Daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, tare da gudummawa daga Peggy Reiff Miller
An yi bikin cika shekaru 75 na Heifer International a Oktoba 5, a Castañer, PR, wanda gundumar Puerto Rico na Ikilisiyar Brotheran'uwa ta shirya, ikilisiyar Castañer, da Asibitin Castañer. (Don hotunan bikin da sauran ra'ayoyin Puerto Rico je zuwa www.bluemelon.com/
cocin yan'uwa/
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Shekaru 75 .)
Puerto Rico ita ce wurin da aka fara jigilar dabbobin da cocin of the Brethren's Heifer Project ya yi a 1944. Karsana 17 – shanun mata masu juna biyu da ɗan maraƙi na farko – Mobile, Ala., A ranar 7 ga Yuni kuma suka isa San Juan. , PR, ranar 22 ga Yuli, 1944. Daga cikin shanu 17, 16 sun tsira daga tafiyar.
Heifer shi ne ma'aikacin cocin 'yan'uwa Dan West, wanda ya fito da ra'ayin "ba da kyautar" na dabbobin gona ga mutanen da yaki da talauci ya shafa. Kwamitin Hidima na ’Yan’uwa ne ya tsara tsarin aikin a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, tare da dabbobin da ’yan’uwa manoma da ikilisiyoyi da ƙungiyoyin makaranta da sauran su suka yi kiwon ko kuma suka ba da gudummawarsu. Nasarar da aka samu a Puerto Rico ya ƙarfafa shugabannin coci su fara yunƙurin jigilar dabbobi zuwa Turai da Asiya da yaƙi ya daidaita.
A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, Heifer International ta zama mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta. Sama da shekaru 75 na aiki a duniya ya taimaka wajen fitar da iyalai sama da miliyan 34 daga kangin talauci.
Wani muhimmin lokaci
5 ga Oktoba, 2019, “rana ce a tarihin Puerto Rico,” in ji Roberto Pagán, magajin gari na gundumar Lares inda Asibitin Castañer da Cocin Castañer na ’yan’uwa suke. "Muna taya murna da kuma taya duk wanda ya dauki lokacinsa ya shuka domin wasu su sami girbi…. Kamar tseren relay, ka wuce sanda ka ci gaba.”
Peggy Reiff Miller, wanda ya halarci bikin a matsayin babban masanin tarihi na Heifer ya ce "Puerto Rico za ta kasance mai girma a cikin tarihin Heifer Project da gado. Ta ce bikin tunawa da ranar ya haɗa Heifer da aikin Civilian Public Service (CPS) a tsibirin da kuma ci gaban Asibitin Castañer da kuma kafa Cocin farko na ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa a Puerto Rico.
Rukunin Sake Ginawa na CPS na “Martin G. Brumbaugh” a Puerto Rico ya fara wani yanki a Castañer a matsayin wurin da masu ƙi na iya yin madadin hidima a lokacin da bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II. Reiff Miller ya ce an sanya sashin ne a Castañer saboda tsananin bukatar sabis na likita a wannan yanki mai tsaunuka.
Dabbobin Kassai na farko sun isa Castañer a cikin 1945, garken shanu shida da bijimi guda. Ma'aikatan CPS ne suka kula da garken tare da ba da madarar madara ga sashin da kuma na asibiti.
A cikin shekaru 15 na gaba aikin Heifer ya yi jigilar dabbobi 24 zuwa Puerto Rico ciki har da shanu, awaki, kaji, alade, da zomaye, in ji Reiff Miller.
Babban taro
Tare da magajin gari Pagán, bikin tunawa da ranar tunawa ya tattara shugabanni daga Heifer International, Asibitin Castañer, da Cocin ’yan’uwa a Puerto Rico da babban yankin.
Mataimakin shugaban Heifer International Jesús Pizarro ya halarci tare da danginsa. A halin yanzu yana aiki daga Little Rock, Ark., Amma ya fito daga Puerto Rico. Heifer kuma ya aika da mai daukar hoto da mai daukar hoto.
Babban darakta Domingo Monroig ne ya wakilci Asibitin Castañer, da sauran ma’aikatan gudanarwa, da membobin hukumar ciki har da shugaba Eduardo Ortiz.
Gundumar Puerto Rico ta sami wakilcin, tare da wasu da yawa, ministan zartarwa José Calleja Otero wanda shi ma fastoci ikilisiyar Vega Baja; Fasto Castañer Jaime Díaz; mai kula da bala'i José Acevedo; membobin hukumar gundumar; da kuma kwamitin tsara bikin. Yawancin fastoci daga ikilisiyoyi bakwai na gundumar sun halarta.
Wakilan ma'aikatan Cocin na 'yan'uwa sun hada da babban sakatare David Steele, Global Mission and Service Executive Director Jay Wittmeyer da kuma mataimakin shugaban gudanarwa Roy Winter, da darektan Sabis na Labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Wittmeyer yana zaune a kan hukumar Heifer International. Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis ya taimaka wajen samar da kudade don bikin. Har ila yau, ma’aikatan Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa da ’yan agaji da aka ba su masauki a Castañer don yin aikin sake ginawa bayan guguwar Maria.
