A ranar Asabar, 7 ga Fabrairu, a Legas, duniya ta taru-ba ta kan iyaka ko fasfo ba, amma ta hanyar abinci, kiɗa, launi da kuma sadaukar da kai don bayarwa. Beneath the open skies of the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Small World marked three decades of charitable impact with a celebration that felt as global as it was deeply Nigerian.
Abin da ya faro kusan shekaru 30 da suka gabata a matsayin wani tsari mai sassaucin ra’ayi na hada kan mata daga kasashe daban-daban don gudanar da ayyukan jin kai ya zama daya daga cikin al’adun jin kai da ke dawwama a Najeriya. Da shigewar lokaci, Ƙananan Duniya ta zama misali mai rai na abin da ke faruwa sa’ad da haɗin kai ya cika manufa—da kuma lokacin da aka dawwama karimci, kowace shekara.
An haifi Kananan Duniya a cikin 1996 tare da bayyananniyar manufa amma mai karfi: don hada kan mata daga al’adu daban-daban don tallafawa kungiyoyin agaji na gida. Bikinsa na farko, mai taken “Ƙaramar Duniya ce,” ta tara ₦300,000 don ƙungiyoyin agaji uku. A lokacin, kaɗan ne za su yi tunanin ko yaya irin wannan iri zai girma.
Yayin da shekaru ke gudana, yunƙurin ya samo asali-canza wurare, faɗaɗa isarsa da tsara tsarinsa. A shekarar 1998, kungiyar ta karbi sunan Lagos Joint Women Groups, ta fara siyar da wuraren talla don bunkasa tara kudade, da kuma kara yawan kungiyoyin agaji da take tallafawa duk shekara. A shekara ta 2000, taron ya zama sananne kawai a matsayin Ƙananan Duniya, sunan da ke nuna zafi da kuma girma.
Ta hanyar bukukuwan jigo irin su “Kaleidoscope,” “Lokaci a Lokaci,” “Go Green,” da “Tafiya A Duniya,” Ƙananan Duniya sun haɗa al’adu da lamiri. Kowace shekara ta tara ƙarin kuɗi, tallafawa ƙarin dalilai da kuma jawo hankalin jama’a na magoya baya-daga bisani suna aiki a matsayin kungiya mai zaman kanta a karkashin sunan Ƙungiyar Mata ta Duniya don Sadaka (IWOC).
Ko da a cikin masifu—ruwan sama mai ƙarfi, zaɓe na ƙasa, rikice-rikicen kiwon lafiyar jama’a da annoba ta duniya—kungiyar ta jimre. A cikin shekarun COVID-19 na 2021 da 2022, lokacin da manyan tarurrukan ba su yiwuwa, Ƙananan Duniya har yanzu suna tallafawa ƙungiyoyin agaji guda 20 tare da ₦1 miliyan kowannensu, yana mai tabbatar da cewa sadaukarwar ta ya wuce bukukuwan shekara-shekara.
Bugu na 2026 na Ƙananan Duniya ya wuce ranar tunawa – sanarwa ce. Taron wanda aka sake shirya shi a Otal din fadar gwamnatin tarayya, ya zarce duk wani tarihin da aka taba yi a baya, inda aka samu sama da Naira miliyan 70, wanda shi ne mafi girman kudi a tarihin kungiyar.
Tun karfe shida na yamma aka bude gate din, ana maraba da baki zuwa cikin wani katafaren dakin girki na duniya. Tantunan ƙasa sun yi layi a filin wasa, kowanne yana ba da abinci na gida da abin sha – Sinawa, Indiyawa, Labanon, Najeriya, Filipino, Faransanci, Indonesiya, Kenya, Amurka da ƙari. Iskar ya cika da dariya, kamshi da launi, yayin da masu halarta ke tafiya cikin walwala daga tanti zuwa tanti, suna dandana abinci daga nahiyoyi daban-daban.
Baƙi da yawa sun iso sanye da kayan ƙauyen ƙasarsu ko kuma kayan ado na al’ada, wanda ya kara daɗa gani na maraice. Wasu sun yi rawa, wasu sun yi ta hira cikin gungu, yayin da da yawa suka mai da hankali cikin farin ciki kan samar da abinci mai yawa. Ya kasance mai nitsewa, farin ciki da haɗa kai ba tare da wahala ba – daidai abin da Ƙananan Duniya ke wakilta.
