"Sindikudziwa zomwe ndikanachita popanda banja langa Y. Ndikudziwa kuti ndili ndi chithandizo chimenecho, makamaka m'nthawi zovuta zino, zikutanthauza dziko kwa ine. Kukhala nokha popanda banja pafupi kungakhale koopsa komanso, ndi anzanga omwe ndapanga komanso chithandizo chokhazikika kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku Y, Ndikudziwa kuti sindidzakhala ndekha.” - Gerda Cordova, 86
Gerda anamusowa anzake pamene sanabwere kudzadya chakudya chamasana ku Y’s Center for Adults Living Well., kotero iwo anafikira ku timu ya Y, yemwe adalumikizana naye nthawi yomweyo. Mkulu wathu wa Safe-at-Home adalankhula ndi Gerda ndipo adazindikira kuti akukumana ndi zizindikiro za COVID-19..
Gerda anali ndi mantha opita kwa dokotala wake kapena kuchipatala panthawi ya mliri, kotero a Y adakonza ndikumulipira kuti azicheza kunyumba ndi ZiphyCare, yemwe adayezetsa COVID-19 PCR yemwe adabweranso ndi HIV.
Popeza matenda ake, ogwira ntchito ku Y ndi abwenzi ake ochokera ku CALW amacheza naye tsiku lililonse pafoni. Kuphatikiza apo, zakudya zotentha ndi zofunikira zina zimaperekedwa pakhomo pake kuti atsimikizire kuti akudya komanso ali ndi zonse zomwe akufunikira.
Namwino wathu wa Safe-at-Home amayendera Gerda sabata iliyonse, kupitiliza kuyezetsa COVID-19 ndikuwunika thanzi lake komanso moyo wake.
Patapita milungu ingapo, Gerda ali pachiwopsezo ndipo akupezanso mphamvu. Sangadikire mpaka atachira mokwanira kuti abwerere ku Y kuti akasangalale ndi nkhomaliro ndi zochita ndi anzake.
A Y amatha kupereka chithandizo chofunikira kwa achikulire amderalo, ngati Gerda, kudzera mwa kuwolowa manja kwa opereka ndalama ndi opereka ndalama.Zopereka zanu zingathandize kupanga kusiyana kwakukulu kwa anansi athu omwe ali pachiwopsezo.
Gerda anasamukira ku Washington Heights ku 1965 ndipo wakhala membala wokangalika wa CALW kuyambira pomwe adapuma pantchito 15 zaka zapitazo. Mofanana ndi achikulire ambiri m’dera lathu, amakhala yekha, alibe banja pafupi, ndipo amalipira ndalama zake zonse pamwezi.
Thandizo lathu limapitilira kuyankha pamavuto. Kwa zaka zingapo, Gerda walandira Otetezeka Kunyumba maulendo osunga nyumba kawiri pamlungu. Kale pa nthawi ya mliri, adatenga nawo gawo pagulu lathu lowunikira sabata iliyonse pafoni. Kenako anabwereranso ku gululo kuti akakumane ndi gululo payekha pulogalamuyo itakumananso pamalowo. Kuphatikiza apo, wasangalala kuchita nawo pulogalamu ya Y’s pen pal pakati pa achikulire a m’deralo ndi ana, ndipo amalumikizana sabata iliyonse ndi munthu wogwira ntchito zachitukuko kuti amuthandize.
Gulu la Y likudzipereka kupititsa patsogolo miyoyo ya anthu azaka zonse ndi zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana mdera lathu. Ndi 29% achikulire ku Washington Heights ndi Inwood okhala pansi pa umphawi, chopereka chanu angathandize Y kupitiriza kukhala njira yopulumutsira anansi athu omwe ali pachiwopsezo.
Zikomo kwa opereka mowolowa manja komanso opereka ndalama, Gerda sakukumana ndi zopinga zake yekha. Thandizo lanu litha kutsimikizira kuti Y alipo kwa Gerda ndi achikulire ena akuderako omwe akukumana ndi kudzipatula, kusowa chakudya, MATENDA A COVID-19, ndi zovuta zina popanda kwina kulikonse kolowera.
