Lubhalwe nguDoreen Mokgolo
Umgqugquzeli womphakathi futhi onguMrs Curve Globe 2023, uLucia Simelane-Ochan, uyaqhubeka nokuphephezelisa ifulegi laseNingizimu Afrika phezulu emazweni ngamazwe ngokuphula imigoqo kanye nokuthuthukisa abanye.
Lo nobuhle oneminyaka engu-42 ubudala owazalelwa eMpumalanga, owanqoba isicoco sango-2023 eqhudelana nezimbangi zamazwe angu-77, useMelika lapho kuzothweswa khona isicoco sikaMrs Curve Globe 2024.
NgoNdasa, wahlonishwa ngendondo kaMrs Curve Globe Lifetime Achievement Award emcimbini wokuqalisa komqhudelwano kukaMrs Curve Globe 2024 e-China.
Lo mcimbi ungowonobuhle abagqoka phakathi kwezingubo zosayizi-12 no-18 futhi ubungaza ukuhlukahluka, amasiko, ubuholi, nabesifazane kwezamabhizinisi.
Engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Scrolla.Africa, lo somabhizinisi wezenhlalakahle uthe ukuqhudelana emazweni angaphandle kumqhubele phambili ekwenzeni umehluko ezimpilweni zabanye baseMpumalanga, ezweni nakwamanye amazwe ngokusebenzisa i-Wind Foundation.
USimelane-Ochan usebenzisa ithuba alithole ngokuwina isicoco ukufundisa, ukufuna uxhaso lwezimali, ukufuna nezinye izinsiza zomdlavuza wezingane, ukulwa nodlame olusekelwe kubulili obufanayo, ukulwa nokubulawa kwabesifazane, kanye nokuthuthukisa abesifazane emhlabeni jikelele.
“Umdlavuza yinto esondelene kakhulu nenhliziyo yami njengoba ubaba washona ngenxa yomdlavuza wesigaba sesine. Ngabona ukuthi abantu abaningi, ikakhulukazi abasemiphakathini enganakiwe, abazi lutho ngawo.
“Eminyakeni edlule, ngisebenzise amandla ami ukuthola ukwesekwa ezinhlelweni ezehlukene, ikakhulukazi ezigxile emdlavuzeni wezingane kanye nokuqoqa ama-sanitary pads.
“Sidinga ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kuhulumeni namabhizinisi ukuze senze umehluko ezimpilweni zabantu abancishwe amathuba,” kusho yena.
Ngo-2017, uSimelane-Ochan uphume isibili kuMrs Mpumalanga, okuyithuba elimenze wawina uMrs Africa Curve Globe 2018 e-China eqhudelana nonobuhle abavela emazweni angu-88.
Uphinde wamela i-Afrika kuMrs Curve Globe e-China ngo-2019, eqhudelana namazwe angu-63, wafinyelela kwabangu-15 abahamba phambili, waphinde wemuka nendondo ye-Best of Africa.
Osesithombeni ngenhla: ULucia Simelane-Ochan.
Umthombo: Sithunyelwe