Kukhona ijika elide lamanzi futhi ngokubona kwamehlo kukhona imijondolo, udoti, izinto zokuwasha, amathini, izicucu zezinkuni, izinsalela zendwangu, amagundane nezingane. Amanzi ampunga, kodwa emaphethelweni kukhona imfucumfucu yepulasitiki enemibala eminingi. Lena yi-Estero de San Miguel, umugqa ophambili empini engashiwongo phakathi kwabacebile nabampofu baseManila. Izibalo ziphuma ezicabheni ezinyakazayo ukuze zihambe eduze kwezingcezu zendlela yokuhamba. Ekujuleni kwendlu kukhona idome le-mosque; ngale kwalokho kukhona amabhilidi.
UMena Cinco, umholi womphakathi lapha, uyavolontiya ukungingenisa - kodwa cishe amayadi angama-50. Ngemva kwalokho, ngeke akwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwami. Phansi kwesitebhisi, imfihlakalo emaphakathi ye-Estero de San Miguel yembulwa: umhubhe omude, amafidi amane ububanzi, amnyama ngaphandle kwe-bulb engenalutho ngezikhathi ezithile. Kufana nje nemayini yamalahle endala, enamajosi amadala, imigodi yokukhanya namachibi ento engithemba ukuthi amanzi phansi. Kuwo wonke lo mhubhe kuneminyango engena ezindlini zabantu abangaba ngu-6,000.
Singqongqoza owokuqala ovulile. U-Oliver Baldera uza ecwayiza kuwo, edonsa ihembe lakhe. Phansi ngemuva kwakhe izingane zakhe ezine, zidla u-ayisikhilimu. Umkakhe uyamhlanganyela.
Igumbi lingamafidi ayisishiyagalombili ubude nesishiyagalombili futhi lakha indawo yabo yonke yokuhlala. Iqukethe konke abanakho: ithelevishini, izitsha ezine zika-ayisikhilimu, isibani, umatilasi nezingubo abazigqokile. “Sesineminyaka engaphezu kweshumi silapha,” usho kanje. "Ayikho into engingayenza. Ngingumbazi embonini yezokwakha. Saphuma eMindanao."
Kungani athuthile? "Ngenxa yobumpofu. Kulula ukuthola umsebenzi lapha futhi ngingahola ama-peso angu-400 ngosuku. Ngingakwazi ukuhambisa izingane esikoleni futhi zidle kathathu ngosuku - kodwa akwanele. Ngidinga indawo eyengeziwe."
“Kodwa bajabule,” kungene uMena.
Ngokuqhubekayo, kune-shaft yokukhanya futhi ezinye izingane zisakazeka ngapha nangapha echibini eliqhumayo. UMena ubenza bacule. Omunye wabo uza kimi. "Kunjani ukuhlala lapha?" Ngiyacela. UMena ukhuluma okuthile kuye ngesi-Filipino. "Happy," esho emamatheka.
Lena indawo lapho ongeke ukwazi ukuhamba khona ngaphandle kokushaya ikhanda noma ukulimaza indololwane yakho, ngakho abantu bayakhasa futhi bayashova. Lapha, awukwazi ukuya endlini yangasese ngaphandle kokuma emgqeni. Lapha, ucansi phakathi kwendoda nowesifazane kufanele lwenzeke endaweni ephefumulayo yezingane zabo kanye nezindlebe zeminye imindeni engama-20. Lena imijondolo yakudala yangekhulunyaka lama-21. Kuhlala abantu abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane, oyedwa kwabayisikhombisa emhlabeni. Ngo-2050, ngokusho kweZizwe Ezihlangene, kungase kube nezigidigidi ezintathu. Le mijondolo iyimfihlo engcolile yedolobha elikhulu lesimanje, impumelelo ecashile yeminyaka engama-20 yamandla ezimakethe angagxiliwe, ubugovu, ukunganakwa kanye nokuxhunyelelwa.
