Anne Gregory
Marigayi Dr. John Hamer da Esther Rinehart Hamer sun yi fice a fannin likitanci a lokacin da suke hidimar Cocin of the Brothers a Najeriya. Yanzu tsofaffin ɗaliban Manchester suna ƙirƙirar gadon su mafi girma kuma watakila mafi jurewa a Jami'ar Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Tare da kyautar $ 1.5 miliyan don kafa Farfesa John L. da Esther L. Rinehart Hamer a cikin Kiɗa.
"Ko da a wannan zamanin, yayin da kimiyya da magani suna da mahimmanci, John da ni muna fatan Manchester za ta ci gaba da samun ingantaccen shirin kiɗa," in ji Esther Hamer, wadda ta sauke karatu daga Manchester a 1950 tare da digiri a ilmin halitta da kiɗa (piano wasan kwaikwayo) da kuma ta samu digirin ta na aikin jinya a Jami'ar Case Western Reserve University.
"Kiɗa ya ba da daidaituwa ga rayuwata," in ji ta.
Hamers an fi saninsu a fannin kiwon lafiya saboda rawar da suke takawa wajen gano zazzabin Lassa, wanda kuma ake kira Lassa hemorrhagic fever, a lokacin da suke aikin mishan na likita a Najeriya. Likita John Hamer, wanda dan ajin Manchester ne a shekarar 1948, da Esther sun yi hidima a Najeriya daga 1953 zuwa 1969. Yawancin ayyukansu sun yi a Asibitin Lassa, mai suna kauyen da ke nesa inda suke kula da masu fama da kuturta, zazzabin cizon sauro. , ciwon ciki, rashin ruwa, parasites, da sauransu.
Laura Wine, wata ma'aikaciyar jinya Ba'amurke, tana aiki tare da Hamers a asibiti a 1969 lokacin da ta kamu da rashin lafiya kuma ta mutu. Hamers sun dage da cewa a kai gawarta zuwa wani babban asibiti inda za a iya daukar jinin al’adar kwayoyin cuta da kwayar cuta sannan a yi gwajin gawar gawar. Wannan muhimmiyar shaida ta ba da bayanan da masu bincike ke buƙata don gano abin da a yanzu ake kira zazzabin Lassa, cuta mai saurin kamuwa da cuta da ke haifar da zub da jini mai yawa a cikin gida kuma galibi yana mutuwa.
Ba da daɗewa ba, Hamers sun koma Amurka kuma suka zauna a Fort Wayne, Ind., inda John ya yi aikin likitancin iyali shekaru da yawa. Sun yi ritaya zuwa Timbercrest Senior Living Community a Arewacin Manchester, inda John ya mutu a cikin 2019 yana da shekaru 95.
Esther har yanzu tana zaune a Timbercrest, ɗan tazara daga harabar Manchester inda duka Hamers suka ji daɗin shirin kiɗan kwaleji a matsayin masu karatun digiri. John ya rera waka a cikin mawakan Chapel, yayin da Esther ta rera waka a cikin mawakan A Cappella kuma ta buga violin a kungiyar Symphony da Strings na Manchester. 'Ya'yansu mata ma sun shiga cikin shirin waka.
Esther ta ce cutar ta COVID-19 ta ƙarfafa godiyarta ga kiɗa a cikin ibada. “Muna so mu ci gaba da rera waƙa da kaɗe-kaɗe yayin da muke komawa bauta a wuraren ibadarmu. Ina fatan Sashen Kida kuma zai inganta abubuwan ibada."
An tsara kyautar Hamers don taimakawa ɗaliban Manchester na gaba su sami daidaito da jin daɗi ta hanyar kiɗa. Hakanan yana nuna jajircewarsu ga fasahar sassaucin ra'ayi. "Muna daraja ilimin fasaha na sassaucin ra'ayi saboda yana goyon bayan tunanin cewa abubuwa da yawa a duniya suna da mahimmanci kuma bai kamata mu takaita tunaninmu da rayuwarmu zuwa wani yanki na musamman ba," in ji Esther.
Shi ya sa Cocin ’yan’uwa suka kafa Manchester, tare da sauran kwalejoji. "Sun so dalibai su fallasa su ga cikakkun ra'ayoyi yayin da suke tunanin yadda bangaskiya ta shafi waɗannan ra'ayoyin," in ji ta.
Melanie Harmon, mataimakin shugaban ci gaba ta ce "Iyalan Hamer suna da tarihin ba da taimako wanda ya shafe shekaru da yawa a Manchester." "Wasikarsu mai karimci za ta yi tasiri mai ɗorewa a kan fitattun shirye-shiryen mu na kiɗa da kuma wadatar da rayuwar ɗalibai na yanzu da na gaba har zuwa tsararraki."
Saboda asusu ne da aka ba da kyauta, shugaban makarantar zai ci gaba da saka hannun jari, tare da samun kuɗin da aka yi niyya don tabbatar da matsayin farfesa har abada.
Shugaba Dave McFadden ya ce "Wannan baiwar farfesa za ta taimaka wajen ci gaba da karfafa tushen fasahar mu na sassaucin ra'ayi." "Karimcinsu ya cika mu."
- Anne Gregory mataimakiyar darakta ce a Ofishin Sadarwar Dabarun a Jami'ar Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Nemo ƙarin bayani game da tarihin zazzabin Lassa a www.brethren.org/global/nigeria/history4. Nemo ƙarin game da shirin kiɗa a Jami'ar Manchester a www.manchester.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-arts-humanities/academic-programs/music.
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