By Al da Lois Hansell
Cocin Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin Brothers yana siyan kayayyaki da kayan sawa ga ɗalibai 1,200 marasa matsuguni a cikin birnin Lancaster tun daga 2009. Ƙungiyar Yunwa da Talauci ta kafa a 2008, kuma ɗaya daga cikin membobin ya ba da shawarar sunan "Ku kasance Mala'ika" don shirin makaranta. Da sauri aka karbe shi.
Mun kasance muna yin Be An Angel shekaru shida daga 2009-2014. Duk lokacin bazara (Yuni zuwa tsakiyar watan Agusta), membobinmu suna ba da gudummawar kuɗi ko yin sayayya da kansu. Muna yin odar yawancin riguna daga masana'anta a cikin birnin New York. Yana da wuya a yarda cewa akwai ɗalibai marasa gida da yawa a irin wannan ƙaramin birni.
Ga taƙaitaccen ƙoƙarinmu tun 2009:
Jimlar Abubuwan Kayyakin Shekarar Da Aka Basu
2009 $ 5,000 ____ $ 5,000
2010 $ 1,100 $ 6,500 $ 7,600
2011 $ 1,645 $ 8,550 $ 10,195
2012 $ 1,750 $ 11,000 $ 12,750
2013 $ 1,185 $ 14,009 $ 15,194
2014 $ 1,000 $ 17,123 ** $ 18,323
Jimlar $11,680 $57,182 $68,862
Dalar Amurka 57,182 ta siyi riguna 4,055 a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata.
**Mun sayi Unifos 1345 a cikin 2014.
Ƙungiyar Yunwa da Talauci kuma ta fara ƙoƙarin “Cent 2 A Abinci” a shekara ta 2009. Muna ba da kashi biyu bisa uku na kuɗin ga Cocin of the Brothers’s Global Food Crisis Fund, da kashi ɗaya bisa uku ga Majalisar Coci na Lancaster County. Ƙungiyar tana ba da kusan $ 6,500 a kowace shekara don wannan.
Cocin Lancaster na ’yan’uwa yana da ingantaccen shirin wayar da kai. Mun kammala kamfen na Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiyar Waya a Haiti, tare da tara sama da $100,000 a cikin shekaru biyu. A halin yanzu muna tara kudade ga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Sama da dala 10,000 sun shigo ya zuwa yanzu ba tare da makasudin ƙalubale ba.
Muna ganin yana da kyau mu faɗi abin da ikilisiyoyi suke yi; babban nau'i ne na ƙarfafawa.
- Al da Lois Hansell suna daidaitawa "Ka kasance Mala'ika" a Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa.