Ibhalwe ngu: Anna Harper-Guerrero
Usekela Mongameli we-Emerge kunye neGosa leQhinga eliyiNtloko
bell hook zathi, “Kodwa uthando ngenene luyinkqubo yokunxibelelana. Imalunga noko sikwenzayo, hayi nje indlela esiziva ngayo. Sisenzi, hayi isibizo.”
Njengoko iNyanga yoKwazisa ngoBundlobongela baseKhaya iqala, ndibonakalisa umbulelo ngothando esithe sakwazi ukulusebenzisa kwabo basinde kubundlobongela basekhaya kunye noluntu lwethu ngexesha lobhubhani. Eli xesha linzima liye laba ngumfundisi wam omkhulu malunga nezenzo zothando. Ndabona uthando lwethu kuluntu lwethu ngokuzibophezela kwethu ekuqinisekiseni ukuba iinkonzo kunye nenkxaso zihlala zikhona kubantu kunye neentsapho ezijongene nobundlobongela basekhaya.
Akusiyo imfihlo ukuba i-Emerge yenziwe ngamalungu alo luntu, abaninzi babo baye bafumana amava abo ngobuhlungu kunye nokukhathazeka, ababonisa yonke imihla kwaye banikele iintliziyo zabo kubasindileyo. Oku kuyinyani ngokungathandabuzekiyo kwiqela labasebenzi abanikezela ngeenkonzo kuwo wonke umbutho-indawo yokuhlala kaxakeka, i-hotline, iinkonzo zeentsapho, iinkonzo ezisekelwe kuluntu, iinkonzo zezindlu, kunye nenkqubo yethu yemfundo yamadoda. Kukwayinyani kuye wonke umntu oxhasa umsebenzi wenkonzo ngqo kwabasindileyo ngeenkonzo zethu zokusingqongileyo, uphuhliso, kunye namaqela olawulo. Kuyinyani ngakumbi kwiindlela sonke esasihlala kuzo, sijongana nazo, kwaye senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukunceda abathathi-nxaxheba kulo bhubhani.
Kubonakala ngathi ngobusuku, siye safakwa kwimeko yokungaqiniseki, ukubhideka, ukothuka, usizi kunye nokuswela isikhokelo. Siye sahluza kulo lonke ulwazi olutyhutyha uluntu lwethu kwaye sayila imigaqo-nkqubo ezama ukubeka phambili impilo nokhuseleko lwabantu abaphantse babe ngama-6000 esibasebenzelayo minyaka le. Ukuqiniseka, asingabo ababoneleli bezempilo abanikwe umsebenzi wokunyamekela abo bagulayo. Nangona kunjalo sikhonza iintsapho kunye nabantu ngabanye abasemngciphekweni yonke imihla yokwenzakala kakhulu kwaye kwezinye iimeko basweleke.
Ngobhubhane, loo mngcipheko wenyuka kuphela. Iinkqubo abasindileyo abaxhomekeke kuzo ngoncedo zivale kufutshane nathi: iinkonzo zenkxaso ezisisiseko, iinkundla, iimpendulo zokuthotyelwa komthetho. Ngenxa yoko, uninzi lwawona malungu asemngciphekweni woluntu lwethu anyamalala emthunzini. Ngelixa uninzi loluntu lwalusekhaya, abantu abaninzi babephila kwiimeko ezingakhuselekanga apho babengenazo izinto abazidingayo ukuze baphile. Ukuvalwa kwe-Lockdown kunciphise amandla okuba abantu abaxhatshazwayo bafumane inkxaso ngefowuni kuba babesekhaya kunye neqabane labo elibaphethe kakubi. Abantwana babengenakufikelela kwinkqubo yesikolo ukuze babe nomntu okhuselekileyo abanokuthetha naye. Iindawo zokuhlala zaseTucson ziye zancipha amandla okuzisa abantu. Sabona iimpembelelo zolu hlobo lokuzihlukanisa, kubandakanywa nesidingo esikhulayo seenkonzo kunye namazinga aphezulu okubulala.
