Ithunyelwe nge-27 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2023
8: 00 am
Amavolontiya oNcedo lwezoMthetho asebenza nabasebenzi boNcedo lwezoMthetho ukwandisa ukufikelela koNcedo lwezoMthetho kuMntla-mpuma weOhio. Funda apha #MyLegalAidStory kaTessa Grey, ivolontiya loNcedo lwezoMthetho ixesha elide.
Ngaphambi kokungena kwiiholo zeYunivesithi yaseHoward yeSikolo soMthetho, UTessa Grey wayesazi ukuba ukuba ligqwetha kuya kumnika amandla okunceda abantu.
“Ndikhule ndingqina kwaye ndisiva ngokungekho sikweni kwaye bendifuna ukuqonda amandla enkqubo yethu yezomthetho ukuze ndiqonde indlela yokulwa nokungekho sikweni ngokufanelekileyo,” utshilo uTessa.
Emva kokuba i igqwetha kunye Taft, Tessa uzimase intetho ye-ofisi yokufunda ngakumbi malunga nokuvolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho. Loo ntetho yamkhuthaza uTessa ukuba athathe inxaxheba.
“Umsebenzi wePro bono ukhuthazwa kakhulu eTaft, njengoko kwakuvela amathuba avuse umdla wam, ndandiza kuvolontiya kwaye ndibandakanyeke,” utshilo.
UTessa uyakuthanda ukukwazi ukuba nefuthe elibonakalayo kubomi babantu ngokuvolontiya kwaye ukhumbula kakuhle ixesha lakhe lokuqala elivolontiya kwirekhodi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho etywina iklinikhi yeengcebiso zenyani.
“Ndikhumbula ndisoyika kwaye ndiphinda ndifunda imiyalelo ngokuphindaphindiweyo. Bendisoyika ukuba ndizomosha into,” utshilo uTessa. “Kwandula ke xa ndafowunelwa nomntu owenzelwa inkonzo, yaba yenye yezona ncoko zokwemvelo ndakha ndanazo. Ndaziva ngathi ndenza umahluko ngokwenene kwaye ndinokuxelela indlela umxhasi axabisa ngayo. Yayingamava andikhuthazayo ukuba ndihlale ndisebenza ekliniki.”
UTessa ukhuthaza abanye ukuba bavolontiye, ephawula oko pro bono umsebenzi unomvuzo ngendlela emangalisayo.
“Akunyanzelekanga ukuba itye ixesha. Ukunika isiqingatha seyure okanye iyure yexesha kwiprojekthi okanye ekliniki rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa lincinci lexesha kwisikimu esikhulu sezinto, kodwa elo xesha linamandla okutshintsha umgangatho wobomi bomntu,” utshilo. "Ndicinga ukuba igqwetha liyakwazi ukwenza oko kwaye likhethe iiprojekthi ezihambelana nomdla kunye nezakhono zabo, baya kuyifumana iyinto eyolisayo yokufunda."
UTessa, osebenza kwimimandla yepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda kunye nomthetho we-franchise, ukwakhuthaza amagqwetha asebenza kwiindawo ezikhethekileyo ukuba aqhubeke amavolontiya.
“Akuyomfuneko ukuba ube yingcaphephe. Uninzi lwemibutho inezibonelelo kunye namanye amagqwetha anokukukhokela kwiinkqubo kwaye akuxelele ukuba wenze ntoni. Kwakhona, kwiikliniki zeengcebiso, ngamanye amaxesha awunikezi mpendulo yasemthethweni okanye unyango. Amaxesha amaninzi, ibonelela ngesikhokelo esisebenzayo kunye neengcebiso kubathengi kumanyathelo alandelayo angasoloko ebandakanya amanyathelo asemthethweni. ”
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