Daga Irvin da Nancy Heishman
Tushen ra’ayi ya fara girma sa’ad da Fasto Paul Mundey ya ji fasto Anastacia Bueno na San Luis Iglesia de los Hermanos (Cocin ’Yan’uwa) a Jamhuriyar Dominican yana wa’azi a taron shekara-shekara na 2005. Ya ji a cikin wa’azinta farin cikin bangaskiyarta mai ƙarfi da juriya, kuma ya yi mamakin yadda cocin da yake limamai a Frederick, Md., zai iya shiga aikin mishan a Jamhuriyar Dominican.
Cocin Frederick na ’yan’uwa a baya ya aika da membobi zuwa tafiye-tafiye na mishan zuwa Latin Amurka amma ba su da alaƙa da ayyukan mishan na ’yan’uwa. Ta hanyar jerin hanyoyin sadarwa, mun yi la'akari da tsare-tsare tare don yadda ƙungiyar 'yan Frederick za su ziyarci DR kuma su saba da aikin 'yan'uwa.
A cikin Maris 2006 rukuni na mutane biyar daga Frederick, karkashin jagorancin fasto Bill Van Buskirk da Julian Choe, likita, sun ziyarci DR na tsawon kwanaki tara. Kwarewar ta kasance albarka mai yawa ga ikkilisiya a cikin DR kuma ya kasance mai canzawa ga ƙungiyar daga Frederick.
Ƙungiyar ta fara tafiya zuwa Fondo Negro, ƙaramin ikilisiya a kudu maso yammacin DR. Mambobin cocin sun ba su rangadin al’umma ciki har da kyakkyawan Kogin Yaque, inda da yawa ke zuwa iyo da wanka. Ƙungiyar ta kuma kwana a gidajen ƴan ikilisiya, "miƙewa" ga ƙungiyar daga Amurka ganin cewa ba duk gidaje ne ke da famfo na cikin gida ko wasu abubuwan more rayuwa ba.
Ƙungiya ta ba da ayyukan yara, tare da raba sana'o'i masu sauƙi kamar "munduwan ceto." Wannan aikin ya sauƙaƙa raba saƙon bishara a sarari kuma ya ba da hulɗa mai daɗi tare da yaran. Bayan sun yi ibada da kuma kwana na dare, ƙungiyar ta koma babban birnin ƙasar don yin shiri na kwanaki da yawa tare da ikilisiyar San Jose.
Sabanin yankin hamadar Fondo Negro, kauye, kudu maso yamma, cocin San Jose yana tsakiyar tsakiyar al'umma marasa galihu da ke kewaye da wuraren da aka yi watsi da su a arewa maso gabashin babban birnin kasar. Ana kiran wannan nau'in al'umma "batey," wanda ke nufin al'umma inda ma'aikatan baƙi na Haiti ke zaune don aiki a cikin masana'antar sukari. A San Jose an yi watsi da masana'antar sukari, don haka mazauna yankin suna samun rayuwa tare da iyakataccen aiki, mai ƙarancin biyan kuɗi a cikin gonar dabino mai kusa.
A cikin shirinsu na tafiyar, membobin Frederick sun ji an kira su don su amsa ba ga buƙatu na zahiri kaɗai ba amma har da bukatu na ruhaniya. A saboda wannan dalili sun tsara haɗin ayyukan da aka tsara don isa ga dukan mutum. Kamar yadda Van Buskirk ya ce, “Ranar farko ita ce ceto ta jiki. Washegari ceton rai ne." Ko da yake da yawa daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar sun halarci tafiye-tafiye na manufa a baya, matsanancin talauci a San Jose ya girgiza su. A karkashin jagorancin Dr. Choe, an shirya ƙungiyar don kai wa ga likita. Sun kawo fam 100 na magani, galibi suna mai da hankali kan magance cututtukan dysentery da parasitic da bayar da bitamin da ake buƙata sosai.
Yayin da wannan maganin ya yi tasiri a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, ƙungiyar ta gane cewa waɗannan matsalolin za su ci gaba da addabar wannan al'umma da sauran makamantansu. Ana iya magance cutar ta parasites, alal misali, amma idan mutane suna shan gurɓataccen ruwa, nan ba da jimawa ba za su sake kamuwa da cututtuka. Saboda wannan dalili, cocin Frederick yana sha'awar samar da dangantaka mai tsawo tare da manufa, musamman a fannin lafiya. Van Buskirk ya ce: "Ba kawai muna son yin nasara da gudu ba," in ji Van Buskirk a wata kasida a cikin "Frederick (Md.) News Post."
Shugabannin cocin Dominican suna ba da la'akari da yuwuwar haɓaka ma'aikatar lafiya ta rigakafin tare da haɗin gwiwar Babban Hukumar da ikilisiyoyi kamar Frederick. Akwai kuma ana ci gaba da samun cikas da dama don shawo kan wannan sabon shiri. Muna maraba da addu'o'in ku ga masu aiki da shirye-shiryen wannan sabuwar ma'aikatar. Mu jajirce wajen yin addu’a da gaba gaɗi cewa Allah ya buɗe wa wannan hidima ta tabbata a 2007.
–Irvin da Nancy Heishman su ne masu gudanar da ayyuka na Cocin of the Brother General Board a Jamhuriyar Dominican.