Yolembedwa ndi Phyllis Coulter ku Illinois Farmer Today

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Akugwira ntchito yodzifunira ku East Africa, Joy Kauffman, mayi wa ku Illinois wa atsikana aŵiri achichepere, anaona mmene ana onga ake anali ndi njala ndi kusoŵa zofunika zakuthupi. Anaona kusowa kwa madzi aukhondo komanso kupezeka kwa chakudya chopatsa thanzi komanso kufunika kophunzitsidwa kuti apange chakudyacho.

Izi zidamupangitsa kuti akhazikitse bungwe lapadziko lonse lopanda phindu, FARM STEW International, lopangidwa kuti lipatse mabanja zida zomwe amafunikira kuti apewe njala, matenda ndi umphawi.

Kulimbikitsidwa kwake kunabwera pamene anadzipereka ku East Uganda ndi bungwe la US Agency for International Development mu 2015. Paulendowu, adalimbikitsidwa ndi womasulira. Iye ankachita zambiri osati kumasulira basi, koma ankathandiza pa ntchito yophunzitsa anthu.

Amakamba za kugwiritsa ntchito soya ngati chakudya cha ana, ndipo anthu ammudzi adaphunzira zambiri kuchokera kwa mmodzi wawo, adatero.

Izi zidamupangitsa kufuna kukhazikitsa bungwe lomwe anthu amderali amaphunzitsa ndi zinthu zomwe bungwe lopanda phindu limapereka. Anthu amamvetsera kwa anansi awo bwino kuposa wina akutsika ndege yomwe ingakhale yokwera mtengo kuposa malipiro awo apachaka, adatero.

“Amalankhula chinenerocho. Iwo amadziwa chikhalidwe,” adatero.

Amadziwa ndi maphunziro ake azaumoyo wa anthu komanso zakudya zapadziko lonse ku Johns Hopkins University ndi Virginia Tech, komanso chidziwitso chogwira ntchito pazaumoyo wa ana ku US Department of Health and Human Services ndi chikhulupiriro chake chachikhristu, adatha kuchita zambiri.

Adakhala woyambitsa komanso director wamkulu wa FARM STEW International, yomwe imaphunzitsa anthu amderali kuti aphunzitse madera awo onse kudzera m'minda, kuphika, kupeza madzi aukhondo, ukhondo wabwino, komanso ntchito zolimbikitsa. Amapanga makalasi apamanja, kugawana maluso othandiza omwe amakonzekeretsa anthu kudzithandiza okha.

FARM STEW ndi chidule cha Kulima, Makhalidwe, Mpumulo, Chakudya, Ukhondo, Kudziletsa, Bizinesi ndi Madzi.

Iye anati: “Zimasintha miyoyo ya anthu.

Iye akupereka chitsanzo cha mkazi amene “anali m’mavuto.” Iye sanali muukwati wabwino ndi mwamuna wake, wosoka nsapato, ndipo sankakhoza kudyetsa ana ake. Ataphunzira luso lothandizira ndalama za banja, zinasintha kwambiri. Kenako anatha kuphunzitsa ena ndi kuthandiza ana ake. Adapeza zambiri muukwati wake, adatero Kauffman.

Mwa anthu opitilira 202,000 omwe atenga nawo gawo pamaphunziro osiyanasiyana, 72% ndi azimayi omwe adachita nawo maphunziro a FARM STEW tsiku lonse,

Ngakhale Princeton, Illinois, ali kutali ndi anthu omwe akuwathandiza, Kauffman adati pali chithandizo chambiri chapafupi. Dzanja lake lamanja ndi Cherri Olin, woyang'anira ntchito zapakhomo.

Olin atamva zoti mnzakeyo akufuna kuyambitsa bungwe, anati: “Ndinamuuza kuti ndingachite chilichonse kuti ndimuthandize kupatulapo kupita ku Africa. Anayamba kuthandiza ndipo mu 2018 "adadzipereka" ndikupita.

“Ndinasiya mbali ina ya mtima wanga ku Africa,” anatero Olin.

Komanso monga mayi wa atsikana achichepere, iye anachita chidwi ndi kusoŵa kwa ma sanitary pads a atsikana panthaŵi ya kusamba. Atsikanawo anayenera kukhala pa matailosi ndi pansi pa dothi ndi kutenga matenda. Olin adati ndi wokondwa kukhala nawo popatsa atsikanawo ukhondo, thanzi komanso ulemu.

Chakudya chimasungidwa ndi formaldehyde pamenepo - china chake chomwe chimawonedwa ngati poizoni pano. Kusunga chakudya ndi mutu wina wofunikira wa maphunziro.

Mabungwewa tsopano akugwira ntchito m'mayiko asanu ndi anayi ndipo achita zochitika zophunzitsa 10,000 ndi ophunzitsidwa 250,000.

"Tidayamba ndi gulu la anthu asanu ndipo tsopano tili ndi 70," adatero Kauffman.

Lero FARM STEW ili ndi mabungwe othandizana nawo ku Uganda ndi South Sudan komanso abwenzi ku Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Philippines, Cuba ndi Bolivia.

Zili ngati fanizo la kupatsa munthu nsomba ndipo adzadya kapena kumuphunzitsa nsomba ndipo adzakhala ndi chakudya kwa moyo wonse, adatero Olin.

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