Royal British Legion Brussels: 'Uyai muzobatana nesu'

Chikumbiro chakaitwa neRoyal British Legion chekuti pave nenhengo itsva dzebazi rayo reBrussels.

Pasi rose, RBL, sangano guru remauto muUK, rine nhengo dzinosvika zviuru zana nemakumi masere (180,000) uye Brussels ine nhengo dzinopfuura zana.

Ibazi rakasimba uye rine hushamwari asi, nekuva nhengo dzacho dziri kukura, kutsvaga kuri kuitwa kuti kuwedzere huwandu hwaro, kunyanya nevagari vekuBelgium.

RBL yave ichibatsira nharaunda yemauto - kureva varwi vehondo, vashandi vari muchiuto nemhuri dzavo - kubvira muna 1921 uye shoko nderekuti: "Hapana imwe nguva iri nani yekubatana."

Dennis Abbott, sachigaro webazi reBrussels (mufananidzo, pazasi), vakaudza saiti iyi kuti: “Tinorarama munyika ine njodzi uye RBL inodiwa kupfuura nakare kose nhasi.

"Kunyange zvazvo tingangoonekwa zvakanyanya neveruzhinji pamhemberero dzekurangarira, mari inowanikwa kubva mukunyorera uye Poppy Appeal inotibvumira kupa rutsigiro rwemari nerwepfungwa, chero nguva kana chero kupi kwatinoda rubatsiro irworwo kune vanobatsirwa."

"Asi kuti tiite basa redu zvinobudirira, tinofanira kuwedzera nhengo dzedu."

Pamusoro pekumhanya kana kutora chikamu mumhemberero dzekurangarira, bazi iri rinounganawo nguva dzose munzvimbo yeBrussels nedzakapoteredza kuti riite zviitiko zvekushamwaridzana - uye rave richidaro kubvira parakaumbwa neboka revakuru veBritain muna Chivabvu 1922.

Parizvino ine zvizvarwa zvekuBritain, Belgium, France neGerman pakati penhengo dzayo. Mutsigiri webazi iri munharaunda iyi ndiAmbassador weUK kuBelgium, Anne Sherriff, uyo anowanzo pinda mhemberero dzaro. 

Vamwe vevashandi vebazi reBrussels vana kana vazukuru vemasoja ekuBritain akabatsira kugumisa kutora Belgium neNazi muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, vakaroora vakadzi veko ndokugara. Vakaroorana vanosvika zviuru zvitanhatu vekuAnglo-Belgian vakaroorana mushure mekusunungurwa kweBrussels neAntwerp munaGunyana 1944.

Abbott akati nhengo dzayo dzese, pasinei nezera kana rudzi, "dzinoremekedza kuzvipira kukuru kwemauto eAllied muBelgium panguva yehondo mbiri dzenyika."

Akawedzera kuti: “Zvakakosha kuti tisambokanganwa zvavakaita. Sebazi tine basa se 'passeurs de memoire', iro rinochengeta ndangariro, tichigovana nyaya dzekare nezvizvarwa zvitsva.

"Zvinosuwisa kuti dzimwe nguva zvinoita sekunge vatungamiriri vashoma vemazuva ano vakanganwa zvidzidzo zvenhoroondo. Kana kuti vanofanira kuyeuchidzwa nguva nenguva."

Nhengo dzese dzeRBL dzinokurudzirwa kuti dzibatanidzwe mumhemberero dzekurangarira, zviitiko zvekushamwaridzana, kuunganidza mari uye basa rekubatsira vanhu.

"Semunhu webazi reBrussels, muchanzwa nhau dzichangoburwa, zviitiko nenyaya. Muchagamuchirawo tsamba dzenhau dzebazi nguva dzose pamwe nekopi yeLegion, magazini yepamutemo yeRBL, katanhatu pagore," akadaro Abbott.

Kuva nhengo yebazi kunodhura €30 chete pagore uye kwakavhurika kune wese munhu. Kuva neruzivo rwechiuto hakudiwi, kunyangwe nhengo zhinji dzichifarira nhoroondo yemauto nehondo. 

Kuva nhengo yeYouth Standard Bearer kana kuti chikamu cheRBL band ine rezinesi ine makore ari pakati pe14 ne17.

Hazvidikanwi kuti ugone kutaura Chirungu kana uri nhengo, kunyange zvazvo ruzivo rwemutauro wacho ruchibatsira nhengo dzinoda kushanda mukomiti. Chikwata chayo chekomiti chine hushamwari chichapindura mibvunzo chero ipi zvayo nezvekujoinha.

Abbott anoti: “Senhengo, vanhu vanogona kutora chikamu chinoshanda mumabasa ese ebazi redu uye kune mikana yekushanda mukomiti, kunyora tsamba yedu kana kudzidziswa semushandi wezvekuchengetedzwa kwehupfumi.”

Bazi reBrussels rine nhengo imwe chete yehupenyu, Count Henri d'Oultremont, uyo akashanda muchikamu chekupedzisira cheHondo Yenyika Yechipiri muBritish Army nechikwata cheBelgian chakakurumbira, Brigade Piron. Achapemberera zuva rake rekuzvarwa rechi101 musi wa31 Chivabvu.

Abbott anoti: "Hapana muenzaniso wakanaka kupfuura uyu wevaBelgian vakatsigira RBL kwenguva refu."

Henri anogara nemwanakomana wake Juan kuWoluwe Saint Lambert. Baba vake nasekuru vake, gamba renyika, vese vakashanda muuto reBelgian.

Royal British Legion inewo mapazi muAntwerp neIeper. Ruzivo rwekuti ungabatana sei nebazi reBrussels nderupi. iripo pano.

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