Da magariba ta yi, an shigar da baƙi zuwa filin wasan don yin wasannin maraice. An raba sanduna masu haske, suna saita sauti don dare na kuzari da biki. Jarumi Daniels mai masaukin baki da Habiba Balogun sun bude wasan kwaikwayon da dumi-duminsu da sha’awar kamuwa da cuta.
An gudanar da faretin tuta mai ban sha’awa, tare da nuna alfahari da wakilcin ƙasashen da suka halarta, kafin Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwasa ta Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwa ) ta yi a Najeriya ta tashi. Zafafan ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙwaƙƙwaransu nan take ya ɗaga jama’a tare da saita yanayin abin da ke zuwa.
Daya bayan daya, kasashe sun gabatar da wasannin raye-raye-Indonesia, Amurka, Najeriya, Faransa, Kenya, Philippines, Sin, Lebanon da Indiya—kowannensu ya kawo nasa al’adun gargajiya. Wasannin sun kasance tunatarwa cewa yayin da al’adu suka bambanta, farin ciki ya kasance a duniya.
A tsakiyar maraice an yi jawabi mai ratsa jiki ta shugabar kwamitin kula da kananan yara na duniya, Titiloye Ashamu. Da take magana a kan jigon “Pears of Time,” ta bayyana kowace shekara na tafiyar Ƙananan Duniya a matsayin lu’u-lu’u—wanda aka samu ta hanyar haƙuri, matsi, haɗin kai da ƙauna.
Ta yaba wa matan da, sama da shekaru 30, suka ba da lokacinsu, kere-kere da dukiyarsu don daukaka al’umma a fadin jihohi sama da 22 na Najeriya. A daidai lokacin da ake tunawa da marigayi Cif Olufunke Athur-Worrey, wani amintaccen ma’aikaci ne, ya kawo zurfafa tunani game da bikin, wanda ya nuna zurfin jajircewar da kungiyar ta samu.
Ashamu ya kuma sanar da kaddamar da Zauren Tafiya, littafin tebur na kofi na tunawa da tarihin kananan yara na tsawon shekaru uku, tare da kudaden da aka samu gaba daya ga sadaka. Daga nan ne kuma sanarwar ta fito da ta taso: sama da ₦70 da aka tara, aka bayar da tallafi ga kungiyoyin agaji 29 na Najeriya.
Nunin nunin faifai da ya biyo baya ya nuna yadda kudaden da aka tara a cikin shekaru suka tallafa wa makarantu, yara da cibiyoyi a duk fadin kasar – bayyane, shaida na gani cewa bikin yana fassara kai tsaye zuwa canji. Waɗannan ba ƙididdiga ba ne, amma rayuwa ta inganta kuma an dawo da martaba.
Daren ya ƙare da wasan SPAN na ƙarshe da wasan wuta mai ban sha’awa wanda ya haskaka sararin samaniyar Legas sama da mintuna biyar. An ɗaga wayoyi, an yi ta murna, kuma na ɗan lokaci kaɗan, da gaske duniya ta ji ƙanƙanta—a hanya mafi kyau.
Bikin cika shekaru 30 na Ƙananan Duniya ba maraice ne na kiɗa, abinci da launi kawai ba. Tunatarwa ce ga yadda karimci mai dorewa yayi kama. Ya nuna cewa ba kullum sai an yi sadaka ba; yana iya zama abin farin ciki, na jama’a da kuma zurfin ɗan adam.
A cikin hada kan mutane daga kasashe daban-daban, wurare da al’adu daban-daban don manufa ɗaya, Ƙarƙashin Duniya ta sake tabbatar da saƙonta mai dorewa: mun fi ƙarfi tare, kuma kowa yana da rawar da zai taka don inganta rayuwa ga wasu.
Bayan shekaru 30, lu’u-lu’u na ci gaba da samuwa-kuma labarin, bisa ga dukkan alamu, bai ƙare ba.
Melissa Enoch da Faridah Abdulkadiri
