Iilali zaBantwana zeSOS
Iilali zaBantwana ze-SOS ezikwabizwa ngokuba yi Gcina uMphefumlo Wethu ngumbutho ozimeleyo, ongekho phantsi korhulumente, nongenzi ngeniso kumbutho wophuhliso lwamazwe ngamazwe okomkhulu e-Innsbruck, eOstriya. Umbutho ubonelela ngoncedo loluntu kunye nophuhliso kubantwana abasweleyo kwaye ukhusela umdla kunye namalungelo abo kwihlabathi jikelele. Ilali yaBantwana yokuqala ye-SOS yasekwa ngo-1949 eTyrol, eOstriya yingcali yaseAustria uHermann Gmeiner emva kokuqonda ukuba imfazwe yehlabathi ishiye abantwana abaninzi beziinkedama yaye bengahoywanga. Namhlanje, iiLali zaBantwana zeSOS zisebenza kumazwe ali-135 nakwimimandla yehlabathi. Iilali zaBantwana zeSOS zibonelela ngeentsapho ezizezinye kubantwana ngaphandle kokhathalelo olufanelekileyo lwabazali. Abantwana abakubudala obahlukahlukeneyo nabaneemvelaphi ezahlukahlukeneyo bahlala kunye kwindlu enomzali wexesha elizeleyo, ngokuqhelekileyo ibhinqa elikhonza njengomzali wabantwana. Kudla ngokubakho izindlu ezi-6 ukuya kwezili-15 kwidolophana eqhelekileyo yeSOS. Ukongeza kwiiLali, lo mbutho ukwaqhuba lonke uluhlu lweenkqubo kunye nezibonelelo zokuxhasa iintsapho ezihlelelekileyo kunye nezihlwempuzekileyo ngeenkulisa ezifumana inkxaso-mali, izikolo zaseprayimari nezamabanga aphakamileyo, amaziko olutsha, amaziko ezentlalo kunye nezonyango, kunye nemisebenzi yoncedo olungxamisekileyo. Ngo-2017, ngaphezulu kwe-85,000 yabantwana kunye nolutsha bakhuliswa kwiilali zaBantwana ze-SOS ezingama-572 kunye neZibonelelo zoLutsha ze-SOS ezingaphezu kwama-700. Abanye abantwana abazizigidi ezi-3.8 kunye nabantu abadala bafumana iinkonzo kwezinye iinkqubo zabo.
Nangona kukho iimpikiswano malunga nalo mbutho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS_Children’s_Villages#Controversy), ndicinga ukuba basabonelela ngeenkonzo ezixabisekileyo ezingahlawulelwanga zorhwebo kubantu abaninzi abasweleyo. Kodwa bakwabhengeza iinethiwekhi ezisekwe kurhwebo kwiwebhusayithi yabo njenge-facebook, i-twitter, i-instagram, i-youtube kunye ne-linkedin. Ngoko ke mna nika iibhloko ezi-2/5 kuphela.