Umthombo: I-Intercept
ENew York, NY-nge-14 ka-Epreli 2020: Abantu beme emgceni wokufumana ukutya kwindawo yokutya ngePhulo lokuLwa neNdlala phakathi kobhubhani we-COVID-19 eBrooklyn.
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U-Annie Louis wafumana emgceni kanye emva kwentsimbi yesi-7 kusasa kwiiyure ezintathu kamva, wayesalindile, ehla e-95th Street kumanzi aseBrooklyn. Ebediniwe. Amadolo akhe abebuhlungu. Kwaye uLouis, oneminyaka engama-61 ubudala kwaye unesifo seswekile kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi, enexhala lokuba ukuphuma phakathi kwabantu - abanye begqunyiwe kwaye abanye bengenjalo - kunokonyusa amathuba akhe okosulelwa yi-coronavirus. Nangona kunjalo, wayengenazinjongo zokuphuma emgceni ojikeleza iibhloko ezintathu zamakhaya aphantsi eCanarsie. Wayesele ekufutshane ngokwaneleyo ukuba abone abantwana be-Light Food Pantry, apho iziqhamo ezitsha, imifuno, kwaye, wayenethemba lokuba, iproteni ethile yayilindele.
“Sifuna iprotein,” watsho uLouis, ebhekisa kumzala wakhe, owayelinde ecaleni kwakhe kwaye wathi, naye, unethemba lokuba igrosari ayibeke kwindawo yakhe engenanto. “Uninzi lweentsuku ngoku, asizifumani iiproteni. Siphila ngemifuno nerayisi,” utshilo uLouis, osebenze iminyaka emininzi njengoncedo lwezempilo ekhaya. Ngelixa umvuzo uphantsi, kwixesha elidlulileyo udla ngokufumana imali eyaneleyo yokubeka ukutya etafileni. Kodwa oko waqala ubhubhane, khange asebenze kwaye nogcino lwakhe lomile kwiiveki ezidlulileyo. “Andinayo nesenti emdaka, amatyala am ayafumba, kwaye irenti kufanelekile ngoku,” utshilo.
Andinayo nesenti emdaka, amatyala am ayafumba, kwaye irenti ifuneka ngoku.
ICanarsie, apho ahlala khona uLouis, inelona zinga liphezulu lokufa kwi-coronavirus kwisiXeko saseNew York. Kwaye nangona uninzi lwabahlobo bakhe beye bagula yi-Covid-19, kwaye usaloyika usulelo, eyona nto agxile kuyo uLouis isandula ukutshintshela ekufumaneni ukutya okwaneleyo. Kwaye akayedwanga. Kuyo yonke idolophu, kwiindawo ezihlala zitshatyalaliswe kakhulu yintsholongwane - eyenzeka njengeendawo zokuhlala apho ubuhlwempu bukhulu - Indlala iyavela njengeyona nto iphambili exhalabisayo. E-Canarsie, apho ingeniso yekhaya eliphakathi yi-26,275 yeedola, imfuno inzima kakhulu. “Andizange ndiyibone into enje ebomini bam,” utshilo uGardy Brazela, usihlalo webhodi yocwangciso yasekuhlaleni, ophelelwe kukutya emva kokuhambisa iibhokisi ezingama-700 ebantwini phambi kwendawo yamapolisa asekuhlaleni ngolwesiThathu wakutshanje. "Kubi, kubi, kubi, kubi."
Lo bhubhani ubangele amanqanaba embali endlala kwilizwe liphela. Imifanekiso eshukumayo yedrone yemigca ebonakala ingenasiphelo yeemoto ezilindele ukuthatha ukutya kwiipanti Pennsylvania, Florida, yaye Texas ukudlulisa umda wenyaniso yethu entsha, apho ukungabikho kokutya kuphezulu ngokuvakalayo kunalo naliphi na ixesha apho kukho idatha ethelekisekayo, njenge isifundo liZiko leBrookings elifunyenweyo. Ngokwaloo ngxelo, ngaphezu kwe-1 kwimizi ye-5 e-US yayingakhuselekanga kokutya ekupheleni kuka-Epreli, inyanga yakutshanje apho idatha ikhoyo, njengoko yayiyi-2 kwimizi ye-5 kunye noomama babantwana abaneminyaka eyi-12 nangaphantsi.