Nokho uMena, endololwaneni, ungifunza amazwi ahlabayo angapheli: "Siyajabula; kunokubumbana komphakathi lapha; sihlelekile; kuhlanzekile." Isizathu yilokhu - i-Estero de San Miguel ilahliwe. Umongameli wasePhilippines, uBenigno "Noynoy" Aquino, usenqume ukususa imijondolo yaseManila futhi abuyisele abantu abayingxenye yesigidi emaphandleni. Lokho kufanela abaphezulu kwezamabhizinisi kanye nezinhlanga zezepolitiki eziphethe izwe ngenhlawulo. "Abantu bakithi abaningi abasenandaba nezolimo, ngakho-ke kudingeka sibakhuthaze ukuthi babuyele emuva," kusho uCecilia Alba, inhloko yeNational Housing and Urban Development Co-ordinating Council. "Ukube bekumele sibuyisele abahlali basemijondolo engaphakathi eManila ezindlini ezisezingeni eliphakathi, lokho kungabiza ingxenye yesithathu yesabelomali sikazwelonke."
Phezulu ohlwini lokuthuthwa kukhona abahlali base-Estero de San Miguel. Ngeke bahambe bengalwanga. "Sizovala futhi sizovukela uma kufanele," kusho uMena. "Sizomelana nokukhishwa kwemijondolo futhi sizolwela ukuvikela umphakathi wethu. Siyajabula lapha."
Lokhu akulona usongo oluyize. Ngomhla zingama-28 kuMbasa, izakhamuzi zasemijondolo yaseLaperal eqhele ngamakhilomitha ambalwa zahlangana namaqembu abhidlizayo ngeziphuzo zaseMolotov kanye nezibhamu embhikishweni owalimaza amaphoyisa ayisithupha kanye nenqwaba yabahlali basemijondolo. Isigameko sokushiswa kwaso kwakuqothule izindawo eziningi zokuhlala kule ndawo ezinsukwini eziyishumi ngaphambili.
Ngokobuchwepheshe, inqubomgomo yomhlaba wonke isohlangothini lwababhikishi. Ngo-2003, umbiko we-UN onethonya, onesihloko Inselelo Yemijondolo, ikhombise ukugudluka emigomeni emidala yokukhucululwa kwemijondolo futhi yaqaphela ukuthi imijondolo inegalelo elihle ekuthuthukisweni komnotho. Bahlalisa abafuduki abasha; ngenxa yokuthi ziminyene, ziwusebenzisa kahle umhlaba; bahlukene ngokwamasiko; futhi banikeza amathuba amaningi kosomabhizinisi abadla amabhulukwe.
“Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, sasivame ukuphupha ukuthi amadolobha azophelelwa imijondolo,” kusho uMuhammad Khadim we-UN-Habitat. “Indlela yokwenza isishintshile. Abantu babona okuhle. Indlela manje akukona ukubasula kodwa ukuthuthukisa kancane kancane [kanye] nokugunyazwa ngokusemthethweni ubunikazi bomhlaba."
U-Cameron Sinclair, ophethe inkampani engenzi nzuzo yokuklama i-Architecture for Humanity, uya phambili. "Imijondolo iyisilwane sasedolobheni esikwaziyo ukumelana naso. Ngeke ukwazi ukusikhipha," esho kimi. "Kufana ne-parasite enhle. Kunezilokazane ezihlasela umzimba futhi kufanele uziqede kodwa, ngaphakathi kwedolobha, imijondolo iyisilwane esisebenza ngokuzwana nedolobha, siyinqande."
USinclair, inhlangano yakhe ethuthukise imijondolo eBrazil, Kenya naseNingizimu Afrika, ukholelwa ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwamadolobha esimanje akumele kubekezelele imijondolo kuphela kodwa kufunde kuyona - futhi yilingise. "Uma sikhuluma iqiniso, esikushoyo endaweni efana neLondon ukuthi amakilasi aphansi awakwazi ukuhlala enkabeni yeLondon futhi kufanele ahambe amahora amabili nesigamu ukuze enze imisebenzi eyenza abantu baqhubeke."
