Mukwezi kwa Gatatu kumwaka wa 2015, abakongomani batatu (Boaz, Alex, na Safi) bari bicaye muri apartment muri Urbandale baganira basubira murugendo rwabo kuva muri Kongo kugera muri America. Ubwo baganiraga bibazaga ibibazo bibiri : Ese ni gute twageze muri Iowa? Ni iyihe impanvu turi muri Iowa?

Bakomeje kuganira baza gusanga hari ikintu kimwe bahuriyeho bose.  Ni abacikacumu bo mu Gatumba. Imyaka icumi n’itatu ishize abantu bitwaje ibirwanisho bateye inkambi yo mu Gatumba mu Burundi. Abishwe benshi bari abakongomani bo mu bwoko bw’Abanyamurenge bari bahunze intambara yari yadutse muri Kivu y’epfo muri Congo. Murubwo bwicanyi, Boaz yahaburiye papa wiwe, n’abo bavukana bose. Alex yahaburiye papa wiwe, n’abashiki biwe batatu. Safi yahaburiye papa wiwe, mama wiwe, n’abarumuna biwe batatu. Nyuma y’amezi atandatu umuryango mpuzamahanga UNHCR utangira gahunda yo gushakira ubuhungiro abacikacumu mugihugu ca gatatu nka America, Canada, Australia, Europe kubera impanvu z’umutekano muke muyandi makambi. Mu mwaka wa 2007 nibwo abacikacumu batangiye kwimurirwa mubihugu by’ubuhingiro. Uko niko aba basore baje muri America. Ico gihe hano muri Iowa hariho izindi mpunzi nyinshi z’abakongmani zagiye ziva kuyindi migabane y’isi yose bahunze n’abandi bakomeje kuza nyuma yaho.

Nyuma yo kwibaza impanvu turi muri America, twahisemo gutangiza project yitwa “Kuva murupfu uja mubuzima” nkigikorwa co gutangiriraho ibikorwa byacu. Igikorwa c’abacikacumu co gutanga ubuhamya bwabo bonyine uko barokotse ubwicanyi bwabereye mu Gatumba. Mu kwezi kwa Munani tariki cumi na zitatu umwaka wa bibiri na cumi nagatandatu muri Des Moines, IA nibwo iki gikorwa cashizwe kumugaragaro kubufasha bwa Grand View University, Zion Lutheran Church, na National Home Improvement. Intego nyamukuru y’iyi project ni ukwandika igitabo no gusora firime birimo amateka y’ubwicanyi bwa Gatumba n’ubuhamya bw’abantu uburyo bakorokotse.

Ubwicanyi muri Kongo ntabwo bwigeze buhinduka mu myaka ishize. Imiryango yita kubuzima bwa kiremwa muntu ivuga ko uko byari bimeze ariko nubu bikimeze. Umubare w’abakongomani bahunga wageze kuri 2.5 million. Muri Iowa, impuzi z’abakongomani zikomeje kwiyongera. Umuryango UNHCR uvuga ko mumwaka wa 2013 haje impunzi z’abakongomani zingana n’ibihumbi umunani, mu mwaka wa 2014 haje abangana n’ibihumbi cumi n’abitatu n’abandi bagera kubihumbi cumin a kimwe bari bamaze insi bararaje kandi ko mu myaka itatu cangwa ine irimbere uwo mubare uzakomeza kwiyongera. Ibibazo byo muri Kongo bimeze imyaka myinshi cane bitera abantu kuva mubyabo. Abenshi mubahunga n’abari munsi y’imyaka cumi n’irindwi. Ni abasore bakiri bato. Twaje tuva mumihana aho tutize neza kubera impanvu z’intambara kandi nababashije kwiga ntabwo bize mucongereza, rero hariho akazi kensi cane ko gukora abantu iyo bamaze kugera hano nko kwigishwa imico y’iki gihugu n’ibindi byose bikenewe.

Ntabwo abakongomani bakenye gusa umuryango ubafasha ahubwo bakenye n’ahantu ho gukirira inguma bagize iminsi bagendana mumitima yabo kubera intambara, ubukene, kutubaha ikiremwa muntu, gufatwa kungufu, n’ibindi bikorwa bibi byose bakorewe. Mu myaka ya vuba abakongomani bazanwe muri Iowa yo hagati bavuye mu mihana yiwabo yahetamishijwe n’intamba kubufasha bw’amashirahamwe mpunzamahanga yita kubibazo by’impunzi nka UNCHR, World Relief, USCRI, ndetse n’amashirahamwe y’amaterero nka Catholic Charities, Lutheran Services n’ayandi menshi. Ni kuri iyi impanvu twahisemo gufasha abakongomani bature muri Iowa yo hagati. Nyuma yaho Boaz yarangirije amashuri yo muri College yahisemo gutanga umwanya wiwe kugira ngo afashe abandi nibwo yiyemeje gukora nk’umukorana bushake muri porogarame ya AmeriCorps VISTA mwishirahamwe ryakira kandi ryita kumpunzi ryitwa U.S Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Muri iki gihe nibwo yatahuye neza ibibazo biri muri bagenzi be babakongomani bo muri Iowa yo hagati. Boaz yasangije ibyo bibazo yabonye hamwe n’abagenzi biwe nibwo bahise bemera gufata project yabo bakayishira ku rwego rwo gufasha abandi bantu biciye mu muryango udakorera kunyungu wita kubibazo byabakongomani. It was when he realized the needs that are in the Congolese community of Central Iowa. Bimwe muri ibyo bibazo harimo nko gusoma inzandiko zaje muri posta, kutamenya uburyo bwo kwishura ama bills, ubusabane hagati y’amashure n’ababyeyi, ururimi, ubusafiri, ndetse n’ibindi. Ikintu gikomeye cane kibuze mubakongomani ni abantu babereka aho bashobora gushakira ibyo bakeneye. Kubera kubura abo bantu ntabwo abakongomani babasha kubona ubufasha buri muyandi mashirahamwe bwabagenewe.

Abayobozi ba I COACH ni impunzi nazo zaciye mubibazo abandi bahaye bacamo kuri none bakaba bagiye gukoresha ubumenyi bwabo bafite kugira ngo bafashe bagenzi babo. Bamaze kunva neza uburyo system y’iki gihugu ikora ndetse bakaba bamaze kumenya naho barangira abantu gushaka ibyo badafite. Abenshi bamwe muribo ni abamaze kugera kurwego rushimishije ni abarangije amashuri ya College, n’abamaze kugura amazu yabo, n’abandi bikorera kugiti cabo.

Umuryango uzatanga ubufasha gukurikirana n’ubushobozi bwawo no gufatikanya n’ayandi mashirahamwe adakorera kunyungu yita kubibazo by’impunzi muri rusange.