Usuku Oluhle Lwabantwana! Umgubho Wenjabulo Nesikhumbuzo Sethemba

Umhla lu-1 kuNhlangulana usuku olukhethekile olunikezelwe ngokuphelele kubantwana - ukumamatheka okukhanyayo, izingqondo ezifuna ukwazi, kanye nekusasa lomhlaba wethu. Kubo bonke abantwana laphaya: Usuku Oluhle Lwabantwana! Kwangathi usuku lwenu lungagcwala ukuhleka, imidlalo, amaswidi, kanye nokufudumala kokuthandwa. Ufanelwe yinjabulo yonke, ngoba uletha imibala nomlingo ezimpilweni zethu.
Kodwa wake wazibuza ukuthi kungani sigubha uSuku Lwabantwana ngomhlaka-1 kuJuni? Indaba engemuva kwalo iyadabukisa futhi ibalulekile.
Umsuka woSuku Lwabantwana Lomhlaba Wonke uqala ngo-1942, ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe II. Edolobhaneni elincane laseLidice, endaweni eyayiyiCzechoslovakia (manje eyiCzech Republic), amabutho amaNazi ahlasela idolobhana ngonya, abulala abantu abadala abaningi futhi athumela izingane eziningi emakamu okuhlushwa, lapho iningi lazo lafela khona. Lesi sigameko esibuhlungu, esaziwa ngokuthi ukubulawa kwabantu eLidice, sashaqisa umhlaba.
Ngemva kwempi, ngo-1949, i-Women's International Democratic Federation yabamba umhlangano eParis. Babefuna ukuvikela amalungelo nenhlalakahle yezingane yonke indawo - ilungelo lokuphila, lokufunda, ukuphepha, nokujabula. Banquma ukusungula usuku olukhethekile lwabo bonke abantwana. Umhla zingama-20 kuNovemba wawusuvele ugujwa kwamanye amazwe, kodwa ngo-1949, i-federation yaphakamisa uMhla lu-1 kuJuni njengoSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuvikelwa Kwezingane. Ngonyaka olandelayo, ngo-1950, amazwe amaningi agubha uMhla lu-1 kuJuni njengoSuku Lwezingane, ehlonipha inkumbulo yabancane abalahlekile futhi ethembisa ukwakha umhlaba ongcono nophephile wabo bonke abantwana.
Ngakho-ke namuhla, uma sibona izingane zihleka futhi zidlala, sikhumbula nokuthi kungani lolu suku lukhona. Akukhona nje ngezipho namaphathi. Kuyisithembiso: wonke umntwana ufanelwe ubuntwana obungenakho ukwesaba nobuhlungu.
Bantwana abathandekayo, umhlaba uyanigubha namuhla ngoba niyigugu. Phuphani kakhulu, dlalani kanzima, futhi ningalokothi nilahlekelwe umuzwa wenu wokumangala. Futhi kubo bonke abantu abadala abafunda lokhu, masivikeleni, sinakekele, futhi silalele wonke umntwana. Kumntwana ojabulayo namuhla kusho izwe elinokuthula kusasa.
Usuku Lwezingane Olujabulisayo!