(Fabrairu 22, 2007) — Kwamitin zartarwa na babban hukumar da ma'aikata uku sun ziyarci ayyukan da suka shafi ma'aikatun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa a yankin Gulf Coast a ranar 15-17 ga Fabrairu.
Mambobin kwamitin zartarwa sun hada da shugaban hukumar Jeff Neuman-Lee, mataimakin shugaban Timothy P. Harvey, Dale Minnich, Vickie Whitacre Samland, Ken Wenger, da Angela Lahman Yoder; Ma'aikatan sun hada da darektan amsa ga gaggawa Roy Winter da kuma mataimakin darektan Zach Wolgemuth, da Becky Ullom, darektan Identity da dangantaka.
A cikin New Orleans, ƙungiyar ta ziyarci aikin Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) wanda yake a Cibiyar Gidan Maraba ta FEMA. Cibiyar tana ba wa 'yan ƙasa damar samun nau'ikan agajin da ke da alaƙa da guguwa a wuri ɗaya. Yayin da iyaye ke kammala takarda, neman lamuni, ko karɓar shawarwari, yaransu za su iya yin wasa cikin aminci a ƙarƙashin kulawar masu sa kai na DCC. Don taimaka wa yara su warke ta wurin wasa hidima ce mai ban mamaki, wadda aka yi wa Cocin ’yan’uwa godiya da gaske.
Kungiyar ta kuma yi tattaki ta karamar Unguwa ta 9 a New Orleans, inda ambaliyar da ta biyo bayan guguwar Katrina ta bar wasu gine-gine a tsaye. Daga cikin waɗanda suka bari, da yawa sun sha ruwa daga tushe kuma sun zauna a askew. Majami'un bulo da yawa sun rage, amma an rufe kofofi da tagogi. Wani Fasto ya fesa lambar wayarsa a ginin domin ’yan uwansa su same shi. Akwai 'yan alamun farfadowa.
An ci gaba da rangadin a kogin Pearl, La., inda nan ba da jimawa ba za a sanya wani gida na zamani a kan harsashin sa ta hanyar amsawar Bala'i na 'yan'uwa. A cikin shirye-shiryen da aka yi a baya, bayan barnar da guguwar Katrina da Rita ta yi, ma’aikatan sun yi fatan za su iya faɗaɗa shirin Ɗaukar Masifu na ’yan’uwa ta hanyar gina gidaje na zamani a wasu sassan ƙasar sannan a kai su Tekun Fasha. Amma tsauraran ka'idojin gini da wasu dokoki sun sa wannan tunanin ba zai iya aiki ba a wannan lokacin, kwamitin zartarwa ya koya.
A wannan maraice, ƙungiyar ta haɗu da ƴan agaji na Brethren Disaster Response kafin su kwana a tirelolin FEMA. Lahman Yoder ya ce "A cikin dare ɗaya, ya wadatar, amma ga wurin dogon lokaci ga dangi, ba zai yanke shi ba," in ji Lahman Yoder. "Ayyukan sake ginawa dole ne su yi sauri don mutane su koma gidajensu su fara rayuwa," in ji ta.
A Chalmette, La., shugabannin coci sun hango wani aikin sake gina ’Yan’uwa da Bala’i. A halin yanzu, ƙungiyar masu sa kai tana sake gina gidan Ron Richardson. Gidan sa yana St. Bernard Parish, kuma yana daya daga cikin gidaje 27,000 da aka lalata a yankin.
Kafin guguwar, St. Bernard Parish yana da yawan jama'a 66,000; mutane 6,000-12,000 ne kawai suka dawo daga bala'in. Liz McCartney, wanda ya kafa St. Bernard Project, ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta ce "Abin ban mamaki ne domin waɗannan mutane ne da suka 'yi daidai.' “Sun yi aiki tuƙuru, sun mallaki gidajensu, kuma da yawa suna da inshora. Kashi 30,000 na al'ummar kasar sun yi ritaya. Matsakaicin kuɗin shiga gidan ya kasance $XNUMX kafin guguwar, kuma yawan laifuffuka ya yi ƙasa sosai.”
Daga baya a wannan rana, Kwamitin Zartaswa ya yi murna da bege da farfadowa a wurin sadaukarwar gida a Lucedale, Miss Brother Brothers, masu aikin sa kai, tare da haɗin gwiwar masu aikin sa kai da yawa, sun kammala gida ga Misis Gloria Bradley, wacce ta tsira ba kawai asarar wata mace ba. gida amma kuma bugun zuciya biyu da bugun jini.
A ranar ƙarshe na tafiya, mahalarta sun yi tafiya zuwa Florida don ziyarta tare da ma'aikata daga Rebuild Northwest Florida, kwamitin farfadowa na dogon lokaci a yankin Pensacola.
"Barnar ta yadu sosai," in ji Dale Minnich, wanda ya ba da kansa ga aikin mayar da martani a Chalmette na 'yan kwanaki kafin ziyarar kwamitin zartarwa. "Yana sa na yi tunani game da yadda wannan ya kwatanta da wani abu kamar barna bayan yakin duniya na biyu a Turai, inda ake buƙatar mayar da martani sosai. Da alama a kwato wannan yanki, ana bukatar babban martani."
Harvey, wanda limamin cocin Central Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va., ya yi tunani a kan halin da ake ciki a Tekun Fasha a wata hidimar Ash Laraba. Ya ce abin da ya faru ya ta da batutuwa game da yanayin almajirancinmu na Kirista. "Dole ne mu zama almajirai waɗanda ke amfani da basirar su don taimakawa sake gina gidaje, rayuka, al'ummomi, ba kawai a cikin New Orleans ba, amma a ko'ina. Dole ne mu almajirtar da su da za su yi hakanan. Batun tsakiya, dole ne mu yi amfani da muryarmu da matsayi da yanayinmu don yin shawarwari ga waɗanda ba za su iya ba. "
–Becky Ullom darekta ne na Identity and Relations for the Church of the Brother General Board.