Irafasha Patience: Itara Ry’ibyagezweho mu mikino ya Special Olympics mu Rwanda no ku rwego mpuzamahanga ( World Games)
Mu rwego rw’imikino ya Special Olympics aho yahagarariye u Rwanda, umukinnyi umwe w’indashyikirwa, warushije benshi atari ukubera ubuhanga bwe budasanzwe gusa ahubwo n’urugendo rwe rushimishije.
Patience Irafasha, utuye i Kanombe mu karere ka Kicukiro, yabaye urugero rwiza rwo kwiyemeza ubuhanga no gutsinda bikwiye urubyiruka rwose rufite ubumuga.
Urugendo rwa Patience rugana ku ntsinzi rwatangiriye ku bikorwa bitangaje yagezeho cyane cyane kubona imidari ibiri ya ifeza mu marushanwa ya Mini Javelin no mu cyiciro cya 27 cya Bocce, agaragaza ubuhanga bwe. Ikipe ya bocce iyobowe na Dany Murengezi, nayo yegukanye imidari ibiri ya bronze inshuro ebyiri, yerekana ubwitange bwabo hamwe n’ubufatanye.
Uruhare rwe muri siporo ntabwo ari ugutwara imidari gusa yagiye agaragaza kwihangana no gukunda siporo yahisemo, avuga ko urugendo rwe rutangiye, kandi ko yishimiye gukomeza kwiga ibintu bishya mu bihe biri imbere.
Uretse no mu myidagaduro, Irafasha Patience ni umugenerwabikorwa wa BAHO Centre Ltd, aho yateje imbere ubumenyi bugiye butandukanye. Yishimiye cyane uburyo intoki ze zikora ubuhanga mu buhanzi, ashimangira ubushobozi afite bwo gukoresha amaboko ye mu gushushanya, ubuhanga yavumbuye abifashijwe mo na gahunda z’ikigo. Mu rwego rwo guhagararira igihugu, Irafasha Patience ntabwo ari umukinnyi w’indashyikirwa gusa ahubwo ni n’umunyeshuri w’intangarugero ku ishuri rya Izere Mubyeyi.
Ubwitange bwe mu burezi bwagize ingaruka nziza ku banyeshuri bagenzi be bituma aba intangarugero no mu masomo. Irafasha Patience yabonye umudari wa silver muri Bocce – Kugabana 27 (Umugore umwe) mu mikino Olempike idasanzwe y’imikino y’isi ya 2019, yerekana impano ye ku rwego rw’isi.
Byongeye kandi, yabonye umudari wa Zahabu mu marushanwa mpuzamahanga y’abafite ubumuga bwo mu mutwe yabereye i Berlin mu Budage, bituma amenyekana mu rwego mpuzamahanga. Mu buryo bwo gusabana n’abandi, Irafasha Patience yishimiwe na bagenzi be barimo Mushimiyimana Marceline, watsindiye umudari wa zahabu mu kwiruka metero 50. Ibyishimo basangiye hamwe no gufashanya byerekana ubumwe mumuryango udasanzwe wa olempike.
Irafasha Patience, umukinnyi udasanzwe ufite ubumuga bwo mu mutwe, yagaragaye cyane mu mikino Olempike idasanzwe yabereye mu 2023 yabereye i Berlin mu Budage. Ibikorwa bye by’indashyikirwa no kwitangira siporo ye, cyane mu marushanwa ya Bocce yo mu cyiciro cya 27, yizihijwe mu birori byateguwe na Special Olympics Rwanda ku bufatanye na Lions Club Kigali Doyen. Mu bihembo byatsindiwe harimo umudari wa feza mumarushanwa ya Bocce, aho Patience yerekanye impano ye nubushobozi bwe kurwego rwisi.
Special Olympics Rwanda ifatanije na Ntare Club Kigali Doyen bashimangiye akamaro ko kumenya no guha agaciro ibyagezweho n’abakinnyi bihariye nka Irafasha Patience.
Urugendo rwa Irafasha Patience si ugutsindira imidari gusa kuko yagiye agaragara mu bikorwa bitandukanye bifite umumaro nko guca inzitizi, gusenya imyumvire itari myiza ku bafite ubumuga, no kwerekana ko ababana nubumuga bwo mumutwe bashobora kugera kubintu bikomeye. Mugihe akomeje gushyiramo ingufu kugirango agree no kubindi, inkuru ye ibera urumuri rwicyizere, kandi ikangurira abandi kugera kubyo bifuza batitaye kubibazo bashobora guhura nabyo cyangwa bavugakanye.
Mu gusoza, uruhare rwa Irafasha Patience ntirugarukira ku kibuga cya siporo; byumvikana mu mitima yababonye urugendo rwe – urugendo rwaranzwe no kwihangana, kwitanga, no kwiyemeza kutajegajega kuba indashyikirwa.
Dusenge Gideon