KwisiXeko saseNew York, isesona nxalenye inzima yelizwe, abahlali abazizigidi ezi-2 - 1 kwaba-4 - abakhuselekanga kukutya, ngokoqikelelo lukaSodolophu uBill de Blasio abelane ngalo kwingxelo yabezindaba ngasekupheleni kukaMeyi. Kwangoku, phakathi ku-Epreli, emva kweeveki nje ezimbalwa zokuvalelwa, iipesenti ezingama-38 zabazali kwisiXeko saseNew York baxele ukuba banciphise ubungakanani bokutya okanye beqa ukutya kubantwana babo ngenxa yokuba bengenamali yaneleyo yokutya kwinyanga ephelileyo, ngokutsho. iya ku survey I-Hunger Free America yakhululwa ngelo xesha. Olu hlolisiso lukwafumanise ukuba abantu abadala abangama-34 ekhulwini kwisiXeko saseNew York babengatyi okanye basike izabelo zabo ngenxa yokuba bengenamali yaneleyo yokutya.
Imibutho ibisanda kwaye iyila ngokutsha ukuhlangabezana nale mfuno ingaka. Uphawu olumibalabala oluhonjiswe ngemifuno kwindawo engaphambili yevenkile ehlala abantwana be-Light Food Pantry ithi ivulwa iiyure ezimbalwa ngeentsuku ezithile kwaye ichaza ukuba isebenza “ngedinga.” Kodwa ukusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-Matshi, njengoko imfuno yokutya iye yanda, i-pantry ivuliwe iintsuku ezisixhenxe ngeveki kwaye yondla phakathi kwama-500 kunye nama-700 abantu ngosuku - ngaphezulu kwenani eliphindwe kabini. Abantwana bokuKhanya baqeshe i-port-a-potty kubantu abafola kwangoko nge-5 am Kwaye ngokutsho komlawuli we-pantry, uMfundisi uMaureen Rush, amavolontiya ahlala ephelelwa ukutya okutsha ngaphambi kokuba umgca wenziwe.
U-Deborah Hoyle, umlawuli wenkqubo yeZiko loLuntu lase-Ocean Bay Cornerstone, ulindele ingxaki yendlala nje ukuba kuqale ukuvalwa. Indawo eselumelwaneni ayinazo iivenkile zokutya, kwaye abanye abahlali bebesele benengxaki yendlala phambi kobhubhani. “Olu luntu luzaliswe zizinto ezininzi,” utshilo uHoyle, oqale ukucinga ngendlela elinokunceda ngayo iziko ekusasazweni kokutya nje ukuba ubhubhane uhlasele. Ulungiselele iminikelo yokutya ngeCampaign Against Hunger and City Harvest, phakathi kweminye imibutho, wathenga iitafile neentente awayezimise phambi kwesakhiwo sezindlu zaseOcean Bay Apartments eBeach Channel Drive, waqokelela abasebenzi bokuzithandela, waqinisekisa ukuba kukho ngokwaneleyo. yayisisixhobo sokuzikhusela kunye nezinto zokuhlamba izandla kumntu wonke. “Ndiyincutshe kumalungiselelo,” wandixelela.
Sekunjalo uHoyle wayengekakulungelwa ubungakanani bemfuno yokutya eyathi yabonakala kamsinya nje bakuba beqalise ukunikezela ngezinto ezomileyo nezinkonkxiweyo kunye nemifuno yeengcambu ngoAprili 8. “Xa sivulayo, ndajika ndathi, Kulungile, kukho 10 abantu kwi-intanethi. KULUNGILE. Ndiyakwazi ukuyinyamezela loo nto. Kodwa ke ndaphinda ndajonga phezulu kwaye umgca wawuphantsi kwebhloko. Into elandelayo endayaziyo, ndeva ukuba ihambile ukusuka ku-58 ukuya ku-54th Street,” utshilo. Yayiyiveki nje yokuqala leyo. Ukususela ngoko, eli qela liye laqalisa ukukhupha imifuno, ubisi namaqanda. Kwaye veki nganye, isihlwele siye siba sikhulu.