I-Emerge yayishukunyiswa yimpembelelo kwaye izama ukugcina uqhagamshelwano ngokukhuselekileyo nabantu abahlala kubudlelwane obuyingozi. Safudusa indawo yethu yokuhlala yonxunguphalo ngobusuku saya kwindawo engeyiyo eyoluntu. Ukanti, abasebenzi kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba baxele ukuba baye bachanabeka kwi-COVID yonke imihla, nto leyo ekhokelela ekulandeleni umkhondo wonxibelelwano, ukuncipha kwamanqanaba abasebenzi ngezithuba ezininzi ezingenabantu, kunye nabasebenzi bevalelwa bodwa. Phakathi kwale mingeni, into enye yahlala ihleli—uthando lwethu kuluntu lwethu kunye nokuzinikela okunzulu kwabo bafuna ukhuseleko. Uthando sisenzo.
Njengoko ihlabathi lalibonakala liyeka, isizwe noluntu lwaphefumla kubunyani bobundlobongela obunobuhlanga obebusenzeka kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Obu bundlobongela bukhona kuluntu lwethu, kwaye buye babumba amava eqela lethu nabantu esibasebenzelayo. Umbutho wethu uzame ukufumanisa indlela yokujongana nobhubhane ngelixa usenza indawo kwaye uqalise umsebenzi wokuphilisa kumava adibeneyo obundlobongela obucalucalulo. Sisaqhubeka sisebenzela inkululeko kubuhlanga obukhoyo macala onke. Uthando sisenzo.
Intliziyo yombutho yahlala ibetha. Sathatha iifowuni ze-arhente saza sazifaka kwimizi yabantu ukuze umnxeba uqhubeke usebenza. Abasebenzi ngoko nangoko baqalisa ukubamba iiseshoni zenkxaso ukusuka ekhaya ngomnxeba nakwiZoom. Abasebenzi baququzelele amaqela enkxaso kwiZoom. Abasebenzi abaninzi baqhubekile nokuba seofisini kwaye bebehleli ixesha elide kunye nokuqhubeka kobhubhane. Abasebenzi bathathe iishifti ezongezelelweyo, basebenze iiyure ezinde, kwaye bebebambe izikhundla ezininzi. Abantu babengena bephuma. Abanye bagula. Abanye balahlekelwe ngamalungu entsapho asondeleyo. Ngokudibeneyo siqhubekile nokubonisa kwaye sinikezela iintliziyo zethu kolu luntu. Uthando sisenzo.
Ngaxa lithile, lonke iqela elibonelela ngeenkonzo zikaxakeka kuye kwafuneka livalelwe lodwa ngenxa yokuvezwa okunokwenzeka kwe-COVID. Amaqela avela kwezinye iindawo ze-arhente (izikhundla zolawulo, ababhali bezibonelelo, abaqokeleli-mali) babhalisele ukuhambisa ukutya kwiintsapho ezihlala kwindawo yonxunguphalo. Abasebenzi be-arhente beza nephepha lezindlu zangasese xa belifumana lifumaneka eluntwini. Salungiselela amaxesha okuthathwa kwabantu ukuze beze kwiiofisi ezazivaliwe ukuze abantu bathabathe iibhokisi zokutya nezinto zococeko. Uthando sisenzo.
Kunyaka omnye kamva, wonke umntu udiniwe, udiniwe yaye ungcungcutheka. Nangona kunjalo, iintliziyo zethu zibetha kwaye sibonisa ukunika uthando kunye nenkxaso kwabasindileyo abangenayo enye indawo yokubheka. Uthando sisenzo.
Kulo nyaka ngeNyanga yoKwazisa ngoBundlobongela baseKhaya, sikhetha ukuphakamisa nokuhlonipha amabali abasebenzi abaninzi base-Emerge abancede lo mbutho ukuba uhlale usebenza ukuze abasindileyo babe nendawo apho inkxaso inokwenzeka khona. Siyabahlonipha, amabali abo entlungu ngexesha lokugula kunye nokulahlekelwa, ukwesaba kwabo oko kwakuza kuza kwindawo yethu-kwaye sivakalisa umbulelo wethu ongapheliyo ngeentliziyo zabo ezintle.
Masizikhumbuze kulo nyaka, kule nyanga, ukuba uthando sisenzo. Yonke imihla yonyaka, uthando sisenzo.