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| Duban iska na lalatar guguwa a Washington, Ill. |
By Jane Yount
Biyo bayan barkewar tsawa da mahaukaciyar guguwa da ta mamaye wasu sassan Illinois da Indiana a ranar Lahadi, 17 ga watan Nuwamba, Ministocin Bala'i na 'yan'uwa na shirin shiga kamar yadda ake bukata a wadannan jihohi.
Rahotannin farko na nuni da wasu guguwa 91 da suka yi sanadin mutuwar mutane shida da kuma jikkata kusan 150 zuwa 200. A cikin Illinois, fiye da gidaje 1,000 sun sami matsakaicin lalacewa zuwa mummunan lalacewa, tare da lalacewa mafi girma a garuruwan Washington da Minden. Indiana ta yi kyau tare da kananan hukumomi 26 da suka ba da rahoton lalacewar kusan gidaje 56 da makarantu 2.
Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa suna tallafawa ƙoƙarin Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya (CWS) don ba da horon dawo da bala'i ga al'ummomin da guguwa ta shafa da jigilar kayan agaji kamar Buckets Tsabtace Gaggawa, Kayan Tsafta, Kayan Kula da Yara, Kayan Makaranta, da CWS barguna. CWS ya amsa buƙatunsa na farko na kayan abu ta hanyar jigilar buckets na Tsabtatawa 200 zuwa Yankin Red Cross na Amurka na Chicago don rarrabawa a yankin Coal City na Illinois.
Rahoton mai kula da bala'i na gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin
Rick Koch, mai kula da bala'i na gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin, yana wakiltar Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa akan kiran taron yau da kullun na Illinois VOAD (Kungiyoyin Sa-kai masu Aiki a Bala'i). Ya bayar da rahoton cewa kungiyoyin mambobi na VOAD suna tantance inda za su tura masu amsa da wuri.
"Yayin da Washington, Ill., ta kasance na farko a cikin labarai, yawancin al'ummomi ban da Washington sun sha wahala," in ji Koch. "Birnin Coal, Ill., Hakanan ya mutu, kuma an lalata wurin shakatawa na tirela."
Koch ya bayyanawa wakilin Muryar Amurka na Illinois cewa Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa a shirye suke don yin aikin farfadowa na dogon lokaci yayin da al'ummomin da abin ya shafa suka shirya.
A cikin saƙon e-mail zuwa majami'u na Illinois da Wisconsin ya rubuta, “Na farko, da fatan za a yi addu’a ga iyalai waɗanda suka rasa ƙaunatattuna, ga waɗanda suka ji rauni da waɗanda aka yi gudun hijira…. Wasu daga cikin iyalan ’yan uwanmu ma abin ya shafa kai tsaye.”
A cikin sabuntawar imel a yau, Koch ya rubuta cewa "Red Cross ne ke buga jerin sunayen akan abubuwan da ake buƙata. Suna bambanta, don haka nemo wanda ya fi kusa da yankinku, ”in ji shi, yana lura cewa coci-coci a gundumar na iya fara tattara kayayyaki. Ana buɗe wuraren tattara abubuwa uku a cikin Illinois, a Coal City, a cikin al'ummar Gillespie kusa da Champaign, da kuma a cikin Washington. Ya ba da shawarar cewa ikilisiyoyi masu sha'awar su yi magana da yankinsu na Red Cross don ƙarin bayani game da buƙatar masu sa kai.
“Har ila yau, don Allah kar ku manta da ba da kuɗi ga Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa,” in ji Koch. Ba da amsa ga guguwar Illinois ana iya yin ta akan layi a www.brethren.org/edf ko ta hanyar duba Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
Brethren Disaster Ministries yana tuntuɓar majami'u
Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darektan ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa, ya yi magana da Dana McNeil, Fasto na Peoria (Ill.) Cocin Brothers, daya daga cikin majami'u mafi kusa da wuraren da abin ya fi shafa a Illinois. McNeil ya ce cocin na shirin shiga aikin tsaftar muhalli da sauran yunƙurin farfadowa.
Cliff Kindy, South/Central Indiana District bala'i, ya kai ga ikilisiyoyi da yawa a Indiana ciki har da Kokomo, Lafayette, da Logansport. Sun bayar da rahoton fadowar bishiyu da ƙulle-ƙulle amma an kare su da babbar barna. "Ba na jin wani gaggawa a cikin wannan jihar," in ji Kindy. "Ina tsammanin tsarin gargadin ya yi tasiri." Shima yana shirin tuntubar jiharsa ta VOAD.
- Jane Yount ita ce mai kula da ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa. Nemo ƙarin game da ayyukan Brotheran uwan Disaster Ministries a www.brethren.org/bdm . Shirin kuma kwanan nan ya ba da sanarwar ƙalubalen tara dala 500,000 don magance bala'i bayan guguwar Haiyan a Philippines.