Hoʻopuka ʻia ʻOkakopa 16, 2025
7: 30 am
ʻO Nathalie Dibo, ka mea nona a me ka hoa hoʻokele 
o Dibo Law a me ka Pelekikena o ka Arab American Bar Association of Ohio (AABAR Ohio), lohe e pili ana i ke kōkua Kānāwai oiai e hana ana ma Giffen & Kaminski.
"E hana nā hoa ʻo Karen Giffen lāua ʻo Kerin Kaminski i nā keʻena ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pōkole i nā Pōʻaono me ke kōkua kānāwai. Ua pili nui lākou iā lākou iho a paipai i kā mākou komo ʻana, "wahi a Nathalie. "Mai ia manawa mai, ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa au me Legal Aid. Hauʻoli nui wau a mahalo nui i ko lākou hoʻolauna ʻana mai iaʻu i ka hui. Ua ʻike wau i ka hoʻokō a me ka maikaʻi o ka manawaleʻa a hoʻohana i koʻu kēkelē loio e kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe."
ʻAʻole wale ʻo ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa me ke Kokua Kānāwai he mea nui iā Nathalie, he haumāna puka no ke Kulanui o ke Kulanui o Cleveland State University, akā i kāna mau hoa hana ma AABAR Ohio.
"He poʻe malihini ka hapa nui o mākou, nā keiki a ka poʻe malihini, a i ʻole nā ʻohana o ka ʻohana he malihini. He nui ka poʻe o mākou ʻaʻohe loio i ko mākou ʻohana a i ʻole nā ʻano kumu hoʻohālike e kōkua iā mākou ma ke ala, no laila he mea nui e hāʻawi i ka poʻe makemake i ke kōkua a me ka ʻōlelo aʻo e hoʻoponopono i ko lākou hopohopo pili kānāwai.
Ua ʻike ʻo Nathalie he mea ʻoluʻolu ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻana ma nā hale lapaʻau no ka mea e ʻae i nā mea kūʻai aku e lohe ʻia, me ka ʻike ʻana ua mālama nui kekahi iā lākou e hāʻawi i ko lākou manawa e kōkua iā lākou a hoʻomaopopo i ko lākou pilikia pili kānāwai.
"He mea paʻakikī loa ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i loko o kekahi mau kekona i ke kumu nui o ka hana a Legal Aid. Akā inā e hoʻāʻo ʻoe e hoʻokomo iā ʻoe iho i nā kāmaʻa o kahi mea e ʻimi nei i ke kōkua mai Legal Aid, manaʻo wau e hoʻomaopopo ʻoe," wahi a Nathalie. "A inā pilikia ʻoe i ka hana ʻana i kēlā, e hāʻawi manawaleʻa wale ʻoe ma ke Keʻena Kūkākūkā pōkole, a manaʻo wau e hoʻomaopopo koke ʻoe i ke kumu nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou manawa."
"He kanaka manawaleʻa hoʻolaʻa ʻo Nathalie ʻaʻole i kākoʻo wale i ke Kokua Kānāwai iā ia iho akā paipai pū kekahi e hana pū kekahi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Teresa Mathern, he Kokua Hoʻokele i ka Polokalamu Loio Volunteer Lawyers. "ʻO Nathalie a me nā lālā o kāna keʻena loio a me nā lālā o ka Arab American Bar Association e hāʻawi i ka ʻōlelo aʻo a me ke kākoʻo i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma o kā mākou mau keʻena ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo virtual a me kā mākou mau keʻena ʻōlelo aʻo pōkole.
Manaʻo ʻo Nathalie e kākoʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka hana o ke Kokua Kānāwai.
"Hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kou manawa a i ʻole he hāʻawi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻi aku i nā poʻe e pili ana i nā keʻena loio. Nui nā ala e kākoʻo ai i ke Kokua Kānāwai. ʻO kaʻu e haʻi mau nei i kēlā me kēia kanaka ʻaʻole ʻoe e mihi i kāu hana ʻana."
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hāʻawi manawaleʻa me Legal Aid, e kipa i ka ʻāpana manawaleʻa o kā mākou pūnaewele, aiʻole leka uila probono@lasclev.org.
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