Bungwe la International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (ICERM) ladzipereka kuthandizira mtendere wokhazikika m'mayiko padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo tikudziwa bwino zopereka zomwe akulu athu angapange. ICERM yakhazikitsa Bungwe la Akuluakulu Padziko Lonse makamaka la akulu, olamulira achikhalidwe/atsogoleri kapena oimira mafuko, zipembedzo, madera ndi magulu achikhalidwe. Tikuitana anthu amene akhala akusangalala ndi kusintha kwa zinthu zamakono, ndale, ndiponso chikhalidwe cha anthu. Tikufuna thandizo lawo kuti tiyanjanitse kusinthaku ndi malamulo achikhalidwe ndi miyambo. Timafunafuna nzeru zawo pothetsa mikangano mwamtendere, kupewa mikangano, kuyambitsa kukambirana, ndi kulimbikitsa njira zina zopanda chiwawa zothetsera kusamvana.

Komabe, pamene tinkafufuza mayankho a Mafunso Otsogolera m’gawoli, n’zokhumudwitsa kuona kuti dziko la United States, kumene gulu lathu lakhazikitsidwa, lili ndi maganizo ochepa pa nkhani ya ufulu wa anthu okalamba. Tili ndi malamulo aboma ndi aupandu kuti awateteze ku nkhanza zakuthupi ndi zachuma. Tili ndi malamulo owathandiza kukhala ndi ufulu wodzilamulira, ngakhale atakhala kuti akufunika owayang’anira kapena anthu ena oti awalankhule pa nkhani zochepa, monga chithandizo chamankhwala kapena zosankha zachuma. Komabe sitinachite zambiri kuti titsutse miyambo ya anthu, kukhalabe ndi anthu okalamba, kapena kugwirizanitsanso omwe adzipatula.

Choyamba, timayika aliyense wazaka zopitilira 60 kukhala gulu limodzi, ngati kuti onse ndi ofanana. Kodi mungayerekeze ngati tidachita izi kwa aliyense wosakwanitsa zaka 30? Mayi wina wolemera wazaka 80 ku Manhattan yemwe ali ndi mwayi wopeza chithandizo chamankhwala komanso mankhwala amakono ali ndi zosowa zosiyana ndi bambo wazaka 65 ku Iowa agrarian. Monga momwe timafunira kuzindikira, kukumbatira, ndi kuyanjanitsa kusiyana pakati pa anthu amitundu ndi zipembedzo zosiyanasiyana, ICERM imayesetsa kubweretsa akulu ndi anthu ena osasankhidwa pazokambirana zomwe zimawakhudza. Sitinaiwale kuti zomwe zimatikhudza zimakhudzanso iwo. Ndizowona kuti sitingakhudzidwe mwanjira yomweyo, koma aliyense za ife zimakhudzidwa mwapadera, ndipo chilichonse mwa zomwe takumana nazo ndi zowona. Tiyenera kupeza nthawi yoyang'ana kupitirira msinkhu, chifukwa m'njira zina timasankhanso pazifukwa zomwezo ndikupititsa patsogolo mavuto omwe tikufuna kuthetsa.

Chachiwiri, ku US, timateteza anthu okalamba ku tsankho pamene akugwirabe ntchito, koma zikuwoneka kuti pali kuvomereza komwe kupeza katundu ndi ntchito, chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi chisamaliro cha anthu zimakhudzidwa. Tili ndi tsankho lathu pa iwo pomwe sali "opanga". Lamulo la Achimereka Achimereka lidzawateteza pamene zofooka zawo zakuthupi zimachepa ndipo amayenera kuyenda m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri, koma kodi adzakhala ndi chisamaliro chokwanira chaumoyo ndi chisamaliro cha anthu? Zambiri zimatengera ndalama zomwe amapeza, ndipo opitilira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu kapena okalamba athu akukhala pafupi ndi umphawi wa federal. Chiwerengero cha omwe ali ndi ndondomeko yachuma yofanana ya zaka zawo zakutsogolo akuyembekezeredwa kuwonjezeka, ndipo nthawi zina tikukonzekeranso kuchepa kwa ogwira ntchito.

Sitikukhulupirira kuti malamulo owonjezera angasinthe tsankho lalikulu lomwe timawona kwa okalamba, komanso sitikuganiza kuti lingalembedwe mogwirizana ndi Constitution yathu. Monga amkhalapakati ndi otsogolera aluso, timawona mwayi wokambirana ndi kuthetsa mavuto mwaukadaulo tikaphatikiza okalamba. Tidakali ndi zambiri zoti tiphunzire ponena za anthu osiyanasiyana amene ali ndi gawo lalikululi la anthu padziko lapansi. Mwina ino ndi nthawi yoti timvetsere, tione, ndiponso tigwirizane.

Chachitatu, tikufunika mapulogalamu ochulukirapo omwe amapangitsa kuti okalamba azilumikizana ndi madera awo. Kumene adzilekanitsa kale, tifunikira kuwaphatikizanso mwa kudzipereka, kulangiza, ndi maprogramu ena amene amawakumbutsa za kufunika kwawo ndi kulimbikitsa zopereka zawo zopitirizabe, osati monga chilango koma monga mwaŵi. Tili ndi mapulogalamu a ana, omwe angokhala ana kwa zaka 18 zokha. Kodi ali kuti mapulogalamu ofanana a 60- ndi 70-zina omwe angakhalenso ndi zaka 18 kapena kuposerapo kuti aphunzire ndi kukula, makamaka kumene akuluakulu nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi chidziwitso chochuluka ndi chidziwitso chogawana nawo kuposa ana pazaka zawo 18? Sindikutanthauza kuti maphunziro a ana alibe phindu, koma tikusowa mwayi waukulu tikalephera kupatsa mphamvu anthu okalamba.

Monga momwe American Bar Association Liaison inanenera pa Msonkhano Wachisanu ndi chimodzi, “msonkhano wonena za ufulu wachibadwidwe wa anthu okalamba uyenera kukhala wokhudza zambiri osati kungosonkhanitsa ndi kutchula maufuluwo. Kuyeneranso kusintha maganizo a anthu okalamba.” (Mock, 2015). Bungwe la American Association for Retired Persons likuvomereza, likuwonjezera kuti "Mwa Kusokoneza Ukalamba-kusintha zokambirana za kukalamba kumatanthauza - tikhoza kuyambitsa mayankho ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zomwe zimasintha malo ogwira ntchito, kukulitsa msika ndi kukonzanso madera athu." (Collett, 2017). Sitingathe kuchita zonsezi mogwira mtima mpaka titatsutsa malingaliro athu okhudzana ndi ukalamba, zomwe timachita mwa kuwongolera mwaluso.

Nance L. Schick, Esq., Main Representative of International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation ku United Nations Headquarters, New York.