I ka 24 o kona mau makahiki, i ka makahiki 1979, ua haʻalele ʻo Fahima Vorgetts iā Afghanistan. Ma muli o kona kaulana, ua kūʻē ʻo ia i ka pono ʻole a me ka hoʻokaumaha; a me ka ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha, hopohopo no kona palekana, ua koi aku iā ia e hele i waho. He iwakāluakūmākolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, hoʻi ʻo ia no ka manawa mua i kona ʻāina hānau, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i nā alanui i haehae ʻia i ke kaua ma nā kūlanakauhale āna i noho ai. Ua ʻike a ʻike ʻo ia i ka ʻehaʻeha o nā kamaʻāina hiki ʻole ke hānai a mālama i ko lākou mau ʻohana, a ʻaʻole i emi iki ka hiki ke ʻae i ka ʻeha kūpono ʻole ma mua o ka hapalua o kona ola ma mua, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Fahima e hoʻolilo i kāna hana e kōkua i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i nā kūlana abysmal. e alo ana i na Afghans maʻamau e noho ana ma lalo o ka laina ʻilihune – ma ke kōkua ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻoihana wahine kūʻokoʻa i nā wahi a pau e hiki ai iā ia. Ua hilinaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo kahiko, inā pōloli ke kanaka, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke aʻo ʻana i ke kanaka i ka lawaiʻa ma mua o ka hāʻawi wale ʻana i ka iʻa.
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua huakaʻi kā mākou ʻelele liʻiliʻi ma Kabul a puni ke kūlanakauhale me ia e kipa i kekahi mau keʻena olakino a me nā "shuras," a i ʻole nā ʻaha kūkā wahine āna i wehe ai.
ʻO ke keʻena mua a mākou i kipa ai ma ʻaneʻi mai ka makahiki 2006. Ua haʻi mai ʻelua mau wahine, he kauka a he pale keiki, he ʻāpana lākou o kahi limahana e hana ana i ʻekolu mau hoʻololi no ka mālama ʻana i ke keʻena "24-7." ʻAʻole i make kekahi o kā lākou mau maʻi i ka wā e mālama ʻia ana ma ke keʻena hauʻoli.
Ma hope aʻe ua kipa mākou i ʻelua mau kauhale, hoʻokahi Pashtun a me kekahi Tajik, ma waho o Kabul.
"No ke aha ʻoe i koho ai i kēia kauhale?" i nīnau aku ai ʻo Jake Donaldson, he MD mai Ventura, CA i hui pū me mākou ma Kabul ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule i hala. "ʻAʻole wau i koho iā lākou," wahi a Fahima. "Ua koho lākou iaʻu."
I hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua noi nā kamaʻāina iā ia e kūkulu i hale keʻena a me kahi kikowaena heluhelu heluhelu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā lākou inā e ʻae lākou e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hui wahine a hoʻohui i kā lākou mau kumuwaiwai no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā kumu, nā palekeiki a me nā kahu hānai, ʻo ia nō ke kūkulu i ka hale kino a kōkua i nā lako.
Ma kēlā me kēia kauhale, ua kipa mākou i kahi hale i kūkulu hou ʻia e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kahi keʻena hauʻoli, kahi hui wahine no ka hana ʻana i nā mea nani, humuhumu, a me ka hiki ʻana i ka ʻiʻo, kahi papa papa palapala no nā keiki a me nā mākua, a me kahi ʻauʻau lehulehu e hiki ai i nā ʻohana ke kākau inoa. hoʻohana. Ua kono mai kekahi kumu ʻōpio iā mākou e komo i loko o kona lumi papa kahi e aʻo ana ma kahi o kanalima keiki, nā kaikamāhine a me nā keikikāne, i kā lākou pīʻāpā i ka pule mua o ka papa heluhelu heluhelu. Ua hōʻike haʻaheo kekahi mau kamaʻāina iā mākou i ka luawai a lākou i ʻeli ai, i hoʻohana ʻia e ka generator. E kōkua ka pūnāwai iā lākou e hoʻoinu i ko lākou ʻāina a me ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka wai inu maʻemaʻe no ke kauhale.
Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ua haʻi aku kekahi ʻelemakule kamaʻāina iā Fahima i ka waiwai o kāna hana no kona kauhale. Me he mea lā ua haʻalulu iki ʻo Fahima i kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomaikaʻi.
ʻO ia mau ʻōlelo mahalo, a me nā ʻōlelo hoihoi o nā keiki, ʻo ia ka uku nui no kāna hana luhi. "ʻO wau a me nā lālā o ka papa o The Afghan Women's Fund he 100% manawaleʻa," i hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai ʻo Fahima iaʻu. "ʻO kā mākou mau lālā o ka papa he mau kānaka kūpaʻa nui."
I ka lā ma mua o kā mākou huakaʻi, ua hele mai ʻo Fahima i ka home Volunteer Peace Afghan e kamaʻilio me nā humuhumu e holo ana i kahi hui humuhumu ma ʻaneʻi a paipai iā lākou e paʻa i nā koina āpau i ko lākou hanohano. Ua koi ʻo ia iā lākou ʻaʻole makemake i ka hāʻawi ʻana ma mua o ka hana paʻakikī i nā papahana mālama ponoʻī. Ua kōkua ʻo Fahima i ka poʻe humuhumu e hoʻomaka i kā lākou hana like ʻana ma ka hale Volunteer i kona kūʻai ʻana i nā mīkini humuhumu no lākou ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki aku nei.
"ʻAʻole i holo pono nā papahana aʻu i hoʻomaka ai," wahi a Fahima. "I kekahi manawa ua pilikia ka poʻe e nā waiwai conservative a ʻaʻole makemake kekahi mau ʻohana e ʻae i nā wahine e haʻalele i ko lākou mau home. ʻO ka pinepine, ʻo ke kaua a i ʻole ke kūlana palekana e pale ai i ka kūleʻa.
Manaʻo paʻa ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hoʻoponopono ke kaua i nā pilikia ma kona ʻāina - a i ʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe, no ia mea.
He haʻiʻōlelo ʻo Fahima, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā aliʻi kaua a me nā mea waiwai kaua. He kumu maikaʻi kona e huhū ai i nā hana ʻino i hoʻokau ʻia ma luna o nā Afghans maʻamau e ka poʻe makemake e hoʻopiha i kā lākou mau ʻeke a hoʻonui i ka mana o nā waiwai o Afghanistan. Aʻo ʻo ia i ka Afghan Peace Volunteers me ka leo a me ke aloha o kahi makuahine. "Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka honua e kahi kaua papa kahi i hui pū ai ka 1% elite, me ka ʻole o ka lāhui a i ʻole ka lāhui a me ka Afghan a me US / NATO elite, e hoʻomalu, hoʻokaʻawale, hoʻokaumaha a loaʻa kālā mai iā mākou, ʻo ka 99% maʻamau. . E kū'ē i kēia mau 'manawa pōuliuli', e kū'ē i ke kaua a me nā mea kaua, e hoʻonaʻauao iāʻoe iho, a e hana pū i ka pilina."
ʻAʻole i hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻuhane kipi ʻōpio o Fahima e ka makahiki a i ʻole ka ʻike. Ua like kona aloha maoli me ka panana no kākou a pau e aʻo ana i kāna hana.
No ka mea hou aku e pili ana i ka Afghan Women Fund, e hele i www.Afghanwomensfund.org
Kathy Kelly, ([pale ʻia ka leka uila]), co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org). She is living in Kabul for the month of May as a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers (http://ourjourneytosmile.com/blog/).
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