I-BEIJING–Imidlalo yama-Olympic yaseBeijing idale igagasi lokuvolontiya elibandakanya abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esingu-1, okuhlanganisa nalabo abangabhalisiwe njengamavolontiya asemthethweni. Lo mkhuba ovezwe emaphephandabeni amaningi endawo, kuthiwa uhlanganisa abantu abathile abakhathazeke ngokuphepha komphakathi kanti abanye bacabanga ukuthi ulwazi lwabo lwamavolontiya luzobanikeza ithuba lokuthola umsebenzi.
NgeSonto, u-Du Dechuan, umfundi oneminyaka engu-21 ubudala eYunivesithi yaseBeijing, ubesebenza njengevolontiya emidlalweni yethenisi yetafula yeqembu ebisesikhungweni senyuvesi.
Eqondisa izivakashi endaweni ethengisa imininingwane, uthe, "Bengifuna ukusiza, njengoba lesi sigameko esibalulekile eChina."
Ngaleso sikhathi, eduze kweNational Stadium enkulu, eyaziwa ngokuthi Isidleke Senyoni, uGuo Wei oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala ongumfundi owayeneziqu wayesebenza njengevolontiya lokutolika ngolimi lwesiJapane. “Ngifuna ukusiza iChina ukuthi yaziwe kangcono emhlabeni,” kusho yena.
UGuo uthe wathinteka emoyeni lapho ezwa ngabantu abangontanga yakhe abebesebenza njengamavolontiya esifundazweni saseSichuan ngemuva kokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu endaweni ngoMeyi. Amavolontiya amancane ahlenge abantu futhi ahlinzeka ngokusekela ngokwengqondo emindenini yezisulu zokuzamazama.
“Ngaqonda ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi sisizane,” kusho uGuo. “Bengifuna ukwenza okuthile ukusiza abantu.”
Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.12 bafaka izicelo zokusebenza njengabatoliki abangamavolontiya noma ukuqondisa izivakashi ezindaweni zama-Olympic. Kubantu abangama-75,000 abavela ezizweni nasezifundeni ezingama-98 ezifakwe ohlwini lwamavolontiya asemthethweni kule micimbi, amaphesenti angama-98 aqhamuka ezweni laseChina. Phakathi kwabasele, amavolontiya angu-11 ngamaJapane.
Ngaphandle kwamavolontiya omcimbi, babalelwa ku-400,000 abantu abasebenza ezikhungweni zenkonzo ezingama-550 ngaphandle kwezindawo zomcimbi.
Khonamanjalo, bangaphezu kwesigidi abantu okuthiwa banesandla emisebenzini ehlobene namavolontiya, kodwa ababhalisiwe njengamavolontiya asemthethweni ekomitini elihlela i-Olympic Beijing.
Leso sibalo sihlanganisa nalabo abasebenzela ukuphepha komphakathi enhlokodolobha yaseChina. Umgomo wabo awukona ukusiza abavakashi, kodwa ukuvimbela ubugebengu kanye nokuqapha imisebenzi yezombusazwe egameni leziphathimandla ezijwayelekile zokuphepha komphakathi.
Ezindleleni zokuhamba eduze kwase-Tiananmen Square, amavolontiya alolu hlobo agqoke amakepisi abomvu namahembe opolo angatholwa njalo ngamamitha ambalwa. Izinhlamvu zesiShayina emahembeni abo zifundeka kanje, “Amavolontiya okuvikela umphakathi enhloko-dolobha.”
Kubo, u-Chen Shuqin, 67, umi entuthuni yomusi kanye nokushisa okukhulu kwasehlobo kusukela ngo-9 ekuseni kuya ku-7pm, eqondisa izivakashi. Esula umjuluko ebusweni bakhe obushiswe yilanga, uChen wathi: “Ukwenza ama-Olympics aphumelele kuyisifiso esijulile sabantu baseChina. Ngijabule ngokuba nanoma yiluphi usizo.”
Amavolontiya anjengoChen aqondiswa amalungu ekomidi ngalinye lezakhamizi zasendaweni eBeijing. Ikhadi eligqokwa abaqondisi bamakomiti endawo entanyeni libonisa imithetho eyisithupha.
Umthetho owodwa, isibonelo, udinga ukuthi babike kuziphathimandla noma nini lapho bebona umuntu osolisayo, nemibuthano esolisayo ehlanganiswe ngomunye umthetho.
Elinye lamavolontiya lathi, “Ngizobiza amaphoyisa ngokushesha noma nini lapho ngithola abantu abangathuthukisa izindaba zezombangazwe, kuhlanganise nokuzimela kweTibet.”
Abahlukanisi phakathi kokuqondisa izivakashi nokusebenza njengabaqaphi—okubalulekile nje ukuthi bazinikele ngokuzithandela.
Kuwusizo ukuthola umsebenzi
Idlanzana labafundi basenyuvesi babambe iqhaza kuma-Olympics njengamavolontiya, bekholelwa ukuthi kunenzuzo ukuthola umsebenzi e-Beijing, lapho isimo sokuqashwa singesihle.
Umfundi wesifazane oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala osebenza njengevolontiya endaweni yama-Olympic uthe, “Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ngizobuzwa ukuthi nginolwazi yini njengevolontiya lama-Olympic kunhlolokhono yomsebenzi ngonyaka ozayo.”
E-China, izinhlangano ezizimele azikwazanga ukukhula ngenxa yokuthi uhulumeni waseShayina uwalawula ngokuqinile amaqembu anjalo, uhlale eqaphile ngokuthi angase ahileleke emikhankasweni yezombangazwe.
Amavolontiya angabafundi kuma-Olympics kubonakala sengathi “abizwe” inhlangano yentsha yeQembu LamaKhomanisi kunokuba azibandakanye ngokuzithandela. Ngemuva kokweseka kukahulumeni waseShayina ngokuvulelekile umbutho wama-Olympics, kubonakala kunomgomo wokukhuthaza ubumbano lwesizwe nokuthuthukisa isithombe seChina njengezwe lentando yeningi ekhaya naphesheya.
Imibiko yokuthi amavolontiya ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu eSifundazweni SaseSichuan atuswa njengamaqhawe ngaphambi nje kwama-Olympics kubonakala sengathi asize ekuvuseni amavolontiya.
Umagazini waseShayina wawunesenezelo esingamakhasi angu-11 esasinesihloko esithi “Unyaka Wokuqala Wenkathi Yokuzithandela.” Lesi sihloko sachaza imisebenzi yamavolontiya ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kwe-Hanshin ngo-1995 neziphepho eziyingozi zase-US ngo-2005. Lesi sihloko sakhuthaza namaShayina ukuba aqhubeke nemisebenzi yokuzithandela ngisho nangemva kwama-Olympic.
Nokho, kunemingcele eqinile emazwini nasezenzweni zezisebenzi zokuzithandela zama-Olympic. Sibuze amavolontiya amaningi ukuthi acabangani ngochungechunge lwakamuva lwezigameko zobuphekula e-Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Cishe bonke benqaba ukuphendula, bethi, “Akukho engingakusho ngakho.”
“Asivunyelwe ukukhuluma nganoma yini ehlobene nezombusazwe,” kuvuma elinye ivolontiya.
Uchaze ukuthi amavolontiya atshelwe ukuthi aphendule, “angazi,” uma ebuzwa ngezindaba zezepolitiki ngamalungu abezindaba phesheya kwezilwandle esifundweni sekomidi elihlela ama-Olympic eBeijing ngoJuni.
Ophethe ikomiti kuthiwa ubakhumbuze ukuthi bangaphenduli, wathi, “Sinovalo lokuthi imibono yenu izobikwa phesheya kwezilwandle bese idala ukungezwani.”
“Imisebenzi yethu yamavolontiya ihlukile kweyamahhala yaphesheya kwezilwandle,” kusho ivolontiya elibukeka lisulile.
Izazi zolimi zazisa
Khonamanjalo, imisebenzi yamavolontiya aseShayina akhuluma izilimi eziningi yamukelwa abavakashi bangaphandle eBeijing.
UKevin Dose, ivolontiya laseJalimane elineminyaka engu-23 elifunda eBeijing, uthe amavolontiya aseShayina akhuluma izilimi eziningi asebenza kuma-Olympics avame ukucela ngentshiseko ukusiza abantu uma ebona othile odinga usizo. “[Amavolontiya] wonke asebenza ngomdlandla,” engeza.
USayaka Omachi, ivolontiya laseJapan elineminyaka engu-23 ubudala, uthe ubengakaze ezwe noma abone imisebenzi yokuzithandela eChina kuze kube uJuni, lapho ephothula khona enyuvesi yaseBeijing. Wamangala lapho ezwa ukuthi abantu abaningi basebenza kuma-Olympics bengaholi.
Isivakashi esineminyaka engu-39 ubudala esivela eBrazil esasihamba eduze komgwaqo waseBeijing u-Wang Fu Jing Street—indawo ematasatasa yezitolo neyokuzijabulisa edolobheni—sithe: “Ngenxa yokuthi asikwazi ukuqonda isiShayina, futhi abantu abaningi eBeijing abakwazi ukukhuluma izilimi zakwamanye amazwe, amavolontiya usizo olukhulu kithi. Inani elikhulu labantu libamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokuvolontiya futhi ngicabanga ukuthi iphrojekthi enhle kakhulu. "
