Pali zifukwa zambiri zomwe zimachititsa anthu kukhala akhungu ku khungu. Ndipo, mwatsoka, nthawi zonse mankhwala ndi amphamvu kuposa mphamvu zachirengedwe. Komabe, kuti mwakachetechete pakhale moyo wa anthu akhungu ozunguliridwa ndi anthu wathanzi odziwa bwino komanso omasuka, tsiku latsopano likuwonekera pa kalendala ya maholide a padziko lapansi, otchedwa International Day of White Cane.
Masiku ano, sikuti aliyense amadziwa za chiyambi cha tchuthi ndi tanthauzo lake. Choncho, mukhoza kuphunzira zambiri za izi mu nkhani yathu.
Kodi Tsiku Lachiwiri la White Cane likukondwerera liti ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani?
M'dziko lamakono, lodzala ndi kusuntha kosatha ndi chisokonezo, nthawi zina zimakhala zovuta kuzindikira munthu wopanda masomphenya. Choncho, mofanana ndi anthu onse, ndi zolakwika zonse zakuthupi ndi zofooka, akhungu ali ndi makhalidwe awo enieni omwe amawasiyanitsa ndi anthu. Mwachitsanzo, magalasi amdima omwe akhungu amavala nthawi zonse, mosasamala kanthu nyengo ndi nyengo, galu wotsogolera omwe ali ndi mtanda wofiira pachifuwa chake, ndipo, ndithudi, ndi ndodo yochepa. Wachiwiri ndi "maso" a masomphenya olumala. Ndi chithandizo chake, munthuyo amakhala ndi malo ake ndipo nthawi yomweyo amasonyeza kuti pali munthu wakhungu pamaso pawo amene angafune thandizo.
Ndili ndi zifukwa zosasinthika za akhungu, ndipo mbiri ya holide ya International Day ya White Cane ikugwirizana. Kuti zikhale zolondola, mizu yake imabwerera ku 1921. Kenaka ku UK anakhala ndi James James Biggs - munthu wakhungu kanthawi chifukwa cha ngozi. Podziwa kuti azungulira mzindawo, Biggs, monga ena onse, amagwiritsa ntchito ndodo yakuda. Komabe, chifukwa cha mtundu wake wokhazikika komanso mawonekedwe odzichepetsa, nthawi zambiri ankalowa muzovuta. Choncho, pofuna kuti atenge chidwi ndi oyenda pansi ndi madalaivala pamsewu, James adajambula ndodoyo mu mtundu woyera. Chigamulochi chinakhala chogwira ntchito, ndipo posakhalitsa, "mthandizi" wotere wa akhungu anakhala chizindikiro, kusonyeza momwe alili ndi udindo wapadera wa woyenda.
Kwa zaka makumi angapo, m'ma 1950s-1960, akuluakulu a US anali kuthandizira kuthetsa mavuto a miyoyo ya anthu ndi zosowa zapadera ndi kukopa anthu abwino. Zotsatira zake, patapita zaka zingapo, malinga ndi chisankho cha American Congress, International Day of White Cane inakondwerera padziko lonse lapansi. Sizinali chabe kuyesa kwa anthu odwala zovuta zonse za kukhala akhungu, chinali sitepe kuti awonetse ufulu wa wachiwiri, kuti awapangitse iwo kumverera anthu amtundu wathunthu.
Ku America, tsiku loyamba la ndodo yoyera linakondwerera pa October 15, 1964. Patatha zaka zisanu, mu 1969, chikondwererocho chinkadziwika kuti International Day of White Cane, ndipo patatha chaka china chikondwererochi chinachitika padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo mu 1987 mwambo uwu unafalikira ku gawo la mayiko omwe kale anali USSR.
M'mayiko ena a Soviet pa October 15, zochitika zambiri zimachitika pa International Day of White Cane. Zina mwazo: masemina osiyanasiyana, misonkhano, maphunziro, ma TV, kufalitsa nkhani mu nyuzipepala zomwe anthu odwala amauzidwa za mavuto a ntchito yofunikira ya akhungu, thandizo lothandizira omwe angapereke ndi malamulo oyankhulana. Kugawo la America, polemekeza International Day White White, zochitika monga mpikisano ndi masewera a blindfold amachitika. Izi zachitika kotero kuti munthu yemwe akuwona amadzimva yekha mu "mbale yomweyo" monga akhungu, motero anayamba kumvetsa bwino zosowa za anthu omwe sawona dziko lapansi momwemo.