Kuthunyelwe ngoSepthemba 5, 2019
12: 27 pm
U-Daniel Tirfagnehu, Esq., owathweswa iziqu ze-Case Western Reserve School of Law ngo-2014, unendaba ehlekisayo yokuthi waba kanjani omunye wabameli abangamavolontiya abangaphezu kuka-3,000 be-Legal Aid. “I-Legal Aid ibibambe umtholampilo wabameli ngendlela yokusingathwa kokulalelwa kokuxoshwa kwabafundi,” usho kanje. “Ngiyile ukudla kwasemini kwamahhala.” Encokola eceleni, uTirfagnehu uthi ubone ukuxhumana phakathi kokuxoshwa kanye nokwenza kwakhe umthetho. “Ngingummeli ovikela ubugebengu,” kusho uTirfagnehu. "Ukuxoshwa kuwuhlobo lokukhula okungokwemvelo kwalokho ngoba abantu ababhekene nezigwegwe."
Omunye wabafundi abanjalo ababebhekene nesiyalo kwakungu-“Evelyn,” owayefunda ibanga lesi-7 onokukhubazeka kwengqondo owayefunda esikoleni sendawo. Ngosuku lapho ikilasi linomsindo, u-Evelyn wangenela umbango futhi wajikijela omunye umfundi incwadi. Uthisha wakhe weqa futhi wamvimba. Lapho u-Evelyn ezivikela, isikole samxosha.
Abazali baka-Evelyn bathintana nabeLegal Aid, icala ladluliselwa kuMmeli uTirfagnehu. "Izibalo ziphezulu kakhulu kulezi zinsolo zokuxoshwa," kusho uTirfagnehu. "Ukuxoshwa kungalimaza izingane impilo yazo yonke."
Ucwaningo luyakweseka lokhu kugomela. Ngo-2014, uMnyango wezeMfundo ushicilele uchungechunge lwezinsiza zezikole ezixhumanisa izinqubomgomo zokuvalela ngaphandle (ukumiswa nokuxoshwa) nokwanda
amathuba okuyeka ukufunda, ukusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa, nokuzibandakanya nohlelo lwezobulungiswa bobugebengu.
“Kuhle ukuba nabameli kula macala lapho abafundi bengena enkingeni enkulu futhi bebheke ukuxoshwa,” kwengeza uTirfagnehu.
Ngemva kokuthatha icala lika-Evelyn, uTirfagnehu wakhuluma nomama ka-Evelyn ukuze aqoqe imininingwane eyengeziwe ngalesi sigameko. Wabe eseyosebenza emele amalungelo entombazane, ephikisana nayo ezigcawini zokuphatha zesikole nasemihlanganweni nonsumpa. Isifunda sesikole sagcina sivumile ukuthi sichithe ukuxoshwa kwabafundi. Isifunda siphinde savuma ukumisela u-Evelyn empumelelweni ngokumnikeza usizo ayezoludinga ngenxa yokukhubazeka kwakhe. Ngenxa kaTirfagnehu, u-Evelyn wakwazi ukuqhubeka nesikole futhi aqhubeke nendlela yakhe yokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme.
Ebuzwa ukuthi kungani eqhubeka nokumela abafundi, uTirfagnehu uthi yingoba abantu badinga usizo futhi unekhono lokubasiza. “Ukube bengingumbhaki,” usho kanje, “bengiyothemba ukuthi njalo ngemva kwesikhashana bengikhipha ikhekhe mahhala kumuntu ongakwazi ukulithenga… Uma unamahora ambalwa ukusiza abantu abadinga usizo. usizo, kungani kungenjalo?"