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1 | One Blogger's Determination to Help Baby Kamba in Madagascar | Fikirizan'ny mpitoraka blaogy iray hanampy an'i Baby Kamba |
2 | If you try to stay up to date on news from Madagascar, it is more than likely that you regularly read the Madagascar Tribune. | Raha miezaka ianao manaraka vaovao momba an'i Madagasikara, dia angamba mamaky matetika ny Madagascar Tribune. |
3 | And if you are indeed a subscriber, you would have recently come across a small news item by journalist Herimanda R about a rare and successful operation which took place in the neurosurgery department of Ravoahangy Hospital on June 10. One-year-old Tombotsara Ambinindrazana, forever known as “Baby Kamba” among bloggers around the world, was born with a rare case of frontal-nasal meningoencephalitis, which caused a large growth to protrude from his forehead, as seen in the following photo: | Ary raha nanao famandrihana ianao, dia namaky angamba vaovao nosoratan'i Herimanda R momba ny fandidiana tsy dia fanao ary vita soa aman-tsara nataon'ny departemantan'ny neorochirurgie teo amin'ny hopitaly Ravoahangy tamin'ny fahafolon'ny volana Jona. Herintaona i Tombotsara Antefindrazana, fantatra mandrakizay ho “Baby Kamba” ho an'ny mpitoraka blaogy eran-tany, vao teraka izy dia nisy ny “frontal-nasal meningoencephalitis“, izay nahatonga bontsina lehibe nivoaka teo anelanelan'ny masony roa, araky ny hita eto amin'ity sary ity : |
4 | An article from Midi Madagasikara notes that only 37 cases of meningoencephalitis have been seen at Ravoahangy Hospital. | Nisy lahatsoratra nivoaka tao amin'ny Midi Madagasikara nilaza fa hatramin'izay dia vao 37 monja ny olona nisy meningoencephalitis hita tao amin'ny hopitaly Ravoahangy. |
5 | But what neither article mentions is the amazing background story of a determined 18-year-old blogger named Diana Chamia who first raised awareness about Kamba's condition with her blog post “Help Me Help Them“. | Fa ny tsy voalazan'ireo lahatsoratra roa ireo kosa dia ny tantara niantombohan'ny fanavotana an'i Kamba : ny ezak'i Diana Chamia, mpitoraka blaogy vao 18 taona fotsiny, nikiry nitady fanampiana ho an'i Kamba tamin'ny alalan'ny lahatsoratra iray niseho tao amin'ny blaoginy ary nitondra ny lohateny hoe “Ampio aho hanampy azy“. |
6 | Diana Chamia pictured with Kamba prior to his operation, which was made possible largely to Diana's hard work. | Diana Chamia hita sary miaraka amin'ny Kamba talohan'ny fandidiana, izay vita vokatry ny asa mafy nataon'i Diana. |
7 | Diana, a young journalism student in Mahajanga, Madagascar, learned how to blog thanks to citizen media workshops organized by Rising Voices' grantee, Foko Madagascar. | Diana, mpianatra fanaovana gazety any Mahajanga, Madagasikara, dia nianatra fitorahana blaogy tamin'ny Foko Madagascar, nahazo vatsy tamin'i Rising Voices. |
8 | Other Foko bloggers from Mahajanga include Cylnice, Jombilo, Lomelle, Mielmanja, Rondro, Tonkataly, Ysiastella, and Zouboon. | Ireo olona hafa mpitoraka blaogy tany Mahajanga dia isan'izany ry Cylnice, Jombilo, Lomelle, Mielmanja, Rondro, Tonkataly, Ysiastella, sy Zouboon. |
9 | Bloggers from the Foko Blog Club in Mahajanga, with Diana wearing all black in the middle. | Mpitoraka blaogy avy amin'ny Foko Blog Club any Mahajanga, io i Diana miakanjo mainty eo afovoany. |
10 | But it was Diana who decided to use her blog as a space for social action. | Fa i Diana no nanapaka hevitra hampiasa ny blaoginy ho fitaovana fanaovana asa soa sosialy. |
11 | As she describes in a blog post from April 19, Diana first met baby Kamba and his single mother, Philomène Georgine, after she missed her usual bus stop while lost in thought. | Araka ny tantarainy ao amin'ny toraka blaogy tamin'ny April 19, dia hitany voalohany i Kamba sy ny reniny izay mpitondra tena, Philomène Georgine, raha variana loatra izy ka nilaozan'ny bisy ‘fitaterana' . |
12 | I took bus number 5 from home to Bazar Mahabibo, but I was too dreamy or maybe it's this kid's destiny. I missed my stop. | “Naka ny bisy faha 5 avy any an-trano aho ho any amin'ny Bazar Mahabibo, fa very saina, sa koa angaha efa lahatry ny zaza, ka adinoko ny nidina teo amin'ny fidinako mahazatra. |
13 | We were already at the City hall busstop when I realized my mistake. | Efa tery amin'ny tranobe an-tanàna aho vao tonga saina. |
14 | On the way back to the market, I saw this lady who was bearing a kid on her back, another in her arms and a big red bag on her shoulder. | Teo am-piverenana ho any an-tsena, dia nahita ity ramatoa ity aho , mibaby zaza kely iray, mitrotro iray eo aloha, ary kitapo mena lehibe iray eo an-tsaviliny. |
15 | The one in her front was shielded with a green sari. | Ilay zaza trotroiny dia notakonany lamba maitso. |
16 | (I was wondering why she used such protection in the very warm Majunga weather). | Nanontany tena aho hoe maninona no rakofana kanefa mafana be i Mahajanga. |
