Daga Peggy Reiff Miller
Zane na Puerto Ricans suna karɓar kyautar karsana ta hanyar aikin Heifer.
Wannan lokacin rani ya yi bikin cika shekaru 70 na Heifer International, ƙungiyar ci gaban da ta sami lambar yabo da ke a Little Rock, Ark., Wanda ya fara a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa a arewacin Indiana.
Jirgin farko na shanu 18 (sananan shanun da ba su haifi ɗan maraƙi ba) ya bar Nappanee, Ind., Yuni 12, 1944, a kan balaguron jirgin ƙasa na kwanaki huɗu zuwa Mobile, Ala. Goma sha bakwai daga cikin waɗancan karsana (ɗaya ya yi rashin lafiya kuma yana da. don zama a baya) ya bar Mobile akan William D. Bloxham a ranar 14 ga Yuli ya nufi Puerto Rico.
Heifer International yana bikin shekaru 70 na sabis a duk faɗin ƙasar wannan shekara tare da abubuwan "Bayan Yunwa". Ya dace cewa ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan abubuwan zai faru a Camp Alexander Mack a Milford, Ind., karshen mako na Satumba 12-14.
Mafarin Kasar
The Heifer Project, kamar yadda aka sani da farko, shi ne ƙwalwar yaro na Church of the Brothers shugaban Dan West. Shi da iyalinsa sun zauna a wata karamar gona tsakanin Goshen da Middlebury. A shekara ta 1937, Ƙungiyar Abokai (Quakers) ta gayyaci Cocin ’Yan’uwa da Mennonites don ta taimaka musu a aikin agaji a Spain a lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na Spain. ’Yan’uwa sun aika Dan Yamma a matsayin wakilinsu na albashi. Yayin da ake kallon ƙayyadaddun kayayyaki na madarar foda da aka sake ginawa ana rarraba wa jarirai, tare da waɗanda ba su yi nauyi ba ana cire su daga jerin su mutu, West sun yi tunanin, "Me ya sa ba za su aika da shanu zuwa Spain ba don su sami duk madarar da suke bukata?"
Bayan isa gida a farkon 1938, West ya ci gaba da haɓaka ra'ayin "saniya, ba kofi". Ya ɗauki shekaru huɗu, amma a cikin Afrilu 1942, Aikin Maza na Arewacin Indiana na Cocin ’Yan’uwa ya ɗauki shirinsa na “Shanu don Turai.” An kafa wani kwamiti wanda ya zama ginshikin Kwamitin Ayyukan Karsana na ƙasa sa’ad da Kwamitin Hidima na ’yan’uwa suka ɗauki tsarin bayan watanni. An gayyaci sauran ƙungiyoyi don shiga, wanda ya mai da shi shirin ecumenical a zahiri tun daga farko.
An kafa kwamitoci na gida, an yi kiwon karsana ana ba da gudummawa, amma yakin duniya na biyu yana tashe kuma ba a iya jigilar dabbobin zuwa Tekun Atlantika. Cocin ’Yan’uwa tana da aikin Hidimar Jama’a (CPS) a Puerto Rico a lokacin, CPS ita ce reshen Hukumar Zaɓen Hidima da aka kafa don waɗanda suka ƙi aikin soja a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Don haka an aika da jigilar karsana 17 na farko zuwa Puerto Rico a watan Yuli 1944 don taimakawa manoma da ke fafitika a kusa da tsibirin. Wani jigilar shanu 50 zuwa Puerto Rico ya biyo baya a watan Mayu 1945.
Sa’ad da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ƙare a Turai a watan Mayu 1945, Kwamitin Hidima na ’Yan’uwa ya haɗa kai da sabuwar Hukumar Ba da Agaji da Gyara ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya (UNRRA, don kada a ruɗe da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta yau). Sun amince da cewa UNRRA za ta rika jigilar dabbobin Heifer Project kyauta kuma Kwamitin Hidima na ’Yan’uwa za su dauki duk wani nau’in tallan shanun da ake bukata don jigilar dabbobin da UNRRA ta yi zuwa kasashen da yakin ya lalata.
Sama da gajeren rayuwar UNRRA na tsawon shekaru biyu, maza da yara maza kusan 7,000 ne suka yi aiki a matsayin “kayan saniya” akan jigilar dabbobi 360 na UNRRA.
Aikin Kasuwar ya ci gaba, yana haɓaka zuwa Heifer International na yau, wanda a yau yana ba da kowane nau'in dabbobi da horar da aikin noma ga iyalai a cikin ƙasashe sama da 40 ciki har da Amurka.
Bayan Yunwa a Camp Mack
Satumba 12-14 Bayan Yunwa taron a Camp Mack zai girmama aikin Heifer a cikin shekaru. Bayan gasa hog da yammacin Juma'a, yaran Dan West biyu za su ba da labarin mahaifinsu da aikin Kasuwar a kusa da wuta.
Ranar Asabar za ta cika da abubuwan da suka faru na bikin Heifer International ta baya, yanzu, da kuma gaba, ciki har da abincin rana tsakar rana tare da Shugaba na Heifer Pierre Ferrari yana magana, gabatarwa daga marubucin Coci na Brotheran'uwa kuma mai bincike Peggy Reiff Miller, da tsohon darektan Heifer Midwest Dave Boothby, da kuma bita tare da ma'aikatan Heifer.
Ana shirin gudanar da ayyukan yara da gidan namun daji. Da yawa daga cikin kawayen da ke cikin teku za su kasance daga sassa daban-daban na ƙasar don ba da labarinsu kuma a gane su. A ranar Lahadi, majami'u da dama da ke halartar majami'u za su girmama Heifer International a cikin ayyukansu da baƙon baƙi daga Heifer.
Ana buƙatar rajista da wuri don wannan taron Bayan Yunwa, saboda za a rufe rajista lokacin da matsakaicin mahalarta 300 ya kai. Ayyukan ranar da abincin rana a ranar Asabar kyauta ne. Akwai cajin abinci na yammacin Juma'a da Asabar da masauki.
Don ƙarin bayani da yin rijista, tuntuɓi Peggy Miller a prmiller@bnin.net ko 574-658-4147. Don nemo wasu abubuwan da suka faru bayan Yunwa, jeka www.heifer.org/communities.
- Peggy Reiff Miller marubuci ne kuma mawaƙi wanda ya yi bincike kuma ya rubuta yawancin labarun Heifer na "kaboyi masu zuwa teku." Ta na aiki a kan wani littafin da ba na almara ba game da tarihin kabobin teku kuma ta samar da labarin hoto na DVD, “A Tribute to
the Seagoing Cowboys,” akwai don $12.95 daga Brotheran Jarida a www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1408 . Gidan yanar gizonta game da kaboyi masu zuwa teku yana nan www.seagoingcowboys.com .