungu. 

Le ntsholongwane yayisasazeke kakhulu kangangokuba yonke imihla usista wayengasiwa kwikliniki yabucala ekufutshane, ukuze anikwe ioksijini. Omdala phakathi koodade, wayengu-96 omkhulu. 

'Amaqhawe amaninzi' alahlekile 

Ngokupheleleyo, i-convent ibhalise iimeko ezili-17 ezintle kunye nezintathu ezimbi. Ngelishwa, kula matyala aqinisekisiweyo, basixhenxe aswelekileyo. 

“La yayingamaxesha ovavanyo kuthi. Silahlekelwe ngamagorha amaninzi kulo mlo, kwaye ubomi abusoze bufane ”, utshilo uDade Lithemba. Yena nabanye abahlali kweli khaya bathi abazi ukuba banokosulelwa njani okanye phi ngela xesha. 

Emva komtshangatshangiso wokuqala wentsholongwane, ikhaya loonongendi laqesha inkampani yokucoca kunye nokubulala iintsholongwane, yayalela wonke umntu ukuba alandele imigaqo-nkqubo ye-COVID-19 kwaye avumele bonke abasebenzi babo bahlale ekhampasini. 

Amagumbi abo eendwendwe avaliwe okwethutyana, ukuze kungabikho kungena ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwekhaya. 

Kuyingozi kakhulu 

Okwangoku, wonke umntu kufuneka ahlale kumagumbi akhe. Kukho izindlu zangasese kwigumbi ngalinye nakuko konke ukungena kunye neendawo zokuphuma. Sibambelela kude kude emzimbeni kwiholo yethu yokutyela naxa sisiya kwimithandazo yethu yemihla ngemihla. Sibubonile ubukho bale ntsholongwane ngendlela eqatha, kwaye siluthathela phezulu ukhuseleko lwethu, ”utshilo uSista Lithemba.

"Abantu abalupheleyo ngabona basemngciphekweni omkhulu we-COVID-19 kwaye baye bachaphazeleka ngokungalinganiyo ngulo bhubhane njengoko besemngciphekweni omkhulu wokosulelwa yintsholongwane ngenxa yokwehla kwamasosha omzimba kunye neemeko zempilo esele zikho," utshilo uRichard Banda, ummeli WHO eLesotho. 

Yiyo loo nto iqela le-UN eLesotho lixhasa imisebenzi yokuzibandakanya eluntwini, ngakumbi ekujoliseni abantu abasesichengeni, kwaye iququzelela iintlanganiso ezizodwa apho kuqhutywa khona iingxoxo zokukhuthaza ezempilo, ngelixa bejonga ii-Do's and Don'ts zesibetho se-COVID-19. 

"Kufuneka siqinise umsebenzi wethu ukufezekisa ukuXhaswa kwezeMpilo kwiLizwe liphela, kwaye sityale imali ekujonganeni nemeko yezentlalo nezoqoqosho ezimiselweyo kwezempilo, ukujongana nokungalingani kunye nokwakha umhlaba olungileyo, ophilileyo," wongeze watsho uMnu Banda. 

Phakathi ku-Epreli, iLesotho yayiphinde yasombulula phantse i-11,000 yezigulo zentsholongwane kunye nokusweleka kwabantu abangama-315 ngokwe-WHO. Ilizwe liphehlelele iphulo labo lokugonya i-COVID-19 nge-10 Matshi 2021 emva kokufumana izitofu ngeZiko le-COVAX. Ezinye iidosi ze-16,000 ziye zenziwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngakumbi kubasebenzi abaphambili. 

Ukudubula okusindisa ubomi 

“Zonke izifo zifuna unyango, kwaye nokuba esi sitofu asifezekanga, ubuncinci sinciphisa amathuba okufa kwaye sigule kakhulu. Lilo lonke ithemba esilifunayo ”, utshilo uDade Lithemba. 

Ngoku uthathela ingqalelo onke amanyathelo okhuseleko akhoyo, ukunciphisa izinga losulelo, lide ilizwe libambe lo bhubhani. 

Njengomnye wabasindileyo be-COVID-19, uDade Lithemba ubongoza abasemagunyeni ukuba bazifumane ngokwabo izixhobo zokwenza amaqela okubandakanya abahlali ukuba atyelele zonke iikona zesithili. Uthe, le nto kufuneka ijolise ekufikeleleni kuye wonke umntu, kubandakanya nabo bakwiindawo ekunzima ukufikelela kuzo. 

The World Tourism Network iqaphela amaqhawe amaninzi angaziwayo kulengxakeko kwaye inika uDade Juliet Lithemba ukuba abandakanywe kwiqhawe lokhenketho.

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