Gidajen Bill Gay a Alaska
Wani aikin aikin lambu na musamman a Alaska yana ɗaya daga cikin rukunin yanar gizon da ke karɓar tallafi ta hanyar Shirin Zuwa Lambun na Cocin Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Abinci ta Duniya (GFCF) da Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a. Manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart ya ce "Abin da suke yi kawai ya ba ni haushi."
Ƙoƙarin Alaska manufa ce ta Bill da Penny Gay da kuma aikin kai wa ikilisiyarsu a Pleasant Dale Church of the Brothers a Decatur, Ind.
Ayyukan Gays a “arewa mai nisa” aikin lambu ya fara ne a cikin 2003 lokacin da Bill ya tafi yawon koyo zuwa ƙauyen Arctic, Alaska, tare da Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma. Ya ce: “Nakan dawo Alaska kowace shekara tun lokacin, kuma matarsa Penny ta shiga cikin lamarin.
"An kai mu wurin don mu shuka iri da yawa fiye da shuka iri don lambuna," in ji Bill.
Ayyukan taimakawa al'ummomin Alaskan na asali don haɓaka aikin lambu ya samar da sabbin kayan lambu da ingantaccen abinci mai gina jiki a wuraren da abinci ya iyakance - muhimmin muhimmin al'amari na aikin. Amma aikin Gays akan aikin lambu ya miƙe daga na zahiri zuwa na ilimi, da na ruhaniya, kuma ya haɗa da raba bisharar Kirista. Daga cikin fa’idojin da ake da su: ‘yan luwadi sun koya wa matasa tsarin aikin lambu. Kuma sun yi maraba da wani sabon memba cikin al’ummar bangaskiya, sa’ad da ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da ke zaune a ƙauyen Arctic ya yi baftisma.
A wannan shekara ma'auratan sun yi farin ciki game da wani sabon yanayi mai wuyar sha'ani: taimakawa al'ummomin Alaska na arewa mai nisa daga aikin lambu zuwa noma. "Yanzu lokaci yayi da gaske don zuwa aiki," in ji Bill a cikin wata hira ta wayar tarho kwanan nan. “Yanzu na san dalilin da ya sa muka zo nan. Yanzu na san dalilin da ya sa Allah ya sa mu koma kowace shekara.”
Fiye da shuka iri
Aikin aikin lambu a Alaska ya samo asali ne ta hanyar tattaunawa da wani dangi a ƙauyen Arctic, waɗanda ke fuskantar ƙorafi na hanji. Bill ya ba da shawarar cewa shuka sabbin kayan lambu na nasu zai iya taimakawa, amma an gaya masa cewa aikin lambu a arewa mai nisa yana da wahala idan ba zai yiwu ba. "Bari in gwada," ya ce musu.
“Da farko sun yi mana dariya,” Bill ya tuna. "Amma a shekara ta biyu, ba su kasance ba." Gargaɗi da faɗakarwa game da aikin lambu mai nisa a arewa ba su ƙare ba, yayin da aikin Gays ya fara samun nasara.
"Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba, ba abin burgewa ba ne," in ji Bill. "Za mu doke kanmu har zuwa kashi, muna zaune a cikin tanti, amma ya yi aiki."
Da farko sun tafi ƙofa zuwa ƙofa suna ba da gudummawa don taimaka wa iyalai su shirya lambu. Sun taimaki iyalai su dasa gonakinsu, sannan suka mayar da mallakar lambunan ga iyalai don kula da su. Iyalai da yawa sun sami aikin aikin lambu yana da magani, in ji Bill. Ya zama wata hanya ta kawar da damuwa ta yau da kullum da kuma hanyar samun sabbin kayan lambu a cikin abincinsu.
"Mun gano cewa ya fi dacewa da yara," in ji Bill. Yara sun taimaka wajen inganta lambuna, gays sun samu. "Iyayena suna da lambu, me yasa ba naku ba?" Bill ya ji yaran suna fada da juna.
Kodayake nasara, aikin yana da wuyar jiki. Bill ya fara zuwa Alaska, kuma Penny ta same shi a can bayan kammala karatun shekara. A lokacin da ta zo, mai yiwuwa ya yi asarar kilo 25, saboda tsananin motsa jiki da yake yi. Aikin lambun da ke arewa mai nisa yana buƙatar fiye da lankwasawa, durƙusa, da haƙa na aikin lambu a kudancin kudancin. kuma ya hada da daukar ruwa. Kuma lambuna a Alaska na buƙatar dabaru daban-daban kamar yin amfani da tudu da gadaje masu tsayi, saboda sanyin perma lamari ne.
