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| Hoto daga Gimbiya Kettering |
| Hoton rukunin taron karawa juna sani na Kirista na 2013. CCS ta bana ta kawo majami'u 55 na matasa da masu ba da shawara zuwa New York da Washington, DC, don duba batutuwan da suka shafi talaucin yara. |
A cikin makon da ya gabata na watan Maris, matasa da masu ba da shawara na Cocin 55 sun hada karfi da karfe don kara koyo game da batun talauci na yara a taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista na bana. CCS wani taron ne na tsawon mako guda wanda Ma'aikatun Matasa da Matasa na Ma'aikatu da Ofishin Shaida na Jama'a (tsohon ma'aikatun Shaida na Zaman Lafiya) da ke Washington, DC suka dauki nauyin gudanarwa.
CCS tana ba manyan matasa damar bincika alaƙar bangaskiya da wani batun siyasa. A bana an mayar da hankali ne kan yadda rashin isassun matsuguni, abinci mai gina jiki, da kuma ilimin yara zai iya dawwamar da bala'in talauci da kuma iyakance damar da yara ke da shi.
Ma’aikatan darika da dama ne suka shirya kuma suka jagoranci taron da suka hada da Becky Ullom, darektan ma’aikatun matasa da matasa; Nathan Hosler, darektan Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a; Rachel Witkovsky, ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa (BVS) kuma mai gudanarwa na Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa; da Bryan Hanger, kuma mai ba da agaji na BVS kuma mai ba da shawara a Ofishin Shaidar Jama'a.
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| Hoto daga Rachel Witkovsky |
| Mai magana da baƙi na CCS yana haskaka talauci a duk faɗin ƙasar ta hanyar hoto. Masu jawabai a taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista na 2013 sun ba da ra'ayoyi mabanbanta kan talauci da yaran da abin ya shafa. |
An soma makon a birnin New York inda ni da Nathan Hosler muka tattauna abubuwan da muka samu game da batun sashe na aikinmu a Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a na cocin. An soma makon a birnin New York inda ni da Nathan Hosler muka tattauna abubuwan da muka samu game da batun sashe na aikinmu a Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Mun yi magana musamman game da "sequester" da kuma tasirin waɗannan ragi ga kasafin kuɗin tarayya ga yaran da ke fuskantar talauci. Misali, za a yanke wasu mahalarta 600,000 daga shirin Mata, Jarirai, Yara (WIC) da aka tsara don taimakawa samarin jarirai da uwaye. A wani misali kuma, sama da mutane 100,000 da ba su da matsuguni za su yi asarar samun matsuguni saboda tsangwama ga taimakon rashin matsuguni (duba www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/08/fact-sheet-emples-how-sequester-would-impact-middle-class-families-job ).
A Washington, an ba da fifiko sosai kan layin kasafin kuɗi wanda ya sa ba a kula da halin kuɗaɗen ɗan adam na waɗannan ragi. Mun ƙarfafa matasa su nemi hure daga misalin Yesu a nassi don su kula da “mafi ƙanƙantan waɗannan.”
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| Hoto daga Rachel Witkovsky |
| CCS tana ba da ilimin zama ɗan ƙasa ta fuskar bangaskiya ga matasa 'yan'uwa da suka halarta. Ana gudanar da taron kowace shekara (sai dai shekarun taron matasa na ƙasa) a birnin New York da Washington, DC, don manyan matasa da manyan mashawarta. Taken kowace shekara yana mai da hankali ne kan wani batu mai ban sha'awa na yau da kullun wanda ke baiwa matasa damar koyo da kuma yin shawarwari a babban birnin kasar. |
Babban baƙo na farko, Shannon Daley-Harris, wanda shine mai ba da shawara kan harkokin addini na Asusun Kare Yara (CDF) ya faɗaɗa wannan batu. Ƙwarewarta mai yawa na yin aiki tare da al'ummomin addini don magance talauci na yara ya ba da kyakkyawar fahimta ga matasanmu game da halin dan Adam na talauci. Ta yi magana musamman game da shirin CDF na “Ku Yi Hattara Abin da kuke Yanke,” wanda ke jaddada tasirin yanke shirye-shiryen yaƙi da talauci na dogon lokaci ga yara ƙanana (ƙarin bayani yana a www.childrensdefense.org/be-careful-what-you-cut ).
Bakuwa ta biyu mai jawabi ita ce Sarah Rohrer, mataimakiyar daraktar biredi na ofishin duniya a New York. Cocin 'yan'uwa yana da tarihin yin aiki tare da tallafawa manufar Bread ga Duniya ta Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya. Kwanan nan Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers, ya sanya hannu kan Bread for the Circle of Protection Pastoral Letter to the President and Congress ( www.circleofprotection.us ). Rohrer ya yi magana game da illolin talauci a kan yara a duniya, kuma ya yi magana musamman game da Bread don shirin kwanaki 1,000 na Duniya da Bayar da Wasiƙun bayar da shawarwari. Shirin na kwanaki 1,000 ya mayar da hankali ne a kasashen duniya kan fara bunkasa yara kuma an tsara shi ne domin kawar da matsalar karancin abinci mai gina jiki ga yara kanana da iyaye mata ta hanyar samar da isasshen abinci mai gina jiki a cikin kwanaki 1,000 daga ciki zuwa ranar haihuwa ta biyu. Bayar da Wasiƙu wani ƙoƙari ne na ba da shawara wanda ke ba da hanya ga membobin Ikklisiya don yin magana game da al'amuran talauci ta fuskar bangaskiya da kuma ƙarfafa wakilansu da 'yan majalisar dattawa don tallafawa manufofin da za su taimaka shirye-shirye kamar Kwanaki 1,000 suyi tasiri.
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| Hoto daga Rachel Witkovsky |
| Ziyarar zuwa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a New York na daya daga cikin damammaki ga matasan da ke halartar CCS. |
A tsakanin waɗannan zaman guda biyu tare da baƙon jawabai, matasa sun sami damar bincika Big Apple ciki har da tafiya zuwa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya inda matasa suka sami damar yin rangadi da koyo game da ƙoƙarin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na rage talauci. Bayan kwana uku na nishadi da ilmantarwa a New York, kungiyar CCS ta hau bas zuwa Washington, DC, don rabin na biyu na taron karawa juna sani.
A babban birnin kasar, yawon shakatawa na ilimi ya ci gaba da tafiya zuwa Ma'aikatar Aikin Noma (USDA) inda ma'aikata uku na ofishin USDA na Ofishin Bangaskiya da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙungiyoyin USDA suka yi magana game da yadda suke aiki tare da majami'u da kungiyoyin zamantakewa don aiwatar da manufofin gwamnati a matakin al'umma. Ma'aikatan USDA sun ƙarfafa matasanmu suyi koyi daga labarun nasara da suka raba, da ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen al'umma waɗanda ke yin haɗin gwiwa tare da USDA don taimakawa mutane da yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu. Mun koyi yadda raguwar kasafin kuɗi na baya-bayan nan ya shafi yawancin yunƙurin USDA na yaƙar talauci yadda ya kamata, amma har da yadda suke daidaita dabarunsu da manufofinsu don canza yawancin shirye-shiryensu. Ɗaya daga cikin sauye-sauyen shine sabon shirin mai suna "Strikeforce," wanda zai yi aiki don rage talauci da ƙarfafa ci gaban tattalin arziki a cikin yankunan karkara waɗanda ba su kasance masu karɓar shirye-shiryen USDA ba. www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=STRIKE_FORCE ).
Bayan ziyarar USDA, matasa sun sami damar koyon yadda za su yi amfani da ilimin su a aikace. Don wannan aikin baƙonmu sune Jerry O'Donnell, memba na Cocin Washington City Church of Brethren da kuma sakatariyar manema labarai na Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA-32), da Shantha Ready-Alonso, darektan Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa (NCC). ) Ƙaddamar da Talauci. O'Donnell ya ba da hangen nesa mai zurfi a matsayin ma'aikacin Majalisa yayin da Ready-Alonso ya nuna basirar shawarwari da dabarun da ake buƙata don zama muryar Kirista mai tasiri akan Capitol Hill.
Wannan hadin kai ya baiwa matasan mu kwarin gwiwa da sanin ya kamata su je Capitol Hill da kansu su dago batun talauci na yara tare da nasu wakilai da sanatoci. A lokacin da aka kammala taron taron, ’yan’uwa matasa sun ba da shawarar damuwarsu ga sanatoci da wakilai daga Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, California, Ohio, da Oregon.
Gabaɗaya, makon ya kasance babban nasara. Matasa 'yan'uwa sun haɗu da juna kuma suna aiki tare da manya masu ba da shawara da ma'aikata don ƙarin koyo game da talaucin yara. Ziyarar New York da Washington, da samun yin magana da aminci da muryar 'yan'uwa ga masana siyasa da 'yan majalisa, hakika ƙwarewa ce ta musamman. Ba za mu iya jira mu ji sakamakon wannan gogewa ba da zarar matasa sun ɗauki ra'ayoyinsu gida suka sanya su aiki a cikin al'ummominsu.
- Bryan Hanger mataimaki ne mai bayar da shawarwari a Ofishin Shaida na Jama'a na Cocin 'yan'uwa.