#MyLegalAidStory: Bill Ferry

Bill Ferry igweta rakazvipira rakazvipira kushandisa hunyanzvi hwaro kuita mutsauko muhupenyu hwevasinga chengetedzwa vekuOhio. Kufarira kwake kuzvipira neLegal Aid kwakatanga apo aichimbova waaidzidza naye kubva kuCleveland State University College of Law akakurudzira Bill kuzvipira neLegal Aid, uye nokukurumidza akazviwana abatanidzwa mune zvose zviri zviviri. Makiriniki Mazano Mapfupi muLorain uye nyaya dzemunhu kubva ku Tora Case program.

Zviitiko izvi zvakamubatsira kuona kukosha kwekusvika kune avo vari munharaunda dzedu vasina kuwana rubatsiro rwemutemo nyore. Bill akakoshesa izvi, achishandira kwete muLorain chete asiwo kuOberlin Brief Advice Clinics, sezvo mwana wake mudiki anopinda Oberlin College. 

Kunyangwe zvaBill, kuzvipira neLegal Aid inopfuura nzira yekudzosera: inzira yekushandisa simba rine magweta kuita shanduko yakanaka. “Semudzidzi wezvemutemo, mumwe wapurofesa wangu akati kuva gweta kwaizondipa masimba makuru. Pakutanga, ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti izvozvo zvinorevei, asi kubvira ipapo ndakaziva kuti pandinotaura mudare, Dare rinotenda zvandinotaura; pandinonyora tsamba kana zvichemo zviri pamutemo, ndinokanganisa kodzero nemabasa evanhu zviri pamutemo; pandinoita hurukuro nevoruzhinji, vanotarisira mhinduro dzakangwarira uye dzakarurama. Semagweta, takapiwa zvamazvirokwazvo simba guru—uye mutoro wakakwana. "

Bill anonzwisisa huremu hwebasa rinouya nekuve gweta, uye anotenda kuti magweta ane basa rekupa rubatsiro rwemutemo kune avo vasingakwanise. Anoziva kuti mamirioni eOhioans anofanirwa kutora chikamu muzvirongwa zvemutemo, asi vazhinji vakawandisa havakwanise kumiririra munhau dzisina kuvimbiswa. 

Maonero asina kunaka aBill anobva muchikamu kubva munzira yake isiri yechinyakare kuenda kumutemo: akapedza makore akati wandei achishanda muchikamu chekombuta mushure mechikoro chesekondari uye mumabhangi mushure mekoreji, asati awana dhigirii rake remutemo panguva yekukwirira kweGreat Recession. Mamiriro ake akasiyana-siyana uye zvidzidzo zvepasikiriyasi mune zvehupfumi nesainzi yezvematongerwo enyika zvakamushandira zvakanaka, zvichibvumira Bill kuvaka tsika yakabudirira mumutemo webhizinesi uye kuronga zvivakwa. 

Zvisinei nehurongwa hwake hwakabatikana, Bill anoramba akazvipira kuzvipira neLegal Aid nekuti anonzwisisa musiyano wakakura wekupindira kwemutemo panguva yakakodzera muhupenyu hwevatengi. Anoona basa rake segweta sekubvisa kurwa kunze kwenyaya dzemutemo uye kubatsira vatengi kuwana zvine musoro uye zvinogoneka mhinduro kumatambudziko avo emutemo.

Bill Ferry igweta rine hunyanzvi rakazvipira kuzvipira neLegal Aid kupa rubatsiro rwemutemo kune vasina kuchengetedzwa kuOhio. Anotenda kuti magweta ane basa rekushandisa simba rawo zvakanaka uye kubatsira avo vasingakwanise kumiririra. Kuburikidza nekubatana kwake neLegal Aid, Bill ari kuita mutsauko mukuru muhupenyu hwevatengi vake uye munharaunda yake. 

Legal Aid inokwazisa kushanda nesimba kwatinoita pro bono vazvipiri. Kuti ubatanidzwe, shanyira webhusaiti yedu, kana email probono@lasclev.org.