Okuholele ukucabanga okusha ngamaqiniso amabi wezomnotho. Ngemuva kweminyaka yawo-1970, kwaba nokwehla okukhulu ekuhlinzekweni kwezindlu zomphakathi. Uguquko lwemakethe yamahhala emadolobheni luholele ekuhlehleni kokuhlinzekwa kombuso, ukukhuphuka komnotho ongekho emthethweni kanye nokuswelakala ngokushesha kwabampofu basemaphandleni. Ngenxa yalokho, sekufanele sizibuze umbuzo owawungathuthumela obaba bekhulu le-19 lokuhlelwa kwedolobha: ingabe kufanele sifunde ukuphila nemijondolo unomphela?
Umbuzo lapho izikhulu zezombangazwe zasePhilippines ziphendule ngokudelela ukuthi cha.
"Ngibathengele u-ayisikhilimu?" U-Regina "Gina" Lopez uyangibuza, etshekisa uStetson wakhe omhlophe njengoba engihola endaweni esele yemijondolo ebizwa ngokuthi i-Estero de Paco. Abafana abasakhula abagqoke izingubo ze-hip-hop nezigqoko ze-baseball bayaphithizela. , shirtless, around Gina.Ngolunye lwezinsuku zabo zokuzalwa, pho kufanele abathengele u-ayisikhilimu?Isudi yebhulukwe lika-Gina inombala ka-ice cream.Ungu-lithe, slinky futhi uneminyaka engu-61.Kulaba bantu abangu-30 anabo kukhona amaphoyisa amabili, ithimba labezindaba labayisithupha, abafana bomphakathi wendawo, onogada bakhe, ama-factotum kanye nendoda egqoke izibuko ezimnyama ephethe isikhwama sakhe.
U-Gina uyinkanyezi ye-TV, i-philanthropist, umphathi we-Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ilungu lomndeni wakwa-Lopez. I-Lopez Inc ingumnikazi omkhulu wedolobha laseManila - inkampani yamandla, umbuso we-TV, inkampani yezingcingo - futhi inentshisekelo kuzo zonke izinhlobo zengqalasizinda, okuhlanganisa namanzi. Ubani ongcono kunoGina, ezweni elingenazinkathazo ngenxa yokungqubuzana kwezinhloso zenzuzo, ukuze ahole ekususweni ngendluzula kwabahlali basemijondolo emanzini?
I-Estero de Paco yayivame ukuba nemijondolo ezansi ize iyofika onqenqemeni lwamanzi, njengeSan Miguel. Manje, esikhundleni semijondolo, kunomngcele ohlanzekile we-agapanthus nezitshalo zenjoloba. Amayunithi e-state-of-the-art oxidation aguqula udaka olunsundu lube into esondele ngamakhemikhali ku-H2O. Esikhaleni esisuliwe, amaqembu ezigebengu afaka ipayipi lendle elibhodwe elibanzi.
Njengoba u-Gina esondela, iqeqebana labesifazane abavela emijondolo lingena emgqeni futhi libingelela. Abesifazane baneminyaka ephakathi futhi bampofu; izikibha zabo zinamagama athi "River Warriors". Bayakunaka futhi u-Gina, ogqoke e-Prada, wenza isimiso sokubhoboza: "River Warriors, lalela ... gwema!" Bese kuba neziqubulo ezimayelana nokuhlonipha nokudlalela iqembu nezinye zokuvivinya umzimba, ngaphambi kokuba bonke bahlekwe. “Ngibatshele ukuthi bacwile emanzini,” egigitheka.
Umqondo weRiver Warriors ubucayi. Ukuvunyelwa kwe-Estero de Paco "kwakungaxoxiswana". Umsebenzi wamaWarriors wukuqinisekisa ukuthi labo abasuliwe ababuyi. "Bazopopa lapha! Bazolahla udoti," kusho uGina. "Bebezobuya, uma singayigadi indawo. Ngakho-ke sisebenzisana nalabo abathobelayo. Ukuze wenze ushintsho olufana nalolu, kufanele usebenzisane nabambalwa abakhethiwe, abahamba phambili."
