Kuthunyelwe nge-5 kaJulayi ngo-2024
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Uthando lukamama alunamida xa kuthethwa ngokukhathalela abantwana bakhe – lungaphezu kokuncamisa amanxeba nokubafaka ebusuku – luqinisekisa ukuba zonke iimfuno zabo ziyafezekiswa. Oku kuquka ukuqinisekisa ukuba basoloko benokutya okwaneleyo. Kodwa kwenzeka ntoni xa le ntswelo isisiseko isongelwa? Uncedo lwezoMthetho kutshanje lukwazile ukunceda umxhasi ojongene naloo ngxaki.
UBrianna wayenezinto ezininzi epleyitini yakhe. Wayefunda kwisikolo sobunesi kwaye ekhulisa abantwana ababini nentombi awayeza kutshata nayo. UBrianna wayebathanda abantwana bakhe kwaye ebafunela okona kulungileyo. Xa iinzuzo zakhe zeSNAP* ziye zapheliswa ngokungalindelekanga, wakhawuleza waya kuJob and Family Services (JFS) waza wabeka amaxwebhu aceliweyo kwibhokisi yokulahla enikiweyo. * Inkqubo yoNcedo lweSondlo esoNgezelelweyo, okanye iSNAP, ibonelela ngeenzuzo zokutya kwiintsapho ezinemivuzo ephantsi ukongeza kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwegrosari ukuze babe nako ukuthenga ukutya okunesondlo okuyimfuneko kwimpilo nakwintlalontle.
Emva kwexesha elithile kungekho mpendulo evela kuJFS, uBrianna wabatsalela umnxeba. Walinda ngomonde elindile phantse iiyure ezintlanu ngaphambi kokuba aqhawulwe ngokupheleleyo. UBrianna ke wabuyela kwiofisi yeJFS. Kwakhona, kwafuneka umonde njengoko wayelinde emgceni ukuze athethe nommeli weJFS. Ekugqibeleni xa befika ngaphambili emgceni, ummeli we-JFS wamxelela ukuba abazange bawafumane amaxwebhu akhe. UBrianna waqhubeka nokuthethelela usapho lwakhe - ephinda efaka isicelo kwi-intanethi kwaye kwakhona ezama ukufowunela i-JFS.
Ngelixa lo mthwalo wawunzima emagxeni akhe, uBrianna wadibana nogqirha wakhe kwizibhedlele zeYunivesithi (UH). Njengenxalenye yovavanyo lwempilo yakhe, wabuzwa ukuba unengxaki yokungakhuseleki kokutya. Xa waphendula ngokuvumayo, ugqirha wakhe wachaza ukuba i-UH ineNtsebenziswano yeMedical-Legal kunye noNcedo lwezoMthetho. Ngokusebenzisa UBudlelwane boNyango noMthetho, Uncedo lwezoMthetho lusebenza ngaphakathi kwenkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo ukujongana neengxaki zesakhiwo kwingcambu yokungalingani kwezempilo kunye nokubonelela ngenkqubo elungelelanisiweyo yokuthunyelwa kwezigulane.
Ugqirha kaBrianna wamthumela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho ukufumana uncedo ngezibonelelo zakhe zeSNAP, apho wayedityaniswe negqwetha uJennifer Kinsley Smith kunye negqwetha elingu-Enya Eettickal. UBrianna unike uJennifer no-Enya umfanekiso weskrini wamaxesha okulinda kunye neenzame zokufowunela kwi-JFS, kwaye uJennifer wacela ukuba i-JFS ilandele udliwano-ndlebe olwaluza kufuneka uBrianna. UBrianna kunye neqela lakhe loNcedo lwezoMthetho abazange bavume ukuncama - basebenza kunye ukuze bathethelele iingenelo zeSNAP ezazifanelekele usapho.
Ngoncedo loNcedo lwezoMthetho, izibonelelo zeSNAP zikaBrianna zabuyiselwa. Wayengasenaxhala lokuba wayeza kukubeka njani ukutya etafileni. Ngoku wayenokugxila kusapho lwakhe nasekuzalisekiseni iphupha lakhe lokugqiba isikolo nokuba ngumongikazi.
ILegal Aid's Medical-Legal Partnership kunye nezibhedlele zaseYunivesithi ixhaswa ngemali yenkxaso yexesha elide evela kwi Benesch law firm. Kwaye, ukukhula kobudlelwane kuxhaswe kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo ngenkxaso-mali evela kwi Inkampani yamagqwetha eVorys.
Iqale yapapashwa kwileta yeendaba yoNcedo lwezoMthetho "Poetic Justice", uMqulu 21, uKhupho lwesi-2 ngeHlobo lowama-2024. Bona ushicilelo olupheleleyo kolu nxulumaniso: “Ubulungisa Bombungo” Umqulu 21, INkupho yesi-2.