#MyLegalAidStory: Robert Cabrera

Ka mahi tahi nga Kaimahi Awhina Ture me nga kaimahi Awhina Ture ki te whakawhānui atu i te toronga a te Ture Awhina ki te raki-ma-raki o Ohio. Akohia i konei te #MyLegalAidStory a Robert Cabrera, he tangata mahi awhina Ture mo te wa roa.

"I pirangi ahau kia noho hei toa mo te herekore," e kii ana a Robert Cabrera, i te patai mo te kowhiringa ki te mahi tuuao me te Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. "Ko te awhina ture he waahi pai hei timata. He pai ki ahau te mahi rerekee.

He tauira kore a Robert - i hoki mai ia ki te kaareti i muri i tana whiwhinga i te kura tuarua. I whiwhi ia i tana tohu BA i roto i te Kaupapa Torangapu me te Ohaoha i te Kareti o Oberlin i mua i tana urunga atu ki Cleveland State University College of Law.

I mua i tana tau tuarua i te kura ture i kii tetahi kia tono a Robert mo tetahi mahi whakangungu mo te tari kaiwhiu o te rohe, engari i muri i tana uiuinga tuatahi ka mohio ia kaore i te pai. No reira ka whakatau ia ki te tono mo tetahi tuunga karaka ture i te Legal Aid.

I mohio a Robert ki nga mahi a Legal Aid – i mohio ia ki tetahi i mahi tahi me te Roia Awhina Ture. I miharo ia ki te kaha o te roia.

I te mutunga ka utua a Robert hei karaka ture i te tari o Lorain County o Legal Aid, katahi ka hoki mai ki te Legal Aid kotahi tau i muri i tana whiwhinga i te kura ture hei kaimahi ture mo te Kooti Hupirimi.

Whai muri i tana tiimata i tana ake umanga, ka mahi a Robert ki nga Whare Haumanu Poto Awhina Ture me te mahi pro bono take. Ko tetahi o ana keehi pro bono tino pai ko tetahi wahine 74 tau te pakeke. I te matenga o tana tane, ka mohio ia kua tangohia e ia he mokete tuarua mo to raua kainga. Karekau he moni whiwhi a tana tane, ka mutu tana mokete.

I taea e Robert te pupuri ia ia i roto i tona kainga mo te toru tau neke atu. I taea e ia te awhina i a ia ki te hoko i te whare me te utu i te kamupene mokete. I hiahia te kaihoko a Robert ki te hoki ki te kainga ki Philippines, a, na te toenga o nga moni i puta mai i te hokonga o tona whare, i taea e ia te mahi pera.

I te pataia he aha ia e haere tonu ana ki te mahi tūao, he ngawari te whakautu a Robert – he pai.

E mihi ana a Legal Aid ki te whakapau kaha o taatau pro bono tūao. Kia uru mai, tirohia to taatau paetukutuku, imeera ranei probono@lasclev.org.

A, awhinatia matou ki te whakanui i te 2023 ABA's National Celebration of Pro Bono ma te haere ki nga huihuinga o te rohe i tenei marama i te raki o Ohio. Ako atu i tenei hononga: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek