April 11, 2024

Kubedwa kwa Chibok zaka 10 kupitilira

Anthu otchuka atanyamula zikwangwani zolembedwa kuti "#BringBackOurGirls

Zaka khumi zapitazo, pa Epulo 14, 2014, gulu la Boko Haram linalanda atsikana 276 pasukulu ina ku Chibok. Atsikana ambiri, azaka zapakati pa 16 ndi 18, anali ochokera m’mabanja a Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa ku Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). M’gululi munalinso atsikana achisilamu.

EYN kwa zaka zingapo anali atazunzidwa kale ndi gulu lachisilamu lachisilamu ndi cholinga chotsutsa "maphunziro akumadzulo."

Kubedwaku kudayamba kutchuka padziko lonse lapansi ndipo atsikana aku Chibok adakhala chinthu chodziwika bwino pawailesi yakanema mothandizidwa ndi anthu osiyanasiyana otchuka pogwiritsa ntchito hashtag: #BringBackOurGirls. Mumzinda wa Abuja, likulu la dziko la Nigeria, komanso madera ena padziko lonse lapansi, anthu ankachita zionetsero komanso milirindo. Boma la Nigeria lidachita zinthu zosiyanasiyana kuti atsikanawa amasulidwe, kuphatikizapo kuukira nkhalango ya Sambisa komwe gulu la Boko Haram linali ndi msasa wawo waukulu.

Si atsikana a ku Chibok okha omwe agwidwa. "Boko Haram yalimbana ndi masukulu monga gawo la kampeni yawo yochitira nkhanza kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Nigeria kuyambira 2010," idatero. The Guardian pa Feb. 20 chaka chino. "Achita kupha anthu ambiri komanso kuba kambirimbiri, kuphatikiza kupha anyamata asukulu 2014 mu 59, kuba ana asukulu 276 ku Chibok mu 2014 ndi atsikana 101 ku Dapchi mu 2018. . . . Pakati pa 2013 ndi 2018, malinga ndi UN, Boko Haram adabera ana opitilira 1,000, kuwagwiritsa ntchito ngati asitikali komanso akapolo apakhomo kapena ogonana. Amnesty International yati ana asukulu 1,436 ndi aphunzitsi 17 adabedwa pakati pa Disembala 2020 ndi Okutobala 2021.

Kubedwa kochuluka ndi Boko Haram kudachitika posachedwa kumayambiriro kwa Marichi chaka chino, pomwe anthu ambiri adabedwa mumsasa wa anthu othawa kwawo kudera lakutali pafupi ndi nyanja ya Chad. Izi, ngakhale boma la Borno likunena kuti 95 peresenti ya zigawenga za Boko Haram ndi omwe afa kapena angodzipereka, malinga ndi malipoti ochokera ku BBC.

Yankho la mpingo

Kuukira kwa 2014 pasukulu ya ku Chibok-yomwe idayamba zaka makumi angapo m'mbuyomo ngati sukulu yamishoni ya Church of the Brethren-idapereka mwachangu kuyankha kwa tchalitchi. Pamene ziwawa za Boko Haram zidakula kwambiri patangopita miyezi ingapo, ndipo EYN Headquarters ndi Kulp Theological Seminary ku Kwarhi zidagwidwa mwankhanza mu Okutobala 2014, ogwira ntchito zachipembedzo ndi Mission and Ministry Board adapanga Nigeria Crisis Response. .

Pokhala ngati mgwirizano pakati pa EYN ndi Global Mission ya mpingo waku US ndi Brethren Disaster Ministries, bungwe la Nigeria Crisis Response linapeza ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri. Pofika kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2024, ndalama zonse zothandizira anthu a ku Nigeria omwe akhudzidwa ndi ziwawa zafika pa $ 6.17 miliyoni - zomwe zikuphatikizapo thandizo la Emergency Disaster Fund ndi $ 1 miliyoni "ndalama zambewu" zomwe zinasankhidwa kuchokera ku mabungwe achipembedzo ndi Mission and Ministry Board mu October 2014. Ndalama zowonjezera za $ 575,000 zathandizira ntchitoyi kudzera mu zopereka zina, adatero Roy Winter, mkulu wa bungwe la Service Ministries. "Ili ndilo vuto lalikulu kwambiri kapena pulogalamu yoyankha masoka" m'mbiri ya Church of the Brethren, adatero.

Pamsonkhano wofunika kwambiri mu July 2014, Bungwe la Mission and Ministry Board linamva mabelu a alamu kuchokera kwa mkulu wa mishoni panthawiyo Jay Wittmeyer: "Ku Nigeria kwachitika ziwawa zambiri. Koma pamene ine ndi Stan [Noffsinger, amene panthaŵiyo anali mlembi wamkulu] tinali kumeneko mu April, zinawoneka ngati zigawenga zankhondo, ngakhale chiyambi cha nkhondo yachiŵeniŵeni. Zinthu zasintha kwambiri panthawi yomwe ndili muofesiyi. M’zigawo zitatu za kumpoto chakum’maŵa kwa Nigeria, kumene EYN ili ndi matchalitchi ake ambiri, anthu 250,000 athawa kwawo.”

Anthu opitilira 10,000 a EYN adamwalira paziwawazi. Mndandanda wa mayinawo unawonetsedwa pa Msonkhano Wapachaka ndi Msonkhano Wadziko Lonse Wachikulire. Buku la Brethren Press, Timapirira ndi Misozi ndi Carol Mason ndi Donna Parcell, adagawana nkhani za opulumuka.

