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“"“M.ubutare burenze imyaka itatu mbere Siyoni C.hristopher yavutse, narose inzozi zisubiramo ko umuntu yatwizeza umwana wabo w'umuhungu. ” S.halonda, an umubyeyi urera hamwe Firefly ati. 

S.halonda na J.ames bashakanye imyaka 25 kandi barera abana 6 hamwe. Baneose abana kuba biologiya, na babiri bato kwinjira umuryango binyuze mubyitaho. 

Kwita ku bavandimwe bikubiyemo gushyira umwana hamwe na mwene wabo - nka sekuru, nyirasenge, nyirasenge, nyirarume, cyangwa undi muntu wo mu muryango - igihe ababyeyi bavutse batabishoboye.  

Mugihe bizihiza ibyabo intambwe isabukuru yuyu mwaka, abashakanye batekereza kumyaka itanu ishize nurugendo bakoze kugirango barere abana babo kumugaragaro, Siyoni Christopher na Desirae.  

Iyo mbere yakiriye guhamagarwa n’ishami rishinzwe serivisi z’abana (DCS), bo vuba yemeye kubyemeza abavandimwe wByaguma hamwe. Kuri S.halonda, byumvaga ari intambwe yo gusohoza inzozi ze za mbere, nubwo twumva ibibazo bitandukanye biri imbere.  

“Kuyobora kwita ku bavandimwe, kurerwa, no kurera ntabwo rwose ari intege nke z'umutima,“"“ ati. 

Shalonda asangira akanya n'umukobwa we, Desirae (ibumoso).

Nubwo hari izo ngorane, umuryango uremera ko abana babo bashobora kuba bahuye nibindi bitandukanye kandi bidashidikanywaho nta gutabara hanze nka many abagize umuryango bari kenshi yagize uruhare muri gahunda ya gereza kandi arwana no kunywa ibiyobyabwenge. 

Bumvise akamaro ko guca ukubiri nimiryango yabo.  

Ibikorwa byasabye imbaraga zihamye no kwihangana, ariko Shalonda na James bavuze ko abana babo bakuru bagaragaje gukura no kumva ko bafite inshingano, batanga inkunga kandi babatera inkunga murugendo rwabo.  

Ati: "Urabizi, igihe twatekerezaga kujugunya mu gitambaro abana, abana bacu bakuru barazamutse rwose, kuko na bo bakuze babakunda".  

Abana babo babyaranye, bamaze kugirana umubano ukomeye na barumuna babo kandi bahuza neza nimiryango mishya.  

 Shalonda yashimangiye ati: "Kwihangana kw'umuryango wacu guturuka ku gufatanyiriza hamwe - kwizera, gufasha abaturage, ndetse n'itsinda ryitanze ryatumye iyi mibanire ishoboka."

Mugihe cyo kuruhuka, uyu muryango ukunda kumara umwanya uruhutse no kureba firime hanyuma ukabiganiraho hamwe. Ibi bihe byoroshye bifasha abantu bose kwiyumvamo hafi. Basura inzu ndangamurage y'abana bakajya gukina, bamarana n'umuryango kandi bajya gusengera hamwe, bishimira ibihe byiza bashobora kubona. 

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Aba Nikkis bombi bashakishaga uburyo bwo gutanga no gutera inkunga umuryango wabo, bityo ubwo bahuraga n’uruhare rw’umuvugizi w’abakorerabushake b’ibitaro binyuze muri Firefly ku rubuga rw’abakorerabushake b’abaturage, bahise bumva bahatiwe gufasha.  

Abakorerabushake Basubiza Ibitaro take guhamagarwa no gusubiza ibitaro bya Indianapolis kugirango bifashe abarokotse mugihe cyibizamini byubucamanza. Abakorerabushake bumve, bizere, kandi bashyigikire abarokotse. Bafite amahugurwa, ibikoresho n'uburere bijyanye n'uburenganzira n'umutungo w'abacitse ku icumu mbere yo kugira uruhare.  

Nikki na Nikki basobanura ko kubana n'abacitse ku icumu bishobora kugora amarangamutima, haba mu gihe kibabaje ndetse no gusara.

Baratekereza bati: "Biratangaje kuba dushobora gutanga inkunga no kuba umuntu utanga ihumure mugihe kitagereranywa mubuzima bwumuntu."  

Nubwo uruhare rwigenga, inshuti zombi zitanga inkunga zirenze ibikorwa byabo byubwitange, zigaragaza ubwitange n’impuhwe bahuriyemo mu gufasha abarokotse ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina hamwe.  

Ndabashimira ubuvugizi n'inkunga byanyu, byatewe n'ubucuti butangaje! 

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Ari warokotse ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, yagize ati: "Natakaje ubushobozi bwanjye bwo kuvuga iminsi mike nyuma yibi bibaye, kandi byabaye insanganyamatsiko ndende yo kugerageza kongera kubona ijwi ryanjye, kandi ngerageza kugira abantu babereye mu buzima bwanjye kugira ngo bamfashe kongera kubona ijwi ryanjye." 

Ari yumvise arengewe n'impapuro zose hamwe nubutunzi yabonaga ubwo uwunganiraga ubushake wa Firefly yamuhaga umupira uhangayitse, yicarana nawe mugihe cyose cyakorwaga. 

Icyari kigamijwe kwari ukumuha ikintu gihumuriza kugumya, kumwibutsa ko atari wenyine kandi ko agishoboye kubona inkunga binyuze muri Firefly, hakurya y'imiryango y'ibyumba byihutirwa.  

Umuvuzi Ari yabonaga mbere yigitero ntiyashoboye kumufasha mubyo yahuye nabyo. Yabonye ko gahunda ye isanzwe yo kumufasha hanze yubuvuzi nayo idafasha cyane.  

Ari yavuganye nitsinda ryamuhaye umupira wamaganya nyuma yicyumweru gito nyuma yigitero. Ihamagarwa rya terefone ryamuteye kuvugana nuwunganira Firefly washoboye kumushyigikira ubwo yatangiraga kongera gushaka ijwi rye. 

Umwunganizi wa Ari agira ati: "Ibyo twaganiriyeho ni ukugerageza kumenya neza ko Ari azi amahitamo ye n'icyo gishobora kuvamo ayo mahitamo." Ati: “Igice kinini cy'ubuvugizi ni ugufasha umukiriya kumenya icyo yishakiye.” 

Ari ntiyigeze yumva ko ashobora kuba umunyamuryango wumuryango nyuma yibyabaye. Ijwi rye ryabaye igikoresho gikenewe cyane cyo kugarura imbaraga. Nyuma y’ubuvugizi ku muntu umwe, ndetse no kuvura amatsinda, Ari avuga ko uko muri iki gihe, muri rusange “byari byiza cyane.” 

Ari yabisobanuye agira ati: “Numva nshobora kuvuga (ubu).  

Abajijwe icyo Ari yabwira umuntu ushobora gutinyuka gushaka inkunga nyuma yo guhohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina, arasangira:  

“Ububabare bwawe bufite ishingiro, uko bwaba bwarateye kose. Ukeneye ubufasha.”  

Serivisi zita ku ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina rya Firefly hamwe n’ubuvugizi zagenewe gufasha abarokotse gushakisha inzira, kumenya umutungo, kubona inkunga no kwishora muri serivisi ziteza imbere gukira.  

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