Chaka chilichonse, alendo oposa 10,000 amakokedwa ku phiri la Kilimanjaro ku Tanzania, mosonkhezeredwa ndi mantha akuti madzi oundana a m’phirili asungunuka posachedwapa.
Mary Thomas amakhala kufupi ndi njira yawo, kum’mwera chakumadzulo kwa phirilo, koma alendo samabwera ku tauni yakwawo ya Mungushi.
Ali ndi zaka 45, Mayi Thomas ndi mkazi wamasiye. Mwamuna wake anamwalira ndi zovuta za HIV/AIDS; nayenso adapezeka ndi kachilombo ka HIV. “Banja la mwamuna wanga litazindikira kuti ndinali ndi kachilombo ka HIV, linandipatula n’kutenga nyumba yanga,” iye anauza wofufuza wa ku Copenhagen Consensus mu June. “Ndisanatenge HIV sindinkayembekezera kukhala motere ndikukhala wosauka chonchi. Ndinali ndi nyumba yabwino ndi chakudya patebulo ndipo ndinali ndi moyo wabwino. "
Masiku ano, Mayi Thomas amakhala m’nyumba yaing’ono ya zipinda ziwiri yopanda magetsi. Chimbudzi ndi dzenje kunja kwa nyumba. Ana ake atatu, onse alibe kachilombo, atengedwa ndi achibale. Amadandaula za chisamaliro chawo pambuyo pa imfa yake.
Iye wamvapo nkhani za madzi oundana osungunuka pa phiri la Kilimanjaro, ndipo waona kuti chipale chofeŵa, mvula ndi mvula sichicheperachepera komanso kuuma kuyambira ali mwana. "Zimandidetsa nkhawa."
Izi, malinga ndi magulu a nyengo, ndi vuto lalikulu komanso lofulumira. Greenpeace yachenjeza kuti sipangakhale madzi oundana otsala paphiripo pasanathe zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zokha. “Uwu ndiwo mtengo umene timalipira ngati kusintha kwa nyengo kuloledwa kupitirirabe,” gululo likuchenjeza motero.
Olimbikitsa zanyengo akuti kuchepa kwa ayezi ndi umboni wofunikira kuti mayiko otukuka achepetse kutulutsa mpweya. Kwenikweni, madzi oundana pa Phiri la Kilimanjaro akhala akucheperachepera kuyambira 1890, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa G. Kaser, et al., wofalitsidwa mu International Journal of Climatology (2004). Iwo amaona kuti pamene Ernest Hemingway anasindikiza “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” mu 1936, phirili linali litataya kale kuposa theka la malo oundana pamwamba pake m’zaka 56 zapitazo. Izi ndi zochulukirapo kuposa zomwe zatayika zaka 70 kuchokera pamenepo.
Malinga ndi kafukufukuyu, ndi lina lofalitsidwa mu Geophysical Research Letters (2006) ndi NJ Kullen, et al., Chifukwa chimene ayezi akutha si kutentha kwa kutentha, koma kusintha kozungulira 1880 kumadera ouma. Zomwe tikuwona masiku ano ndizovuta zakusintha kwanyengo.
Ngakhale zitakhala kuti zonena zawo zina n’zokayikitsa, olimbikitsa zanyengo akwanitsa kulimbikitsa zokopa alendo za m’derali ndipo achita ntchito yaikulu yochititsa chidwi padziko lonse pa mafunde oundana a m’mapiriwa. Koma akugwira ntchito yoyipa pobweretsa chidwi kwa anthu enieni aku Tanzania.
Kwa Mayi Thomas, mikangano yokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha ayezi ilibe ntchito. Atafunsidwa ndi wofufuza wa ku Copenhagen Consensus Center zomwe opereka ndalama ndi boma la Tanzania ayenera kuchita, sanaganize motalika. “Maphunziro ndiye chinthu chofunika kwambiri,” akutero, “ndipo ayenera kupereka chidziwitso choyenera cha HIV ndi kuchepetsa kusalana. Chofunikira chotsatira ndi micro-finance kuti anthu athe kukhala ndi mwayi wodzidalira. "
Monga akunenera, "Palibe chifukwa cha ayezi paphiri ngati kulibe anthu chifukwa cha HIV/AIDS."