Uhlelo lokuhlanza lusebenza njenge-scalpel enkulu. Amamitha amane omhlaba yikho kuphela okudingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe indawo yokukhululeka yepayipi likadoti, ngakho-ke kusasele ungqimba lwesibili olujulile lwemijondolo - ungabona lapho okuthile kugundwe khona ezindongeni, emafasiteleni, ebhuqwini, emigwaqweni. Lona ubunjiniyela bezenhlalo ngezinga elikhulu. Yilokho uhulumeni akunqumele kona kubantu abayingxenye yesigidi. Njengabantu abasusa imijondolo eLondon naseNew York ekhulwini le-19, uGina unentshiseko yobuthunywa bevangeli. "Ngeke uphile kahle uma ubhekene nephunga elingapheli lendle, akunjalo? Ngeke uphile impilo ehloniphekile phezu kwepayipi lendle. Ngisho noma labo bantu befuna ukuhlala khona, [ngeke bakwazi ngoba. ] kunomthelela obanzi edolobheni, endaweni ezungezile: asikwazi ukuhlanza amanzi futhi sibuyisele umfula ekuphileni uma ekhona; ubugebengu nokugula kunomthelela omkhulu emvelweni."
Njengoba u-Gina engezwakali, abesifazane ababili be-River Warrior bangitshela buthule ukuthi bangababuya ngokuyimfihlo. Bayiswa endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi yiCalauan, eqhele ngamahora amane ngomgwaqo, kodwa sebebuyile. Ngifuna ukubona uCalauan. "Akunankinga," kusho uGina, evula umakhalekhukhwini wakhe. "Ngitholele indiza."
I-chopper igxuma kancane ngaphesheya kweManila Bay. Igcwele imijondolo futhi, ngaphandle kwechweba, kunemizi ebekwe phezu kwezingodo. "Ngisho nolwandle lugcwele amanzi," kusho uMonchet Olives, isikhulu sakwa-Gina. Ngokushesha, uhlaka lwe-skyscraper yedolobha laseManila luyanyamalala. Singaphezu kwamasimu elayisi; buqamama kukhona izintaba. ICalauan iyavela – imigqa ecocekile yezindlu ezinesitezi esisodwa, uphahla lwazo lukathayela luyacwebezela. Inxanxathela yonke inemindeni engaba ngu-6,000 futhi kunendawo yeminye eminingi.
Emigwaqweni, ukuminyana akuyona inkinga. Indawo yomphakathi ayinamuntu. Kukhona inkundla yokudlala; kunesikole esinegama elithi Oscar Lopez esipendwe ophahleni. Inkinga iwukuthi - njengoba uMonchet evuma - awukho ugesi, awekho amanzi ampompi futhi awekho amathemba okuke awathole. Futhi ayikho imisebenzi. “Uma kukhulunywa ngogesi, siphakathi kwedwala nendawo eqinile,” usho kanje. "Izakhamuzi eziningi ezintsha azikaze zikujwayele ukukhokha izikweletu, futhi inkampani kagesi, ukuze itshale imali, idinga indlela engenayo abangakwazi ukuyinikeza."
Ngiyaqaphela ukuthi sithwetshulwa amasosha amabili, azifihle kanye nezibhamu zokuhlasela, ezithuthuthu. "Lokho kungenxa yeNew People's Army. Umsebenzi wabashokobezi yiwo obenze bayishiya le ndawo iminyaka eyishumi."
Ekujuleni kwehlathi? "Cha, phezulu lapho egqumeni." U-Monchet uphakamisa umunwe wakhe ohlangothini olujwayelekile lwendawo, okuvele kubukeke kufana nomugqa wesihlahla kumakhredithi okuvula Apocalypse Manje.
