Summer Camp Imalola Manhattan Boy Kukhalanso Mwana, poyambirira Zikomo ku moyo, ndi nyimbo yodziwika bwino ya anthu, yolembedwa ndi wolemba waku Chile Violeta Parra ndipo adadziwika ku Latin-America ndi Mercedes Sosa. Ndime yake yomaliza ikutero, "Zikomo ku moyo, womwe wandipatsa zambiri, Zandiseketsa ndipo zandipatsa misozi. Umu ndi mmene ndimasiyanitsira chisangalalo ndi chisoni, zida ziwiri zomwe zimapanga nyimbo yanga. Ndipo nyimbo yanu, yomwe ili nyimbo yomweyo. Ndipo nyimbo ya aliyense, yomwe ili nyimbo yangayanga” En español, "Zikomo ku moyo, zomwe zandipatsa ine kwambiri. Zinandiseka ndipo zinandipatsa chikhumbo. Ndi iwo ndimasiyanitsa chisangalalo ndi zowawa, zida ziwiri zomwe nyimbo zanga zimapangidwira. Ndipo nyimbo yanu, komanso, yomwe ndi nyimbo yomweyi. Ndipo nyimbo ya aliyense, yomwe ndi nyimbo yanga yomwe.“
Pamene ndikudutsa mkuntho wakale 19 miyezi, Nthawi zambiri ndimasochera chifukwa chachisoni komanso zowawa, ngakhale mkwiyo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ambiri a inu mukumva chimodzimodzi. Tavutika ndipo tikupitiriza kutero, okhudzidwa ndi zotsatira zachindunji kapena zosalunjika za mliriwu. Zina mwa izo ndi zogwirika, monga kusowa kwa chakudya kosaneneka, chitetezo cha ntchito, kapena thandizo la ndalama. Ena amathamanga ali mkati mwathu, monga kuchulukirachulukira kwa kusalingana kwa anthu kapena kufunikira kwa chinthu chophweka monga kukumbatirana ndi munthu wina kutikumbutsa kuti sitili tokha..
Komabe, monga momwe nyimboyo imanenera mokoma kwambiri, moyo unatipatsa chikhumbo ndi zowawa, koma zinatipatsanso chisangalalo ndi kuseka. Ngakhale sizingakhale zophweka nthawi zonse, Ndimasintha magalasi omwe ndimayang'ana nawo zenizeni zathu kuti ndigwirizane ndi malingaliro enawo. Ndipo, ndiye ndikuwona kukongola! Ndikuwona gulu lokhazikika likuthandizana. Aphunzitsi ndi achinyamata ogwira ntchito akusintha maluso awo kuti aphunzire momwe angaphunzitsire ndi kulimbikitsa achinyamata pafupifupi. Ogwira ntchito zachitukuko akugwira ntchito maola atatha kusintha kwawo kuti athandize munthu aliyense momwe angathere. Maziko, mabungwe aboma, ndi anthu omwe amapereka nthawi ndi chuma chawo kuthandiza osowa. Atsogoleri a mabungwe akusintha mapulogalamu awo ndi ogwira nawo ntchito pafupipafupi kuti akwaniritse zosowa za anthu ammudzi. Ndikuwona oyankha oyamba akubwera kuyitanidwa kukayika moyo wawo pachiswe chifukwa cha ife.
Zikomo ku moyo, zomwe zandipatsa ine kwambiri!
Pa Y of Washington Heights ndi Inwood, ngakhale ali ndi madipatimenti angapo omwe amagwira ntchito zamagulu ndi ntchito zosiyanasiyana, tonse timavomerezana pa ndondomeko ya mwezi uliwonse yomwe imatsogolera mapulogalamu ndi ntchito zathu. Mtengo wa Y wa mwezi wa November ndi kuyamika. Poganizira za kuseka ndi kulakalaka, chisangalalo ndi zowawa, kusankha kwa chiyamiko sikukanakhala kwapanthawi yake. Komabe, chifukwa chachikulu chomwe ndikuyamikirira chaka chino chikhoza kupezeka m'mawu omaliza a nyimboyi, “Ndipo nyimbo yanu, komanso, yomwe ndi nyimbo yomweyi. Ndipo nyimbo ya aliyense, yomwe ndi nyimbo yanga yomwe.“
Ngati pali chilichonse chomwe COVID-19 idatikumbutsa zonse ndi momwe timalumikizirana komanso kudalirana. Pamapeto pa tsiku, sitingathe kuthawa mfundo yakuti ndife ogwirizana - gulu. Chifukwa thanzi langa limakhudzanso inuyo, momwemonso kulimba mtima kwanu kumayatsira kwanga; chifukwa chisoni chako chimandikhudza monga momwe kuseka kwanga kumakukhudzira iwe. Chifukwa, ngati izo zinali zokayikitsa konse, zinaonekeratu kuti kudzipatula kumatsutsana ndi zosowa zathu zofunika kwambiri monga anthu. Pakuzindikira kumeneko, kuti nyimbo yanu ndi yanga, nyimbo zawo ndi zathu, ndi chimodzimodzi, Ndinapeza chitonthozo ndi mtima woyamikira kwambiri.
Zikomo ku moyo, zomwe zandipatsa ine kwambiri. Zandipatsa gulu loti ndizitha kuthana ndi mkuntho wakale 19 miyezi; mudzi womwewo womwe ndikumanganso nawo; mudzi womwewo womwe nyimbo yawo ndi nyimbo yanga.
Wolemba Martin Yafe, Y Chief Program Officer
