I-marathon yokuqala ngqa yaseGaza yenzekile namuhla njengoba abasubathi abangaba ngu-1,500 behlulekile ukuncintisana ochungechungeni lwemicimbi yokugijima ehlelwe yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ukuze kuqoqwe imali yeMidlalo Yasehlobo ezayo enikeza izingane zasendaweni ithuba lokuzijabulisa nokuzilibazisa.
Abasubathi abayisishiyagalolunye baqede ibanga eliphelele lamakhilomitha angama-42, kanti odle umhlanganiso kwaba u-Nader al-Misri oneminyaka engu-31 ubudala owayenethemba le-Olympic, oweqe umugqa wokuqeda amahora angu-2, imizuzu engu-42 nemizuzwana engu-47 ngemva kokuqala komjaho e-Beit Hanoun, ekhaya lakhe. idolobha, ngokusho kwe-UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
UMnu al-Misri wangenela umjaho wamamitha angu-5000 kuma-Olympics e-Beijing ngo-2008 futhi uziqeqeshela ama-Olympics aseLondon ngonyaka ozayo.
Abanye abantu baseGazan abaningi nabo bangenile, nezingane eziyi-1,300 ezisebenza njengengxenye yamaqembu e-relay aqede sonke isifundo, nabesifazane abayi-150 abagijime amakhilomitha ayi-10 okugcina kuze kube sekugcineni.
"Umbono walo mjaho uwukuqoqa imali yemidlalo yasehlobo yaseGaza," kusho uChris Gunness, okhulumela i-UNRWA.
“Sihlinzeka ngale midlalo ihlobo ngalinye izingane ezifika ku-250,000 - sinemidlalo, imisebenzi yamasiko kanye nezinhlelo zokulungisa izingane ngoba isimo sibi kakhulu eGaza. Sengingakuqinisekisa ukuthi umgomo wethu ka-$1 million ebesiwubekele ukuwuphakamisa emjahweni weGaza marathon usufinyelelwe,” kusho uMnu Gunness.
I-marathon bekuyingqondo yelungu le-UNRWA, uGemma Connell, naye obambe iqhaza kulo mcimbi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abasubathi abayisishiyagalolunye baqede ibanga eliphelele lamakhilomitha angama-42, kanti odle umhlanganiso kwaba u-Nader al-Misri oneminyaka engu-31 ubudala owayenethemba le-Olympic, oweqe umugqa wokuqeda amahora angu-2, imizuzu engu-42 nemizuzwana engu-47 ngemva kokuqala komjaho e-Beit Hanoun, ekhaya lakhe. idolobha, ngokusho kwe-UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
- Gaza's first-ever marathon took place today as some 1,500 athletes defied the sweltering heat to compete in a series of running events organized by the United Nations to raise funds for the forthcoming Summer Games that offer local children an opportunity for fun and recreation.
- "Umbono walo mjaho uwukuqoqa imali yemidlalo yasehlobo yaseGaza," kusho uChris Gunness, okhulumela i-UNRWA.
