Le Ntwana Ekhuthazayo Inikeza Amathoni Kwabesifazane Abangenamakhaya Emhlabeni Wonke

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Ukuphila kuka-Nadya Okamoto kwashintsha ngobusuku obubodwa ngemva kokuba umama wakhe ephelelwe umsebenzi futhi umndeni wakhe ungenakhaya lapho eneminyaka engu-15 kuphela ubudala. Uchithe unyaka olandelayo egeza usofa futhi ehlala emapotimendeni futhi wagcina esekhoselweni labesifazane.

"Nganginobudlelwano obuhlukumezayo nomfana othile, owayemdala kancane kimi, futhi ngangingamtshelanga umama," kusho u-Okamoto etshela iThe Huffington Post. "Kwakungenxa nje yokuthi sesibuyiselwe indlu yethu, engangazi ukuthi umama wasebenza kanzima kangaka ukuze yenzeke kithina. Kodwa kwakungaleso senzakalo sokuba sekhaya labesifazane bodwa, nokuzwa izindaba zabesifazane ababebi kakhulu izimo kunalokho engangiyikho ― ngibe nokuhlolwa okuphelele kwelungelo."

Ngaphandle kwezinselelo ezikhona empilweni yakhe, u-Okamoto uqhubeke nokuhamba amahora amane ngosuku eyofunda esikoleni esizimele, lapho abethola khona umfundaze. Lapho waqala iCamions of Care, engenzi nzuzo eholwa yintsha enikela ngemikhiqizo yokuya esikhathini kwabesifazane abaswele futhi ebungaza inhlanzeko yokuya esikhathini emhlabeni wonke. Ukhuthazwe yilomqondo ngemuva kokukhuluma nabesifazane abangenamakhaya ahamba nabo ebhasini.

Manje u-18, u-Okamoto ufunda e-Harvard University futhi uyaqhubeka nokuqhuba inhlangano yakhe, esiza abesifazane kokubili e-United States nasemhlabeni jikelele. Usanda kunikeza inkulumo yeTEDx Youth futhi ubuye wathweswa umqhele njenge-L'Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree yenkampani yezobuhle i-2016 Women of Worth festival.

"Sijabule kakhulu ukuthi inkampani enkulu enjengeL'Oréal ibinaka lokho okuqale ngokuthi sihlangane ngasetafuleni lesidlo sasemini sihlele esikoleni samabanga aphakeme," kusho u-Okamoto. "Manje singasho ukuthi siqhuba umsebenzi womhlaba wonke nabalingani abangama-40 abangenzi nzuzo, ezifundazweni ezingama-23, emazweni ayi-13, nasezahlukweni ezingama-60 zamakhampasi emanyuvesi nasezikoleni eziphakeme eMelika"

Ngokuzimisela, le ntombazane izungeze #izinhloso.

Joyina umzamo wokunika amandla nokuxhasa abesifazane abangenamakhaya ngokunikela ngamadola ambalwa kuwebhusayithi yeCamions of Care. Unganikela nangemikhiqizo emisha nengasetshenziswanga yokuhlanzeka kwabesifazane ngokuxhumana nenhlangano.

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