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Ngemva kombukiso waminyaka yonke Wokudla WaseNew England e-Boston ngoLwesibili, amavolontiya angaphezu kweshumi nambili nabasebenzi benhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-Food for Free balayishe amaloli abo ngamabhokisi angaphezu kuka-50 okudla okungasetshenzisiwe.
Lo mklomelo uhanjiswa endaweni yokugcina izimpahla yenhlangano eSomerville, lapho ihlungwa bese ihanjiswa ezindaweni ezidayisa ukudla. Ekugcineni, le mikhiqizo igcina isematafuleni okudlela endaweni yase-Greater Boston.
“Ngaphandle kwalokho, lokhu [kudla] kungagcina kusendaweni yokulahla imfucumfucu,” kusho uBen Engle, i-COO yeFood for Free. “Leli yithuba elihle lokuthola ukudla okuseqophelweni eliphezulu ongakuboni njalo…kanye nalabo abangenakho ukudla.”
I-New England Food Show, ebanjelwe e-Boston Fairgrounds, ingumcimbi wohwebo omkhulu wesifunda wemboni yezokudla.
Ngenkathi abathengisi bepakisha imibukiso yabo, abasebenzi beFood for Free bafuna okusalile “okungasindiswa” ukuze kungalahlwa.
Bapakisha amatafula amabili emikhiqizo emisha, inyama edliwayo kanye nenhlobonhlobo yokudla okuseqophelweni eliphezulu, base belayisha amakalishi amaningana agcwele isinkwa.
“Akujwayelekile ukuthi abathengisi kule mibukiso beze namasampula futhi bengenalo uhlelo lokuthi kufanele benzeni ngamasampula asele,” kusho u-Angle etshela i-New England Seafood Expo. Ngakho-ke sizoyiqoqa siyinikeze abantu abalambile.
Esikhundleni sokusabalalisa ukudla ngqo emindenini nakubantu ngabanye, iFood for Free isebenza nezinhlangano ezincane ezisiza ukudla ezinokuxhumana okuningi emiphakathini yendawo, kusho u-Angle.
“Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye okudla esikuthumelayo aya kuma-ejensi amancane nezinhlangano ezingenayo ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha noma yezokuthutha iFood for Free enayo,” kusho u-Engle. "Ngakho-ke sithenga ukudla emithonjeni ehlukene bese sikuthumela emabhizinisini amancane akusabalalisa ngqo emphakathini."
Ivolontiya lokudla lamahhala uMegan Witter uthe izinhlangano ezincane zivame ukuthwala kanzima ukuthola amavolontiya noma izinkampani ezizosiza ukuletha ukudla okunikelwe emabhange okudla.
“Isitolo sokudla seBandla Lokuqala Lebandla lasisiza ngempela ukuthi sithole ukudla okwengeziwe … endaweni yethu,” kusho uWitter, owayesebenzela esitolo sokudla esontweni. “Ngakho-ke, ukuba nesithuthi sabo futhi abasikhokhisi imali yokuthutha kuhle kakhulu.”
Imizamo yokuhlenga ukudla idalule ukungavikeleki kokudla okungasetshenzisiwe, nokudonsela ukunaka kwamalungu oMkhandlu Wedolobha laseBoston uGabriela Colet noRicardo Arroyo. Ngenyanga edlule laba bashadikazi bethule umthethonqubo othi abadayisi bokudla banikele ngokudla okusele kwabangenzi nzuzo kunokuba bakulahle.
U-Arroyo uthe lesi siphakamiso, okuhlelwe ukuthi sizwakale ngo-Ephreli 28, sihlose ukudala iziteshi zokusabalalisa phakathi kwezitolo zokudla, izindawo zokudlela kanye nabanye abathengisi abanama-pantries namakhishi esobho.
Uma kubhekwa ukuthi zingaki izinhlelo zosizo lukahulumeni, njengoHlelo Lokulekelela Ukudla Olwengeziwe, esezifike esiphethweni, u-Engel uthe kudingeka imizamo eminingi yokuhlenga ukudla isiyonke.
Ngaphambi kokuthi uMnyango Wosizo Lwezinguquko waseMassachusetts umemezele ukuthi umbuso uzohlinzeka ngezinzuzo ezengeziwe ze-SNAP kubantu ngabanye nasemindenini, u-Engel uthe yena nezinye izinhlangano babone ukwanda okukhulu kwenani labantu abalinde ezindaweni zokudla.
“Wonke umuntu uyazi ukuthi ukuqeda uhlelo lweSNAP kuzosho ukudla okuncane okungaphephile,” kusho u-Engel. "Nakanjani sizobona isidingo esikhulu."