Dylan Bettencourt
Ngesikhathi uAbbas Karimi ebaleka ezweni azalelwe kulo lase-Afghanistan eya eMelika eminyakeni eyi-8 wathola injongo – endaweni yokubhukuda.
Lo msubathi okhubazekile oqhamuka e-Afganistan wazalwa engenazo izandla, kodwa noma wayengenazo izandla wathola inkululeko yakhe nokuvikeleka kwakhe endaweni yokubhukuda.
Umsubathi oneminyaka engama-24 unethalente elimangazayo njengoba akhula ehlupheka, kodwa wagcina esengungqa phambili ekunqobeni imijaho.
Impi enkulu enesihluku yenza uKarimi ukuba ahambe ezweni akhulela kulo e-Afghanistan ngemuva kokunqoba umcintiswano kazwelonke wokubhukuda eneminyaka eyi-16.
Uhambo lukaKarimi lokuya eMelika laqala ngesikhathi efaka isicelo ku-Facebook, laphinde lamuyisa ezintabeni zase-Turkey nasezindaweni zokukhempa ezine ezahlukene.
“Ngesikhathi ngishiya izwe lase-Afghanistan, Ngahamba nephupho lami lokuba umpetha emidlalweni yabantu abakhubazekile. Kwakumele ngibe sendaweni lapho ngizozizwa ngiphephile khona ngiqhubeka nokuziqeqesha”, ukhulume lokhu kwingxoxo ebeyenziwa ku-Zoom ekuqaleni kwalenyanga.
Lo othanda ukubhukuda ubezimisele ngokuqhubeka enze akuthandayo. Ugibele ibhasi waya endaweni yokubhukuda enabantu ukuze aziqeqeshe.
UKarimi ungomunye kwabayisithupha aqhudelana nabo kumncintiswano we-Refugee paralympic team aphinde ahole iqembu kumbukiso wesizwe, njengomunye obekulabo abebephethe amaflegi ngoLwesibili ebusuku.
Lo msubathi obhukudayo kuzoba nguyena yedwa oqhamuka e-Afghanistan kumcintiswano wase-Tokyo, njengoba abasubathi ababili bengakwazanga ukuphuma endaweni yase-Kabul.
Abasubathi ababili bavalelekile ezweni labo ngenxa yezinkinga, kanti nathi siyiqembu labantu abangama-50 abakhishwa e-Kabul safakwa kwindiza eyayiqonde e-Australia. Abahleli bemidlalo yangowezi-2020 yabantu abakhubazekile abakaqinisekisi ukuba abasubathi bazokwazi yini ukufika e-Tokyo.
Isifiso sikaKarimi ukuwina indondo nokunikeza abantu emhlabeni wonke ugqozu.
“Angiyi nje lapha ukuyoqhudelana kuphela. Ngiyakuzonda ukuhlulwa, uma ngabe nginqoba ngizokwenza abokufika abagcwele umhlaba wonke ukuba bajabule kakhulu etshela i-Paralympic.org.
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