Women in Action: "Ndinakwera Phiri la Kilimanjaro"

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"Ndinakwera phiri la Kilimanjaro" simomwe ophunzira amayankhira akafunsidwa momwe amathera tchuthi chawo chilimwe. Koma Samantha Cohen, wazaka 17, yemwe adafotokozera pachimake pa phazi la 19,000 kuphatikiza mu Julayi, si mkulu wamba pasukulu yasekondale. Ngakhale atha kukhala wachichepere, wophunzira wowongoka kale akukhala ndi moyo wangwiro wa CHIWALO.

Kukonda kwake zolimbitsa thupi kunayamba ali ndi zaka 7, pomwe adalembetsa maphunziro azisudzo ndikuyamba kupikisana nawo kwanuko.Patatha zaka zinayi, Samantha adapeza jazz ndi ballet yovina - ndipo posachedwa amaphunzira maphunziro 12 sabata iliyonse. Analembetsanso pulogalamu yovina. Komabe, Samantha atadwala maondo chaka chimodzi ndi theka zapitazo ndikuyamba kulandira chithandizo chamthupi, adazitenga ngati chizindikiro chobwerera.

“Ndinkakonda kwambiri kuvina koma ndinazindikira kuti si zokhazo zimene ndikufuna pamoyo wanga,” akutero. "Ndinkafuna nthawi yoyenda ndikufufuza zochitika zosiyanasiyana." Chifukwa chake adapachika nsapato zake zovina natembenukira ku yoga, kupalasa njinga zamagulu, komanso gulu la Zumba nthawi zina kuti akhale olimba.

Samantha nthawi zonse pofunafuna njira zatsopano zothandizira thupi lake kukhala lowonda komanso lopindika, adawona mwayi wopita patali kunja kwa malo ake olimbitsa thupi kumapeto kwa masika. Kubwerera mu Marichi, adamva kuti mnzake wasayina kuti akwere phiri la Kilimanjaro nthawi yachilimwe ndi gulu la ophunzira nawo kusekondale.

Ngakhale pamasewera ake am'mbuyomu, Samantha adamvetsetsa kuti ntchito yomwe idamuyandikira inali chilombo chatsopano. Ili ku Tanzania, Phiri la Kilimanjaro ndilokwera mamita 19,340 ndikupangitsa kuti likhale phiri lalitali kwambiri komanso ndi phiri lalitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

Ngakhale kuti mavuto akuthupi anali aakulu poyambira, mpweya umachepa kwambiri pokwera moti matenda amavutitsa ambiri mwa anthu 15,000 amene amayesa kukwera phirili chaka chilichonse—Samantha sanafooke. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndikadasankha kukwera phiri laling'ono, kunena ku Colorado," akutero Samantha, yemwe ngakhale abwenzi ndi achibale ena amakayikira nthawi zonse kuti akafika pamwamba pa phirilo. "Koma kwenikweni izi zinali zongodzikakamiza kuti ndichite china chachilendo."

Pomwe amaphunzitsa kukwera kwake, Samantha, wodzipereka, adaphunzira za kampeni ya Heroes's Hospital ya St. Atasaina ndikupanga tsamba patsamba la chipatala kuti atolere ndalama, adakweza pafupifupi $ 22,000 pamaziko.

Ndi izi zomwe adazichita, Samantha akuyembekeza kupitiliza ntchito yake yachifundo ndi St. Jude pomwe amaliza maphunziro ake kusekondale ndikugwiranso ku koleji. Mosasamala kanthu za komwe maulendo ake amtsogolo adzamufikitsa, Samantha akukhulupirira kuti amatha kumaliza ntchito iliyonse yomwe angagwire. "Ine sindine munthu wathanzi kwambiri, koma ngati mukufuna china chake, palibe chifukwa chomwe simuyenera kukwanitsira," akutero. "Anthu ali okhoza kwambiri mwakuthupi kuposa momwe amaganizira. Ndipo kuyendetsa kwanga ndi kolimba mokwanira kundithandiza kuchita chilichonse."

Kuti mudziwe zambiri kapena kuti mupereke ndalama zothandizira Samantha kuti athandize St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, onani tsamba lake lothandizira ndalama. Kuti mudziwe zambiri paulendo wolimbikitsa wa Samantha kupita pamwamba pa phiri la Kilimanjaro, onetsetsani kuti mwatenga magazini ya Seputembala ya SHAPE, pamanyuzipepala Lolemba, Ogasiti 19.

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