Kuthunyelwe ngo-Okthoba 26, 2023
8: 00 am
Amavolontiya Osizo Lwezomthetho asebenza nabasebenzi Bosizo Lwezomthetho ukuze banwebe ukufinyelela kosizo Lwezomthetho eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio. Funda lapha i-#MyLegalAidStory ka-Robert Cabrera, ivolontiya le-Legal Aid lelinesikhathi eside.
“Ngangifuna ukuba umlweli wenkululeko,” kusho uRobert Cabrera, lapho ebuzwa ngokukhetha ukuvolontiya ne-Legal Aid Society yaseCleveland. “I-Legal Aid ibonakale iyindawo ekahle yokuqala. Ngiyakujabulela ukwenza umehluko.”
URobert wayengumfundi ongeyena owendabuko - wabuyela ekolishi iminyaka ngemuva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme. Uthole i-BA yakhe ku-Political and Economic Theory e-Oberlin College ngaphambi kokungena e-Cleveland State University College of Law.
Ngaphambi konyaka wakhe wesibili esikoleni sezomthetho othile wasikisela ukuthi uRobert afake isicelo sokufunda ehhovisi labashushisi bendawo, kodwa ngemva kwengxoxo yakhe yokuqala wabona ukuthi kwakungafaneleki. Kulapho athatha khona isinqumo sokufaka isicelo sokuba ngumabhalane wezomthetho kwaLegal Aid.
U-Robert wayewazi umsebenzi we-Legal Aid – wayazi othile osebenza nommeli Wosizo Lwezomthetho. Uhlabeke umxhwele ngendlela ummeli ayezinikele ngayo.
Ekugcineni uRobert waqashwa njengomabhalane wezomthetho ehhovisi le-Legal Aid e-Lorain County wabe esebuyiselwa ku-Legal Aid unyaka owodwa ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni somthetho njengomfundi waseNkantolo Ephakeme.
Ngemva kokusungula inkampani yakhe, u-Robert wavolontiya e-Legal Aid Brief Clinics futhi waqala ukusebenza pro bono amacala. Elinye lamacala akhe ayintandokazi e-pro bono lalihilela owesifazane oneminyaka engu-74 ubudala. Lapho umyeni wakhe eshona, wezwa ukuthi wayethathe enye imali yokubambisa emzini wabo. Ngaphandle kweholo lomyeni wakhe, akazange akhokhe imali ebolekiwe.
URobert wakwazi ukumgcina emzini wakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu. Wakwazi ukumsiza ukuthi adayise indlu futhi akhokhele inkampani yezindlu. Iklayenti likaRobert lalifuna ukubuyela ekhaya ePhilippines futhi, ngemali eyayisele ngokudayisa umuzi walo, lakwazi ukwenza lokho kanye.
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi kungani eqhubeka nokuvolontiya, impendulo kaRobert ilula – ukwaneliseka.
I-Legal Aid ihalalisela ukuzikhandla kwethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukuze uhlanganyele, vakashela iwebsite yethu, noma i-imeyili probono@lasclev.org.
Futhi, sisize sihloniphe Umgubho Kazwelonke we-ABA wango-2023 Pro Bono ngokuhambela imicimbi yendawo kule nyanga eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Ohio. Funda kabanzi kulesi sixhumanisi: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoWeek