Taron manema labarai na Bread for the World wanda ya gabatar da rahoton yunwa na shekara na kungiyar na 2016 an gudanar da shi a birnin Washington, DC Ofishin ma'aikatan Shaidun Jama'a da suka halarta don tallafawa aikin Bread ga Duniya kan batun yunwa.
Katie Furrow
A ranar 23 ga watan Nuwamba, mambobin kungiyar addini, manema labarai, da gwamnati suka hallara a birnin Washington, DC, domin fitar da rahoton Bread don Duniya na 2016. A yayin wannan taron, gungun kwararrun likitoci, shugabannin hukumomin gwamnati, da masu fafutuka da suka fuskanci yunwa da kansu sun yi magana kan jigon rahoton: “Tasirin Rage Jiki: Ƙarshen Yunwar, Inganta Lafiya, Rage Rashin daidaito.” Ma’aikatan Coci na Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a sun halarta don tallafa wa aikin Gurasa ga Duniya.
Rahoton da masu gabatar da kara sun nuna alakar da ba za a iya musantawa ba tsakanin lafiya da abinci. A cewar rahoton, kusan Amurkawa miliyan 46 sun sami fa'idodin SNAP (tsohuwar Tambarin Abinci) a cikin 2014. A lokaci guda, an kashe kusan dala biliyan 160 kan kula da lafiyar rashin abinci da ke da alaƙa da rashin abinci kamar asibiti don matsalolin ciwon sukari. Duk da zama a cikin gidajen da ake yawan rashin tabbas na lokaci ko kuma inda abinci na gaba zai kasance, yawancin masu karɓar SNAP suna kokawa da kiba, matsalolin sukari na jini, da sauran matsalolin kiwon lafiya saboda ƙarancin ingancin abinci mai arha da suke iya siya da yawa. .
Panelist Dawn Pierce, wacce ta sami fa'idodin SNAP na tsawon watanni 14 bayan an sallame ta daga aikinta, ta tuna yadda za ta iya siyan ƙarin abinci kamar noodles na gaggawa da abincin dare na microwave akan kuɗi kaɗan fiye da abinci mai gina jiki da ita da ɗanta ke buƙata don samun lafiya. Ta fahimci cewa ba yanayin da ya dace ba ne, amma ta kuma san cewa abinci mai arha shine zai taimaka mata ta ƙara fa'idodinta kowane wata.
Yayin da aka sami ci gaba da yawa don inganta kiwon lafiya da kuma samar da shirye-shiryen ciyarwa mafi dacewa ga ɗimbin jama'a, har yanzu da sauran abubuwan da za a yi. Tare da taimakon shirye-shiryen tarayya da na gida, ƙarin yara za su iya samun abinci a lokacin bazara, iyalai za su iya koyo game da yin zaɓin abinci mai kyau, da ƙari.
A halin yanzu Majalisa na yin muhawara game da kasafin kudin tarayya, kuma wannan ya hada da yanke shawarar nawa ne kudade na shirye-shirye na yunwa da za su samu a cikin 2016. Ta hanyar Bread for the World, Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a yana ƙarfafa ku da ku rubuta wa mambobin Majalisar ku don neman su. tallafawa kudade mai karfi don waɗannan shirye-shiryen, wanda ke tabbatar da cewa kowa ya sami damar samun abincin da yake bukata.
Masu sha'awar karanta rahoton gaba daya za su iya samun sa ta yanar gizo a http://hungerreport.org/2016 .
A matsayin wani ɓangare na haɓaka ƙoƙarin shiga ƙungiyar a cikin batutuwan yunwa da wadatar abinci, Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a yana aiki don haɗin gwiwa tare da Bread for the World don raba Bayar da Wasiƙu na shekara-shekara da sauran albarkatu don haɗa majami'u da daidaikun mutane tare da masu tsara manufofinsu a kusa da su. muhimmiyar doka. Don ƙarin koyo game da abin da Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a yake yi, da yadda ake saka hannu, tuntuɓi kfurrow@brethren.org .
- Katie Furrow yar majalisa ce kuma ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa a Cocin of the Brothers Office of Public Witness a Washington, DC