Umkhankasi wesikhathi eside uJackie Branfield wazalelwa kwaBulawayo, e-Zimbabwe ngo-1952 futhi uvame ukuchazwa njengo ‘maverick crusader’.
‘Umsebenzi wakhe wokuphila’ waqala eminyakeni engu-20 edlule eqenjini lentsha yesonto lapho intsha iqala ukuza kuye izofuna usizo ngezinkinga zomuntu siqu. Ngokusebenza ikakhulukazi ngomqondo wakhe ovamile ekuqaleni, waqala ukuqoqa ulwazi olubalulekile nge-HIV / Aids nezidakamizwa ezingasetshenziswa ukuvimbela ukudluliswa ngemuva kokuhlukunyezwa.
Umsunguli we-Operation Bobbi Bear waqala ukuthatha izinyathelo zokulwa nobugebengu bezocansi obenziwa ezinganeni ngo-1992. Ngokwakhiwa kwe-Bobbi Bear, u-teddy bear onomehluko, inselelo kaJackie kwakuwukuqinisekisa ukuthi ulwazi olushintshiwe luyashintshaniswa futhi kucacisiwe ubufakazi obusemthethweni, ngaphandle kwanoma iyiphi indlela. ukuyekethisa ukunakekelwa nokusekelwa kwezisulu.
Ngo-2017 waqoqa Umklomelo we-Protection Award ngokugqugquzela i-World of Children in New York.
Ekhathazekile ngokwakwenzeka eziteshini zamaphoyisa nasezibhedlela lapho izisulu – imvamisa izingane ezincane – zazihlala amahora amaningi, ngaphandle kwezwi elinomusa, ingasaphathwa eyokusizwa ngochwepheshe, uJackie wathatha isinyathelo … ngakho-ke i-Bobbi Bear Foundation yazalwa.
Umbono kaJackie nnge-Bobbie Bear ukusebenzisana nohlelo lwezobulungiswa bezobugebengu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuphepha namalungelo ezingane ezihlukunyezwa ngokocansi kuyagcinwa. Ithimba le-Bobbie Bear elizinikele lithole imiklomelo eminingi ngomsebenzi wabo okubandakanya i-Amnesty International Roll of Honor; I-Black Ball Humanitarian Award e-New York City nase-Swarovski Crystal of Hope. Umklomelo kaJackie Branfield awuthanda kakhulu wukunconywa ki-Woman of the Year awuthola esikoleni sendawo eSiphingo, i-Kamileni Primary.
Ifilimu eliyi-documentary, elinesihloko esithi-Rough Aunties, lenziwe ngomsebenzi oyiisekelo se-Bobbi futhi lawina izindondo eziningi zamafilimu ezenhlalakahle. UJackie Branfield ushadile futhi unezingane eziyisithupha.