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Sadrach Nirere akulimbana ndi zinyalala za pulasitiki komanso vuto la nyengo ku Uganda


lolemba ndi Robert B. Fishman

Kwa Sadrach Nirere, kusiya sichosankha. Amakonda kuseka ndipo amakhalabe ndi chiyembekezo polimbana ndi vuto la nyengo ndi zinyalala za pulasitiki. Kudziko lakwawo ku Uganda, wazaka 26 adayambitsa gulu la ku Uganda la Fridays for Future and the End Plastic Pollution movement ngati wophunzira. Kuyambira digiri yake ya bachelor mu kasamalidwe ka bizinesi mu 2020, amadziona ngati "womenyera ufulu wanthawi zonse". Akunena moseka kuti alibe nthawi yogwira ntchito yokhazikika. Amakhala pantchito zanthawi zina zamakampeni ochezera pa intaneti komanso ntchito zina zapaintaneti. Ndikhoza kupirira nazo.” Koma iye akuda nkhaŵa ndi kuchuluka kwa zinyalala zapulasitiki zimene zili m'mitsinje ndi nyanja za ku Uganda.

Mnyamata wamtali, wochezeka anali ndi mwayi, zomwe sizipezeka ku Uganda, kuti makolo ake adatha kumutumiza ku sukulu ya sekondale mumzinda wa Kampala kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000. Ambiri sangathe kulipira sukulu ya ana awo pafupifupi ma euro 800 pachaka. Sadrach anati: “Ambiri a ife timapeza ndalama zosakwana yuro imodzi patsiku. “Ana ambiri amasiya sukulu chifukwa chofuna kupeza ndalama”. 

Iye akukumbukira kuti: “Ndinkasangalala ndi moyo kumeneko, mzinda waukulu, ndi mwayi wopeza zambiri. Koma mwamsanga anazindikira kuipa kwake. Zinyalala za pulasitiki zomwe zimatsekereza ngalande zonyansa ndikuyandama mu Nyanja ya Victoria.

Monga wophunzira ku yunivesite, adayang'ana ochita nawo kampeni ndipo adayambitsa ndondomeko ya "End Plastic Pollution" ndi Lachisanu ku Future Uganda, yomwe, monga mabungwe ake alongo m'mayiko ena, imamenyera chitetezo cha nyengo.

"Mavuto anyengo amatikhudza kwambiri kuposa anthu aku Europe"

Sadrach Nirere anati: “Mavuto a nyengo akutikhudza kwambiri kuno kuposa mmene anthu a ku Ulaya amachitira. Ali mwana, anadzionera yekha mmene nyengo imakhudzira zokolola pafamu ya makolo ake. Kaya iye, makolo ake ndi mlongo wake anali ndi chakudya chokwanira zimadalira zokolola. Atakolola zoipa, makolo ake anasiya ulimi. Ku Uganda kunali nyengo yamvula komanso mvula nthawi zonse. Lero kwauma kwambiri, ndiye kuti mvula yamphamvu idzagwetsanso nthaka pansi pa madzi. Madzi osefukira amawononga mbewu. Madzi ochuluka amatsuka nthaka. Pa nthawi ya chilala mphepo imawomba nsonga zamtengo wapatali zolimidwa. Kuphulika kwa nthaka ndi masoka ena achilengedwe, omwe amapezeka kwambiri pazovuta za nyengo, amakhudza osauka makamaka. Mabanja ena nyumba zawo ndi katundu wawo yense anawonongeka chifukwa cha kugumuka kwa nthaka.

"Zosasinthika" za ufulu wa anthu

Ambiri ankadziona kuti alibe mphamvu ndipo anasiya ntchito. Koma a Sadrach Nirere akutsimikiza kuti gulu la chilengedwe likukhudza "anthu ambiri ku Uganda". "Tikufikira anthu pafupifupi theka la miliyoni kudzera m'masukulu 50 ndi mayunivesite." Mnyamatayo amatcha chikhalidwe cha ufulu wa anthu ku Uganda "chosakhazikika": simudziwa zomwe zingachitike ngati mukukonzekera ziwonetsero, mwachitsanzo. Pambuyo pakunyanyala kwanyengo mu Seputembala 2020, apolisi adamanga ndikufunsa anthu ambiri omenyera ufulu wawo komanso kuwalanda zikwangwani zawo. "Ambiri anali osakwana zaka 18," akutero Nirere. Apolisi adafunsa chifukwa chake adachita nawo ziwonetserozi komanso kuti ndalama za ziwonetserozo ndi ndani. Ndiye akadabwezedwa kwa makolo ake. Palibe wochokera ku End Plastic Pollution kapena Fridays for Future yemwe ali m'ndende pano.

"Sitikutsutsa boma," adawonjezera Sadrach Nirere. Ziwonetserozi zidalunjikitsidwa makamaka ndi makampani ngati Coca-Cola, omwe amawononga chilengedwe ndi zinyalala zawo zamapulasitiki. Izi zinawopseza milandu yodula kwambiri. Izi sizinachitike mpaka pano. 

Madzi osefukira apulasitiki

Palibe aliyense mu Uganda amene anapulumuka kusefukira kwa pulasitiki. “Koposa zonse, anthu wamba amangogula m’misika ya m’misewu. Mungathe kupeza chilichonse m'mapulasitiki: makapu, mbale, zakumwa, misuwachi. Awa ndi anthu osauka amene amatolera zinyalala m’malo otayirako nyansi, m’misewu kapena m’midzi, zimene amagulitsa kwa anthu apakati. "Amalandira mwina ndalama zokwana 1000 pa kilogalamu zambiri zapulasitiki," akuyerekeza Nirere. Izi ndizofanana ndi 20 cents. Izi sizithetsa vuto la zinyalala zapulasitiki.

"Timatembenukira kwa oipitsa," akutero Sadrach Nirere, "opanga" - komanso kwa anthu m'dzikolo. “Tonse ndife anthu, kuphatikiza omwe ali m’boma ndi amene ali ndi udindo m’makampani. Tiyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi ngati tikufuna kuletsa anthu kuti asawononge chuma chawo.

Info:

#EndPlasticPollution

Kufuna zochita zamakampani / udindo ku #EndPlasticPollution

pa Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/water-for-all-and-endplasticpollution

Lachisanu la Tsogolo Padziko Lonse: https://fridaysforfuture.org/

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Wolemba Robert B Fishman

Wolemba pawokha, mtolankhani, mtolankhani (wailesi ndi zosindikiza), wojambula zithunzi, wophunzitsa msonkhano, wowongolera komanso wowongolera alendo

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