Vagari veElyria Kody naTina vanga vasina kufungidzira kuve vabereki vekurera kune vasati vabva zera.
“Takabva pakuva varoorani vaduku mukuvamba kwedu ma20 tisina vataigara navo, kusvikira kamwe kamwe pakuva nomutoro,” Tina akadaro sezvaairangarira zvakanga zvakaita kupinza vana vomukoma vomurume wake.
Kunyange zvazvo mwoyo yavo yakawedzera neimba yavo, vaviri ava vakawana upenyu hwakabatikana uye mari yainetsa. Nemvumo yaibva kumubereki wevakomana ava, Kody akavatora pamutero wake wemutero kwemakore maviri pasina chakaitika.
Asi iyo IRS payakafunga kuongorora, mhuri yakanetseka kupa humbowo hwekuti vakomana vaive pasi pavo. Akatarisana nemadhora gumi emutero wekumashure, Kody akasvika kune Legal Aid, uko ACT 10,000 aizvipira mumba John Kirn akabatsira vaviri ava kuziva uye kutora magwaro avanoda.
“Kwanga kuri kukanganisa, asi gweta redu raityisa. Akatibatsira zvikuru, achitifonera svondo rega rega kuti atigadzirise,” akadaro Tina. "Uye zvino tave kuziva kuti ndeapi magwaro atinoda mune ramangwana."
Sababa vekurera iye pachake, Kirn anokoshesa vatengi vake vepro bono. "Ivo vanhu vanoyemurika," akadaro Kirn. "Dambudziko nderekuti kusvika dare ravapa mvumo yekuvachengeta, vaifanira kuratidza kuti vaive navo mukuvachengeta, uye isu takavatungamirira mukuita."
Mumwedzi yakati wandei yakatevera, Kirn akabatsira vaviri ava kutora nekuendesa zvinyorwa zvavaida kuIRS. Vakawanawo imwe nzvimbo yakajeka muupenyu hwavo. "Pakauya nhamba yechitatu, muzukuru wegotwe," Kirn akadaro.
Nekumiririrwa neveLegal Aid, mhuri yakagamuchira nhau yekuti yakanga isisina chikwereti chikuru. Uye nepo vazukuru vaKody vakuru vakabatanidzwazve nemubereki wavo wekubereka, vaviri ava vari mumatanho ekupedzisira ekuva vabereki nekusingaperi uye imba yakachengeteka, yakagadzikana yemuzukuru waKody mudiki.
Kutenda kwakakosha kuThe Cleveland Foundation's Encore Prize uye Legal Services Corporation Pro Bono Innovation Fund yekutsigira Legal Aid's ACT 2 chirongwa chekuzvipira kumagweta akarega uye anonoka basa.