URuben Petrache wayengomunye walabo abathuthela lapha bevela e-Estero de Paco. Uneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala futhi ubegula kakhulu. Ikhaya lakhe liyiqhugwane elivulekile elinesitezi. Inophahla lukathayela, okokufaka i-tinfoil ukugcina ukushisa kuphansi, ingadi enhle kanye nelungiselelo le-"mezzanine" elidala amagumbi okulala amabili, njengalokhu obungawabona endaweni ephezulu. IsiNgisi sikaRuben asisihle kangako, ngakho uMonchet uhumusha: "Akushoyo ukuthi nakuba umphakathi uphazamisekile, ucabanga ukuthi kungcono lapha. Kuye, okungenani. Uma ufika lapha, ngemva kwesikhashana, uyaqaphela ukuthi zijwayelane nezimo ezingahlanzekile. Ufunda ukuqhubeka, uphile ngendlela entsha."
Ukuze uthole ugesi, ukhomba iphaneli yelanga; amanzi, emgqonyeni oqoqa amanzi emvula kuvulandi wakhe. Ingabe kukhona okubi?
UMonchet uyafingqa: “Kungaba ngcono ukube bekunefektri lapha, ngoba sidinga imisebenzi eyengeziwe.” Kamuva, ngikanye nomhumushi, ngathola lokho uRuben, akhethwe ngesandla izikhulu zekamu, ayezama ukukusho: “Izinto ezishiwo uRuben azisho. abantu abadinga umsebenzi. Sidinga inkampani eduze ukuze singayi eManila. Futhi, sidinga ugesi. Izakhamuzi eziningi lapha ziyakwazi ukulungisa amafeni kagesi, imisakazo, kodwa inkinga ukuthi, noma banawo amakhono, abakwazi [ukuwusebenzisa] ngoba ugesi awukho lapha - ngakho bayaphoqeleka ukuthi baye eManila bayofuna umsebenzi futhi bahole. imali yokuthenga ukudla.
“Sisebenza kanzima. Uma singenzi lutho, singabulawa indlala lapha. Yingakho abaningi bebuyela eManila: ukuyofuna umsebenzi futhi bathole imali. "
Ezimakethe ezimboziwe, amadokodo agcwele inyama, irayisi nemifino kodwa baningi abadayisi kunabathengi. UGloria Cruz, umama oneminyaka engu-38 ubudala, ubambele izingane ezintathu ezisacathula ngomshini wekaraoke, abanye omama ababili, amasosha e-ArmaLite-toting kanye nami. Ngemva kwamavesi ambalwa, ucindezela inkinobho yokumisa isikhashana. “Umyeni wami uya eManila eyosebenza,” usho kanje. "Ubuya ngezimpelasonto. Kuyafana kuwo wonke umuntu. Akukho lutho lapha."
U-Felino Palafox ungumdwebi wezakhiwo osebenza ngokukhethekile ekwakhiweni kwamaphrojekthi amakhulu, asemkhathini eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Asia - ama-mosque, amathempeli amaBuddha, imibhoshongo yekusasa e-Persian Gulf - njalo ukuze abantu abanemali bashise.
Manje, nokho, ufuna ukusindisa i-Estero de San Miguel: ukuyakha kabusha, endaweni, ngezinto ezintsha. Uhlelo ukulisusa kancane kancane bese lifakwa ezindlini ezijwayelekile. Isiqephu ngasinye sizoba ngamamitha-skwele ayishumi; Isitezi esiphansi sizobe sigcinelwe ukupaka okudayisa kanye namabhayisikili amathathu, izitezi ezingaphezulu eziphuma ngaphezu kwendlela yokuhamba, njengoba nje abahlali basemijondolo bakha amakhaya abo - "bentshontsha umoya kuziphathimandla ezihlelayo", i-Palafox ibiza kanjalo. Uyanezela, "Abahlali basemijondolo bangochwepheshe ekwakhiweni kwendawo esetshenziswa abantu bukhoma. Bavele basebenzise izinto ezixubile! Kufanele nje sifunde kubo."
