Indawo yokuhlala izivakashi ezigulayo eSpain

Indawo ephephile kaMarcos

Owesifazane nendodana yakhe bahlezi ezitebhisini eziya endaweni yabo yokuhlala ye-Airbnb, basondelene futhi bayamoyizela bebheke ikhamera.

“Lapha unendawo ephephile, ikhaya lapho ungaba khona nokuthula nomndeni wakho, futhi ungaba nalezo zikhathi ungekho esibhedlela.”

- UMarcos, isivakashi se-Airbnb.org

Ngesikhathi uMarcos eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, odokotela eSpain bathola isimila esingamasentimitha angu-9—cishe usayizi we-grapefruit enkulu—enqulwini yakhe. Esekwazi ukuthi une-Ewing’s sarcoma, umdlavuza wamathambo ovame kakhulu ezinganeni ezineminyaka ephakathi kuka-10 no-20 ubudala, ukuphila kukaMarcos kwashintsha ngokuphelele. UMarcos nonina, uMaria, bachitha ingxenye enkulu yeminyaka emithathu eyalandela behamba beya eMadrid ukuze uMarcos athole imithi nokwelashwa okufanele. Babephuma bengena kodokotela, benza ama-chemotherapy, ukwelashwa nge-radiology, kanye namathesti amaningi ezokwelapha. Babehlala endaweni eqhele ngamahora amathathu nomyeni kaMaria nendodakazi yakhe, eBurgos, eqhele kakhulu kumfana ohlushwa uhlobo olungavamile nolunamandla lomdlavuza. “I-Ewing's sarcoma yisifo lapho, uma ingane inemfiva encane nje, kudingeka ilaliswe esibhedlela, ngoba yisifo esibulalayo kakhulu,” kusho uMaria. Ngonyaka wokuqala wokwelashwa, uMarcos noMaria bavunyelwa ukubuyela ekhaya kanye kuphela ngosuku lokuzalwa lomyeni wakhe ngoMay.

Owesifazane ufaka izitsha emshinini wokugeza izitsha ekhishini ngesikhathi indodana yakhe ihlezi kusofa egunjini lokuphumula.

Ukuthola umphakathi eMadridEMadrid ezinsukwini zokuqala zokwelashwa ngesikhathi bengekho esibhedlela, uMarcos noMaria bathola ukuxhumana neminye imindeni nezingane ezelashwayo nge-Ronald McDonald House. “Kuhle ngoba unabantu abakuqonda ngempela,” kusho uMaria. “Ngoba unemindeni ebhekene nesimo esifana nesakho, ngisho noma kungumdlavuza ohlukile.” Njengoba lowo muzwa wokukhathalelana wawubalulekile kumama nendodana, ekugcineni kwaba nesidingo empilweni engokwengqondo kaMarcos sokuba bafune ezinye izindawo zokuhlala. Baqala ukubhukha izindawo zokuhlala nge-Airbnb. Ekuqaleni, uMaria wayezikhokhela ngemali yakhe, futhi kwakumkhandla njengoba kakade wayedonsa kanzima ngokwezimali—kwaze kwaba yilapho i-Aladina Fundación imxhumanisa ne-Airbnb.org.

Owesifazane uhlezi kusofa kanti indodana yakhe ibeke ikhanda layo emathangeni akhe.

Uhlobo oluhlukile lwemithi, ukunethezeka kwekhayaI-Airbnb.org ibambisana nezinhlangano ezinjenge-Aladina Fundación eSpain ukuze inikeze izindawo zokuhlala zamahhala, zesikhashana emindenini nakubantu abahambela ukuyothola ukwelashwa kude nasekhaya. “Indodana yami iyangiqinisa,” kusho uMaria ngendodana yakhe. “Ngemva kokuvuka kabusha kwesifo neminyaka yobunzima, indodana yami ibe yisibonelo kimi.”Izindawo zokuhlala ezinjengalezi zitholakala ngosizo lwabanikelela i-Airbnb.org, abanikeza usizo kubazali abanjengoMaria, kanye nokunakwa njengabanye abantu nokunethezeka ezigulini ezinjengoMarcos.

Owesifazane nendodana yakhe bahlezi kusofa bayahleka futhi bayamoyizela.

“Ukuba nendawo yokuhlala, indawo ozizwa usekhaya kuyo, indawo ongaphumula kuyo, nendawo esondelene kakhulu nesibhedlela. Akunakuqhathaniswa nalutho lokho.”

- UMaria, isivakashi se-Airbnb.org

Ngaphezu kwakho konke, uMarcos uyakwazisa ukuthula nokuzola anakho ekhaya le-Airbnb.org.Ngokusho kwakhe, ukuhlala nge-Airbnb.org “kufana kakhulu nokuba sekhaya.”