Mu mujyi wa Nairobi, hadutse imwe muri salon (inzu z’ubwiza zitunganyirizwamo, imisatsi n’inzara) z’ubwiza iri guha abarwayi ba kanseri umwanya wo kongera kugira icyizere, ihumure n’icyizere cy’ubuzima binyuze mu kubaha imisatsi (wigs) n’ivugurura ry’uruhu rwabo ku buntu.
Iyi gahunda igamije gufasha cyane cyane abarwayi bacitse imisatsi
kubera imiti ya chimiothérapie, ikunze kugira ingaruka ku isura no ku byiyumviro by’umurwayi.
Amashusho
yafashwe ku wa Kane agaragaza Diana Akech, nyiri iyi salon, hamwe n’itsinda
rye, bafasha abarwayi mu kubashyiraho imisatsi y’ubwoko butandukanye,
kubatunganya no kubasiga maquillage kugira ngo bongere kugaragara neza kandi
biyumve bishimye.
Diana
Akech yavuze ko igitekerezo cy’iyi gahunda cyaturutse ku nshuti ye yitwa Anne
Kananu, waje muri salon afite ikibazo cya kanseri kandi imisatsi ye yaramaze
kugwa.
Yagize
ati: “Yaje muri salon afite kanseri, imisatsi ye yose yaraguye. Navuganye na we
ndamuganiriza, ndamuhumuriza, hanyuma muha wig. Ni byo byatangiye byose.”
Akech
avuga ko iyi serivisi itarenza gusa gutanga imisatsi, ahubwo ifasha kongera
icyizere n’agaciro ku bagore bari mu bihe bikomeye byo kwivuza.
Yagize
ati: “Iyo abagore baje bamaze gutakaza imisatsi yabo, tubibutsa ko bakiri beza.
Bibaha icyizere cyo kubaho.”
Umwe
mu barwayi, Grace Mumo, wasanganywe kanseri y’ibere yo ku rwego rwa kabiri,
yavuze ko imiti ya chimiothérapie yamuhinduye cyane mu isura, bikamuteza
guhangayika no kwigunga.
Yagize
ati: “Isomo rya mbere rya chimiothérapie ni ryo ryatumye imisatsi yanjye igwa.
Nagize ipfunwe cyane mu
bantu kuko numvaga bashobora kumpa
inkwenene.”
Yongeyeho
ko iyo yambaye imisatsi y’ubuntu abasha kujya ahantu hose atisuzuguye.
Yagize
ati: “Iyo wambaye wig, wumva uri nk’abandi bagore bose, ushobora kujya mu nama
cyangwa no mu rusengero wiyumva neza.”
Mu gihugu cya Kenya, abarwayi
ba kanseri bakunze guhura n’ihungabana, ivangura n’ingaruka z’ubukungu zikomeye
kubera imiti ihenze. Ni muri urwo rwego ibikorwa nk’icya “Surviving
Beautifully” bifasha mu guha abarwayi ubufasha burenze ubuvuzi, bigafasha
abagore kongera kwiyubaka no kugumana icyizere n’agaciro mu buzima.