Ekuqaleni kukaNhlangula, uhlangothi lukahulumende weMelika eliphathisa amazwe womhlaba kunhlelo zentuthuko olwe United States Agency for International Development-USAID, luphe iizigidi ezingamakhulu amathathu lengxenye zamadola-$350 million emazweni aseSub-Saharan Africa ukuthi isebenzise ekumelaneni lokumemetheka komkhuhlane weCovid-19.
Imali le ijonge ukubona ukuba imisebenzi yenhlelo zethu zokuhlenga imiphefumulo kanye lokunceda amazwe esisebenzelana lawo kulokhu, kutsho uMnu Chris Maloney, umsekeli womqondisi obona ngenhlelo zeMelika ezwekazi leAfrica.
UMeloney uqhubeke ethi kukhona okunye njalo okuqakathekileyo ngokusiza amazwe eAfrica ethi okumenza alale engalele, yibunzima lomonakalo osudalwe ngumkhuhlane weCovid 19.
“Engikhuluma ngakho kumayelana lendaba zomnotho. Siqeda isikhathi esinengi sicabanga ngendaba zokutholakala kokudla, indaba eziphathelane leUSAID………, liyazi ukuthi yimvama sisebenzela emaphandleni kodwa ngalezi nsuku lasemadolobheni soluqansa loludubo lwendlala. Uma ulabantu abanengi abakulockdown, kuhleleka njani ukuthi izimali zihanjiswa njani ebulenjini amacash transfers, ukuhanjiswa kwemphahla ezisuka emikhambo yemaphandleni isiya emadolobheni ikakhulu ukudla ukuze abantu bakuthole emadolobheni. Lokhu kumqoka.”
“Udubo esihlangana lalo okwamanje emazweni eAfrica yikusebenza lamazwe angazinekelanga ukusiza abantu babo ezikhathini zobunzima okuyizinto ezenqabele ukuncediseka kwala amazwe njalo basebenzisa umkhuhlane weCovid ukuqinisa umbuso wabo woncindezelo kuzwekazi leAfrica” kutsho uMaloney.
“EZimbabwe sikhuluma kanje kulabantu abedlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili- 20 000, ababotshiweyo besetheswa amacala okwephula iziqondiso zeLockdown. Kulemibiko njalo yokwephulwa kwamalungelo oluntu, ngakho kumele sicabange kabanzi ukuthi singasebenza njani lenhlanganiso ezizimeeyo uma kulenkinga ezinje.”
Kunjalo nje uMaloney uchaze ukuba kulalemibiko yamanga esabalaliswayo ngomkhuhlane weCovid.
“Ngakho kulemali ethile esesithe sayisebenzisa eSahel lamanye amazwe eWest Africa kumisakazo lenhlanganiso ezizimelyo ekumelaneni lemibiko yamanga ekuthini sikhuphe imibiko yeqiniso kulamazwe ngomkhuhlane weCovid-19.”
UMaloney uchaze ukuba ulethemba lokuba, ubudlelwano bobungane lolwazi abalalo ekusebenzelaneni lamazwe awezwekazi leAfrica okweminyaka leminyaka, kuzabanceda kunhlelo zokumelana lobunzima kanye langomonakalo osudalwe yiCovid-19 kanye lokuqhubeka kwezinye inhlelo zentuthuko ezigabeni ezehlukeneyo zempilo.
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Udaba oluveza umbono kahulumende weMelika loncedo olunikezwa iAfrica ngabeUSAID