Ngokuhamba phambili, uMatel wethula isengezo esisha ohlelweni lwayo onodoli olukhuthazayo - unodoli we-Barbie® one-Down syndrome. Le ndalo enikeza amandla ihlose ukunikeza izingane ukumelwa okuhlukahlukene nokubandakanyayo, okuzivumela ukuthi zizibone ku-Barbie futhi zibonise umhlaba ozizungezile. Ngesikhathi esifanele se-National Down Syndrome Day ngomhla zingama-20 ku-Okthoba, lo nodoli ka-Barbie ukhuthaza izingane ukuthi zakhe izindaba eziningi ngamandla okudlala.
U-Lisa McKnight, iPhini Likamongameli Ophethe kanye neNhloko Yomhlaba Wonke yakwa-Barbie & Dolls kwa-Mattel, ugcizelela indima ebalulekile edlalwa u-Barbie ezintweni ezisanda kuzalwa zengane. Ngokulwisana nokucwaswa komphakathi ngokudlala, u-Barbie uba inkundla yokufundisa ukuqonda nokugqugquzela ukuzwelana, okunikela emhlabeni owamukela kakhudlwana.
Ukuqinisekisa ubuqiniso bokumelwa, u-Barbie usebenzisana eduze ne-National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS). I-NDSS, inhlangano ezinikele ekunikezeni amandla abantu abane-Down syndrome kanye nemindeni yabo, inikeze imininingwane ebalulekile kuyo yonke inqubo yokuklama. Kusukela emfanekisweni wonodoli nezingubo kuye kwezisetshenziswa kanye nokupakishwa, ubambiswano oluhloselwe ukudala i-Barbie ezwakala ngokushesha nomphakathi we-Down syndrome.
U-Ancella Ramjas, uMqondisi Omkhulu Kazwelonke kwa-Down Syndrome South Africa (DSSA), ubona ukwethulwa njengophawu olunamandla lokubandakanya wonke umuntu nokumelwa. Ku-DSSA, inikeza ithuba eliyingqayizivele ukusebenzisana ne-Barbie SA ukufundisa, ukunika amandla, nokukhuthaza ukwamukelwa, okunikela emhlabeni obandakanya wonke umuntu.
Unodoli ka-Barbie one-Down syndrome uhambisana nendikimba yeNyanga Kazwelonke Yokuqwashisa ye-DSSA ezayo ngo-Okthoba - 'Ukunika Amaphupho Amandla, Ukwamukela Ukuhlukahluka.' U-Ramjas ukholelwa ukuthi ubonisa umthelela wokudiliza imigoqo nokuthuthukisa ukubandakanywa, unodoli oyedwa ngesikhathi.
U-Barbie usenesikhathi eside eyingqalabutho ekuhlanganiseni, enikeza ukubukeka okungaphezu kuka-175 okunemibala eyahlukene yamehlo, izinhlobo zezinwele, izimo zomzimba, ukukhubazeka, nokukhetha kwemfashini. Ukwethulwa konodoli abane-vitiligo, ukusebenzisa isihlalo esinamasondo noma isitho sokufakelwa, abanezinsiza-kuzwa, futhi abamele izimo zezinwele ezihlukahlukene kugqamisa ukuzibophezela kuka-Barbie ekubeni yingxenye yomhlaba wonke kanye nokubandakanywa.
Itholakala ezitolo ezihamba phambili ezweni lonke, unodoli u-Barbie one-Down Syndrome ubiza u-R279.00. Joyina umgubho woSuku Lokuqwashisa Nge-Down Syndrome mhla zingama-21 kuMfumfu e-Pretoria Botanical Gardens with Down Syndrome South Africa. Usuku luthembisa uhambo olujabulisayo, ukuhlobisa amakhekhe, ipikiniki yomndeni, ukupenda ubuso, nokuningi. Thumela i-RSVP emcimbini ngokuthumela i-imeyili ku-DSSAoffice@icon.co.za futhi ube yingxenye yalo mcimbi ojabulisayo ogqugquzela ukuqwashisa, ukwamukela, kanye nokubungaza ukwehlukahlukana.
