By Lois Grove
Lois da Bill Grove tare da “Bring Back Our Girls,” wani zanen da Sandra Ceas ta Littleton, Colo ta kirkira, kowacce rigar da ke cikin wannan zanen tana wakiltar daya daga cikin ‘yan matan da kungiyar Boko Haram ta kama a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Rigunan da aka ɗora a cikin da'ira suna wakiltar 'yan matan da suka rage a hannun 'yan Boko Haram. Riguna "gudu" daga cikin da'irar suna wakiltar 'yan matan da suka tsere.
A cikin Disamba 2014 Larry da Donna Elliott, tsoffin ma'aikatan mishan na Cocin 'yan'uwa a Najeriya, sun halarci wani kade-kade a Cibiyar Lincoln da ke Fort Collins, Colo. da yawa kananun riguna na gingham–kuma sun ga taken, “Mayar da ’yan matanmu.” Sun gano wannan labarin yana ba da labarin da ke kusa da su: sace 'yan matan makarantar Chibok, Najeriya.
Sun kira ni da mijina, Bill. Muna ziyartar Fort Collins a lokacin, kuma mun je don duba hoton. Ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai yayin da muke tunanin duk abubuwan da ƙungiyarmu ta bi - addu'a da azumi, ziyarar Rebecca Dali, jigilar littattafai don dawo da dakunan karatu na Najeriya, aika jerin sunayen 'yan matan zuwa coci-coci, da kowace ikilisiya. Rike wata yarinya a cikin addu'a-kuma an shuka iri. Ko ta yaya dole ne mu tabbatar da wannan zane-zane don babban coci. Ni da Donna mun ɗauki hotuna na yanki-sannan kuma daga baya mun gano cewa ba a ba da izinin hotuna a wurin ba, don haka waɗanda suka tsaya akan kyamarorinmu….
Har sai! Ina halartar wurin fastoci a gundumar Western Plains, ina ziyartar mutanen da suka yi hidima a coci a Najeriya. Na nuna musu hoton a wayata, kafin daga bisani aka yanke shawarar zana shi a kan babban allo. Bayan lokaci na tunani, shiru, da addu'a mai cike da Ruhu ta Carolyn Schrock, "Ruhu" ya ce hoton yana bukatar a saya a ba shi gida a cikin Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill.
Wannan shawara ce mai ban sha'awa, amma ba rahusa ba. Da yawa daga cikin waɗanda suka halarta nan da nan sun ba da taimako don siyan. Kira na gaba da aka yi wa babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger don ganin ko ƙungiyar tana da sha’awar ta tabbatar da cewa “Ruhu” ya ja-gorance mu a hanyar da ta dace.
Elliots da Groves sun sami dama don ziyarta tare da mai zane, Sandra Ceas, na Littleton, Colo., Kuma gano dalilinta na ƙirƙirar hoton. Tana da digiri na biyu a fannin fasaha da karatun addini, kuma ta sami kanta cikin sha'awar al'amuran zamantakewa. Tana karantar da kwasa-kwasan yanar gizo, kuma a cikin binciken da ake yi ta yanar gizo ta gano labarin 'yan matan Chibok. Tana jin daɗin aikinta ya sami "gida" inda zai dace da waɗanda suke kallo.
- Lois da Bill Grove, tsoffin ma'aikatan mishan ne a Najeriya, kuma sun yi aiki da jagoranci a Gundumar Plains ta Arewa. A farkon wannan makon sun tashi daga gidansu a Iowa zuwa Elgin, Ill., don isar da fasahar Sandra Ceas da kanta ga ofisoshin darika. Suna gayyatar duk wanda ke da sha'awar taimakawa tare da kuɗin wannan zane mai ban sha'awa don ba da gudummawa ta hanyar aika cak zuwa Church of the Brother General Offices, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120. Nemo ƙarin bayani game da mai zane a www.sandrajeanceas.com .