Ukanti izihlwele ziya zisanda kwiindawo zokusasaza ukutya ezingqonge isixeko ziyinxalenye ebonakalayo yengxaki kuphela. Nokuba kungenxa yokuba begula okanye basemngciphekweni wokugula, uninzi lwabantu abafuna ukutya abakwazi ukuma emgceni kangangeeyure ukuze bakufumane. Kutshanje, uHoyle uye wabona ixhegokazi lingcangcazela njengoko lalilinde kangangeeyure kwindawo elalisasaza kuyo iincwadi. “Ndamxelela ukuba, ‘Ungaphindi uphume apha,’ watsho uHoyle, waza wongeza eli bhinqa kuludwe lwabantu amatsha-ntliziyo akhe abasa ukutya simahla.
Kwizindlu zaseVandalia, izakhiwo ezibini zeGunya lezindlu kwisiXeko saseNew York kubantu abadala phakathi kweCanarsie kunye neMpuma yeNew York, iqela elincinane lamavolontiya kunye nabasebenzi bendawo engenzi ngeniso bafumana amagqabantshintshi ngesidingo njengoko behambisa igrosari kunye neemaski zobuso kubahlali abasele bekhulile. UMillie Marelle, umhlali waseVandalia Houses oneminyaka engama-70 ubudala, wayenxibe imaski yobuso njengoko wayevula ucango lwendlu yakhe ii-intshi ezimbalwa ukwamkela umnikelo wesonka kunye nemifuno. UMarelle uthe khange asebenze oko waqala ubhubhane, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha akanayo imali yaneleyo yokuthenga ukutya. Ezantsi eholweni, u-Annie Marcello oneminyaka engama-85 uthe uphume kwigumbi lakhe ukuze abeke itshekhi yakhe yoKhuseleko lweNtlalo okoko waqala ubhubhane. UMarcello uvakalise umbulelo wakhe ngokutya kunye nokunxibelelana nabantu ngaphambi kokuvala nokutshixa kabini ucango lwendlu yakhe.
I-Invisible Hands, umbutho oqhutywa ngamavolontiya owasekwa ukuzisa ukutya kubantu abakhubazekileyo kunye nabantu abadala ngexesha lo bhubhani, wafumana ubungakanani bemfuno yezemali kamsinya nje emva kokuba iyile. Umbono wokuqala wombutho ibikukuthutha ukutya nje abantu abazithengele kona kwi-Intanethi, kuba iinkonzo zokuhanjiswa kwegrosari ezifana neFresh Direct kunye ne-Instacart bezisoyikeka. Kodwa phakathi kuMatshi, i-Invisible Hands yazisa inkqubo yenkxaso-mali ehlawulela ukuya kuthi ga kwi-30 yeedola zokutya kwabo babeyidinga.
“Yaye yandoyisa kakhulu ngokukhawuleza,” utshilo uSimone Policano, omnye wabaseki abathathu beli qela. “Besifumana amakhulu eminxeba ngosuku, koonontlalontle, kwiindawo zokuhlala.” Ngoko ke, emva kweeveki nje ezintathu apho likhuphe ukutya okungaphezu kwee-R31,000 XNUMX, eli qela lagqiba kwelokuba alinakuphinda libonelele ngenkxaso-mali. “Yayiyi-Band-Aid yenxeba lembumbulu,” utshilo uPolicano. “Kuye kwafuneka senze umnxeba obuhlungu nonzima ukuze siziqhubele phantsi okanye simise inkqubo. Besingalombutho nje sana. Kwaye inkqubo yethu yayigcwele ngokupheleleyo. ” I-Invisible Hands ngoku ihambisa ukutya okuhlawulelwa ngamashishini kunye neminye imibutho kodwa ayikuxhasi ukuthenga.
Nemibutho esele imiselwe ngakumbi iyasokola ukuze ihlangabezane nale ntswelo. I-Citymeals on Wheels, ehambisa ukutya okungaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-2 kubantu ababuthathaka nabakhulileyo baseNew York ngonyaka ngamnye, ilindele ukuhambisa ukutya okongeziweyo kwesigidi esinye ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Imfuno "beyingakholeleki," utshilo uRachel Sherrow, umlawuli olawulayo weCitymeals on Wheels, othe eli qela kutsha nje kuye kwafuneka liqeshe indawo yokugcina ukutya okongeziweyo kwaye kuye kwafuneka lenze iinkqubo ezintsha ukuze amavolontiya akwazi ukuhlala kude ekuhlaleni. ngelixa uhambelana nemfuno eyongeziweyo.
