Marianne
Indlela umama agcina ngayo umndeni wakhe uphephile emlilweni wequbula
Umlilo wase-Bridge e-Southern California waphoqa umndeni ka-Marianne ukuba uphume emzini wawo.
Lapho u-Marianne nomndeni wakhe beletha umdlwane omusha ogama lawo lingu-Toby emzini wabo e-Wrightwood, e-California, babengacabangi ukuthi bazohamba nawo ngosuku olulandelayo. NgoLwesibili, ngo-September 10, babe nokusa okuvamile. Amadodakazi ka-Marianne—aneminyaka engu-14, 12, no-9—aya esikoleni, futhi wayesebenza kuvulandi wakhe ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esicacile.
Ngosuku olungaphambi kokuba bakhishwe ekhaya labo, umndeni wawulethe ekhaya umdlwane omusha ogama lawo lingu-Toby, okuyisifushaniso selithi Toblerone.
Ntambama, umoya waqhamuka futhi umlotha wawa uvela esibhakabhakeni njengoba i-Line Fire yayisondela. Nakuba izikhulu zaqinisekisa wonke umuntu ukuthi izinto zihamba kahle, u-Marianne waqhubeka walanda amantombazane esikoleni. Babuka izimo ziba zimbi kakhulu ngaphandle. “Kwakubonakala kuphelile,” kusho u-Marianne. “Mina nomyeni wami sathi, ‘Mantombazane, pakishani isikhwama.’” Umyalo wokutakulwa wafika ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho.
"Kwakubonakala njengesigameko sangemva kokubhujiswa. Mina nomyeni wami sathi, 'Mantombazane, pakishani isikhwama.'"
—U-Marianne, isivakashi se-Airbnb.org
Ukubukeka kwekhaya lika-Marianne kubonisa ukuthi imililo yasondela kangakanani. (Isithombe sivela ku-Marianne)
Khona manjalo i-Airbnb.org yabambisana nezinhlangano zasendaweni ezingenzi inzuzo esifundeni sase-San Bernardino, i-Hearts & Lives kanye ne-Visit Big Bear, ukuze ifake abantu ababalekile ku-Airbnb mahhala. Ababungazi abathathu be-Airbnb bazinikele ngokuzithandela ukusiza ophathina bathole izivakashi futhi basakaze izwi ngezindawo zokuhlala zezimo eziphuthumayo nge-Airbnb.org. u-Tara, u-Katie, kanye no-Monique basungula amafomu okungena, baphosta ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, futhi basebenza ubusuku nemini nabalingani bendawo ukusiza ukuhlalisa abatakuliwe emiphakathini yabo. “Abantu babephithene amakhanda,” kusho u-Tara. “Impumuzo ezwini labo lapho bezwa ukuthi bangase babe nendawo yokuba usana lwabo lukhase, bawashe izingubo, benze ukudla—umsindo wokubonga kwangempela.” Ngosizo lwababungazi nabalingane, i-Airbnb.org yahlalisa izakhamuzi zase-San Bernardino ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 ezingenamakhaya ngenxa yemililo yase-Bridge nase-Line, kuhlanganise namakhulu ezingane nezilwane ezifuywayo.
Ababungazi abavelele be-Airbnb u-Tara no-Katie basize izinhlangano zendawo ezingenzi inzuzo ukuba zithole izivakashi ezihluphekile futhi bazihlalise kuma-Airbnb.
"Ukuzola okusezwini labo lapho bezwa ukuthi bangase babe nendawo yokuba usana lwabo lukhasa, bawashe izingubo, benze ukudla—umsindo wokubonga kwangempela."
—Tara, uMbungazi ovelele we-Airbnb e-Big Bear, CA
Umndeni ka-Marianne, kuhlanganise no-Toby, wawuphakathi kwalabo abahlala ku-Airbnb mahhala ngenkathi bengaphansi komyalo wokutakulwa. “Umhlaba wethu wonke wawukhungathekile. Ekugcineni ukuba nendawo esasingahlala kuyo kwaba usizo olukhulu,” esho. Wakhumbula ukuthi kwakunjani ukuvula izinto zokugeza ezimbalwa okokuqala ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. “Kwakuyinto encane kakhulu, kodwa kwakusho lukhulu ukuba nendawo engangingabeka kuyo izinto zami futhi ekugcineni ngicabange.”
Ngemva kwamasonto amabili okulandelela imililo yequbula nokukhathazeka ngendlu yabo, umndeni ka-Marianne wakwazi ukubuyela ekhaya ngokuphepha.
Ngemva kwamasonto amabili uhambile, umndeni wakwazi ukubuyela ekhaya ngokuphepha, lapho wahlangana khona nezilwane zawo futhi amantombazane abuyela esikoleni. Bekungokwesibili u-Marianne nomyeni wakhe bebalekela umlilo wequbula kusukela bathuthela e-Wrightwood ngo-2015. Kungase kungabi okokugcina, kodwa u-Marianne uthe uzizwa enenhlanhla ukuhlala emphakathini ogcwele usizo, ikakhulukazi ezimweni eziphuthumayo.“Kwakukhona izinto eziningi ezingaziwa, kodwa i-Airbnb.org yanikeza ithemba nesiqiniseko sokuthi sasizoziphumelela—hhayi nje nezingubo ezisemhlane wethu kuphela, kodwa ukuthi sizonakekelwa futhi sibe nendawo yokuhlala enethezekile.”
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