Ibuyiselwe ngo-Ephreli 19, 2023
9: 00 am
Ayikho indlela eyodwa yokwenza umthetho: uhambo ngalunye luhlukile.
Lapho u-Alexander Szaruga ephothula e-Ohio State University ngeziqu zemfundo yomculo, ngokushesha waqala ukusebenza njengothisha wesikole somphakathi sase-Ohio. Usize abafundi ukuba bathuthukise amakhono amasha futhi baphishekele uthando lwabo lomculo, kodwa u-Alex wabuye waba nokwazisa okujulile ngomthelela ukusekelwa okufika ngesikhathi okungaba nawo ezimpilweni zabantu. Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, wabuyela e-Ohio State ukuyophishekela iziqu zomthetho.
Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, u-Alex waqala umsebenzi wakhe wezomthetho e-KeyBank, lapho ozakwabo bammema ukuba ahlanganyele kwenye ye-Legal Aid's. Imitholampilo Yezeluleko Kafushane ekwindla ka-2019. Kusukela lapho, usehambele eminye imitholampilo eminingi, wasiza abantu ukuthi bavale amarekhodi ngemitholampilo yokuqothula, futhi wathola pro bono amathuba avela kwaLegal Aid Thatha ikhasi le-Case. Lo msebenzi awuxhunyanisiwe kuphela nentshiseko yomuntu ka-Alex pro bono, kodwa ukuzibophezela kwe-KeyBank ekutshaleni kabusha imali emphakathini wayo: U-Alex uthola ukusekelwa yi-KeyBank pro bono service.
Isikhathi sika-Alex noHlelo Lwabameli Bamavolontiya simbonise ukuthi noma yimuphi ummeli—kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyathengiselana noma uyamangalela; kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bake basebenza kweminye imikhakha noma cha—kungenza umehluko ezimpilweni zabantu ngokuvolontiya.
Njengothisha, u-Alex wayesebenze nabafundi ukwenza ama-IEP; njengommeli wamavolontiya, u-Alex wasebenzisa lolo lwazi ngenkathi emele imindeni yabafundi abadinga ama-IEP. Okuhlangenwe nakho okuhlukahlukene kwamavolontiya kubaluleke kakhulu kumakhasimende e-Legal Aid.
I-Legal Aid isekela abameli abangamavolontiya kuzo zonke izinyathelo zendlela, kungakhathaliseki ulwazi lwabo lwangaphambilini. U-Alex uyakwazisa ukwesekwa akuthola kubasebenzi be-Legal Aid, “Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuvolontiya, nganginovalo lokuthi, njengommeli oyinhloko, ngangingeke ngibe nolwazi oludingekayo lokusiza amakhasimende. Ngokuphambene nalokho, abameli bezisebenzi ze-Legal Aid bangisekela ngendlela emangalisayo, futhi ingxenye yezemfundo eyandulele njenge-Expungement Clinics yanginika ithemba emandleni ami okunikeza iseluleko esiphusile kumakhasimende.”
Ngamanye amazwi: sikulokhu ndawonye. Ngokuvolontiya, ujoyina umphakathi wabameli abafana no-Alex, kanye nabasebenzi be-Legal Aid nabameli abazibophezele ekusizeni ukuthi uphumelele emsebenzini wethu ohlanganyelwe wokusebenzela labo abadinga usizo.
I-Legal Aid ihalalisela ukuzikhandla kwethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukuze uhlanganyele, vakashela iwebsite yethu, noma i-imeyili probono@lasclev.org.