"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Yuni 12, 2008) — Guguwar guguwa mai tsanani, musamman a cikin 'yan makonnin da suka gabata, ta kawo cikas ga rayuwar al'ada ga dubban iyalai a sassan Tsakiyar Yamma da Manyan Filaye. Tsawon makonni, da kyar kwana guda ya wuce ba tare da jin labarin wata guguwa ko ambaliya ba. Jihohin da ke gefen kogin Mississippi an sha fama da su. Tuni guguwar ta kashe mutane 110, kusan sau biyu na matsakaicin shekaru 10.
Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa da ma’aikatan Sabis na Bala’i na Yara sun shagaltu da sa ido kan guguwar ranar 8 ga Yuni da ta mamaye sassan Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, da Iowa. Wannan ya haɗa da shiga cikin kiran taro tare da wasu ƙungiyoyin amsawa don raba bayanai da bayar da ayyukanmu.
Kamar yadda aka saba a lokacin farkon matakin mayar da martani na babban bala'i, ma'aikatan Sabis na Bala'i na Yara sun tuntuɓi ma'aikatan Red Cross na Amurka a wuraren da aka fi fama da bala'i, suna ba da shawarar kafa aikin kula da yara a cikin matsuguni ko cibiyar taimako. Kungiyar ba da agaji ta Red Cross ta Amurka ta bukaci Sabis na Bala'i na Yara da su kafa cibiyar kula da yara a matsayin martani ga ambaliyar ruwa a Indiana, da kuma mayar da martani a Iowa.
Za a kafa cibiyar kula da yara a cibiyar sabis na Red Cross ta Amurka a Terre Haute, Ind. Ken Kline daga Lima, Ohio, zai zama manajan aikin kuma ƙungiyar horar da masu aikin sa kai na kula da yara ana tattara su tare daga Indiana da kuma yankin da ke kewaye. Ana tuntubar majami'u don samun masauki ga masu aikin sa kai.
Sabis na Bala'i na Yara yana amsawa a Iowa a yankin Waterloo da Cedar Rapids. Lorna Grow na Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa, ta sa ido kan lamarin kuma tana daidaita wannan martanin. Tawagar kwararrun masu aikin sa kai na kula da yara za su rika kallon yara a can yayin da iyaye ke tsaftacewa tare da tattara abubuwan da suka dace don biyan bukatunsu da kuma fara farfadowa daga guguwar da ta addabi yankunan jihar.
Ma’aikatan Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa sun tuntubi ofisoshin gundumomi don jin ko akwai ’yan’uwa da guguwa da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa, da ba da tallafi da shawarwari. Masu gudanar da bala'i na gunduma suna ci gaba da tattara bayanai, raba buƙatu, da kuma sanar da ayyukanmu ga al'ummomin da bala'i ya shafa.
A halin yanzu, an ba da tallafi guda biyu daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa jimlar $11,000 don amsa roko daga Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS). Wadannan tallafin suna tallafawa aikin CWS don samar da kayan agaji, tura ma'aikata don horarwa, da tallafin kuɗi na Ƙungiyoyin Farfaɗo na Tsawon Lokaci da ke aiki a yankunan da abin ya shafa.
CWS ta ba da rahoton cewa gwamnoni a cikin jihohi uku sun ayyana yankunan bala'i, tare da gundumomi 21 a Indiana, 43 a cikin Iowa, da kuma 30 na Wisconsin sun fuskanci mummunar lalacewar yanayi a cikin makon da ya gabata. Ambaliyar ruwa yana da matukar damuwa a cikin al'ummomi irin su Waterloo, Iowa, cewa an riga an kwatanta da babban ambaliyar ruwa na 1993 wanda ya kashe mutane 50 tare da lalata dala biliyan 15.
CWS ta ba da roko ga Buckets Clean-Up na gaggawa don rarrabawa a yankin ambaliyar Indiana. Masu ba da gudummawa kada su tura guga zuwa Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa da ke New Windsor, Md., don wannan amsa. Madadin haka, CWS ta kafa wurin tarin gida a Indiana: Penn Products Warehouse, 6075 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278; Bayani na 317-388-8580 298. Saukewa yana tsakanin 8 na safe zuwa 4:30 na yamma Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin CWS a Elkhart, Ind., a 574-264-3102. Je zuwa www.churchworldservice.org/kits/cleanup-kits.html don bayani game da abin da za a haɗa a cikin kayan.
–Jane Yount, wacce ke aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, da Judy Bezon, darektan Sabis na Bala’i na Yara, sun ba da gudummawar wannan rahoton haɗin gwiwa.
CIKIN KUNGIYAR YAN UWA TA DUNIYA A KOKARIN SAUKI A INDIANA.
Cocin Christ Our Shepherd Church of the Brothers a Greenwood, Ind., ta ci gaba da bin duk ayyukan agaji a gundumar Johnson da jihar Indiana, biyo bayan guguwa da ambaliyar ruwa. Saboda kokarin da suka yi da kotun Johnson County da kuma tsofaffin sojoji, ta hanyar aikin gida na maraba da kungiyar, an yi kira ga jama'ar da su taimaka da ayyukan agajin da aka yi wa wadanda ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa a ranar 7 ga watan Yuni da bayanta.
Ikilisiya ta haɗu tare da Gudanar da Gaggawa na Gundumar Johnson, United Way, da Red Cross ta Amurka don zama cibiyar bayanai, kuma tare da FEMA a matsayin wurin sarrafawa don mutane su shiga don tantance lalacewa da kuma taimakon FEMA don taimakawa wajen farfadowa.
Cocin Christ Our Shepherd kuma za ta haɗu tare da wani mutum da aka keɓe na gundumar Johnson don samar da ma'aikata don gudanar da kantin sayar da kaya kyauta don kayan daki, wanki da bushewa, da sauran kayan aiki. Gidan ajiyar abinci na cocin zai ci gaba da kasancewa a buɗe 24/7 yayin da suka fahimci bukatun gaggawa. Ikklisiya kuma tana iya buɗewa ga gidaje da samar da wuraren dafa abinci don dafa abinci ko buƙatu na musamman na masu sa kai kan hanyar taimakawa waɗanda ambaliyar ta shafa.
Ana kira ga masu aikin sa-kai a Indiana da su yi hakuri su jira ruwan ya ja da baya da kuma samar da yanayi mai aminci kafin a mayar da martani a yankunan da abin ya shafa.
Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi fasto Chuck Berdel, Christ Our Shepherd Church of the Brother, 857 N. State Rd. 135, Greenwood, IN 46142-1314; 317-882-0902.
–Jane Yount tana aiki a matsayin kodineta na Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ‘Yan’uwa.
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