Ithunyelwe nge-26 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2023
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Amavolontiya oNcedo lwezoMthetho asebenza nabasebenzi boNcedo lwezoMthetho ukwandisa ukufikelela koNcedo lwezoMthetho kuMntla-mpuma weOhio. Funda apha #MyLegalAidStory kaRobert Cabrera, ivolontiya loNcedo lwezoMthetho ixesha elide.
“Ndandifuna ukuba ngumlweli wenkululeko,” watsho uRobert Cabrera, xa wabuzwayo malunga nokukhetha ukuba livolontiya kwi-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland. “Uncedo lwezoMthetho lwabonakala njengendawo entle yokuqalisa. Ndiyakonwabela ukwenza umahluko.”
URobert wayengumfundi ongengowemveli - wabuyela kwiminyaka yasekholejini emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ufumene i-BA yakhe kwiTheory yezoPolitiko kunye neyoQoqosho kwiKholeji yase-Oberlin ngaphambi kokungena eCleveland State University College of Law.
Ngaphambi konyaka wakhe wesibini kwisikolo somthetho omnye umntu wacebisa ukuba uRobert afake isicelo sokuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi kwiofisi yabatshutshisi bendawo, kodwa emva kodliwano-ndlebe lwakhe lokuqala wafumanisa ukuba ayilunganga. Kulapho wagqiba ekubeni enze isicelo sokuba ngumabhalana wezomthetho kwaLegal Aid.
URobert wayeqhelene nomsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho – wayemazi umntu osebenza negqwetha loNcedo lwezoMthetho. Wachukumiseka yindlela elalizibophelele ngayo igqwetha.
Ekugqibeleni uRobert waqeshwa njengonobhala wezomthetho kwiofisi yeLegal Aid yaseLorain County waza wabuyela kuNcedo lwezoMthetho omnye unyaka emva kokuphumelela kwisikolo somthetho njengomfundi weNkundla ePhakamileyo.
Emva kokuqalisa eyakhe ifemu, uRobert wavolontiya kwiiklinikhi ezimfutshane zoNcedo lwezoMthetho wathatha inxaxheba pro bono iimeko. Enye yeemeko zakhe azithandayo zepro bono zibandakanya inkosikazi eneminyaka engama-74 ubudala. Xa umyeni wakhe waswelekayo, weva ukuba wayethathe enye imali-mboleko yendlu yabo. Ngaphandle komvuzo womyeni wakhe, akazange ahlawule imali yokubambisa.
URobert wakwazi ukumgcina ekhayeni lakhe ngaphezu kweminyaka emithathu. Wakwazi ukumnceda ukuba athengise indlu kwaye ahlawule inkampani yokubambisa. Umxhasi kaRobert wayefuna ukubuyela ekhaya kwiiPhilippines kwaye, ngemali eseleyo kwintengiso yendlu yakhe, wakwazi ukuyenza loo nto.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba kutheni eqhubeka nokuvolontiya, impendulo kaRobert ilula – ulwaneliseko.
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