Atsogoleri ndi antchito a EYN omwe ali ndi utsogoleri wochokera pa nthawiyo pulezidenti wa EYN, Samuel Dali ndi mkazi wake, Rebecca, ngakhale atasamutsidwa okha, adagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti ateteze tchalitchi chawo kupyolera mu chiwawa chopitirira pambuyo pa 2014. Mgwirizano ndi mpingo wa America kupyolera mu Nigeria Crisis Response unapereka njira yopulumutsira .

Ngakhale kuti atsikana a ku Chibok anali mazana oŵerengeka chabe mwa zikwi zambiri za Abale a ku Nigeria amene anali kuvutika, tsoka lawo silinaiŵalidwe. Atsogoleri apamwamba a EYN adagwira nawo ntchito limodzi ndi ogwira ntchito pakagwa tsoka la EYN pamisonkhano ndi gulu la Chibok atangobedwa, ndipo adapereka machiritso opwetekedwa mtima kwa makolo a Chibok. “Makolo a atsikana a ku Chibok avutika kwambiri,” linatero lipoti la chochitika china.

Mamembala otsogolera a EYN adagwira ntchito ndi atsikana ena omwe adathawa, kuwathandiza kupititsa patsogolo maphunziro awo. Ochepa mwa amayiwa adalandira ndalama zophunzirira ku koleji ku US ndi kwina kulikonse.

Mu 2017, Purezidenti wa EYN a Joel Billi adayimilira pamodzi ndi makolo a Chibok panthawi yomasulidwa kwa atsikana 82 - zotsatira za zokambirana za boma la Nigeria ndi kusinthana kwa akaidi ndi zigawenga.

Kwa mpingo wa ku America, chithandizo cha atsikana mwamsanga chinayang'ana pa pemphero. Atangobedwa kumene, mu May 2014, kalata inatumizidwa ku mpingo uliwonse wa Mpingo wa Abale wofotokoza mayina a atsikana 180 amene anali akadali akapolo, ndipo dzina lililonse linaperekedwa ku mipingo isanu ndi umodzi kuti ipemphere. Ngakhale masiku ano, ena mwa mayinawo akali pa mndandanda wa mapemphero a mipingo.

"Atafunsidwa zomwe mpingo waku America ungachite pakali pano kuti uthandizire, atsogoleri a EYN adatipempha kuti tizipemphera komanso kusala kudya," idatero kalatayo. “Atsikana ambiri omwe anabedwa ku Chibok anali a m’nyumba za Akhristu ndi a Abale, koma ambiri anali ochokera m’nyumba za Asilamu, ndipo sitikuwasiyanitsa m’mapemphero athu. M’pofunika kuti tizipempherera chitetezo cha ana onse.”

Ali kuti tsopano?

Atsikana ochepa adathawa nthawi yomweyo, ndipo m'masiku ochepa atabedwa 61 adathawa.

Mu 2016, wina adathawa, wina adaphedwa ndi omwe adamugwira, wina adapulumutsidwa ndi asilikali a Nigeria, ndipo boma la Nigeria linakambirana za kumasulidwa kwa 21 mothandizidwa ndi International Committee of the Red Cross ndi boma la Swiss.

Mu May 2017, 82 anamasulidwa muzokambirana zina za boma. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, enanso 19 atulutsidwa.

"Tsopano, monga lipoti lomaliza lomwe tili nalo, atsikana 82 amangidwa," adatero Mbursa Jinatu, wamkulu wa EYN Media. "Tikupitiriza kuwapempherera kuti abwerere kwawo ali otetezeka."

Zosintha pafupipafupi zaperekedwa kwa EYN ndi Yakubu Nkeki, wapampando wa Chibok Parents Association, "yemwe adazunzidwa chifukwa mchemwali wake anali m'modzi mwa omwe adabedwa," adatero Jinatu.

Kwa amayi ambiri omwe adathawa kapena kumasulidwa, kubwerera ku moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku kwakhala kovuta. Kusokonezeka maganizo pambuyo pa zoopsa ndi chimodzi mwa zotsatira zake. Ena adakakamizidwa kulowa m'banja ndi zigawenga za Boko Haram ndikubereka ana omwe mwina sanathe kuwatulutsa muukapolo. Ena sanalandiridwenso m’mabanja awo. Ena amene anakakamizika kulowa nawo zigawenga, ndipo ananyamula zida pamodzi ndi owagwira, aphunziranso.

Masiku ano, dera la Chibok likupitilizabe kukhala limodzi mwazovuta kwambiri, zomwe zidanenedwa ngakhale miyezi yaposachedwa. Gulu lina lomenyera ufulu wa Chibok linanena kuti pakati pa zigawenga za Boko Haram zomwe zidayamba mpaka February 2022, dera lawo lidawukiridwa maulendo opitilira 72 ndipo anthu opitilira 407 adaphedwa.

Mutu wa Chibok wa Bring Back Our Girls ukukonzekera mwambo wokumbukira zaka khumi kuchokera pamene adabedwa, akuyitana akuluakulu monga bwanamkubwa wa boma la Borno kuti agwirizane nawo popempherera kuti omwe adakali akapolo abwerere.

“Kuyamikira kuli kofunika kwa matchalitchi onse amene anapemphera ndi kupereka nsembe panthaŵi imene Tchalitchi cha Abale chinaika patsogolo zimenezi,” anatero amene kale anali ogwira ntchito ku Nigeria Crisis Response, Carl ndi Roxane Hill, polingalira za zaka khumi zapitazo. “Inali nthaŵi imene anasonkhanitsa aliyense, mosasamala kanthu za kusiyana kwathu, pochirikiza Abale anzathu mu Afirika.”

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ndi mkulu wa News Services for the Church of the Brethren, komanso wothandizira mkonzi wa Messenger. Iyenso ndi mtumiki woikidwa komanso omaliza maphunziro a Bethany Seminary ndi University of La Verne, Calif.