Yolembedwa pa Okutobala 9, 2023
12: 05 madzulo
Bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland limadalira kudzipereka ndi ukadaulo wa anthu odzipereka kuthandiza makasitomala ake ambiri. Chaka chilichonse, pafupifupi 20% ya anthu omwe amathandizidwa ndi Legal Aid amathandizidwa ndi a ovomereza woyimira milandu. Odziperekawa amathandizira pamilandu yazamalamulo yokhudza nyumba, maphunziro, mabanja, ntchito, ndi zina. Popanda kuthandizidwa ndi anthu odzipereka, Legal Aid sikanatha kuthandiza anthu ambiri mdera lathu omwe amafunikira kwambiri.
Odzipereka monga Emily Viscomi amathandiza kuti chilungamo chifike kwa omwe ali pachiopsezo kwambiri. Emily, loya wa Dreyfuss Williams, adamva koyamba za Legal Aid kuchokera kwa Managing Partner wake pomwe adalandira imelo kuchokera ku Legal Aid kufunafuna anthu odzipereka pamlandu wothamangitsidwa. Atafunsidwa kuti apite naye, Emily anavomera.
Nkhani ya nyumbayi inali yokhudza Alexis (dzina lasinthidwa kuti muteteze zachinsinsi). Alexis anadabwa kupeza chidziwitso cha masiku a 3 kuti atulutsidwe pakhomo pake. Nthawi zonse ankalipira lendi yake pa nthawi yake. Mofanana ndi mawotchi, mwezi uliwonse ankapita ku Western Union kukagula oda ya ndalama zolipirira lendi.
Poganiza kuti chidziwitso chothamangitsidwa chinali cholakwika ndipo akufuna kukonza vutolo, Alexis adafunsa mwininyumba wake ngati angakumane kuti akambirane nkhaniyi - mwininyumba wake adalephera kubwera kumsonkhano.
Alexis anatsimikiza mtima kutsimikizira kuti analipira mosalephera. Adapempha kuti Western Union iyambe kufufuza za yemwe adamupatsa ndalama.
Alexis anatenga sitepe ina, kupita ku chipatala cha Legal Aid Brief Advice kuti akalankhule ndi loya kuti apereke malangizo. Ataunikanso mkhalidwe wake ndikuzindikira kuti ali woyenera kuthandizidwa, Alexis adalumikizidwa ndi Emily kudzera pa Pulogalamu ya Odzipereka Odzipereka a Legal Aid.
Emily anayamba kugwira ntchito kuti athandize Alexis. Atalandira zolembedwa kuchokera ku Western Union zotsimikizira kuti Alexis adamulipira lendi, Emily adatha kuthamangitsidwa. Chifukwa cha uphungu wa Emily, Alexis anapeŵa kuthamangitsidwa ndipo anakhalabe m’nyumba mwake.
Palibe amene akanaganiza kuti iyi inali mlandu woyamba wa Emily, ndipo ogwira ntchito ku Legal Aid adamuthandizira panjira yonseyi. Izi zinamupangitsa kuti aphunzire za khoti la nyumba komanso momwe angayankhire Alexis bwino. Kenako Emily anadzipereka kuti akambirane milandu yambiri.
Emily anati: “Kudzipereka kwanga ndi Legal Aid kunandilimbikitsa kwambiri. “Tinatha kuthandiza munthu wina pomuthamangitsa molakwika ndipo mlanduwu uthe. Tili m'njira, Loya Bobbi Saltzman yemwe ali ndi Legal Aid adayankha funso lililonse lomwe ndidali nalo ndipo adatsimikizira kukhala wodziwa zambiri."
Emily amalimbikitsa maloya ena kuti adzipereke, ngakhale pamalamulo omwe sakuwadziwa, ndikukumbukira kuti ndi anzeru komanso okhoza kuyimira kasitomala.
"Legal Aid ndi yofunika kwambiri kwa anthu omwe alibe chitetezo mumzindawu," adatero. "Munthu aliyense amayenera chilungamo ndipo mwatsoka, si munthu aliyense amene ali ndi mwayi komanso / kapena zinthu zomwe zingathandize kuti athe kupeza chilungamo chomwe chikuyenera. Legal Aid imathandizira kukonza cholakwikacho kudzera mwa kuyimilira ndi kuyimira anthuwo m'malo mwawo. ”
Chifukwa cha a Pro Bono Thandizo la Innovation Fund lochokera ku Legal Services Corporation, Legal Aid tsopano lili ndi zinthu zambiri zothandizira maloya odzifunira kuimira nyumba zotetezeka. Dziwani zambiri ndikulembetsa pa: lasclev.org/volunteer.
Yosindikizidwa koyambirira mu nyuzipepala ya Legal Aid ya "Poetic Justice", Volume 20, Issue 3 mu Fall/Winter 2023. Onani nkhani yonse pa ulalo uwu: “Chilungamo Chandakatulo” Voliyumu 20, Gawo 3.