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Mukunda gwange kwa kere nomaudigu gomanzi. Ose kukara momukweyo gomure pokuvheta mema kopomba zimwe tupu.
My village had many problems.
We made a long line to fetch water from one tap.
Ose kwa ndindilire nondya edi va geve wopeke.
We waited for food donated by others.
Ose kwa pete mambo getu, morwa vawidi.
We locked our houses early because of thieves.
Vanona wovanzi kwa tundire mo mosure.
Many children dropped out of school.
Vakadonagona kwa kere varugani womomambo monomukunda peke.
Young girls worked as maids in other villages.
Vamatigona ngava gendagura monomukunda, siruwo oso vamwe awo kuna kurugana konofarama dovantu.
Young boys roamed around the village while others worked on people’s farms.
Apa za pepere mpepo, yipepa kwa hagamenene koyitji nokonodarate.
When the wind blew, waste paper hung on trees and fences.
Vantu kwa va remekere makende aga va zugumangere mwangoso.
People were cut by broken glass that was thrown carelessly.
Ano ezuva limwe kopomba kapi kwa kere mema ntani moyipako namo si mwato.
Then one day, the tap dried up and our containers were empty.
Otate kwa gendere tunda embo zende embo va tantere vantu va ka kare posigongi somukunda.
My father walked from house to house asking people to attend a village meeting.
Vantu kwa pongere monda zositji sosinene va purakene.
People gathered under a big tree and listened.
Otate kwa sikeme nokutanta asi, “Twa hepa kuruganena kumwe yipo tu kohonone po maudigu getu.”
My father stood up and said, “We need to work together to solve our problems.”
Musesugona gonomvhura ntantatu Juma, ga hingilire kegogwa ta zigire, “Ame kuvhura kuvatera mokuzeresa.”
Eight-year-old Juma, sitting on a tree trunk shouted, “I can help with cleaning up.”
Mukadi gumwe kwa uyungire asi, “Vagolikadi kuvhura ku ya lipakerera name mokulima.”
One woman said, “The women can join me to grow food.”
Mugara gumwe kwa sikeme nokutanta asi,” Vagara ngava sima etope.”
Another man stood up and said, “The men will dig a well.”
Natuvenye kwa zigilire nezwi limwe, “Tuna hepa kutjindja maparu getu.” Kutunda ezuva olyo ose kwa ruganena kumwe yipo tu kohonone po maudigu getu.
We all shouted with one voice, “We must change our lives.”
From that day we worked together to solve our problems.
Written by: Ursula Nafula
Illustrated by: Vusi Malindi
Translated by: Anna Sengumbe