Abanye abameli bexesha elide bathi kudala belumkisa iminyaka malunga nendlala ethe yaqatsela ubhubhane.
Abanye abameli bexesha elide bathi kudala belumkisa iminyaka malunga nendlala ethe yaqatsela ubhubhane. “Ndinqwenela ukuba bendinokuthi ndothukile yile nto, kodwa yonke into inokuqikelelwa ngokupheleleyo,” utshilo uJoel Berg, iCEO yeHunger Free America. "Uninzi lwabantu aluqondi ukuba bangaphi abantu ababesele besekupheleni."
UBerg, osebenze ekudambiseni indlala ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30, uqhelene kakhulu nonobangela. Kwilizwe lonke, ikota yabantu baseMelika ayinalo ugcino okanye ukonga kakubi. KwisiXeko saseNew York, bangaphezulu kwesigidi abantu ababesele belambile ngaphambi kokuba ubhubhane uhlasele. Kwaye abaninzi ngakumbi babephila nje iisheke ezimbalwa ukusuka kuyo. Ukuphelelwa yimisebenzi ngequbuliso kunye nokunyuka kwamaxabiso okutya ngenxa yobhubhane kunye nokuvalwa komsebenzi kuthetha ukuba abantu abaninzi bafuna uncedo lokuhlawulela ukutya okokuqala ebomini babo. Kodwa utshintsho lwakutsha nje lukwathetha ukuba ingxaki yendlala esele ikho kwisiXeko saseNew York iye yaba mandundu. “Iphenyane elizele ngabantu lisuka nje balambe belamba ngakumbi,” utshilo uBerg.
Urhulumente wesixeko, esele ingumboneleli omkhulu wokutya, iye yakwandisa ngokumangalisayo ukuhanjiswa kwayo kokutya ukuze iphendule le ngxaki. NgoMatshi, uDe Blasio wabiza uKathryn Garcia wesixeko Covid-19 ukutya czar ukulawula umzamo. Kwaye ngo-Epreli, wabhengeza a I-170 yezigidi zesicwangciso sikaxakeka ukulwa nendlala, nto leyo eye yabandakanya ukuvulwa kwangaphezu kwama-400 iindawo zokutya apho nawuphi na umntu waseNew York anokufumana ukutya. Abaqhubi beeteksi nabakwa-Uber bayanceda hambisa ukutya. Esi sixeko sandise iOfisi yaso yeeNkonzo zoKutya kunye neSondlo, esibonelela ngokutya okungama-850,000 ngosuku kubafundi bezikolo zikawonke-wonke kwisiXeko saseNew York, sisenza indawo yesibini emkhosini waseMelika njengoyena mntu uthengisa ukutya kwelizwe. Ngoku loo ofisi yondla abafundi nabazali babo.
“Abantu kufuneka bayiqonde into yokuba benze kwiiveki ezimbalwa oko urhulumente ebedla ngokuthatha iminyaka embalwa ukuyenza,” utshilo uBerg. “Bahambisa ukutya okungaphezulu kwesigidi esi-1 ngosuku kumakhaya abantu. Ezinye zi-halal kunye ne-kosher. " UBerg uzichaze “njengovutha ngumsindo nosodolophu kwimiba yamapolisa,” kodwa nangona kunjalo wavuma ukuba ukonyuswa kokusasazwa kokutya obekonganyelwa nguDe Blasio “yayisisenzo esinzima kakhulu.”
Nangona kunjalo, nezona mpendulo zincomekayo ezivela kurhulumente kunye nabangenzi nzuzo kuso sonke isixeko azanelanga ukuhlangabezana nesidingo sangoku. “Imfuno ayinasiphelo,” utshilo uLiz Accles, umlawuli olawulayo waMagqwetha oKutya koLuntu. Watsho uAccles Ubhubhane we-EBT, eya kuzisa iintsapho zomfundi ngamnye wesikolo sikarhulumente saseNew York i-$420 yegrosari, kufuneka incede. Kodwa yintlawulo yexesha elinye. Kwaye unexhala malunga nokuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni emva kokuba imali iphelile, njengoko uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukarhulumente kunye nolwemanyano luqina.
“Uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali luyinkxalabo kumanqanaba amaninzi,” utshilo uAccles. “Asazi ukuba kuya kubakho isiqabu esibonakalayo kwiinkqubo zokutya. Uloyiko kukuba bonke abantu ababetsala nzima mihla le ngaphambili baya kutsala nzima ngakumbi nangakumbi, kwaye kuya kubakho iqela elitsha labantu phezu kwabo abafuna ukutya. ”
Sele ezinye iinkqubo ezijolise ekudambiseni indlala zibuyela umva. Inkqubo yeNutrition Outreach and Education Programme, esebenzisana nemibutho enceda abantu ukuba bafake izicelo zoncedo kwi-Federal Nutrition Assistance Programme, okanye iSNAP, kutshanje yazise ababoneleli bayo ukuba ayikhange ilufumane uhlaziyo olulindelekileyo lwesivumelwano sayo seminyaka emihlanu kunye norhulumente waseNew York. , eza kuphelelwa ngoJuni 20. Ngaphandle kwesivumelwano, imibutho engama-45 kulo lonke ilizwe kusenokufuneka ibeke abantu emsebenzini okanye ivalwe ngokupheleleyo kanye xa iinkonzo zabo zifuneka kakhulu.
Abanye banethemba lokuba lo bhubhani uya kubangela ukuqonda ngakumbi oonobangela bendlala, nangona ubangela ukubandezeleka okukhulu. UJahi Chappell, umlawuli olawulayo wombutho okhuthazayo woKutya kokuQala, uthe iingcambu zengxaki yethu yangoku zilele “kwinetha yokhuseleko loluntu” kunye nenkqubo enkulu yokutya apho ezolimo ezinkulu kunye neenkampani ezithengisayo zinamandla amakhulu kwaye amafama angekho. awuhlawulanga umvuzo ophilayo. “Konke kuyadibana,” utshilo uChappell, ochaze indlala njengentswela-bulungisa, njengobundlobongela bamapolisa, ekufuneka iqwalaselwe ngokwenkqubo.
De kube iyalungiswa, indlala, njengobundlobongela bamapolisa, yenye yezinto ezimbalwa ezinokwenza abantu baphume kumakhaya abo ngexesha lobhubhani obulalayo. NgoLwesithathu wakutshanje, isihlwele esincinci sahlanganisana kwitafile egcwele iitapile kunye nama-apile kwindawo efileyo eFar Rockaway. Unxweme olwaluselunxwemeni lwalungenamntu. Kodwa kwibloko kwakudlala umculo njengoko amatsha-ntliziyo esothula yaye epakisha imveliso ekwiibhokisi. Uninzi lwadlula kwiselfowuni apho babejongana khona noCynthia Bryant, umseki wecawa yasekhaya oququzelela ukuhanjiswa kokutya kwindawo ekude kuba efumana unyango lwechemotherapy.
Abanye kwisikhululo sokutya esiphumayo nabo babesabela kwingxaki yokutya ngesisa esasibonakala sichasa amaxesha obumnyama. UDesiree Hicks, umama wabantwana abane ophulukene nomsebenzi wokuhlawula amayeza, wayencedisa ekukhupheni ukutya kuba, wathi, "Ndiyazi ukuba kuyintoni ukulamba." USharmaine Anderson, owayeqhuba i-Uber ngaphambi kokuvalwa komsebenzi kwaye enogcino oluncinci, wayesandula ukuchitha ixesha elininzi lokuvuselela ukutya awayekuhambisa kubamelwane. Kwaye uRon Halyard, umfundisi, wayelungiselela ukuzalisa umva welori yakhe emnyama ngezinto ezityiwayo. “Sihlala siyilayisha kwaye sihamba ebumelwaneni,” utshilo uHalyard. Ngalo lonke ixesha sifumana umntu ofuna ukutya.
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