Yolembedwa pa Okutobala 26, 2023
8: 00 m'mawa
Odzipereka a Legal Aid amagwira ntchito ndi Legal Aid kuti awonjezere kufikira kwa Legal Aid kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Ohio. Phunzirani apa #MyLegalAidStory ya Robert Cabrera, wodzipereka kwanthawi yayitali pa Legal Aid.
“Ndinkafuna kukhala womenyera ufulu,” anatero Robert Cabrera, atafunsidwa ponena za kusankha ntchito yodzifunira m’gulu la The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. “Legal Aid inkawoneka ngati malo abwino kuyamba. Ndimakonda kusintha zinthu.”
Robert anali wophunzira yemwe sanali wachikhalidwe - adabwerera ku koleji zaka zambiri atamaliza sukulu ya sekondale. Analandira BA yake mu Political and Economic Theory ku Oberlin College asanalowe ku Cleveland State University College of Law.
Asanafike chaka chachiwiri kusukulu ya zamalamulo munthu wina adamuuza kuti Robert apemphe ntchito yophunzira ku ofesi ya otsutsa, koma atafunsidwa koyamba adazindikira kuti sikunali koyenera. Apa ndipamene adaganiza zokafunsira ntchito ya Law clerk ku Legal Aid.
Robert ankadziwa bwino ntchito ya Legal Aid – ankadziwa munthu wina yemwe ankagwira ntchito ndi loya wa Legal Aid. Iye anachita chidwi ndi mmene loyayu anali wodzipereka.
Pambuyo pake Robert adalembedwa ntchito ngati kalaliki wa zamalamulo ku ofesi ya Legal Aid ku Lorain County ndipo kenaka adabwerera ku Legal Aid chaka chimodzi atamaliza maphunziro awo kusukulu ya zamalamulo ngati wophunzirira zamalamulo ku Khothi Lalikulu.
Atayambitsa kampani yakeyake, Robert adadzipereka ku Legal Aid Brief Clinics ndipo adayamba ovomereza milandu. Imodzi mwamilandu yomwe amakonda kwambiri ya pro bono inali ya mayi wazaka 74. Mwamuna wake atamwalira, anamva kuti watenganso ngongole yachiwiri kunyumba kwawo. Popanda ndalama za mwamuna wake, iye analephera kubweza ngongole.
Robert anatha kumusunga m’nyumba mwake kwa zaka zoposa zitatu. Anatha kumuthandiza kugulitsa nyumba ndi kulipira kampani yobwereketsa nyumba. Wofuna chithandizo wa Robert anafuna kubwerera kwawo ku Philippines ndipo, ndi ndalama zotsalazo atagulitsa nyumba yake, anatha kuchita zimenezo.
Atafunsidwa chifukwa chake akupitiriza kudzipereka, yankho la Robert ndi losavuta - kukhutira.
Legal Aid ikupereka moni ku khama lathu ovomereza odzipereka. Kuti mutenge nawo mbali, pitani pa webusaiti yathu, kapena imelo probono@lasclev.org.
Ndipo, tithandizeni kulemekeza 2023 ABA's National Celebration of Pro Bono pochita nawo zochitika zakomwezi mwezi uno ku Northeast Ohio. Dziwani zambiri pa ulalo uwu: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek