"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
YAN UWA SHAIDA/Ofishin WASHINGTON SUN SHIGA TAWAGAR ZUWA MEXICO.
(Fabrairu 21, 2008) — Ma’aikatan Ofishin Shaidu na ’yan’uwa/Washington sun kasance cikin tawagar farkon Fabrairu zuwa Chiapas, Mexico, don gano al’amuran kasuwanci na gaskiya da ’yanci na yankin. Equal Exchange, Jubilee Amurka, da Witness for Peace sun kasance masu haɗin gwiwa don wannan tafiya.
Phil Jones, darektan Ofishin Shaidun ’Yan’uwa/Washington, da Rianna Barrett, ‘yar majalisa kuma ma’aikaciyar Sa-kai ta ’yan’uwa, sun shiga cikin tawagar. Ofishin abokin tarayya ne mai aiki tare da Equal Exchange a cikin shirin tsakanin addinai wanda ke daukar nauyin aikin kasuwanci na gaskiya na Brethren Coffee. Jubilee Amurka da Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington su ma sun yi aiki tare a kan batutuwan yafe bashi na shekaru da yawa. Shaida don Zaman Lafiya (WFP), kungiya ce mai zaman kanta ta siyasa, kungiyar jama'a ta kasa baki daya ta sadaukar da kai ga rashin tashin hankali kuma imani da lamiri ne ke jagoranta. Ofishin ya yi aiki tare da Witness for Peace, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai masaukin baki a Meziko, kan wasu batutuwan bayar da shawarwari masu alaƙa da suka shafi Amurka ta Tsakiya da Latin.
Sauran mambobin tawagar sun hada da daliban makarantar sakandare hudu da ke kasar Spain, malaminsu, da mahaifiyarsa daga Montana; Wakilan United Church of Christ daga Atlanta, Ga.; ma'aikatan Jubilee Amurka, Shaida don Aminci, da Musanya Daidaitawa; mai tsara kudi daga California; da ma'aurata da suka yi ritaya daga Oregon. Bambance-bambancen da faffadan hangen wannan kungiya ya haifar da tattaunawa mai zurfi da tunani a kan batutuwan da suka shafi adalci da dama da aka fuskanta.
Rukunin da aka ziyarta sun kalubalanci kungiyar, kuma sun ji ta bakin kungiyoyi irin su Sabis na Zaman Lafiya (S!Paz) da Cibiyar Nazarin Tattalin Arziki da Siyasa da Ayyukan Al'umma. Ta hanyar wadannan tarurruka da sauransu, mambobin tawaga sun fara gani da fahimtar tarihin mutanen kudancin Mexico, gwagwarmayar da suke fuskanta, da ƙungiyoyi da kungiyoyi masu aiki don magance matsalolin rashin adalci da ke fuskantar su.
Tawagar ta kuma samu damar gane wa idonta hakikanin yadda kananan manoma ke noman kofi yayin da suka ziyarci wani kauye na asali a yankin Simojovel Allende. Anan mutanen ƙauye suka karɓe su cikin jin daɗi a cikin gidaje kuma an gayyace su don su koyi game da ayyuka masu yawa na ƙwazo na noman kofi na kasuwanci na gaskiya. Tawagar ta zo tare da nuna godiya ga sabon kofi na kofi na Daidaita Musanya kowace safiya, tare da damuwa mai zurfi game da rashin adalci da rashin isassun diyya na waɗannan ƴan asalin ƙasar.
Daga baya ƙungiyar ta ziyarci ma'ajin ajiya da wuraren sarrafa kofi na gaskiya a Mexico kuma sun sami damar bincika cikakken alakar haɗin gwiwar da suke da ita tare da masu kera na gida. Ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar da suka ziyarta, CIRSA, ita ce babbar mai samar da kofi na kwayoyin halitta don Daidaitawa.
A duk tsawon wannan tafiya, mahalarta sun zurfafa kan batutuwan ciniki da kuma yarjejeniyoyin tsari, kamar yarjejeniyar ciniki cikin 'yanci ta Arewacin Amurka (NAFTA), da kuma yadda za su zama masu ƙarfi na adalci da bayar da shawarwari a madadin masu noman Mexico. Wannan tafiya ta taimaki Ofishin Shaidun ’Yan’uwa/Washington ya kafa tushe don haɗin gwiwa na gaba da waɗannan ƙungiyoyi, tsara wakilai na ’yan’uwa da ikilisiyoyi a nan gaba, da kuma samun ƙarin haske game da aikin bayar da shawarwari da ake bukata a yi.
Waɗannan ikilisiyoyin da ba sa saka hannu a Aikin Shaidar Kofi na ’Yan’uwa suna ƙarfafa su yi la’akari da shiga cikin wannan yunƙurin kasuwanci na gaskiya. Don ƙarin koyo game da batutuwan ciniki na gaskiya ko kyauta tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Ofishin Washington. Ofishin zai ba da bayanai kuma yana da masu magana da albarkatu don taru. Ƙari ga haka, ofishin yana shirin Tafiyar Bangaskiya zuwa Meziko a farkon 2009, ana gayyatar waɗanda suke sha’awar halartar su tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office, 800-785-3246 ko washington_office_gb@brethren.org.
–Phil Jones darekta ne na ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington, wanda ma’aikatar Coci ne na Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.
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