Kristen Ashburn: Heartrending pictures of AIDS

Translator: John Yusufu Reviewer: Malate-Ann Atajiri

When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe,

Da na isa ƙasar Zimbabwe,

it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population

na kasa gane yadda mutane talatin da biyar cikin ɗari na ƙasar

is HIV positive.

ke da cutar ƙanjamau.

It really wasn't until I was invited to the homes of people

Sai da na samu na shiga gidajen mutane

that I started to understand the human toll of the epidemic.

tukunna na gane yawan mutanen da ke da cutar.

For instance, this is Herbert with his grandmother.

Misali, wannan Herbert ne da kakarsa.

When I first met him, he was sitting on his grandmother's lap.

Farkon haɗuwa na da shi, yana zaune ne a kan cinyar kakarsa.

He has been orphaned, as both of his parents died of AIDS,

Cutar ƙanjamau ta kashe iyayensa,

and his grandmother took care of him until he too died of AIDS.

kakarsa ce take kula da shi kafin shi ma ya rasu ta hannun cutar.

He liked to sit on her lap

Ya so zama a kan cinyarta

because he said that it was painful for him to lie in his own bed.

domin wai kwanciya a kan gadonsa na yi masa zafi sosai.

When she got up to make tea, she placed him in my own lap

Da ta tashi domin ta dafa shayi, ta ajiye shi a kan cinyata

and I had never felt a child that was that emaciated.

ban taɓa ganin yaro maras nauyi kamarsa ba.

Before I left, I actually asked him if I could get him something.

Kafin in tafi, na tambaye sa idan akwai wani abin da yake so in sayo masa.

I thought he would ask for a toy, or candy,

Na ɗauka zai tambayi ni ma abubuwan wasa, ko kuma alewa,

and he asked me for slippers,

amma sai ya tambaye ni in kawo masa silifa,

because he said that his feet were cold.

domin kafafunsa na masa sanyi.

This is Joyce who's -- in this picture -- 21.

Wanna Joyce ce - a cikin hoton nan - shekarun ta ashirin da ɗaya.

Single mother, HIV positive.

Ba ta da miji, kuma tana da cutar ƙanjamau.

I photographed her before and after

Na ɗauki hoton ta kafin ta haifu, da kuma bayan

the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Issa.

ta haifi kyakkyawar 'yarta, Issa

And I was last week walking on Lafayette Street in Manhattan

Sati da ya wuce ina tafiya a kan titin Lafayette da ke cikin Manhattan

and got a call from a woman who I didn't know,

sai wata matan da ban sani ba ta bugo min waya

but she called to tell me that Joyce had passed away

cewa Joyce ta rasu

at the age of 23.

bayan ta cika shekaru ashirin da uku

Joyce's mother is now taking care of her daughter,

Yanzu, uwar Joyce ce ke kula da 'yarta,

like so many other Zimbabwean children

kamar yaran Zimbabwe da yawa

who've been orphaned by the epidemic.

waɗanda cutar ta ɗauke iyayensu.

So a few of the stories.

Kaɗan kenan daga cikin labarai irin wannan.

With every picture,

A cikin kowane hoto,

there are individuals who have full lives

akwai mutane da ke nan raye

and stories that deserve to be told.

kuma suna da labarai da ya kamata a faɗa.

All these pictures are from Zimbabwe.

Duk hotunan nan daga Zimbabwe ne.

Chris Anderson: Kirsten, will you just take one minute,

Chris Anderson: Kristen, za ki iya ɗaukan minti ɗaya,

just to tell your own story of how you got to Africa?

ki faɗa mana yadda kika isa Afirka?

Kirsten Ashburn: Mmm, gosh.

Kristen Ashburn: Mmm, kai.

CA: Just --

CA: kawai ki --

KA: Actually, I was working at the time, doing production

KA: A lokacin ina aiki ne, ɗaukan hotuna

for a fashion photographer.

akan abubuwan da ke yayi.

And I was constantly reading the New York Times,

Kuma kullum nakan karanta New York Times,

and stunned by the statistics, the numbers.

yawan mutanen da ke da cutar na ba ni mamaki.

It was just frightening.

Har ya kan ba da tsoro.

So I quit my job

Sai na bar aikina

and decided that that's the subject that I wanted to tackle.

domin na gane cewa ina son yin aiki a kan cutar ƙanjamau.

And I first actually went to Botswana, where I spent a month --

Na fara zuwa Botswana inda na yi wata ɗaya --

this is in December 2000 --

wannan a cikin shekara 2000 ne --

then went to Zimbabwe for a month and a half,

kafin nan na je Zimbabwe inda na yi wata ɗaya da rabi,

and then went back again this March 2002

sannan na ƙara komawa cikin wannan wata na Maris 2002

for another month and a half in Zimbabwe.

kuma na ƙara yin wata ɗaya da rabi.

CA: That's an amazing story, thank you.

CA: Wannan labarin na ki mai ban mamaki ne, mun gode.

KB: Thanks for letting me show these.

KB; Ni ma na gode da ku ka ba ni daman zuwa wannan shirin --