"Tikasaita chiito izvozvi, tichaona kufa kwevana mumavhiki mashoma." Aya ndiwo mazwi anoti UNICEF Mutungamiriri weDunhu kuMabvazuva neKumaodzanyemba kweAfrica, Mohamed M. Fall. Akawedzera kuti, “Nzara yava pedyo.”
Vana vanodarika miriyoni imwe nemazana manomwe ezviuru muEthiopia, Kenya neSomalia vanoda kurapwa nechimbichimbi nokuda kwekushaya chikafu chinovaka muviri. Kana mvura ikasanaya mumasvondo anotevera, nhamba iyi ichakwira kusvika pamamiriyoni maviri.
Huwandu hwevana vakatarisana nedambudziko rekusanaya kwemvura muNyanga yeAfrica hwawedzera nezvikamu zvinodarika makumi mana kubva muzana mukati memwedzi miviri, inoyambira UNICEF. Pakati paKukadzi naKubvumbi, huwandu hwevana vakatarisana nekusanaya kwemvura kunosanganisira nzara, kushaya chikafu nenyota hwakawedzera kubva pa40 miriyoni kusvika pamamiriyoni gumi.
UNICEF yakagadziridza chikumbiro chayo chechimbichimbi kubva pamadhora zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe kusvika pamadhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu kuratidza kudiwa kuri kuramba kuchikura mudunhu rese. 119 muzana chete ndiyo inotsigirwa nemari.
Dambudziko remamiriro ekunze rinokonzerwa nemamiriro ekunze muNyanga yeAfrica ndiyo yakanyanya kusanaya kwemvura mudunhu iri mumakore makumi mana. Mwaka mitatu yakatevedzana yekusanaya kwemvura yakadzinga mazana ezviuru zvevanhu kubva mudzimba dzavo, kuuraya hukuru hwezvipfuyo nezvirimwa, kuwedzera kushaya chikafu uye kuwedzera njodzi yechirwere. MuSomalia vanhu vanopfuura zviuru makumi masere nechimwe vari munjodzi yenzara pakupera kwaChikumi kana mwaka wechina wakatevedzana wekunaya kwemvura ukakundikana, mitengo yezvekudya ichiramba ichikwira zvakanyanya, uye rubatsiro rwevanhu rukasawedzerwa.
Mukati memwedzi miviri yapfuura mhiri kweNyanga yeAfrica:
Huwandu hwemhuri dzisina kuwana mvura yakachena uye yakachena hwakapetwa kaviri - kubva pamamiriyoni mashanu nemazana matanhatu kusvika pamamiriyoni gumi nemazana mashanu.
Huwandu hwevanhu vari kunzi havana chikafu hwakwira kubva pamamiriyoni mapfumbamwe kusvika pamamiriyoni gumi nematanhatu.
Huwandu hwevana vasiri kuenda kuchikoro hwakaramba hwakakwira zvinokatyamadza pamamiriyoni gumi nemashanu. Vamwe vana miriyoni imwe chete nemazana maviri ezviuru vari panjodzi yekusiira chikoro panzira uye zviuru nezviuru zvezvikoro zvinenge zvatoshaya mvura.
UNICEF iri kushanda mudunhu rese kuti ipe rubatsiro rwekuchengetedza hupenyu, kusanganisira kurapwa kwekushaya chikafu chakakomba uye kuwaniswa kwemvura yakachena nemabasa ehutano. Pamwe chete nevanodyidzana navo, UNICEF iri kupa raramo kumhuri dzakaita sekuendesa mari, kuchengetedza vana muzvidzidzo uye kuvadzivirira kubva mukushungurudzwa nekushandiswa.
"We ndoda kuita izvozvi kuchengetedza hupenyu hwevana – asiwo kuchengetedza udiki,” anodaro Mohamed M Fall. “Vana vari kurasikirwa nedzimba dzavo, dzidzo yavo pamwe nekodzero yavo yekukura vakachengeteka. Vanofanira kutariswa nenyika iye zvino.”