A shekara ta 2011, akwai lambuna 25 zuwa 30 a ƙauyen Arctic, bayan shekaru biyar na aiki. Wannan shekarar ita ce ta ƙarshe da Gays suka yi aiki a ƙauyen Arctic, bayan sun motsa ƙoƙarin zuwa Circle bisa gayyatar da wani shugaban Alaska na ƙasar ya yi masa.
Daga aikin lambu zuwa noma
Kabeji da aka girma a cikin lambun Alaska
A Circle, aikin taimaka wa mutane haɓaka lambuna ya fara canzawa zuwa tunanin noma. Bill ya bayyana cewa mutanen da ke Circle sun fara fahimtar cewa akwai fatan samun ayyukan yi da kuma ba da kuɗi a cikin noman noma, waɗanda ba sa cikin aikin lambun al'umma.
Canji zuwa noma daga gonaki masu tasowa zai ɗauki ɗan lokaci, watakila shekaru da yawa, kuma zai buƙaci ƙarin saka hannun jari na kuɗi da albarkatu daga al'ummar Alaska na asali. Amma abu ne mai ban sha'awa sosai ga Gays.
Duk da haka, Bill ya nuna cewa samun dama da kuma araha na aikin lambu ya sa shi a gaba. "Ba lallai ne ku kashe kuɗi ba, ɗan aiki kaɗan ne kawai."
A wannan lokaci, 'yan Gays suna shirin karin shekaru biyu na aiki a Circle, sannan kuma suna fatan karin shekaru biyar na aiki a wasu al'ummomin Alaska, "kuma ga inda za mu iya gudu tare da wannan," in ji Bill. “Yanzu mun kafa kanmu, kuma wannan ita ce shekara ta tara. Sun san za mu dawo.”
'Ba zan iya yarda da cewa ina wani ɓangare na shi'
Farin cikin Bill da sadaukar da kai ga aikin lambu a Alaska ya zo da babbar murya: "Amfanin ya ci gaba da ci gaba," in ji shi. “Abin kunya ne kawai ka kasance cikin matsayi don iya taimaka wa mutane da yawa. Wannan aikin manufa ya zo ya ayyana mu. Ni dai na kasa gaskata yadda ni da matata muka shiga cikinsa.”
Aikin da aka fara karami "ya ci gaba, kuma ya karfafa mutane da yawa. Ya cancanci hakan.”
A cikin shekarun da suka wuce ƙungiyoyin coci sun haɗa su don ayyukan hidima, kuma sun shafe lokaci suna aiki da Habitat for Humanity. Sun ja hankalin kafafen yada labarai da dama a Alaska, har ma tashar Discovery Channel ta tunkare su don wani shirin talabijin wanda suka ki saboda irin wannan kulawar bai dace da aikin ba. "Wannan ba shine babban albashin da muke nema ba," in ji shi.
"Ba zan iya zama mai farin ciki ba," in ji Bill kawai. "Wannan shine abin da na sani tabbas."
Penny Gay yana aiki a ɗaya daga cikin wuraren zama a Circle, Alaska, wanda aka gina tare da taimako daga Tallafin Going to the Garden. Tallafin wani yunƙuri ne na Asusun Haƙƙin Abinci na Duniya na Cocin ’yan’uwa da Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a.
Zuwa Lambun tallafin
Cocin of the Brother's Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) ta ba da tallafi biyu na $1,000 kowanne, a cikin shekaru a jere, ga Cocin Pleasant Dale don aikin aikin lambu a Circle, Alaska. Akwai tattaunawa tsakanin Gays da manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart game da babban tallafi daga GFCF don tallafawa matakai na gaba.
Tallafin zuwa Lambun ya taimaka wajen biyan kuɗin gina greenhouse a Circle. Yawancin rukunin yanar gizon da ke karɓar tallafin Going to Garden suna cikin ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa ko kuma a cikin unguwannin su. Koyaya, aikin a Alaska yana da nisan mil dubu daga ikilisiya mafi kusa. Duk da nisa da rarrabuwar ƙasa, Gays sun ɗauki lambunan Alaska aikin isar da jama'a na ikilisiyar Indiana.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Tafiya zuwa Lambun duba www.brethren.org/peace/going-to-the-garden.html .
Don ƙarin bayani game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya jeka www.brethren.org/gfcf .
Don neman tallafin Going to the Garden tuntuɓi manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart, jboshart@brethren.org , ko Daraktan Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a Nate Hosler, nhosler@brethren.org .
Nemo labarin "Ma'adinan Labarai" na Fairbanks game da aikin Bill da Penny Gaye mai suna "Newsflash: Gardens Can Grow in the Arctic" a www.newsminer.com/newsflash-gardens-can-grow-in-the-arctic/article_89c567d5-746b-5203-99b3-7471d8a278a8.html?mode=story