Ithunyelwe nge-4 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2023
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Amavolontiya oNcedo lwezoMthetho axhaswa ngabasebenzi aboyikekayo kwiLegal Aid, apha ukunceda pro bono amagqwetha onke amanyathelo endlela! Funda apha #MyLegalAidStory kaBobbi Saltzman - iGqwetha eliPhezulu kwiNkqubo yamaVolontiya yamaGqwetha kunye neSebe lokuThatha kuNcedo lwezoMthetho --
Phambi kokungena kunyaka wakhe wokuqala kwiKholeji yoMthetho yeYunivesithi yaseCleveland State, uBobbi Saltzman wayesazi ukuba ufuna ukwenza umthetho onomdla woluntu.
UBobbi ukhumbula ngokucacileyo impelaveki yokuqala phambi kokuba kuqale izifundo zakhe xa unjingalwazi wamxelela ngamathuba okuvolontiya kubafundi bezomthetho. Iindlebe zakhe zaba buthuntu xa babekhankanya iKlinikhi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho ezayo. Kodwa isiganeko esinye saphantse samnqanda ukuba asweleke emizimbeni yakhe - kusuku olungaphambi kweKliniki eNgcaciso wophula ifama yakhe. Wayehamba ngeentonga kuphela yaye, ekubeni wayesandul’ ukufika eCleveland, wayesoyika ecela uncedo lokuhambahamba. Uphantse wacinga ngokungayi kodwa wagqiba ekubeni ayikhuphe. Ngomhla wasekliniki wadityaniswa nomntu owenzelwa inkonzo owagqiba ekubeni, njengoko wayelindele ithuba lokuba abonwe, ambhalele umbongo kwifolda yakhe yoNcedo lwezoMthetho ukumbulela ngokumamela kwakhe nokumnceda afumane uncedo. UBobbi wayenxilile.
“Ukuvolontiya kulaa Klinikhi iMfutshane yayiyindlela ekhawulezayo yokuba ndibone unxibelelwano phakathi kwezinto endiza kube ndizifunda kwigumbi lokufundela, kwaye ingandinceda njani na abanye,” utshilo uBobbi. Kwandikhuthaza ukwazi ukuba ndandinegalelo yaye oko ndandikufunda eklasini kwakunokusetyenziswa ngendlela esebenzisekayo.”
Kamva uBobbi waba ngumhlobo wasehlotyeni kuNcedo lwezoMthetho kwiNkqubo yamaVolontiya amaGqwetha (VLP) kunye nesebe lokuNgena.
Emva kokuphumelela kwakhe, uBobbi wasebenza njengegqwetha labasebenzi kwinkampani enkulu, kodwa kwakukho into engekhoyo.
“Ndandifuna ukwenza umsebenzi onentsingiselo owawuza kundivumela ukuba ndincede abantu abaswele ixesha elizeleyo,” watsho. Ekugqibeleni uBobbi wabuyela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho njengegqwetha elisisigxina kwiqela leZindlu leLungelo lokuCebisa.
Ngoku uBobbi liGqwetha eliPhezulu kwiVLP/iSebe lokuThatha, kwaye usebenza kwiprojekthi yeLawyers Advocating for Safe Housing project, exhaswa ngemali yiPro Bono Innovations Fund yeLegal Services Corporation. UBobbi uyakonwabela ukusebenzisana namavolontiya afuna ukuphucula iimeko zezindlu kuluntu, kunye nokusebenza namavolontiya kwiiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziNgcaciso kunye nezinye iziganeko zokufikelela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho. Ukufumanisa kunomvuzo ukuba semntwini kunye nakwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezinceda abathengi kunye namavolontiya afumane iziphumo eziyimpumelelo.
UBobbi ukhuthaza amagqwetha ukuba enze njalo pro bono umsebenzi. Ndiyazi ukuba abantu abaninzi banoloyiko lokunceda abantu kwiindawo zomthetho abangaziqhelanga kangako, kodwa iLegal Aid ixhasa amavolontiya kuwo onke amanqanaba kwaye inebhanki yezibonelelo.
Uyakhumbula edibene negqwetha elivolontiya elalingenawo amava okuvolontiya ngaphambili elimele ngokuthe ngqo abaqeshi. Ekugqibeleni wadityaniswa nomxhasi owayenemiba yeemeko zezindlu - indawo awayengenabuchule kuyo. Ngenxa yenkxaso awayifumana kubasebenzi boNcedo lwezoMthetho, uye wakwazi ukuthetha-thethana malunga nesisombululo kunye nomnini-mhlaba womxumi owabonelela umqeshi ngembuyekezo yokuba aphile nemiqathango kwaye wavumela ukuba kulungiswe iimeko.
“Kwakumnandi ukubona indlela ivolontiya eliqhube ngayo yonke inkqubo ephele ngesiphumo esihle.”
UBobbi ugxininisa ukuba kuyimfuneko kwaye kuyafuneka ukuba abaxumi bafumane uncedo kwaye yiyo loo nto amavolontiya ebalulekile kwiiklinikhi zoNcedo lwezoMthetho.
“Yonke into encinci iyanceda,” watsho.
Uncedo lwezoMthetho luyabothula umsebenzi onzima wethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukubandakanyeka, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.
Kwaye, sincede sibeke imbeko Umbhiyozo weSizwe we-ABA wowama-2023 Pro Bono ngokuya kwimisitho yasekhaya kule nyanga kuMntla-mpuma weOhio. Funda ngakumbi kule linki: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoVeek