Udinga Usizo Lwezomthetho? Qalisa

#MyLegalAidStory: David Hopkins


Ibuyiselwe ngo-Ephreli 17, 2023
9: 00 am


Ukubuyisela nokweseka omakhelwane kuyisici esibalulekile sokuthuthukisa umphakathi oqinile; lesi simiso kudala siqondisa indlela kaDave Hopkins yomthetho. “Noma yiliphi izwe elinikeza ithuba lidinga umsebenzi kulabo abanenhlanhla yokuthola lelo thuba. Njengabameli, sinethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezivame ukubiza kakhulu mahhala kulabo abazidinga kakhulu."

U-Dave uthole ithuba elihle kakhulu lokuthatha isinyathelo ngale nkolelo ngemva kokujoyina U-Benesch Friedlander Coplan no-Aronoff LLP's Commercial Litigation and Construction Practice Group, lapho azithola ezungezwe imimoya emihle njengoba ozakwabo babekhuthaza ukuvolontiya ngeLegal Aid.  

Ukuhlanganyela kuwo Imitholampilo Yezeluleko Kafushane kanye neLegal Aid Thatha uhlelo lwe-Case wenze u-Dave akwazi ukusebenzisa amakhono akhe ukuze agcwalise uthando lwakhe lokusiza abanye abantu. Ukusebenzela abanye akuwona umgomo wesibili kaDave; kuwumnyombo ekuqondeni kwakhe umsebenzi wethu njengabameli: “Ngikubheka njengesibopho ukwenza ingxenye yami ukudambisa ukuhlupheka kwalabo abaye bacindezelwa njalo nangendlela ehlelekile. Bekungaba yimina nje ngakolunye uhlangothi lwetafula.”

Umbono kaDave wokuzidela nokucabangela okujulile ngalokho okufanele umuntu akwenze lapho enikezwa ithuba kuye kwamholela ekuthuthukiseni ukulingana okwanelisayo empilweni yakhe phakathi komsebenzi nesisa, egxile ngokukhethekile ekusizeni labo ababe yizisulu zobandlululo oluhlelekile, ubulili, ubumpofu, kanye nokuncishwa amalungelo.  

I-Legal Aid inikeza isiqondiso, ukuqeqeshwa, nokusekelwa kuzo zonke izinyathelo ezisendleleni yamavolontiya, iqinisekisa ukuthi abameli bamavolontiya abazizwa bengaphandle kokujula kwabo njengoba besiza amaklayenti ezindaweni ngokuvamile ezihlukile endaweni yokuqala yalabo abameli. Lokhu kunikeza ithuba abameli kuzo zonke izigaba zomsebenzi wabo ukuthi bandise isisekelo sabo solwazi ngendlela ethuthukisa umphakathi wabo.

“Uma usunqume ukubamba iqhaza oHlelweni Lwabameli Bamavolontiya kungokwakho, vele ungene bese uqala. Baningi abantu abakhulu abazokufundisa izintambo. Uzomangala ngokuhle ongakwenza. Ngiyazi ukuthi nganginjalo.” 


I-Legal Aid ihalalisela ukuzikhandla kwethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukuze uhlanganyele, vakashela iwebsite yethu, noma i-imeyili probono@lasclev.org.

Phuma Ngokushesha