Ziyara tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) na Global Mission and Service babban darektan sabis na Jay Wittmeyer da darektan Sabis na Labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ya gudana a ranar 1-19 ga Nuwamba.
Ma’aikatan Cocin biyu sun samu tarba da karimci daga ‘yan uwa na Najeriya, karkashin jagorancin shugaban EYN Joel Billi, mataimakin shugaban kasa Anthony Ndamsai, da babban sakatare Daniel Mbaya. Wakilin ma’aikatan EYN Markus Gamache ne ya karbi bakuncin ziyarar tare da samar da kayan aiki.
Burin Wittmeyer na wannan tafiya shi ne karfafa dangantakar Cocin Brothers da EYN tare da kawo kwarin gwiwa ga 'yan'uwan Najeriya yayin da rikicin kasar ke ci gaba da yi. Ana ci gaba da kai munanan hare-hare daga mayakan Boko Haram da tashe-tashen hankula na Fulani makiyaya a yankin arewa maso gabas da tsakiyar Najeriya.
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Tafiyar ta kunshi kwanaki da dama da aka shafe a hedkwatar EYN da ke Kwarhi, tare da ziyarce-ziyarce zuwa wuraren da ke kusa da muhimmanci ga 'yan'uwa ciki har da Garkida - tsohon hedkwatar Cocin of the Brothers Mission. Wittmeyer da Brumbaugh-Cayford sun kuma ziyarci ikilisiyoyi goma na EYN a arewa maso gabashin ƙasar, sansanonin ƴan gudun hijira huɗu, da makarantu da yawa. Brumbaugh-Cayford ya sami damar halartar wani ɓangare na taron shekara-shekara na EYN Female Theology Association.
Manyan jagorori da ma’aikatan EYN a fannonin ilimi, ci gaban al’umma, aikin gona, kiwon lafiya, agajin bala’o’i, ma’aikatar mata, sadarwa, ƙananan kuɗaɗe, da sauran su sun ba da lokaci don ganawa da baƙi na Amurka. Tattaunawar ta nuna aniyar cocin Najeriya na ci gaba da sabunta ma'aikatun da rikicin ya yi barazana. Shekaru hudu kacal a baya ma’aikatan EYN sun gudu daga Kwarhi lokacin da ‘yan Boko Haram suka mamaye yankin suka mamaye hedkwatar cocin, kuma makomar ma’aikatun cocin da dama na cikin hadari.
Koyaya, EYN a yanzu tana samun haɓaka a yankuna da yawa: adadin ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi, halartar ikilisiyoyin–da yawa daga cikinsu suna sake gina majami'u da aka lalata a cikin tashin hankali, da sabbin wurare a Kwarhi. Misali, EYN ta yi bikin “’yancin kai” ko kuma cikakken matsayin ikilisiya na sabuwar ikilisiya a Sansanin Kaura Interfaith Interfaith Gurku. Gamache ne ya kafa sansanin, kuma an shirya bikin ne a ranar Lahadi, 18 ga Nuwamba, ranar karshe ta tafiya. An nemi Wittmeyer ya yi wa'azi.
Ziyarar da aka yi a sabuwar makarantar Kulp Theological Seminary (tsohon Kulp Bible College) da provost Dauda Gava ya yi, ya yi tsokaci kan yadda makarantar ta tabbatar da matsayin makarantar hauza ta hanyar alakar ta da Jami’ar Jos. A ziyarar da aka kai dakin karatu, an gano akwatunan littafai da Ba’amurke suka bayar. 'Yan'uwa da ake shirye don kasida.
Shugaban EYN Billi ya jagoranci rangadin wani sabon ginin ofis da ake ginawa a hedkwatar EYN, wanda aka tsara shi don haɗawa da haɗin gwiwa da babbar cibiyar taro da ke harabar. Ana kuma gina sabon zauren liyafa. Sabbin gine-ginen za su ƙara haɓaka da inganta wuraren ofisoshi na ma'aikatan EYN, kuma za su ba EYN damar daukar nauyin babban taron ecumenical na majami'un Najeriya a watan Janairu.
A Jos, ziyarar ta ƙunshi lokaci tare da ma'aikaciyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa Judy Minnich Stout. An sanya ta tare da EYN don yin aiki a kan shirya 'yan'uwan Najeriya don inganta ƙwarewar Turanci don shiga azuzuwan Seminary na Bethany a Cibiyar Fasaha ta EYN.
Duk da cewa ma’aikatu da ma’aikatun EYN suna dawowa kamar yadda aka saba ko ma girma, har yanzu gundumomin EYN guda hudu ba sa aiki saboda tashe-tashen hankula da raba ’yan cocin. Wannan dai na zuwa ne a daidai lokacin da kungiyar EYN ta yi bikin bude sabuwar gundumar a Legas, birni mafi girma a Najeriya dake kudancin kasar.
'Yan'uwa da yawa a Najeriya har yanzu suna gudun hijira kuma sun kasa komawa garuruwa kamar Gwoza da Bama, inda aka kai hare-hare a lokacin da Wittmeyer da Brumbaugh-Cayford ke cikin kasar. A wata ziyara da suka kai EYN #1 Maiduguri, har yanzu ita ce babbar jama'ar EYN da ta kirga kimanin mutane 3,500 duk da cewa an lalata ta da sake gina ta sau biyu, Fasto Joseph Tizhe Kwaha ya shaidawa wasu munanan hare-hare a kauyukan da ke kusa. Ya bayyana bakin cikinsa game da kisan da aka yi wa wani dan coci makonni biyu kacal da ya wuce. Sojojin Najeriya da kuma sansanin sojin sama ne ke kare birnin, amma ana ci gaba da kai hare-haren Boko Haram a yankunan karkara. Kwaha, wanda ya jagoranci rangadi a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira da ke kusa da cocin ke tallafa wa, ya yi magana game da wahalhalun da jama'ar da suka rasa matsugunansu ke fuskanta wadanda ba za su iya fita cikin gari su yi noma cikin aminci ba.
Fastoci da ministoci da suka yi ritaya da sauran shugabannin al’umma sun shafe lokaci tare da maziyartan a garuruwa daban-daban da kuma sansanonin ‘yan gudun hijira, inda suka ba da labarin al’ummarsu da kokarin komawa da sake gina wuraren da tashe-tashen hankula suka yi yawa. Da yamma a Michika, baƙi sun zagaya da wasu ikilisiyoyi EYN da suke sake ginawa. An lalata dukkanin Cocin Kirista a Michika lokacin da Boko Haram suka karbe yankin a shekarar 2014. EYN Watu ta sake gina cocinta, amma EYN #1 Michika na ci gaba da aikin gina sabon gini mai girma sosai, kuma ya samu taimako daga kungiyoyin aiki a sansanin daga Amurka A ziyarar EYN #1 Michika, Gamache ya gabatar da kwalaye biyu na Littafi Mai-Tsarki da waƙoƙin yabo cikin harshen Hausa da Ingilishi waɗanda ƙungiyar masu aikin sansanin suka bayar.
Tafiya ta ƙare da gayyatar ganawa da jakadan Amurka W. Stuart Symington. Shugaban EYN Billi, babban sakatare Mbaya, da ma'aikacin ma'aikata Gamache, Wittmeyer, da Brumbaugh-Cayford sun halarci taron a yammacin karshe na tafiyar. An dauki taron a matsayin wata muhimmiyar budaddiyar alaka tsakanin EYN da jami'an diflomasiyyar Amurka a Najeriya.
