Mbiri Yodzipereka: Woyimira milandu Daniel Tirfagnehu

Daniel Tirfagnehu, Esq., womaliza maphunziro a Case Western Reserve School of Law mu 2014, ali ndi nkhani yosangalatsa yokhudza momwe adakhalira m'modzi mwa maloya odzipereka opitilira 3,000 a Legal Aid. "Legal Aid inali ndi chipatala cha maloya momwe angachitire ndi milandu yochotsa anthu," akutero. "Ndinapita kukadya chakudya chamasana chaulere." Poseka pambali, Tirfagnehu akuti adawona kugwirizana pakati pa kuthamangitsidwa ndi machitidwe ake amalamulo. "Ndine loya woteteza milandu," akutero Tirfagnehu. "Kuthamangitsidwa ndi mtundu wakukula kwachilengedwe chifukwa ndi anthu omwe akukumana ndi chilango."

M’modzi mwa ophunzira oterowo amene anayang’anizana ndi chilango anali “Evelyn,” wa sitandade 7 wokhala ndi luntha laluntha amene anali kuphunzira pasukulu yakumaloko. Tsiku lina m’kalasi munali chipwirikiti, Evelyn analowa nawo m’nkhondoyo ndipo anaponya buku kwa wophunzira wina. Aphunzitsi ake anadumphadumpha n’kumuletsa. Evelyn atadziteteza, sukuluyo inaganiza zomuchotsa.

Makolo a Evelyn analumikizana ndi Legal Aid, ndipo mlanduwo unatumizidwa kwa Loya Tirfagnehu. Tirfagnehu akutero: "Kuthamangitsidwa kungapweteke ana kwa moyo wawo wonse."

Kafukufuku akugwirizana ndi mfundo imeneyi. Mu 2014, dipatimenti ya zamaphunziro inafalitsa mndandanda wazinthu zothandizira masukulu zomwe zimagwirizanitsa ndondomeko zopatula (kuyimitsidwa ndi kuchotsedwa) ndi kuwonjezeka.
mwayi wosiya sukulu, kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, komanso kutenga nawo mbali pamilandu yamilandu.

Tirfagnehu anawonjezera kuti: "Ndi bwino kukhala ndi maloya pamilandu imeneyi yomwe ophunzira akukumana ndi vuto lalikulu ndipo akufuna kuchotsedwa.

Atayankha mlandu wa Evelyn, Tirfagnehu adalankhula ndi amayi ake a Evelyn kuti adziwe zambiri za zomwe zidachitikazo. Kenako anapita kukagwira ntchito yochirikiza ufulu wa mtsikanayo, kukambitsirana m’chitetezero chake pamisonkhano ya oyang’anira sukulu ndi m’misonkhano ndi woyang’anira. Pomalizira pake chigawo cha sukulucho chinavomereza kuti chichotsedwe. Boma lidavomeranso kukhazikitsa Evelyn kuti apambane pomupatsa chithandizo chomwe angafune chifukwa chakulumala. Chifukwa cha Tirfagnehu, Evelyn adathabe kusukulu ndikupitiriza ulendo wake wopita kusukulu ya sekondale.

Atafunsidwa chifukwa chomwe akupitiliza kuyimira ophunzira, Tirfagnehu akuti ndichifukwa choti anthu amafunikira thandizo ndipo ali ndi luso lowathandiza. “Ndikanakhala wophika buledi,” iye akutero, “ndikanakhulupirira kuti nthaŵi ndi nthaŵi ndimapereka keke kwaulere kwa munthu amene sangakwanitse… thandizo, chifukwa chani?"