Kwamitin tsare-tsare ya hada da Acevedo, wanda ya zama shugaban kwamitin; Monroig; Otero; Díaz; da Cocin Arecibo na ’yan’uwa fasto Lorens Crespo.
Cikakken ranar biki
Abubuwan sun fara ne da tsakar safiya yayin da mahalarta suka taru a Cocin Castañer na 'yan'uwa sannan suka zagaya da Asibitin Castañer. An gudanar da liyafar cin abinci a asibiti da kuma coci. An keɓe alamar tarihi a wurin da aka fara karɓar karsana a Castañer, a tsohon wurin asibiti. An bude bikin la'asar a filin wasa na garin ga daukacin al'umma.
An ba da jawabai kuma an karanta kudurori na hukuma, gami da ƙudurin da Majalisar Dattawa ta Puerto Rican ta amince da Heifer International da tarihinta a tsibirin, sanarwar da magajin garin Lares ya yi, da kuma gaisuwa ga Heifer International daga gundumar Puerto Rico da fasto Lillian Reyes ya karanta.
Wittmeyer ya yi magana a madadin Cocin of the Brothers, yana lura da ɓangaren Puerto Rico a “haihuwar ɗayan ƙungiyoyin da ake girmamawa da inganci a duniya a yau, Heifer International…. Mu ci gaba da aiki tuƙuru tare har sai wani yaro da ba zai yi rashin lafiya, ko yunwa ko wahala ba, muna faɗin haka domin ɗaukaka Allah da maƙwabtanmu.”
Steele ya ba da kyauta ta musamman ga Asibitin Castañer na $100,000 daga gidan marigayi Chester da Virginia Poister na Hemet, California. kiwo a cikin kwarin Pomona don taimakawa aikin asibiti na hidima ga al'umma. 'Yar'uwar Virginia Poister, Maxine Alice Dull, ta kasance mai kula da dukiyarsu har zuwa mutuwarta. An ba cocin 'yan'uwa alhakin mika kyautar zuwa asibiti.
"Al'umma na da mahimmanci a cikin coci," in ji Steele, tare da lura cewa asibitin "wuri ne da al'umma ke taruwa. Wannan misali ne na yadda al’umma ke son juna da kuma kula da juna”.
Monroig ya mayar da martani ga asibitin, yana mai cewa, “Muna fatan nan gaba Asibitin Castañer zai yi tasiri ga al’umma. Na gode da kasancewa tare da mu a wannan muhimmiyar rana.”
Kyautar ɗan maraƙi, wanda dangin gida suka kawo, ya zama abin haskakawa. Steele da Pizarro tare sun ba da maraƙi ga mai karɓa Erick Yadiel Rivera don sanin cewa taken Heifer, "ba da kyautar," yana ci gaba da amfanar Castañer. Rivera yana karatun aikin noma a makarantar sakandare ta Castañer kuma shine ɗan takara don kammala karatun a wannan shekara. Wani saki daga kwamitin tsare-tsare ya kwatanta shi da “matashi mai tawali’u da ƙa’idodin Kirista.” Iyalinsa na daga cikin wadanda suka samu tallafi daga Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ‘Yan’uwa domin gyara musu gida bayan guguwar Maria.
Kiɗa ta ƙungiyar Brazos de Oro ta zagaya da yamma, gami da ainihin waƙar da aka rubuta don bikin. An yi amfani da kek yayin da mutane suka zauna a filin wasa don jin daɗin kiɗa da tattaunawa.
Kyauta ta ci gaba
"Ina alfahari sosai a matsayina na Puerto Rican cewa aikin farko ya kasance a nan Puerto Rico," in ji Pizarro. Heifer International ya haɗa da kuma hidima ga mutane daga addinai daban-daban, "amma muna raba tare da Cocin 'yan'uwan jin tausayi… ma'anar adalci na zamantakewa," in ji shi. "Wannan shine ainihin abin da muke rabawa tare da Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Cocin Castañer."
"Yau rana ce ta musamman a gare ni," in ji Elizabeth Cruz, daya daga cikin wadanda suka yi magana a wajen sadaukar da alamar tarihi. Ita ma'aikaciyar jinya ce kuma tana aiki a matsayin sakatariyar hukumar asibitin. Tun tana karama ta tuna da kakarta ta aiko da kwalabe da babu kowa a ciki domin ta cika mata da ‘yan uwanta da fresh milk. Ko da yarinya ta ga abin da asibitin ke yi wa mutane kuma ta yanke shawarar zama ma'aikaciyar jinya.
Cruz da sauransu sun jaddada mahimmancin Heifer ga Castañer da Puerto Rico, da kuma bukatar a koya wa ƴan ƙarami wannan tarihin. Tana fatan bikin zagayowar zai ƙarfafa mahalarta "su sami wannan karramawa na musamman a zuciyarku, waɗanda yaranmu da jikokinmu suke tunawa."
- Peggy Reiff Miller ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton. Karanta ta blogpost game da bikin a https://seagoingcowboysblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/
bikin-kasan-kasa-kasa-shekara-75-a-castaner-puerto-rico . Don hotunan bikin da sauran ra'ayoyin Puerto Rico je zuwawww.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/
puertoricohostsheifers75thanniversary .
