Shugabannin darikar Anabaptist biyar sun ziyarci Louisiana don sanin yadda ake ci gaba da gwagwarmayar al'ummomin da guguwar Katrina da Rita ta shafa. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da Belita D. Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers, da Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brother General Board.
Majalisar membobi tara na Masu Gudanarwa da Sakatarorin sun ziyarci Louisiana daga Nuwamba 29 zuwa Dec. 2. Majalisar taro ce ta shugabannin cocin Mennonite USA, Church of the Brothers, Mennonite Brothers, Brothers in Christ, and Conservative Mennonite Conference. Ƙungiyar tana yin taro kowace shekara don tattauna matsalolin gama gari a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist.
Majalisar ta ziyarci unguwannin New Orleans da suka lalace, suna bauta tare da ikilisiyar Anabaptist a Metairie kusa da ita kuma ta halarci keɓe wani gida da Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta Mennonite ta gina a yankin Kudancin Louisiana na Pointe-aux-Chenes.
Har ila yau, sun gana da fastoci da ma'aikatan agaji tare da sanin manyan kalubalen da har yanzu ke fuskantar al'ummomin gabar tekun Gulf sakamakon guguwar 2005. Dubban daruruwan mutanen da suka tashi daga New Orleans da sauran yankunan ba su dawo ba. A yawancin lokuta, suna ci gaba da zama a cikin tireloli ko wasu shirye-shiryen gidaje na wucin gadi a cikin al'ummomin da ba su sani ba nesa da danginsu, majami'u, da ayyukan yi.
Jinkirtawar maido da aiyukan birnin ya kawo jinkirin dawowar masu gudun hijira, a cewar Tim Barr, mai kula da martanin bala'i a gabar tekun Gulf na kwamitin tsakiyar Mennonite. Bugu da ƙari, yawancin masu gudun hijira ba su da ainihin albarkatun da suke buƙata don yin canjin gida. "Fatan ita ce mutane da yawa za su dawo New Orleans, amma gaskiyar ita ce mutane da yawa ba za su iya ba," in ji Barr.
Steve Swartz, babban sakatare na taron Mennonite Conservative, ya ce sadaukar da gidan ya kasance wani abin mamaki na ziyarar majalisar gudanarwa da sakatarorin. A cewar Sabis na Bala'i na Mennonite, gidan da aka keɓe a Pointe-aux-Chenes na iya zama misali ga gidaje nan gaba a kudancin Louisiana, inda guguwar Rita ta yi mummunar barna a bara. An gina gidan a saman kayan tallafi na katako mai ƙafa 11 da rabi don kare shi daga guguwar guguwar da ke kusa. Al'ummar Pointe-aux-Chenes 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka ne suka karɓi gidan cikin jin daɗi kuma aka ba su ga dangi huɗu waɗanda Rita ta mamaye tirelar.
Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin da Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta bi Katrina ita ce ta ba da kula da yara a matsuguni da wuraren hidima ga waɗanda aka kwashe. Masu aikin sa kai da aka horar sun kula da yara sama da 3,000 da aka kwashe daga cikin jihohi takwas a cikin makonnin da suka biyo bayan Katrina, a cewar Roy Winter, babban darektan shirin ba da agajin gaggawa na babban hukumar.
Kula da yara ya 'yantar da iyaye don kula da bukatun iyali kuma ya ba yara wuri don magance abubuwan da suka faru. "Yara suna buƙatar samun damar sadarwa da aiwatar da abin da suka gani kuma suka dandana," in ji Winter. "A zahiri suna sadarwa ta hanyar wasansu."
Bob Zehr, wani fasto mai ritaya a taron Mennonite na yankin Gulf, ya gode wa hukumomin agaji na Mennonite saboda taimakon da suke bayarwa ga majami'u da al'ummomin yankin Gulf Coast amma ya kara da cewa akwai bukatar bukatu da yawa. Zehr ya ce da yawa daga cikin ikilisiyoyi da yake halarta, Lighthouse Fellowship a Plaquemines Parish, kudancin Louisiana, har yanzu ba su cancanci taimakon gidaje ba saboda wasu dalilai. Zehr ya ce yana jin tsoron cewa wasu mutane, kamar waɗanda suke cikin ikilisiyarsa, suna “faɗawa cikin ruɗani.”
Mambobin majalisar sun ce kalaman Zehr sun haifar da tattaunawa mai ma'ana kan hanyoyin taimakon juna a tsakanin al'ummar cocin kuma za su ci gaba da bin diddigin wadannan matsalolin.
A Amor Viviente, ikilisiyar Mennonite ta Gulf Coast da ke Metairie, La., membobin sun nuna godiya ga taimakon da aka bayar a bayan Katrina. An tilasta wa kowa a cikin ikilisiya ya gudu sa’ad da Katrina ta zo kuma ta yi makonni ko watanni a Texas, Florida, ko kuma wasu sassan ƙasar.
Da suka dawo, ‘yan uwa da dama sun tarar da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye gidajensu tare da lalata musu kayansu. Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite ya ba da taimakon kuɗi ga membobin ikilisiya kuma yana biyan albashin ma’aikaci da ke taimaka wa ’yan coci su sami wasu taimako.
Josefina Gomez, wata ’yar Amor Viviente ta ce: “Kun kasance hannun Allah a gare mu, ta gode wa dukan waɗanda suka taimaka wa ikilisiyar. “Kun sa mu ji cewa Allah yana tare da mu. Ba mu kaɗai ba.”
Membobin Majalisar Masu Gudanarwa da Sakatarorin su ne Roy W. Williams, mai gudanarwa na Cocin Mennonite Amurka; Steve Swartz, babban sakataren Conservative Mennonite Conference; Ben W. Shirk, mai gudanar da taron Mennonite Conservative; Belita D. Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers taron shekara-shekara; Don McNiven, babban sakataren 'yan'uwa cikin Almasihu; Warren Hoffman, mai gudanarwa na ’yan’uwa a cikin Kristi, Joe E. Johns, shugaban kwamitin jagoranci na Majalisar Ɗinkin Dunia ta Amirka, Stanley J. Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers; da Jim Schrag, babban darektan cocin Mennonite a Amurka.