Kusukela ophahleni lwesakhiwo sombhoshongo eMakati, isifunda samabhizinisi esimaphakathi, lapho umsebenzi wakhe unendlunkulu yawo, unginikeza isibonelo salokho okungahambanga kahle. Ukhomba amabhulokhi angomakhelwane - "izikhumbuzo okufanele zixhunywe" - kanye nezindawo ezisangweni ezisedolobheni lapho kuhlala khona abacebile. Kuhulumeni, othi umklamo wakhe umba eqolo, uthi: “Kulungile, izindleko eziphelele zokuvuselela abahlali basemijondolo e-situ zingamaphesenti angama-30 e-GDP [kodwa] ngibala silahlekelwa cishe ngamaphesenti angama-30 omcebo wezwe Ukube besingenayo inkohlakalo besingeke sibekezelele imijondolo. Ubona i-Estero de San Miguel njengecala lokuhlola: uma ekwazi ukulenza lisebenze lapho, liyingozi emijondolo ngayinye engasemfuleni yedolobha. Ngakho-ke izingozi zinkulu.
Ubaba uNorberto Carcellar, osesebenze ingxenye enkulu yempilo yakhe nabampofu baseManila, ucabanga ukuthi abantu abaphakeme bamatasa bazikhohlisa mayelana nombuzo wokukhishwa kwemijondolo: “Kufanele siqaphele ukubaluleka kwabantu abahlala emijondolo edolobheni. Laba yibo abahamba ngemoto yakho, bahlanze indlu yakho futhi baphathe isitolo sakho. Ukube laba bantu basuswa edolobheni, idolobha lingafa. Abahlali basemjondolo banezela idolobha ukubaluleka kwezenhlalo, ezombusazwe kanye nezomnotho."
Lowo muzwa wawuzobonakala ungavamile esizukulwaneni sikagogo nomkhulu bethu: Ngisakwazi ukuzwa owami, ngakhulela ebuphofini buka-Edwardian edolobheni lamalahle kanye nokotini enyakatho yeNgilandi, ngikhafula igama elithi "umjondolo" ngokunengeka. Kubo, imijondolo yayisho umhlaba ongcolile, ongcolile lapho ubumbano bungathuthuki khona futhi abantu bephila njengezilwane futhi bephatha izingane zabo kabi. Iminyaka engamashumi amathathu yokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke ikhiqize okuthile okuphikisana naleyo nkolelo-mbono. NginoMena eceleni kwami, sengizozibonela.
Njengoba kuwuMgqibelo ebusuku, kukhona ukugcwaliseka okugcwele kwabafana benkomo abanezinduku, ama-rice flail nama-flashlights - amaphoyisa okuzithandela e-Estero de San Miguel. Mina noMena sijikela emzileni obhekene neMcDonald's. Ubungeke wazi ukuthi ikhona. Iphaseji liyancipha, liyanyakaza, futhi kungazelelwe kuzwakale sengathi ngisenovelini kaCharles Dickens.
Ebhulohweni elingaphansi kwemitha ububanzi, indoda iqoshama eduze kwendawo yokosa inyama. Ngenxa yokushunqa intuthu angiboni ukuthi yibhuloho ngize ngingene kulo, noma ngezansi kwethu kunomsele ocishe ube ngamamitha amabili ububanzi lapha. Lezi zindlu zakhiwe eduze kakhulu kangangokuthi omama abalunguza emakamelweni aphezulu, enziwe ngamabhokisi okhuni, bangakwazi ukuxhawula omakhelwane babo. Uma ubungathatha isinqumo sokwenza kabusha u-Oliver Twist njengefilimu ekhombisayo futhi lona bekuwumklamo wesethi ohlongozwayo, cishe ubungalahla umklami, uthi: "Kuningi kakhulu, kubi kakhulu."
