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#MyLegalAidStory: UMichael Hurst


Ithunyelwe nge-20 ka-Epreli ngo-2023
9: 00 am


Njengomthonyama wase-Ohio, uMichael Hurst uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokubuyisela kuluntu lwakhe. 

Umntu ophumelele kwiSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseSaint Ignatius, iYunivesithi yaseXavier, kunye neCleveland State University Law School, uMichael uye wazinikela ekuphuculeni uluntu lwakhe ukususela oko waqalisa umsebenzi wakhe njengegqwetha labasebenzi kwiNkundla yaseGeauga County Probate nakwiNkundla yaBantwana. Kuloo ndima, unceda abantu baseOhio ukuba bahambe ngendlela entsonkothileyo kwaye ihlala icinezela imiba yezomthetho ukusuka kumthetho wosapho ukuya kugcino kunye nemihlaba.  

Ngalo lonke ubhubhani we-COVID-19, ukonyuka kokungalingani kunye nokuncipha kokufikelela kwamathuba okothusa uMichael. Xa uNcedo lwezoMthetho luphinde lwaqalisa umntu ngokwakhe kwiiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziNgcebelekayo njengoko ubhubhani we-COVID-19 waqalisa ukudamba, uMichael walibona ithuba lakhe lokuthethathethana noluntu lwakhe. Xa iGeauga County Bar Association yathumela isicelo sabathabathi-nxaxheba kwiNkqubo yamaVolontiya eNcedo yoNcedo lwezoMthetho, waliphulaphula ikhwelo.  

UMichael wayeqonda ukubaluleka kwendima edlalwa ngamagqwetha anika isikhokelo kwabo basweleyo: uya kuba khona ukuba "athabathe i-complex kwaye ayenze ibe lula," ukunciphisa oko kwakubonakala kungenakugqithiswa kwinto ecacileyo kwaye iyalawuleka.  

Okubuhlungu kukuba, uMichael akazange akwenze oku eyedwa: “Akuyomfuneko ukuba wazi yonke into, ngoko musa ukukuvumela oko kukubambezele. Ndiqhelisela umthetho wosapho kunye nomthetho weprobate, kodwa ngelixa ndisebenza ngokuvolontiya ndanceda abantu kwimiba yomnini-mhlaba. Inkxaso kunye nentsebenziswano enikezelwa nguNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye neqela leenkwenkwezi zamavolontiya ethu aya kukunika izixhobo ozidingayo. UMichael ngumzekelo wenjongo yethu kunye neenqobo ezisemgangathweni, kunye ne-asethi kwiNkqubo yeGqwetha lamaVolontiya ehlala ikhula. 


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