Ukuhlangana nopapa "isipho sokuzalwa esihle kunazo zonke ezake zenzeka," kusho uyise wezingane zababaleki ominze

U-Abdullah Kurdi, ubaba wombaleki omncane oshone eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule wavusa umhlaba ngeqiniso lenkinga yokufuduka kwabantu, wabiza umhlangano wakhe wakamuva noPapa Francis isipho esihle kakhulu sokuzalwa aseke wasithola.

UKurdi wahlangana noPapa Francis ngoMashi 7 ngemuva kokuthi upapa egubhe imisa e-Erbil ngosuku lokugcina eligcwele lokuvakashela kwakhe umlando e-Iraq kusukela ngoMashi 5 kuya ku-8.

Ekhuluma noCrux, uKurdi uthe ngesikhathi ethola ucingo emasontweni amabili edlule evela kwabezokuphepha baseKurd bemtshela ukuthi upapa ufuna ukuhlangana naye ngenkathi ese-Erbil, "angikholwanga."

"Bengingakukholwa kuze kwenzeke lokhu empeleni," esho enezela, "Bekufana nokuthi kufezeke iphupho futhi bekuyisipho sami sokuzalwa esihle kunazo zonke ezake zenzeka," njengoba umhlangano wenzeke ngosuku olwedlule. Usuku lokuzalwa lukaKurdi ngomhlaka 8 Mashi .

UKurdi nomndeni wakhe baba sematheni emhlabeni ngonyaka wezi-2015 ngesikhathi isikebhe sabo sigingqika njengoba sasiwela uLwandle i-Aegean sisuka eTurkey siya eGrisi sizama ukufinyelela e-Europe.

Badabuka eSyria, uKurdi, unkosikazi wakhe uRehanna namadodana akhe uGhalib, 4, no-Alan, 2, babalekile ngenxa yempi yombango eqhubekayo ezweni futhi behlala njengababaleki eTurkey.

Ngemuva kwemizamo eyehlulekile yokuxhasa umndeni ngudadewabo ka-Abdullah Tima, ohlala eCanada, yehlulekile, u-Abdullah ngo-2015, lapho inkinga yokufuduka yayisencane, wanquma ukuletha umndeni wakhe eYurophu ngemuva kokuba iJalimane izibophezele. Ukwamukela ababaleki abayisigidi.

NgoSepthemba wangonyaka ofanayo, u-Abdullah ngosizo lukaTima wazitholela izihlalo ezine yena nomndeni wakhe esikebheni esasisuka eBodrum, eTurkey siya esiqhingini saseGos saseKos. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva nje kokuhamba ngomkhumbi, isikebhe - esasingalalisa abantu abayisishiyagalombili kuphela kodwa sasithwele abangu-16 - saphela futhi, njengoba u-Abdullah wakwazi ukubaleka, umndeni wakhe wahlangabezana nesiphetho esihlukile.

Ngakusasa ekuseni, isithombe sesidumbu sendodana yakhe u-Alan, sayiswa ogwini lwaseTurkey, saqhuma ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nakwizinkundla zokuxhumana ngemuva kokubanjwa ngumthwebuli wezithombe waseTurkey uNilüfer Demir.

U-Alan Kurdi omncane selokhu waba yisithonjana somhlaba wonke esikhombisa ubungozi ababaleki ababhekana nabo ekufuneni kwabo impilo engcono. Ngo-Okthoba 2017, eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, uPapa Francis - ummeli ozwakalayo wababaleki nababaleki - wanikela ngesithombe sika-Alan ehhovisi laseRoma le-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Ngemuva kwengozi, uKurdi wanikezwa indlu e-Erbil, lapho ahlala khona kusukela lapho.

UKurdi, osekunesikhathi eside ephupha ngokuhlangana nopapa ukuze ambonge ngokukhuthaza kwakhe ababaleki nababaleki nokuhlonipha indodana yakhe eshonile, uthe akakwazi ngisho nokukhuluma isonto lonke ngaphambi komhlangano wezemizwa, awubize ngokuthi "yisimangaliso" . , “Incazelo kabani” angazi ukuthi ngiyibeka kanjani ngamagama athi “.

"Ngesikhathi ngibona upapa, ngange isandla sakhe ngamtshela ukuthi kwakuyinhlonipho ukuhlangana naye futhi ngiyabonga ngomusa nobubele bakho enhlekeleleni yomndeni wami nakubo bonke ababaleki," kusho uKurdi, egcizelela ukuthi kukhona abanye abantu abalinde ukubingelela upapa ngemuva kwemisa yakhe e-Erbil, kepha yena wanikezwa isikhathi esithe xaxa nopapa.

"Ngesikhathi ngiqabula izandla zikapapa, upapa wayethandaza waphakamisela izandla ezulwini wangitshela ukuthi umndeni wami usezulwini futhi uphumule ngokuthula," kusho uKurdi, ekhumbula ukuthi amehlo akhe aqala kanjani ngaleso sikhathi. Ukugcwala izinyembezi.

"Bengifuna ukukhala," kusho uKurdi, "kodwa ngathi, 'zibambe', ngoba bengingafuni (upapa) azizwe edabukile."

UKurdi ube esenikeza upapa umdwebo wendodana yakhe u-Alan olwandle "ukuze upapa akwazi ukukhumbuza abantu ngaleso sithombe ukusiza abantu abahluphekayo, ukuze bangakhohlwa," esho.

Lo mdwebo wenziwe ngumdwebi wendawo e-Erbil uKurdi amaziyo. Ngokusho kukaKurdi, kwathi nje lapho ethola ukuthi uzohlangana nopapa, wafonela lo mculi wamcela ukuthi apende isithombe "njengesinye isikhumbuzo kubantu ukuze bakwazi ukusiza ababaleki abahluphekayo," ikakhulukazi izingane.

"Ngo-2015, isithombe sendodana yami sasivusa umhlaba wonke, futhi sasithinta izinhliziyo zezigidi futhi sabakhuthaza ukuba basize ababaleki," kusho uKurdi, ebona ukuthi cishe eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva, inkinga ayikapheli, futhi izigidi yabantu basaphila njengababaleki, imvamisa ezimweni ezingacabangeki.

"Ngiyethemba ukuthi lesi sithombe siyisikhumbuzo futhi ukuze abantu bakwazi ukusiza (ukunciphisa) ukuhlupheka kwabantu," esho.

Ngemuva kokushona komndeni wakhe, uKurdi nodadewabo uTima basungule i-Alan Kurdi Foundation, inhlangano ezimele esekela izingane zababaleki ngokubanika ukudla, okokugqoka kanye nempahla yesikole. Yize isisekelo sihlala singasebenzi ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-coronavirus, banethemba lokuqhubeka nokusebenza kungekudala.

UKurdi uqobo uphinde washada futhi unenye indodana, ayiqambe ngokuthi u-Alan, ezoba nonyaka owodwa ku-Ephreli.

UKurdi uthe uthathe isinqumo sokuqamba indodana yakhe yokugcina ngokuthi ngu-Alan ngoba ngokwesiko laseMpumalanga Ephakathi, uma indoda isiba ngubaba, ayisabizwa ngegama layo kepha ibizwa ngo "Abu" noma "ubaba" wabo. ingane yokuqala.

Kusukela ngesigameko esibuhlungu sango-2015, abantu baqale ukubiza uKurdi njengo "Abu Alan", ngakho-ke lapho kuzalwa indodana yakhe entsha, wanquma ukuqamba umfana ngegama likamfowabo omdala.

KuKurdi, ithuba lokuhlangana noPapa Francis aligcinanga ngokubaluleka okukhulu komuntu siqu, kodwa uthemba ukuthi kuzoba yisikhumbuzo emhlabeni ukuthi ngenkathi inkinga yokufuduka ingasazenzi izindaba njengakuqala, "ukuhlupheka kwabantu kuyaqhubeka."