Dalibai a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) suna shiga cikin sigar gida na shirin ƙasa-Yaƙi da Talauci tare da Kalubalen Tambarin Abinci na bangaskiya-don ƙirƙirar wayar da kan jama'a da bayar da shawarwari a madadin mutanen da suka karɓi tamburan abinci.
A ƙarƙashin shirin da Ofishin Chaplain na kwalejin ke bayarwa, ɗalibai za su iya zaɓar ɗaya daga cikin al'amura guda uku: ku ci abinci ɗaya wanda farashinsa ya kai $1.50 ko adadin kuɗin tambarin abinci wanda mai karɓa zai kashe don abinci ɗaya; ya kasance akan kimar $4.50 na tambarin abinci na dukan abincin yini; ko kuma ku rayu akan ƙimar kuɗin abinci na $31.50 ko kwatankwacin abincin mako guda.
Ana gayyatar ɗalibai don bayar da shawarwari ga masu fama da yunwa ta hanyar rubuta wasiku zuwa ga wakilan gwamnati don ci gaba ko ƙara tallafin Tallafin Tambarin Abinci. Suna kuma iya rubuta wasiƙa zuwa ga editan takarda na gida don taimakawa wajen wayar da kan al'amuran kuɗi don shirin tamburan abinci. Dalibai da yawa sun amsa tambayar “Mene ne bangaskiyata da ke sa in ba da shawara ko aiki a madadin mayunwata?” akan bidiyo, wanda za'a iya kallo a www.etown.edu/offices/chaplain/food-stamps-challenge.aspx.
Amy Shorner-Johnson, mataimakiyar limamin Kolejin Elizabethtown ta ce "Ta hanyar shiga cikin takalman wanda ke rayuwa akan tamburan abinci, ɗalibai suna fuskantar matsananciyar shawarar da iyalai da yawa ke yankewa kowace rana." "Fata na ga Kalubalen Tambarin Abinci shine ɗalibai sun wuce godiya ga abin da suke da shi, zuwa ga aiki da bayar da shawarwari a madadin mayunwata."
Kamar yadda aka ruwaito a cikin "Huffington Post" a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, yawancin 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat suna shiga cikin Kalubalen Tambarin Abinci don adawa da yanke shawara na Republican ga shirin. Adadin mutanen da ke dogaro da tamanin abinci ya karu saboda koma bayan tattalin arziki da ake fama da shi. A cewar rahoton Post, fiye da mutane miliyan 40 da gidaje miliyan 19 sun yi amfani da tamburan abinci a shekarar 2010, kamar yadda ma'aikatar noma ta Amurka ta bayyana.
Visit www.etown.edu don ƙarin bayani game da Kwalejin Elizabethtown.
- Elizabeth Harvey, manajan tallace-tallace da sadarwa na Kwalejin Elizabethtown ne ya bayar da wannan sakin. An inganta Kalubalen Tambarin Abinci a matsayin isarwa ga kwalejoji masu alaƙa da ’yan’uwa ta Jordan Blevins, jami’in bayar da shawarwari da mai kula da zaman lafiya na Ikklisiya na ’yan’uwa da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa.