ʻOku fakatapui ʻa e Y ke kiʻi fiemalie ʻa e moʻui ʻa e kau Siu fakalotofonua — ʻo tokoni ki hono lea ʻaki ʻenau fakasosiale makehe, uelofeá, moʻui leleí, fakaeloto, mo e ngaahi fie maʻu ki hono.
ʻOku mahino ʻetau taumuʻa: ʻOange ʻa e ngaahi tokoni mahuʻinga ʻoku nau fie maʻu ʻi he fakaʻeiʻeiki mo e fakaʻapaʻapa. Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he pandemic ha ngaahi faingataʻa lahi ange ki he kau Siu naʻe hao moʻui, pea naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe heʻemau timi ʻo e kau palofesinale mateaki naʻa mau ʻoatu ʻa e ngaahi tokoni mahuʻinga ko ʻeni pea toe lahi ange. ʻI he taimi ni, hoʻo fakaʻosinga ʻo e taʻufoaki ʻe liunga ua ke ʻave tuʻo ua ʻa e ngaahi tokoni mahuʻinga ki he kau Siu ʻoku nau fie maʻu lahi taha kinautolu.
ʻOku ueʻi kitautolu ʻe he talanoa ʻo e tokotaha kumi moʻui kotoa pe ke tau fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe te tau lava ke ʻoua naʻa teitei ngalo ʻiate kinautolu ʻa e meʻa kotoa pe naʻa nau katekina pea ke ʻoange kiate kinautolu ʻa e tokanga lelei taha ʻe lava.
ʻI he taimi ne mole ai e uaifi ʻo Eduard ʻi he 50 taʻu ʻe taha he māhina kuo ʻos, Naʻa ne loto mamahi pea ʻikai ha feituʻu ke tafoki ki ai. Ka ʻikai e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni fakapaʻanga ke totongi ʻaki ha meʻafakaʻeiki mo hono telio, pe ha faʻahinga famili pe kaungameʻa ofi ke fai ha tokoni fakaeloto kiate ia, Naʻe hu mai ʻa e Y — ʻo fokotuʻutuʻu ke fai ʻa e totongi ki he meʻafakaʻeiki ʻi he tokoni ʻa e kautaha telio faka-Hepeluu mo e totongi ʻo e telio ʻi he New York Times paʻanga ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku faingataʻaʻia. Naʻe toe fokotuʻutuʻu foki ʻe he Y ha tokotaha ngaue tokoni lea faka-Lusia ke ʻalu fakataha mo ia — ʻo fakafehokotaki ia mo ha faifekau, ʻalu ki he meʻafakaʻeikí, pea fakafoki mai ia ki hono ʻapi ʻi Uasingatoni.
Hili ʻene moʻui ʻi he ʻaho ʻe 900 ʻo e Leningrad pea iku ʻo hiki ki Uasingatoni feituʻu, Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa ʻAita naʻe ʻi mui ʻiate ia ʻene ngaahi faingataʻaʻia. Ko ʻEni 99 pea mole hono husepaniti ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo e pandemic, ʻokú ne fefaʻuhi mo e ngaahi faingataʻa fakafaitoʻó, ʻikai malu e meʻakai, fakamavaheʻi, faingataʻaʻia fakapaʻanga, pea mo e PTSD mei he tau. ʻI he ʻAho ni, ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻe he Y ʻoku ʻiloʻi ʻe ʻAita ʻoku ʻikai ke ne tuenoa — ʻo ʻoange kiate ia ha meʻatokoni vela, tokoni fakapaʻanga ki he meʻa fakatuʻupakee, fefonongaʻaki ki he ngaahi ʻapoinimeni fakafaitoʻo, mo e tokoni fakaelotó.
Mini, 97, tatataha ke liʻaki ha ʻaho ʻi he Senita ʻo Y maʻa e kakai lalahi ʻoku nofo lelei, ʻa ia naʻa ne fiefia ai ʻi he kai hoʻataa vela mo ha hoʻata Falaite Shabbat kulupu — kae ʻoua kuo kamata ʻa e coronavirus ke tapuni ʻa e kolo ke tapuni ʻa e ngaahi senita maʻolunga. Ka, Naʻe hokohoko atu hono fakapapauʻi ʻe he kau ngaue ʻa Y ʻoku kei maʻu pe ʻe Minna ʻa e tokanga kotoa naʻa ne fie maʻu, mei he meʻatokoni kosher vela ki he telefoni angamaheni. Naʻa mo ʻene kulupu Shabbat naʻe hokohoko atu pe ʻenau fakataha ʻi he telefoni ke tokoni kia Minna mo hono ngaahi kaungameʻa ke nau ongoʻi ʻoku fehokotaki.
Ko e paʻanga kotoa pe naʻe foaki ki he Y — ʻo aʻu ki he $50,000 — ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo Tisema ʻe hoa ia mo ha meʻaʻofa makehe ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e taʻu mei he UJA-fetulolo ʻo Niu ʻIoke. Fakataha, te tau lava ʻo fakahoko ʻetau tukupa keʻomi ha ʻamanaki lelei mo tokangaʻi e kau Siu fakalotofonua ʻoku hokohoko atu ʻenau aʻusia e ngaahi faingataʻa fakapaʻanga mo fakaeloto.
Ko e Y ko ha 501(c)(3) kautaha ʻoku ʻikai tupu. ʻE lava ʻe hoʻo tokoni ʻo ʻai ke ke maʻu ha ngaahi monuʻia kehe ʻi he tukuhau ʻi he ngaue ki he tokanga.
Ngaohi ha meʻaʻofa taimi ni ke tokoniʻi hotau kau Siu ke nau hao.