17 | A gust blew, revealing the child's face. | Nisy rivotra be, dia hitako ny tarehin'ilay zazakely.” |
18 | Diana goes on to describe her interaction with Philomène who, despite her best efforts, was not able to find support for the operation to remove the large growth from her son's forehead. | Dia manohy i Diana mitantara ny fifaneraserany tamin'i Philomène izay miezaka mafy kanefa tsy mahita fika hanaovana ilay fandidiana hanesorana ilay vonto lehibe eo amin'ny handrin'ny zanany. |
19 | That same day Diana promised herself that she would work to get Kamba the operation which would allow him to grow up an ordinary child without attracting the strange looks from passerby that his mother had already grown accustomed to. | Io andro io i Diana dia nivoady fa hitady izay hanampiana an'i Kamba mba ho zaza toy ny rehetra izy, tsy hojeren'ny mpandalo hafahafa intsony, fijery izay efa lasa nahazatra ny reniny. |
20 | For the next few months Diana rallied her fellow Malagasy bloggers to help her cause. | Nandritry ny volana vitsy taty aoriana dia nantsoin'i Diana ny mpitoraka blaogy Malagasy maro hanampy azy. |
21 | The entire Foko blogging project got behind the initiative and helped Diana set up Zaza sy Vavy Gasy (“For a Malagasy Woman and Child”), a bilingual site dedicated to raising support and funding for the costly operation to remove the growth on Kamba's forehead. | FOKO iray manontolo nanampy an'i Diana namorona ny “Zaza sy Vavy Gasy” (“Ho an'ny vehivavy sy zaza Malagasy”), pejy Internet miteny anglisy sy frantsay natao hanaovana fanampiana sy fitadiavana vatsy hanaovana ilay fandidiana lafo be hanesorana ny vonto eo amin'ny handrin'i Kamba. |
22 | A Facebook causes page was also set up. | Nisy koa pejy Facebook nakarina tamin'izany. |
23 | Diana's long campaign has been well documented by Foko project coordinator Joan Razafimaharo both on her personal blog and at the national blogging collective, Malagasy Miray. | Ny ezak'i Diana dia voatantara tsara ao amin'i blaogin'i Joan Razafimaharo, miasa ao amin'i Foko, ary koa ao amin'ny fitorahana blaogy iombonana, Malagasy Miray. |
24 | Meanwhile in Canada, Jean Razafindambo, a Malagasy expat with strong roots in Mahajanga, was surfing the internet on the day his grandson was born when he stumbled upon Diana's blog. | Tany Canada, i Jean Razafimandambo, Malagasy mpitady ravinahitra, ary mifanerasera matetika amin'i Mahajanga, dia nijery Internet ny andro nahaterahan'ny zafikeliny, ary nahita ny blaogin'i Diana. |
25 | As Razafindambo told the Ottawa Citizen, “I thought about my grandson, he was healthy, and if (Kamba) was my grandson, what would I do?” | Araka ny nolazain-dRazafindambo monina any Ottawa, Nahatsiaro ny zafikeliko aho, izay salama tokoa, ary raha i Kamba moa no zafikeliko, dia inona no ho ataoko? |
26 | With the help of friends, co-workers and generous strangers, Jean and his wife Baku raised nearly $1,500 for Kamba's operation by running in Ottawa's half marathon in May. | Nampian'ny namana, mpiara miasa ary koa olon-tsy fantatra malala tanana sy fo i Jean sy i Bako vadiny ary nahazo efa ho $1500 ho an'ny fandidiana an'i Kamba, raha nanao ny hazakazaka lavitra ezaka tao Ottawa tamin'ny volana May. |
27 | Baby Kamba recovering well | sary nindramina tamin'i Avylavitra |
28 | As you can see in the above photo, baby Kamba is recovering remarkably given that it was such a serious operation (lasting more than 8 hours). | Araka ny hitanao ao amin'io sary io, dia miverina tsara ny fahasalaman'i Kamba, indrindra moa fa tena fandidiana henjana (mihoatry ny adiny valo). |
29 | That operation would have never taken place if it were not for Diana's big heart and stubborn persistence. | Ilay fandidiana dia tsy ho nisy mihitsy raha tsy nisy ny fitiavana be sy fikirizan'i Diana. |
30 | How many times have we passed by an individual in need of help and blamed our government for a lack of decent healthcare or public housing? | Impiry moa isika no nandalo olona iray mila fanampiana, nefa kosa nanome tsiny fotsiny ny fitondrana hoe tsy ampy ny fitsaboana na koa ny trano omeny hipetrahana? |
31 | But then we walk on. | Dia avy eo isika anefa manohy ny lalantsika. |
32 | Diana didn't walk on. | Fa i Diana tsy nandalo fotsiny. |
33 | Armed with nothing more than a blog and her determination, she forever changed the life of a baby boy who has become known around the world as Baby Kamba. | Blaogy iray fotsiny sy fikirizana no azy, fa kosa nanovàny mandrakizay ny fiainan'ny ankizy lahikely izay fantatr'izao tontolo izao ho Baby Kamba amin'izao fotoana izao. |
34 | You can hear directly from Kamba's mother Philomène and from Diana herself in the following video with English subtitles. | Afaka mihaino mivantana an'i Philomene, renin'i Kamba sy i Diana ianao ao amin'ity video ity. |