Chiwerengero cha anthu olumala padziko lonse chikuwonjezeka pang'onopang'ono. Ku Russia kokha posachedwapa kudzakhala anthu mamiliyoni 10, ndipo ku Ukraine ndi ofanana ndi mamiliyoni atatu. Chiwerengero cha matenda osatha chawonjezeka, ukalamba wa anthu m'mayiko otukuka ukuchitika. Aliyense amadziwa kuti munthu aliyense akalamba amakhala ndi chiopsezo chachikulu chodwala kapena kuvulazidwa koopsa. Malingana ndi chiwerengero, pafupifupi 3.8% a anthu padziko lonse chifukwa cha zifukwa zosiyanasiyana ali ndi vuto lolemala. Chiwerengero cha ana olumala ndi chapamwamba kwambiri. Nchifukwa chake mabungwe ambiri a boma akudandaula kwambiri ndi vuto la kusintha kwa anthu olumala kukhala ndi moyo m'gulu lathu lovuta.
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Ngati mupempha kunja kwa wodwalayo, ndi tsiku liti yemwe ali olumala, ochepa okha omwe angakupatseni yankho lolondola. Anthu ambiri wathanzi sadziwa ngakhale kuti alipo. Msonkhano wa UN mu 1981 unalengeza International Year of Disabled Persons, ndipo mu 1983 Zaka khumi za Anthu Olemala. Analimbikitsidwa kuti asinthe njira yothetsera mavuto a anthu olumala, kuti ateteze ufulu wawo waumunthu kuti akhale ndi moyo wabwino. Pa December 14, 1992, adasankha chisankho chotsatira pa Msonkhano wa UN - kukondwerera Tsiku la Anthu Olemala pa December 3 chaka chilichonse. Pa tsiku lino, mu maiko onse omwe ali mamembala a bungwe lalikulu kwambiri, zochitika zazikulu ziyenera kuchitika. Ayenera kukonzekera kusintha kwakukulu kwa miyoyo ya anthu awa, kuthetsa mwamsanga mavuto onse ofulumira, ndikugwirizanitsa kwawo mwamsanga mu moyo wamba wa anthu athu.
Ndizabwino kuti bungwe lapadziko lonse lovomerezeka silinadzipereke okha ku zolemba zomwe analandira, ndipo nthawi zonse zimadzutsa nkhaniyi pamapeto ake. Ntchito yofunikira kwa anthu ambiri inavomerezedwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa chisankho 48/96, chomwe chinalemba Makhalidwe Abwino kutsimikizira kuti mwayi wofanana wa anthu onse olumala ndiwo mwayi. Linavomerezedwa pa UN General Assembly pa December 20, 1993. Ndizoipa kwambiri kuti m'nkhani zenizeni za Malamulo amenewa, akuluakulu a boma akuchedwa kuti agwire ntchito. Ngati izi zidachitika, ndiye kuti sipadzakhalanso kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa ufulu wa anthu olumala, omwe timawona nthawi zonse m'miyoyo yathu. Kukondwerera tsiku la olumala kumatikumbutsa kuti anthu ambiri amafunikira thandizo lalikulu. Chifukwa cha kusamvetsetsa kwa akuluakulu a boma, iwo amakakamizika kuthera pafupifupi moyo wawo wonse m'makoma anayi.
M'misewu ya mizinda yathu mudzawona zochepa kwambiri kuposa maiko akumadzulo. Izi sizifukwa chakuti tili ndi anthu ochepa kuposa omwewo. Izi zimangosonyeza kuti palibe zida zoyambirira zomwe olamulira mumzinda wadziko lapansi angapangire anthu awo olumala. Makinawa ankatiuza mobwerezabwereza kuti ambiri a pakhomo ndi opapatiza kwambiri moti ma wheelchairs omwe sagwiritsa ntchito nthawi zambiri sapita. Mukhoza kuwerenga masitepe pala zala, zokhala ndi mapulatifomu. Kuyenda pagalimoto sikoyenera kwa anthu olumala. Ndipo oyendayenda okha ali osakhalitsa,
Tsiku Lachiwiri la Anthu Olemala limakondwerera bwino kuti olamulira athu akumbukire mavuto a anthuwa ndipo mwina amayesetsa kuwathandiza. Sakusowa chithandizo cha pulayimale chokha, komanso kumvetsetsa kosavuta. Anthu onse ayenera kuyang'anitsitsa ntchito ya utsogoleri wa dera ndi mzinda, momwe zingathere, kuthandizira kuti mukhale ndi moyo mitu yonse ya Malamulo ovomerezedwa ndi UN ngakhale zaka makumi awiri zapitazo. Ndiyenera kungozichita osati tsiku lokha, koma chaka chonse, pokhapokha mutha kukwaniritsa zotsatira zenizenizi.