Sehlela phansi emhubheni, sigobile manje, ngoba ungaphansi kwamafidi amahlanu ukuphakama. Ngemva kokudlula umdlalo we-poker kanye nenkukhu elahlekile, ngifika esitolo esiphethwe u-Agnes Cabagauan. Ithengisa izinto ezifanayo njengaso sonke isitolo semijondolo emhlabeni: amasaka omkhiqizo wezinwele we-Silvikrin, i-Cif, i-shampoo ye-Head & Shoulders, inguqulo yesi-Filipino kagwayi wase-Marlboro, okokukhanyisa, ama-tampons neshingamu. “Abazali bami bangisiza ngamisa [isitolo] ukuze ngikhokhele imfundo yami,” kungitshela u-Agnes.
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Bese sihlangana nendodana kaMena; ungumfundi wobunjiniyela. Njengoba siwela elinye ibhuloho, i-whiz ne-pop yento yedijithali iza iqhuma emanzini amile. Ikhefi ye-inthanethi. Kunamakhompyutha ayisishiyagalolunye aminyene eqhugwaneni le-plywood. Inja igxuma futhi igijima; ukukhanya kunokhahlo. Ezinye izingane zikuFacebook. Abanye badlala i-poker eku-inthanethi. Enye intokazi yenza iCV, enye ingene shi emdlalweni obizwa nge-Audition. Naye, usekolishi, uyangitshela, enza izinto eziningi phakathi kweBlackBerry yakhe nomdlalo.
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Esikhaleni esingamayadi ayikhulu, ngihlangane nabathweswe iziqu abathathu, amaphoyisa e-DIY kanye noguquko lwenkundla yezokuxhumana. Njengoba ngijwayela intuthu, ukulila nokuxokozela kwezingane, izinkukhu nendawo evalekile, ngafunda lokho abantu abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane okuye kwadingeka bakufunde: akukubi kangako. "Ezinye izindawo zinobufebe. Asinabo," kusho uMena. "Siyadakwa futhi sidle izidakamizwa kancane kodwa kuyalawuleka. Siyaqaphelana. Sibona konke okwenzekayo - umndeni owodwa omkhulu. Umsebenzi omkhulu wamaphoyisa angamavolontiya ukubheka abashisi. Izindawo zokuhlala ezisongelwa ngokuthi zizovunyelwa zinomkhuba wokushiswa. " Njengoba ekhuluma ngemininingwane emihle yenqubomgomo yezenhlalakahle endaweni engamamitha amahlanu ukuphakama okuyigumbi lakhe lokuphumula nekhishi, ngibuza umbuzo okufanele ngabe ngiwubuze lapho siqala ukuhlangana. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuba afunde kangaka kwezombusazwe?
"Ngaphumelela kwisayensi yezepolitiki eNyuvesi yaseManila."
Okukhiqizwe ngabahlali basemijondolo (futhi angizange ngikubone lapha kuphela kodwa eCairo, eNairobi, eLima naseLa Paz) yinto amakhosi akudala asusa imijondolo abengeke ayibone - imijondolo ehlelekile, eqinile, noma lokho i-UN ekubiza ngokuthi. "umjondolo wethemba".
Inkulumo-mpikiswano, emazingeni omhlaba, ayisekho eyokudiliza lezi zindawo ngokushesha kodwa ukuthi singahlangabezana yini nezifiso ezikhula ngokushesha zabantu abafundile kakhulu emijondolo yamathini. Kulabo abaphupha ngokuthi, njengoba ubunxiwankulu bukhula, buzoqeda imijondolo, iSinclair of Architecture for Humanity ithi iphupho liqhubeke. "Ngeke ulwe nento enomfanekiso onamandla kunawe. Ngeke kuphinde kwenzeke. Iqiniso wukuthi uma uzama ukuyenza kweminye yale mijondolo bangalikhipha idolobha. ... imashela endaweni yamabhizinisi emaphakathi, futhi umdlalo usuphelile."
U-Paul Mason ubika eseManila ngoLwesibili zingama-16 ku-Agasti ku-"Slums 101" (Radio 4, 8pm) naku-"Newsnight" (BBC2, 10.30pm).
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