Yolembedwa pa Okutobala 12, 2023
8: 00 m'mawa
Odzipereka a Legal Aid amathandizidwa ndi ogwira ntchito oopsa ku Legal Aid, pano kuti athandize ovomereza oyimira milandu panjira iliyonse! Phunzirani apa #MyLegalAidStory ya Aliah Lawson, Isabel McClain ndi Teresa Mathern - Administrative Assistants for Legal Aid's Volunteer Lawyers Programme.
Amathandizira kukhazikitsa kamvekedwe ka mawu ndikusunga zonse zokonzedwa ku Legal Aid Brief Clinics. Kuphatikiza apo, amathandizira maloya odzipereka omwe amatenga milandu kuchokera ku Legal Aid kuti athandizidwe ndi kuyimilira. Kuchokera pakuchita mgwirizano ndi anthu ammudzi, kuthandiza kufananiza makasitomala ndi maloya ndikuwonetsetsa kuti odzipereka ali ndi zofunikira zothandizira makasitomala a Legal Aid, ndiwofunikira kwambiri pantchito ya Legal Aid ya pro bono.
Dziwani zambiri za gululi muzoyankhulana izi!
Munamva bwanji za Legal Aid?
Aliah Lawson: Ndinamva koyamba za Legal Aid pamene ndinali wophunzira pa Case Western Reserve University. Abale anga apachiyambi adzachita chikondwerero chapachaka kuti apeze ndalama zothandizira Legal Aid ndipo ine ndingathandize kukonza mwambowu. Ndinkadziwa zambiri za Legal Aid, koma sindimamvetsetsa momwe ndingadziperekere popanda kukhala loya. Chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu chikupitirizabe kukhala chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa moyo wanga ndipo ndimakonda kumenyera anthu ammudzi. Nditazindikira kuti ntchito ya Legal Aid ikugwirizana ndi yanga, ndinaganiza zofunsira ntchito.
Isabel McClain: Ndinamva koyamba za Legal Aid pokhala mdera. Komanso mnzanga wapamtima wa mayi anga anapita ku koleji ndi munthu wina amene ankagwira ntchito ku Legal Aid. Ndinayamba kuchita chidwi ndi zamalamulo pamene ndinali kuchita kosi yotchedwa “Neverland” pamene ndinali kuphunzira pa yunivesite ya Puget Sound ku Washington State. Maphunzirowa anali kuphunzira momwe ana amafotokozera malamulo. Ndinazindikira kuti zomwe ndimakonda zimagwirizana ndi cholinga cha Legal Aid ndi zomwe amafunikira.
Teresa Mathern: Ndinagwira ntchito ku Akron Legal Aid kwa zaka zoposa 8, ndipo kenako ndinalowa nawo bungwe la Legal Aid Society of Cleveland mu 2022. Ndakhala ndikusangalala ndi ntchito zopanda phindu. Ndiwokhutiritsa kwambiri komanso moona mtima kwa mzimu. Pali kumverera kotereku kochita bwino mukatha kuthandiza kasitomala. Ndipo pamwamba pa izo kuti mugwire ntchito limodzi ndi anthu omwe ali ndi cholinga chomwecho cha chikhalidwe cha anthu.
N’chifukwa chiyani mumakonda kugwira ntchito ndi anthu ongodzipereka?
Aliah Lawson: Ndizosangalatsa kuona malingaliro ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana zomwe munthu aliyense amabwera nazo ku chipatala chachidule cha Malangizo. Maloya ena ali ndi mantha chifukwa sangakhale ndi chidziwitso chochuluka pa nkhani zomwe makasitomala a Legal Aid amakumana nazo, koma gulu lathu limawathandiza ndi kuwalimbikitsa kupyolera mu izi. Zomwe ndimapeza ndizakuti anthu akangokumana ndi Chipatala Chachidule cha Upangiri, amasangalala kubweranso, kuchita zambiri, ndi "kutengera mlandu" kuti apereke thandizo lazamalamulo kwamakasitomala a Legal Aid.
Isabel McClain: Ndimasangalala kudziwana ndi anthu. Udindo wanga umandilola kukumana ndi anthu ochokera m'mabungwe ena ndikuphunzira za anthu osiyanasiyana okumana nawo komanso azikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana kuphatikiza omwe ali mgulu lamakasitomala. Ntchito yanga ndi yopindulitsa.
Teresa Mathern: Ndimakonda kukumana ndi anthu atsopano ndipo ntchitoyi imapereka mwayi umenewu, ndikukhazikitsanso maubwenzi ndi gulu la anthu omwe ali okonzeka kupereka nthawi yawo ndi luso lawo kuti athandize mabanja ndi anthu omwe mwina sangakhale oimira malamulo kapena kumvetsetsa bwino vuto lazamalamulo ndi njira zothanirana ndi lamulo.
Kodi munganene chiyani kuti mulimbikitse ena kudzipereka?
Aliah Lawson: Maloya azitha kugwira ntchito ndi makasitomala omwe akufunika thandizo lomwe mwina sangalandire mwanjira ina. Ngakhale chopereka chaching'ono kwambiri cha nthawi yanu chingapangitse kusiyana kwakukulu. Ndipo ngati ndinu wodzipereka ndipo mukufuna thandizo, simuli nokha. Ogwira ntchito pa Legal Aid ali pano kuti athandize. Ntchitoyi ndi yopindulitsa kwambiri. Ntchito ya Brief Advice Clinic imatha kusangalatsa onse odzipereka komanso makasitomala chifukwa makasitomala amatha kuchoka ndi chidziwitso chofunikira ndi zinthu zomwe zikupita patsogolo. Ndi chinthu chamtengo wapatali ndipo ndi chopindulitsa kubwezera anthu ammudzi.
Isabel McClain: Sindingathe kutsindika mokwanira kufunika kwa odzipereka kwa makasitomala athu. Nthawi zina anthu odzipereka amachita mantha kuti sakudziwa zokwanira kuti athandize wofuna chithandizo, koma samazindikira mtendere wamumtima umene angapereke kwa kasitomala pamene ali pankhondo. Samvetsetsa kuti akhoza kupanga kusintha kowoneka m'moyo wa munthu. Ndibwino kumva kuchokera kwa makasitomala omwe m'maola awiri adatha kukonzanso chikalatacho ndikusunga cholowa cha mabanja awo. Ndizosangalatsa kumva momwe munthu yemwe anali ndi vuto la bankirapuse tsopano atha kukhala ndi ndalama zokwanira kuti kutentha kwawo kuyatsa m'nyengo yozizira.
Teresa Mathern: Ndingawadziwitse kuti akufunika, kuti pali anthu ndi mabanja omwe sanapatsidwe mwayi woyimira mwalamulo. Kuti ntchito yawo yodzipereka ingakhale ndi kuthekera kosintha miyoyo.
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