Sibambisene ne-UTMB kuleli sonto futhi sigubha isonto lokungondleki. Kuyini ngempela ukungondleki? Ngokwe-World Health Organisation "Ukungondleki kubhekisa ekushodeni, ukweqisa noma ukungalingani ekudleni komuntu amandla kanye / noma izakhi zomzimba." Kungaba ukungondleki noma ukungondleki ngokweqile. Lapho othile ecabanga ngokungondleki, bavame ukucabanga ngezingane ezinomzimba omncane, kepha esikubonayo manje ukungondleki ngokweqile. Ngabe umuntu angakhuluphala kodwa abe esondlekile? Impela! Ukudla okunomsoco kungaba lapho umuntu adla khona amakhalori amaningi, futhi azuze isisindo, kepha mhlawumbe angadli ukudla okulungile, ngakho-ke ayantuleka kumavithamini namaminerali amaningi. Kunzima ukusho ukuthi yikuphi “okubi”, kepha zombili izinhlobo zikhona emphakathini wethu, futhi zidinga ukubhekelwa ngokufanele.

Yini ebangela ukungondleki? Kunezici eziningi, kepha okunye okujwayeleke kakhulu ukungabi nokudla kungenxa yezizathu zezezimali noma ukungatholakali ngokwanele kokudla ngenxa yezizathu zokuhamba noma zokuphepha, ukuhlala endaweni yasemakhaya, njll. Ukungavikeleki kokudla kungenye indlela ethinta ukungondleki. Ukungavikeleki kokudla kuyisikhathi esibanzi futhi kubhekisa ekushodeni kokutholakala kokudla okususelwa kuzimali nakwezinye izinsiza Ngokuya nge-Feeding Texas, eGalveston County (zip code 77550) u-18.1% wabantu bahlala emakhaya angenakho ukuphepha kokudla. Kunzima ukuchaza ukuthi bangaki abantu abangondlekile, kepha uma othile engazi ukuthi ukudla kwabo okulandelayo kuvela kuphi, lokho kubabeka engcupheni yokungondleki. Umuntu ongondlekile kahle akudingeki nokuthi alambe njalo. Kungenzeka ukuthi abadli, noma abanakho ukufinyelela kuzo, izithelo ezanele, imifino, nezinye izinto ezinempilo, noma imizimba yabo ingakwazi ukumunca izakhi zomzimba ezidingekayo. Ukungondleki nakho kungabangelwa isimo sezokwelapha.

Yini esingayenza ukusiza? Nathi eGalveston County Food Bank singasiza ngokunikela ngokudla nezinsizakusebenza kulabo abaswele. Wena emphakathini ungasiza ngokunikela ngokudla ngqo kulabo abaswele noma ebhange lakho lokudla lasendaweni, uma ungakwazi ukwenza lokho, vele udlulise imininingwane yokuthi usizo lungatholwa kuphi. Akekho umuntu okufanele alambe!

--– Kelley Kocurek, RD Wangaphakathi