Igalari yezithombe: Ukuhamba kwesibindi ePaki

Ngosuku olukhanyayo kulo Septhemba owedlule, iqembu lezivakashi lazulazula laya enkundleni yemidlalo eseGolden Gate Park eSan Francisco. Babhuduzela esiteji futhi kancane kancane bahlanganyela kulo mgubho, bedansa umculo owawuphumela esixukwini.

Owesifazane ovela eqenjini wangicela ukuba ngibathathe isithombe. Ubuze ukuthi umayelana nani lo mkhosi. Lapho ngimtshela ukuthi siqwashisa ngesifo sesibindi, umlomo wakhe wavele wavuleka.

Umgubho obewenzeka eduze kwethu kube yiLiver Walk yonyaka we-American Liver Foundation. Owesifazane waqalaza emangele. Isasasa lalingugesi. Lolu hlobo lokuzijabulisa akuyona into elindelwe ngokujwayelekile kubantu abalwa nesifo.

Ingaphambili lepaki lalinamakholomu amakhulu amabhaluni akha u-DJ, owayedlala umculo womdanso ohamba phambili. Amabhaluni amaningi ngemuva kwepaki amaka umugqa wokuqeda iLiver Walk. Lapho, amavolontiya ajabula lapho imindeni nabangane beqedela isikhathi sabo sokunqoba.

Kuyo yonke ipaki, abathengisi namadokodo banikela ngemininingwane, imiklomelo, ukudweba ubuso, ukudla okulula okunempilo, nokuphatha bonke. Esikhungweni sezithombe seHealthline, uhleko lwaphumela epaki lapho kuthathwa izinkumbulo eziyigugu.

Imindeni, abangane, nabantu ngabanye babehlangene benenhloso eyodwa engqondweni: ukwenza umnikelo wabo kwi-American Liver Foundation (ALF). Eminye imindeni yahamba nomuntu othandekayo ophila nesifo sesibindi. Abanye bagubha ukufakelwa kwesibindi noma ukunqoba umdlavuza wesibindi. Futhi amanye amaqembu eza njengesikhumbuzo sothandiweyo wakhe owayehlulwe yimpi yesifo sesibindi.

ILiver Walk eSan Francisco iyingxenye eyodwa yemizamo yogu ukuya ogwini yokuqwashisa nezimali zokulwa nezifo zesibindi. Ukwenza imali kuhlinzeka ngezinsizakusebenza ezidingekayo zocwaningo ekutholeni ukwelashwa okusha. Imfundo yomphakathi isabalalisa igama lokuthi singasinqanda kanjani isifo sesibindi. I-ALF ibuye inikeze ukwesekwa kwabantu nemindeni abakudinga kakhulu.

Lapho abantu behlangana ukuze basizane, kuhlala kungumkhosi. E-Liver Walk, ukuzinikezela komuntu ngamunye kubonakala ezimpilweni zezizukulwane ezizayo ezizohlomula ezinhlelweni kanye nezinsizakalo ezinikezwayo. Yebo, ukuthokoza kwasendle ekupheleni komcimbi ngamunye isenzo esinentshisekelo nesinenjongo sokulwa nesifo sesibindi.

Ngithwebule isithombe seqembu lezivakashi, elimamatheka kakhulu eceleni kwesibhengezo se-ALF. Ngezinhliziyo ezivulekile nezinyawo zokudansa, saqhubeka nomkhosi. I-ALF nabo bonke abasekeli bayo bebeqede enye i-Liver Walk ephumelelayo epaki - {textend} futhi sinezithombe zokuyikhombisa.