Ngaba ufuna uncedo lwezomthetho? qalisa

#MyLegalAidStory: David Hopkins


Ithunyelwe nge-17 ka-Epreli ngo-2023
9: 00 am


Ukubuyisela nokuxhasa abamelwane bakho yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokukhuthaza uluntu oluqinileyo; lo mgaqo kudala ukhokela uDave Hopkins kwindlela yomthetho. “Naliphi na ilizwe elinika ithuba lifuna umsebenzi kwabo baye banethamsanqa lokufumana elo thuba. Njengamagqwetha, sinethuba elilodwa lokubonelela ngeenkonzo ezixabisa kakhulu simahla kwabo bazifuna kakhulu."

UDave wafumana elona thuba lifanelekileyo lokwenza le nkolelo emva kokujoyina Benesch Friedlander Coplan kunye no-Aronoff LLP's IQela lokuSebenzisa ukuTyala kwezoRhwebo kunye noKwakha, apho wazifumana engqongwe yimimoya enobubele njengoko oogxa bakhe babekhuthaza ukuvolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho.  

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kuyo Iiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziMafutshane kunye noNcedo lwezoMthetho Thatha inkqubo yeCase yenze ukuba uDave asebenzise izakhono zakhe ukuxhasa uthando lwakhe lobubele. Ukukhonza abanye akuyiyo injongo yesibini kaDave; ngundoqo ekuwuqondeni kwakhe umsebenzi wethu njengamagqwetha: “Ndikugqala njengembopheleleko ukwenza indima yam ukuze ndithomalalise ukubandezeleka kwabo bebecinezelwe ngokwesiqhelo nangenkqubo. Bekunokuba ndim kwelinye icala letafile.”

Imbono kaDave yokungazingci kunye nokuqwalasela ngokunzulu oko umntu afanele ukukwenza xa enikwe ithuba kuye kwamkhokelela ekubeni aphuhlise ulungelelwaniso olufezekileyo ebomini bakhe phakathi komsebenzi kunye nesisa, egxile ekuncedeni abo bangamaxhoba obuhlanga, ubuhlanga, ubuhlwempu, kunye nokungavunyelwa.  

Uncedo lwezoMthetho lubonelela ngesikhokelo, uqeqesho, kunye nenkxaso kwinyathelo ngalinye kwindlela amavolontiya, eqinisekisa ukuba amagqwetha angamavolontiya akaze azive ephuma kubunzulu bawo njengoko encedisa abaxhasi kwiindawo eziqhele ukuhluka kwindawo yokuqala yokusebenzela yamagqwetha. Oku kuveza ithuba lokuba amagqwetha kuwo onke amanqanaba omsebenzi wawo andise isiseko solwazi ngendlela ephucula uluntu lwawo.

Nje ukuba uthathe isigqibo sokuthatha inxaxheba kwiNkqubo yamaVolontiya yamaGqwetha yeyakho, vele utsibe kwaye uqalise. Baninzi abantu ababalaseleyo abaya kukufundisa iintambo. Uya kumangaliswa kukulunga onokukwenza. Ndiyazi ukuba ndandinjalo.” 


Uncedo lwezoMthetho luyabothula umsebenzi onzima wethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukubandakanyeka, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.

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