Ibali lendlela uLaRayia Gaston asiseka ngayo isidlo sasemini kum liya kukushukumisela ukuba uthathe inyathelo

Umxholo

• Ukuqala Kwangethuba kwaye Ukuqala Kancinci
• Ukudibana kunye nefuthe elikhulu
• Ukusombulula ingxaki yeNdlala
• Ukuhlala unyanisekile kwiLizwe elingenzi nzuzo
• Uphengululo lwe

ULaRayia Gaston wayesebenza kwindawo yokutyela eneminyaka eyi-14, elahla inqwaba yokutya okulungileyo ngokugqibeleleyo (inkunkuma yokutya ixhaphake kakhulu kwishishini), xa wabona indoda engenakhaya igrumba kumgqomo wokutya, ngoko endaweni yoko, wamnika. "okuseleyo". Lowo yayingumntu wokuqala ongenakhaya awamondlayo-kwaye wayengazi, esi senzo sincinci sokuthobeka siyakubumba bonke ubomi bakhe.

“Ngalo mzuzu kwakulula: Indoda ilambile, kwaye ndinokutya okumoshayo,” utshilo uGaston. "Ngelo xesha, bendingazi ukuba indikhokelela kwindawo endikuyo ngoku, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo lelona xesha libalulekileyo elindenze ndazazi iimfuno ezilula, ezikhawulezileyo zabanye ezinokuhlangatyezwa yonke imihla ."

U-Gaston ngoku ungumseki kunye nomlawuli olawulayo we-Lunch On Me, i-Los Angeles-based nonprofit ehambisa ngokutsha ukutya okuphilayo (okuya kuchithwa ngenye indlela), ukutya ukutya kubantu abayi-10,000 kwi-Skid Row inyanga nenyanga. Umsebenzi wabo ungaphaya kokubeka ukutya ezandleni zabantu; I-Lunch On Me inikezelwe ekupheliseni indlala ngelixa ibonelela ngamathuba okutyebisa ingqondo, umzimba, kunye nomoya we-LA yoluntu olungenamakhaya ngeeklasi ze-yoga, amaqela asekuhlaleni, kunye neendibano zokuphilisa abafazi.

Funda malunga nendlela aqale ngayo, isizathu sokuba kufuneka uzikhathaze ngakumbi ngendlala kunye nokungabinakhaya, kunye nendlela onokunceda ngayo.

Ukuqala Kwangethuba kwaye Ukuqala Kancinci

“Ndakhulela ecaweni apho ‘ukuxela’ kwakukukhulu ngokwenene. (Ukusasaza kuxa unikela nge-10 ekhulwini nantoni na onayo yaye iya kwisisa okanye ungayinikela ebandleni). Ngoko, ekukhuleni kwam, ndandisoloko wafundisa ukuba i-10 ekhulwini layo yonke into onayo kufuneka isasazwe, asiyiyo eyakho, kwaye kum, ndandingavumelani ngokwenene necawa. Ndandineminyaka eyi-15 ubudala kwaye ndabuza umama ukuba kulungile ukubhambathisa ecaweni ndandisondla nje abantu—yaqala ngoko ke, kuba umama wayesithi, ‘Andikhathali nokuba wenza ntoni na, kufuneka wenze eyakho indima’.

Emva koko xa ndaya e-LA, ndabona ingxaki yokungabi nakhaya kwaye ndaqhubeka nomkhwa wam oqhelekileyo wokuhambisa amanzi kunye nokunceda ukondla abantu. Andenzanga nenye; Ndinganceda ngayo nayiphi na indlela endinokuyenza ngayo. Ke ukuba bendise Starbucks, bendiya kuthengela ubisi nakubani na okufutshane. Ukuba ibiyiholide, bendisenzela ukutya okongezelelekileyo. Ukuba bendisevenkileni, bendithenga ukutya okungaphezulu. Ukuba bendisitya ndedwa, bendimema umntu ongena khaya ongemi ngaphandle kweresityu. Kwaye ndayithanda. Kwandichukumisa ngakumbi kunokubhala itsheki ecaweni. Kuba ndiyithandile, indenze ndanikela ngokuchwayita. "

Ukudibana kunye nefuthe elikhulu

"Ndabuyisela ngolo hlobo iminyaka eyi-10 ngaphambi kokuba nabani na ayazi. Yayiyindlela yam yangasese yokubuyisela; yayiyinto esondelene ngokwenene kum. Ngenye imini, umhlobo wabandakanyeka ekuphekeni isidlo kunye nam ngaphambi kweholide kwaye wayinandipha ngokwenene. yiyo-kwaye yayilixesha lokuqala enoluvo lokuba ndingafikelela kwezinye izibonelelo okanye oku kunokuba yinto enkulu kunam.

Ke ndiye ndaqala ngokuzithandela, kwaye yonke indawo endiyenzayo, bendiphoxekile. Bendingayithandi le ndiyibonayo kwilizwe elingenzi nzuzo. Kwakukho olu qhalo lunzulu-ngaphezu kokuba ndimema abantu endingabaziyo ukuba batye kunye nam. Imalunga nemali kunye neenombolo hayi ngabantu. Ngelinye ixesha, ndaye ndenyuka ukuze ndinyuse imali apho umbutho wawusilela khona, kulapho ndaye ndenza isigqibo sokuqalisa eyam engenzi nzuzo. Andazi kwanto malunga nokungenzi nzuzo okanye indlela abaqhuba ngayo; Ndiyazi nje ukuthanda abantu. Kwaye ndaqaphela ngelo xesha indlela okuxabiseke ngayo oko ndinako, ukuze ndifikelele abantu ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Ndicinga ukuba yaqala ngento yokuba ndijonge abantu njengabantu.

Yaqala ke leyo iLunch On Me. Andizange ndazi ukuba ndenzeni, ke ndibize nje abahlobo bam abangama-20 okanye ama-25-ngokusisiseko wonke umntu endimaziyo e-LA-ndathi, masenze ijusi ecinezelweyo kunye nepitsa yevegan, siyise kwiSkid Row. Siya ezitalatweni. Kwaye kwafika abantu abali-120, kuba zonke iitshomi ndandize nazo. Sondla abantu abangama-500 kusuku lokuqala.

Ukusombulula ingxaki yeNdlala

"Olo suku lokuqala lwaziva ngathi yinto enkulu. Kodwa emva koko omnye umntu wabuza," sizakuphinda siyenze nini le nto kwakhona? ' kwaye ndaqonda ukuba andizange ndicinge ngale nto: Aba bantu bangama-500 bazakulamba ngomso .. Eli yayilixesha lokuqala ukuba ndiqonde ukuba, kude kube kusonjululwe, umsebenzi awuzange wenziwe.

Ndagqiba nje, ok, masenze kube kanye ngenyanga. Kwisithuba esingangonyaka onesiqingatha, sasisuka kwizidlo ezingama-500 ngenyanga saya kutsho kwezili-10 000. Kodwa ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ukuyenza ngeli nqanaba kuzakuthatha enye indlela. Ke ndiye ndaqala ukuphanda ngenkunkuma yokutya ndaza ndaqonda ukuba ikhonakakhulu. Ndiqale ngokufikelela ezivenkileni ndibuza, 'iyaphi inkunkuma yakho?' Ngokusisiseko, bendihamba ndibonisa le mibono yokwaba inkunkuma yokutya ukuze ndiyinike iSkid Row, kwaye ndijolise ngqo kukutya okusekwe kwizityalo. Oko kwakungeyonjongo; Bendingazami ukwenza le nto ibe yimpilo kunye nokuba sempilweni. Ndifuna nje ukwabelana ngento endinayo, kwaye yindlela enditya ngayo.

Owona mceli mngeni mkhulu kukuba abantu ababahloniphi abantu abangenamakhaya njengabantu. Bazibona ngathi ngaphantsi ko. Akukho lula ukuxelela abantu ukuba mabaphakame bathethelele umntu abambona uphantsi kwakhe. Kuninzi ukufundisa malunga nokuba abantu bangabi namakhaya. Abantu ababoni ubuninzi beentlungu kunye nokungabikho kwenkxaso kunye nemibandela engundoqo yokuba kutheni kwaye abantu bafika njani apho. Ababoni ukuba umyinge wama-50 epesenti wabantwana abakhuliswayo bangenamakhaya kwisithuba seenyanga ezintandathu emva kokuba beneminyaka eli-18 ubudala. Ababoni abantu abadala abaphantsi kolawulo lwerenti kwaye abanako ukunyuselwa ngepesenti ezi-5 ngenxa yoko bayabelweyo ngokuthatha umhlalaphantsi. Ababoni umntu osebenze ubomi bakhe bonke njengomgcini-mgcini, ecinga ukuba wenze yonke into ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye ugxothwe kwindawo yakhe ngenxa yokuba indawo iyancipha kwaye akukho ndawo yokuya. Abayiboni intlungu emva kokuba abantu befika apho, kwaye abayazi. Yinto esijongana nayo kakhulu: Ilungelo kunye nokungazi malunga nokungabi namakhaya. Abantu bacinga ukuba bacinga ukuba ukufumana nje umsebenzi kulandela ingxaki. "

Ukuhlala unyanisekile kwiLizwe elingenzi nzuzo

"Ukuba uhlala ujongiwe entliziyweni yakho, ubuntu bakho, xa uhamba nemiceli mngeni, kuba lula, kuba umamela intliziyo yakho. Sukuzikhupha kuyo. Sukuziqhelanisa neenkqubo. kunye nemithetho yokuba ulahlekelwe ngumnqweno woku. "

Ngaba ukhuthazwe? Intloko kwiwebhusayithi yeLunch On Me kunye neCrowdRise iphepha lokunikela okanye ukufumana ezinye iindlela zokunceda.

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