Kubona amahirwe akwiye
Ibibaho bigira uruhare mubabyeyi barera abana bavumbuye umwuga ushimishije nkumukozi wubuzima rusange
Igihe Nicole Sekelsky yakoraga yerekeza ku cyemezo cy’umufasha w’ubuvuzi muri kaminuza ya Johnson i Scranton, muri Pennsylvania, yabonye icyapa cy’ishuri ry’ubuzima bw’abaturage maze atekereza ko gishobora kumufasha kongera ubumenyi bw’ingenzi.
Ahubwo, amasomo yatanzwe n'ikigo nderabuzima cya Pennsylvania yahinduye umwuga we. Uyu munsi, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, kavukire ni umukozi w’ubuzima rusange (CHW) mu kigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage, afasha abantu nka we kubona ibikoresho byo kuzamura ubuzima bwabo n’ubuzima bwabo.
Ugushyingo 2021, Sekelsky yavuye mu ishyingiranwa ry'imyaka 25. Yakoraga nk'umuyobozi muri North Scranton Dunkin 'ariko yahise amenya ko umushahara we 13.25 $ kumasaha adahagije kugirango abana be bane - ubu 23, 20, 18, na 7 - bafite umutekano bakeneye.
Ati: “Nakoraga kuri DoorDash na Uber Kurya; Natanze plasma, uko byagenda kose kugira ngo nshyire ibiryo ku meza kandi ntirukanwa. ” “Igihe kimwe, byabaye ngombwa ko ngurisha impeta y'ubukwe bwanjye. Byari ubugome. ”
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage, Sekelsky noted how health care careers were in demand. She began thinking about returning to school and then found a post on Facebook about the new program – Readiness In Skilled Employment (RISE) – that helps Lackawanna and Luzerne County residents living 250% below the federal poverty level train for in-demand careers. Supported by the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, the program is a partnership among United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Johnson College, and the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development.
Agira ati: “Natekereje, ndamutse nemerewe kuba umufasha w'ubuvuzi, nta mahirwe abura.” “Sinzabeshya. Ntibyari byoroshye kugenda. Bashaka ko ukora ako kazi. ”
Yakomeje gahunda y'amezi icyenda, yasabaga amasaha 40 y'amahugurwa mu cyumweru. Usibye amahugurwa yamasomo, abitabiriye RISE baniga ubumenyi bwubuzima kuva kuri bije no gukomeza kwandika kugeza murugo no gufata neza imodoka.
Igihe yabonaga bwa mbere icyapa cy’amasomo y’ubuzima bw’abaturage ku kigo cya Johnson College, yatekereje ko kirimo amahugurwa y’ubutabazi, CPR, n’ubundi bumenyi yashoboraga gukoresha nk'umufasha w’ubuvuzi. Ageze ku munsi wa mbere, ariko, yamenye ko CHW yibanda ku guhuza abantu n’umutungo waho ufasha mubikenewe nkamazu, ibiryo, ubwikorezi kwa muganga, ubufasha bwingirakamaro, nibindi byinshi.
Inshingano zasa cyane nibyo Sekelsky yakoraga wenyine kuva yatangira gushyingirwa.
Ati: "Nari nzi, kuva mu bihe byanjye byo mu rugo, icyo ikigo gishinzwe umutungo w'abagore cyatanze. Kugira ngo mbone ibikoresho byinshi, naterefonaga cyane, nkora Googling nyinshi, nkabona ibyiyumvo hanze ”. Ati: “Igihe namenyaga ibijyanye na CHW, hari ikintu nakanze kuri njye. Nahisemo ko nkeneye gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo ntsinde uwo mwuga. ”
Sekelsky amaze kurangiza icyemezo cy’umufasha w’ubuvuzi n’amasomo y’ubuzima bw’abaturage, yahise atangira gushyira mu bikorwa ibyo yize. Yinjiye mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage mu mpeshyi ya 2022 nyuma yo gukorera muri make AmeriCorps. Kuri ubu akora mu myitozo ya Mid Valley i Jermyn, muri Pennsylvania.
“Community health workers advocate for our community and patients, as well as enrich their lives by closing the gap between their physical health and other barriers,” says Amanda Vommaro, CCHW, director of patient-centered services and supervisor of the community health workers at The Wright Center for Community Health. “Nicole has become an essential member of the team. She works diligently to ensure that our patients have access to food, housing, clothing, and other factors that affect their health.”
Ageze bwa mbere mu kigo cya Wright, ariko, Sekelsky yavuze ko abarwayi bake bazi uwo ari we cyangwa icyo yakoze. Yafashe ingamba zifatika, asohora amakuru kugira ngo amufashe kumenya uburyo yafasha abarwayi no kubegera nyuma y’uko abafasha b’ubuvuzi barangije kwisuzumisha bisanzwe batangiye kubonana na bo.
Uyu munsi, Seleksy agira ati: "Nijugunye hanze." Ati: "Birashoboka ko nabikoze mu byumweru bitandatu mbere yuko abantu batangira kumenya aho ndi n'uko nshobora gufasha."
Vommaro avuga ko hari ubumenyi bugenda bwiyongera ku byo CHW ikora mu rwego rw’ubuzima n’uburyo zishobora gufasha kugira ingaruka ku buzima bw’abarwayi muri rusange. Asobanura agira ati: “Mu myaka itatu ishize, iryo shami ryahindutse riba igice cy'ingenzi mu itsinda ryita ku mavuriro, ryahawe inshingano zo gukurikirana abarwayi kure, gusura ingo, no kugenzura imibereho, mu zindi nshingano z'ingenzi.”
Abajijwe intsinzi ye ikomeye, Sekelsky avuga ibyo yahuye n’umugabo uhura n’urugo wagiye inshuro nyinshi mu myitozo ya Mid Valley. Ubwa mbere, yasuye inshuro nyinshi gusaba igikombe cya kawa, nyuma yo gusurwa gake, asaba ikiringiti. Amaherezo, yasabye ubufasha bwo kubona amazu.
Agira ati: “Birashoboka ko yari hano amezi abiri cyangwa atatu, byibura iminsi itatu cyangwa ine mu cyumweru.” Ati: “Twamuhaye aho atura abinyujije mu kigo gishinzwe imiturire cya Scranton, kandi abafasha mu by'ubuvuzi bose barashinze maze bamugurira imyenda mishya, ibiribwa, ibyo yari akeneye byose.”
Yarasetse ubwo yavugaga uburyo kugira amazu ahamye byafashaga umugabo kuzamura ubuzima bwe kuko ubu yashoboraga gufata imiti buri gihe.
Agira ati: “Byatangiranye no kubona umuntu igikombe cy'ikawa. Ati: “Ntabwo mu nzozi zanjye mbi nigeze ntekereza ko bizarangira uko byagenze.”
Sekelsky ntabwo arangije kwiga no gukura. Aherutse kwiyandikisha muri Penn State World Campus 'impamyabumenyi ihanitse yo kuri interineti mu iterambere ry’abantu no mu masomo y’umuryango kandi yemererwa muri gahunda yo guhatanira amasoko akomeye ku rwego rw’igihugu rushinzwe ubuzima bw’abakozi babigize umwuga binyuze mu ishyirahamwe ry’ikigo nderabuzima cy’ikigo nderabuzima. Mu basaga 500 basabye, Sekelsky yari umwe muri 30 bemewe muri gahunda, bimufasha kumenya ibijyanye n'akazi ka CHW ku rwego rw'igihugu.
Avuga ati: “Ndashaka gukomeza. “Ni bangahe bashobora kuvuga mu by'ukuri ko bakunda akazi kabo? Ndabishoboye. ”
