U-Derek akazange akhule enephupho lokuba umshushumbisi wocansi wezingane. Wayefuna ukuba ummeli. Nokho, ukuxhashazwa, ukunganakwa, nokunye ukuhlukumezeka kwashintsha amaphupho akhe aba iphupho elibi lokuphelelwa ithemba. Izigidi zezingane zaseMelika zivaleleke kulokho kuphelelwa ithemba okufanayo namuhla, okuzenza zibe sengozini yokuba izisulu zabantu abafana noDerek noma ukuba yilokho ayeyikho.
Imidlalo Yengqondo: Ukuqonda I-Trafficker Psychological Warfare ixhumanisa indaba ka-Derek nocwaningo olusekelwe ebufakazini, amathuluzi angokoqobo, nemininingwane yomuntu siqu evela kubambisene nombhali kanye nomxhumanisi wamazwe ngamazwe owine imiklomelo uDkt. Deena Graves. Wengeza imininingwane ebalulekile evela eminyakeni eyi-13 yokuhlangenwe nakho okuqondile kwezisulu nokuqeqesha abanye ukuvimbela nokwelapha izisulu.
Isikhathi eside kakhulu, ukuhlukumezeka kanye nabashushumbisi banendlela yabo nezingane zethu: Ucwaningo olusekelwe ebufakazini luthole kakhulu ukuthi asizivikeli kubashushumbisi nokuthi labo ababa yizisulu bathola ukwelashwa okunganele ngenxa yokuhlukumezeka kwabo okuyingqayizivele, okuyinkimbinkimbi. Ngenxa yalokho, ucwaningo lusikisela ukuthi abangaba amaphesenti angu-50 bazama ukuphunyuka ngokuzibulala; banezinga eliphezulu lokufa elingamaphesenti angu-40 kunesilinganiso sikazwelonke.
Le biography eyisisekelo ifisa ukushintsha lokho. Kusesikhathini kakhulu kunangaphambili, njengoba izilingo eziku-inthanethi zezingane nentsha zikhuphuka ngamaphesenti angama-97.5 kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2020. Umqedazwe wokudangala, ukukhathazeka, ukwesaba, nesizungu esibhebhezelwa yilolu bhubhane senza izingane zethu zibe lula kakhulu kunangaphambili kubashushumbisi.
I-Mind Games ikhipha amandla ezandleni zabo iwafake kwezakho. Kuyithuba elilodwa lohlobo olulodwa lochwepheshe, abaphenduli bokuqala, nabazali/abazali bokutholwa ukuze baqonde le mboni ebhubhisayo kusukela ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Isahluko ngasinye senza ukuxhumana okubalulekile phakathi kwezehlakalo empilweni kaDerek nalokho obekungaholela emiphumeleni ehlukene.
UDerek akazenzi izaba ngalokho akwenzile. Wethula indaba yakhe ngokusobala ukuze asize abantu baqonde ukuthi abashushumbisi babamba kanjani ukuhlukumezeka kwasebuntwaneni kanye nobunye ubungozi ukuze bayenge izisulu ogibeni lwabo.
“Ngokuyiqaqa indaba yami, ngithemba ukuninika amaqhinga okulwa nokungabi nathemba okubamba izingane, kuzenze zibe isisulu sesilwane esinekhono noma i-incubator yesilwane esenziwa njengami. Nakuba ngingeke ngikwazi ukuziphindiselela kukho konke ukuphila engikucekile, ngilangazelela ukuvimbela ukucekelwa phansi kwezingane zethu eziningi.”
UDenise Williams, isisulu sikaDerek eside nesingezansi, wabhala isandulela futhi uyatholakala nababhali ababili ukuze kuxoxwe. UDenise waba yisisulu eneminyaka engu-11 futhi wengeza ekujuleni kwemininingwane mayelana nokuthi ukuhlukumezeka kwasebuntwaneni kuba inkundla yokuzingela yomshushumbisi. Udale uhlelo oluqashelwa kuzwelonke i-My Life My Choice futhi wembula indlela izisulu zokushushumbiswa eziyithatha phansi, ukuqasha, noma umshushumbisi.
Unyaka ngamunye e-United States, izingane zibhekana nezenzakalo ezibuhlungu ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-246 ezaziwayo, ezihlanganisa ukushushumbiswa kwabantu, ukuxhashazwa ngokobulili, ukubalekela ukuhlukunyezwa emakhaya abo nendlala. Le ncwadi elandela umkhondo iguqula imiqondo engacacile, amagama angacacile, nocwaningo lube uthando olukhuthaza isenzo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “By unpacking my story, I hope to give you strategies to combat the hopelessness that holds children captive, making them easy prey for a skilled predator or an incubator for a beast in the making like I became.
- While I can never make retribution for all the lives I ravaged, I long to prevent the destruction of more of our children.
- Denise became a victim at 11 and adds to the depth of insights about how childhood trauma becomes a trafficker’s hunting ground.
