Yakatumirwa Gumiguru 12, 2023
8: 00 am
Vanozvipira veLegal Aid vanotsigirwa nevashandi vanotyisa veLegal Aid, pano kuti vabatsire pro bono magweta nhanho dzese dzenzira! Dzidza pano iyo #MyLegalAidStory yaAliah Lawson, Isabel McClain naTeresa Mathern - Vabatsiri veAdministrative for Legal Aid's Volunteer Lawyers Programme.
Vanobatsira kuseta inzwi uye kuchengeta zvese zvakarongeka paLegal Aid Brief Clinics. Pamusoro pezvo, vanotsigira magweta anozvipira anotora nyaya kubva kuLegal Aid kuti awedzere rubatsiro nekumiririra. Kubva pakuronga nevadyidzani venharaunda, kusvika pakubatsira kuenzanisa vatengi nemagweta uye nekuona kuti vanozvipira vane zvinhu zvinodiwa kubatsira vatengi veLegal Aid, vanonyanya kukosha pabasa reLegal Aid repro bono.
Dzidza zvakawanda nezvechikwata mubvunzurudzo iyi!
Makatanga sei kunzwa nezve Legal Aid?
Aliah Lawson: Ndakatanga kunzwa nezve Legal Aid pandakanga ndiri mudzidzi paCase Western Reserve University. Shamwari dzangu dzepamberi pemutemo dzaizoita mutambo wepagore wekutsvaga mari yeLegal Aid uye ini ndaizobatsira kuronga chiitiko. Ndaiziva nezve Legal Aid kazhinji, asi ndaisanzwisisa kuti ndaigona sei kuzvipira pasina kuva gweta. Ruramisiro yemagariro inoramba iri chinhu chakakosha chehupenyu hwangu uye ndinofarira kurwira avo vari munharaunda. Pandakaona kuti basa reLegal Aid raipindirana sei nerangu, ndakasarudza kunyorera chinzvimbo.
Isabel McClain: Ndakatanga kunzwa nezve Legal Aid nekuva kunze munharaunda. Zvakare, shamwari yepamwoyo yaamai vangu yakaenda kukoreji nemumwe munhu aishanda kuLegal Aid. Ndakatanga kufarira zvemutemo ndichiita kosi inonzi “Neverland” ndichienda kuYunivhesiti yePuget Sound muWashington State. Kosi iyi yaive ongororo yekuti vana vanotsanangurwa sei nemutemo. Ndakaona kuti zvandaifarira zvaienderana nechinangwa cheLegal Aid.
Teresa Mathern: Ndakashanda kuAkron Legal Aid kwemakore anopfuura masere, ndokubva ndabatana neThe Legal Aid Society yeCleveland muna 8. Ndagara ndichifarira basa risingabatsiri. Zvinogutsa zvikuru uye zvakavimbika zvakanaka kumweya. Kune manzwiro akadaro ekubudirira kana iwe uchikwanisa kubatsira mutengi. Uye pamusoro peizvozvo kushanda pamwe chete nevanhu vane chinangwa chako chimwe chete chekururamisira munharaunda.
Sei uchifarira kushanda nevazvipiri?
Aliah Lawson: Zvinonakidza kuona maonero akasiyana-siyana uye zviitiko zvinounzwa nemunhu wega kukiriniki yeMazano Mapfupi. Mamwe magweta anotya nekuti anogona kunge asina ruzivo rwakanyanya nezvenyaya dzinosangana nevatengi veLegal Aid, asi timu yedu inobatsira nekuvakurudzira kuburikidza nazvo. Chandinoona ndechekuti kana vanhu vangosangana neKliniki yeMazano, vanofara kudzoka, kuita zvakawanda, uye "kutora nyaya" kupa rubatsiro rwakanyanya rwemutemo kune vatengi veLegal Aid.
Isabel McClain: Ndinofarira kuziva vanhu. Basa rangu rinoita kuti ndisangane nevanhu vanobva kune mamwe masangano uye kuti ndidzidze nezve vanhu kubva kwakasiyana siyana kwezviitiko uye kwavakabva kusanganisa avo vari munharaunda yevatengi. Basa rangu rine mubayiro.
Teresa Mathern: Ndinofarira kusangana nevanhu vatsva uye basa rino rinopa mukana iwoyo, ukuwo ndichigadzira hukama neboka revanhu vanoda kupa nguva yavo uye ruzivo rwekubatsira mhuri nevanhu vangangove vasina mumiriri wepamutemo kana zvishoma kunzwisisa kwavo. dambudziko remutemo uye kuti ndedzipi mishonga yavanopihwa nemutemo.
Ungati chii kukurudzira vamwe kuzvipira?
Aliah Lawson: Magweta achakwanisa kushanda nevatengi vanenge vachida rubatsiro rwavasingazowane neimwe nzira. Kunyangwe mupiro mudiki wenguva yako unogona kuita mutsauko mukuru. Uye kana uri munhu anozvipira uye uchida rubatsiro, hausi wega. Vashandi veLegal Aid varipo kuti vabatsire. Basa racho rine mubayiro zvechokwadi. Brief Advice Clinic basa rinogona kupa kugutsikana nekukurumidza kune vese vanozvipira uye nevatengi nekuti vatengi vanogona kufamba neruzivo rwakakodzera uye zviwanikwa zvichifambira mberi. Chiitiko chakakosha uye chine mubairo kudzorera kunharaunda.
Isabel McClain: Handikwanise kusimbisa zvakakwana kukosha kwevanozvipira kune vatengi vedu. Dzimwe nguva vanozvipira vanotya kuti havazivi zvakakwana kubatsira mutengi, asi havazive runyararo rwepfungwa rwavanogona kupa mutengi kana vari muhondo yepamutemo. Havanzwisisi kuti vanogona kuita mutsauko unobatika muhupenyu hweumwe munhu. Kunzwa kukuru kubva kune vatengi avo mumaawa maviri vakakwanisa kudzokorora wiri uye kuchengetedza nhaka yemhuri yavo. Zvinofadza kunzwa kuti mumwe munhu aive nedambudziko rekubhuroka iye zvino anogona sei kuwana mari yakakwana yekuti kupisa kwavo kuvhurwe munguva yechando.
Teresa Mathern: Ndingavazivisa kuti vari kudiwa, kuti kune vanhu uye mhuri dzisingapiwi vamiriri vemutemo. Kuti basa ravo rekuzvipira raizova nemukana wekuchinja hupenyu.
Legal Aid inokwazisa kushanda nesimba kwatinoita pro bono vazvipiri. Kuti ubatanidzwe, shanyira webhusaiti yedu, kana email probono@lasclev.org.
Uye, tibatsirei kukudza Jehovha 2023 ABA's Mhemberero yeNyika ye Pro Bono nekupinda zviitiko zvemuno mwedzi uno muNortheast Ohio. Dzidza zvakawanda pane iyi link: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek