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I-Washington Heights ibone utshintsho olungenakubalwa ukusukela oko 1917, kodwa inye into ehlala ihleli: YM&YWHA yaseWashington Heights & Inwood (Y) Kubekho ukunceda iimfuno zoluntu oluhlala luvela.
Ngexesha lokutshangatshangiswa emva kokufudukela eUnited States, I-Washington Heights kunye ne-Inwood baba ziindawo zabantu ababalekayo njengeembaleki kwiimfazwe, ebaleka urhulumente wengcinezelo, kwaye ndinethemba nje lokufumana ubomi obungcono kwiintsapho zabo. Kwiminyaka yokuqala yokuqala ye-Y, eyona nto kugxilwe kuyo kukuhlaliswa ngokutsha kweembacu ezivela kwi-WWI kunye ne-WWII-phofu, ubumelwane baba likhaya leembacu ezininzi zaseJamani kwelo lizwe ngeminyaka yoo-1930. Kamva, ukusuka 1978 phambili, u-Y usebenze ukunceda iimbacu ezingamaJuda ezivela eRashiya ngokukhawuleza okufanayo.
Ukunceda iimfuno zoluntu, Y unayo, ukususela ekuqaleni, ithathe indlela yokuvavanya ezona mfuno ziphambili kunye nokufumanisa ukuba ingafezekiswa njani. Aba bantu basemzini abasemngciphekweni, ukukwazi ukufana kwakubaluleke kakhulu, kumalungiselelo nangokwengqondo. I-Y ke ke ijolise kwiiklasi zesiNgesi, ukufundiswa njengabemi, kunye neenkqubo zolwakhiwo loluntu ezisekwe kulonwabo ezinjengeekhorasi kunye nemidlalo yolutsha ukugcina uluntu lusondele kumaxesha aneengxaki.
Namhlanje, Iinkqubo ezininzi ze-Y zijongana neemfuno ezifanayo kubemi abatsha bokufika: ezo zivela kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican. Le ndawo ibikade inendawo enkulu yamaJuda ngoku iguqukile kubemi, noqikelelo 80% labahlali bebanga ilifa lemveli laseDominican; iiklasi kubumi kunye nolwimi lwesiNgesi ngoku zinikezelwa ngesiSpanish, kumzamo wokutshatisa ubume obutsha bommelwane.
Ukukhonza uluntu olusemngciphekweni ayingomsebenzi olula; yeY, yayingumzabalazo ongaphezulu kwesinye ukugcina iingcango zivulekile. Umbutho uhambe kabini ngaphambi kokuzinza kwindawo okuyo ngoku, kwaye ebutsheni beminyaka yama-80 balwa iinyani ezibuhlungu ze "moya omhlophe" zonakalisa ubumelwane. UMlawuli oLawulayo uMartin Englisher ukhumbula i-Y ngeli xesha njengenye yeendawo ezimbalwa ezikhuselekileyo kwindawo yokuhlala-ngelixa izidubedube zohlanga zazizalisa izitrato ngomlilo, izoyikiso, kunye nobundlobongela emzimbeni, Y balwela ukwanda kobukho bamapolisa, uxolelwaniso phakathi kwamaqela alwayo, kunye nokuqhubeka kweenkonzo ezibalulekileyo ezijolise ekubuyiseleni indawo yokuhlala yabamelwane kwimo ethile yobomi obuqhelekileyo.
Ukuphumelela ngempumelelo kwi-80's, i-1990's yafumana u-Y ebuyela ekwandiseni iinkqubo ezazigxile kumbutho kwangethuba: Inkqubo yokuvelisa kunye nokhathalelo olutsha kubantu abadala. Uluntu lwamaJuda nolweLatino zombini zithanda ukuqondwa ngakumbi kosapho, ngaphaya kweyunithi yenyukliya, kwaye i-Y ifuna ukuphucula ubomi babaselula kunye nabadala ngokuhlanganisa uluntu lonke. Kwi 1990, Umbutho ufumene inkxaso-mali yokwakha iWien House - indawo yokuhlala ezimeleyo eneeyunithi ezili-100 ezimelene neY. Ngalesi sakhiwo kunye neenkqubo ezithandekayo njengesidlo sasemini sabadala kunye neeklasi eziqhubekayo zemfundo, Abadala bafumana ukuphucuka okuphawulekayo kumgangatho wobomi; kanjalo, abaninzi baziva ngathi ubomi bubaluleke ngakumbi ngaphakathi kweY's vibrant, uluntu oluxhasayo. Ye 100 abahlali boqobo beNdlu yeWien, 8 hlala uphila kwaye usasebenza kude kube namhla, 22 kwiminyaka kamva.
Kwelinye icala lesiphelo, Isikolo sabantwana abancinci saseY's ngokufanayo sikhula ngokukhawuleza ekuthandeni nasekuzileni. Ukuvuselelwa kobumelwane, kunye ne-aura yayo ngokubanzi "eyiNew York-ness" enkosi kwiipaki zayo, amashishini osapho, kunye neyantlukwano, kukhokelele ekunyukeni okukhulu kweenkonzo zabantwana abancinci. Isikolo sezingane sikhule ukusuka kumndilili we 2-3 amagumbi okufundela ukuya 7 amagumbi anabasebenzi ngokupheleleyo, kubandakanya 3 Iiklasi ze-Universal Pre-Kindergarten kunye neelwimi ezimbini. Abasebenzi beSikolo sethu sabantwana abancinci babethelela ingqalelo yomntwana ngamnye ngelixa besakha indawo yabafundi ekhuselekileyo, ukondla, kunye nendawo etyebisayo ezifundweni.
Ujoliso lwethu ekusasazeni koluntu kwiinkqubo ezininzi eY, kubandakanya neprojekthi yethu iSousa apho 2009 senze inkqubo yolutsha eyahlukileyo yomculo. Kuba 4 iminyaka, Iqela labafundi abangamaJuda nabaseDominican basebenze kunye ukufundisisa imbali yemigaqo-nkqubo yokufuduka yaseDominican Republic ngaphambi kweWWII, Ukwenza ilizwe libe lelinye lamachweba ambalwa akhuselekileyo amaJuda anethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba abaleke eJamani. Ezi zifundo zafakwa ekusebenzeni njengoko abafundi babehlanganisene ukuze basebenze kwintsebenzo yentsusa, ebonakaliswe kwiindawo ezininzi ezibalaseleyo, kubandakanya iZizwe eziManyeneyo kwaye ngoku ziyafumaneka kwiDVD. Iprojekthi ibonakalise umxube owahlukileyo weenkcubeko kwindawo leyo, ukugcina imbali ye-Holocaust, kunye nokubhiyozela oko sinokukufikelela ngokusebenza kunye, yintsika yomsebenzi we-Y.
Ukushwankathela iinkonzo ze-Y kwimbali emfutshane enje ngekhe yenzeke: Ukubonelela ngokufikelela kwiinkonzo zentlalo, ukusebenza nabafazi ababethwayo, kuncedo lwempilo yengqondo, uluntu luxhomekeke kumbutho njengomnatha wokhuseleko. Kuninzi lwezi ndawo, u-Y wayeyi trailblazer, egxile kwiimfuno zengqondo zoluntu kwakude kudala ngaphambi kokuba ukucinga okunjalo kube yinto eqhelekileyo. Ngokufanayo, i Y yayingumbutho wokuqala ukuvula ikampu yosuku yabantwana basekuhlaleni ngeminyaka yoo 1930's, ukubonelela ngolonwabo kunye nesiqabu esidingeka kakhulu koomama babo.
YM&YWHA yaseWashington Heights & U-Inwood usasebenza yonke imihla ukuhlangabezana nemiceli mngeni yokusebenzela uluntu. Abasebenzi kufuneka baqeqeshwe ngokwahluka ngokwenkcubeko, kwaye iinkonzo zenziwa ngeelwimi ezintathu (IsiNgesi, Spanish, kunye neRashiya). Ugxininiso olunzima lubekwa kuphuhliso lwabasebenzi kunye nokubonelela ngemisebenzi elungileyo kumalungu ebumelwane. I-Y izimisele ukugxila kumgangatho weenkonzo ezibonelelayo, hayi ubungakanani nje; namhlanje bonke ootitshala ebaqeshileyo banesidanga sokuqala seMasters.
Kwaye kuhlala kukho umceli mngeni wokugcina isazisi sombutho esingumbindi wamaJuda ngelixa ukhonza uluntu olwahlukeneyo. Kanjalo, oku kuthetha ukubonelela ngeeklasi kubomi bamaJuda kunye nokubonelela ngendawo entofontofo kubantu abadala abangamaJuda eWien House. Kodwa ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na, iY yenza oku ngokuzibophelela kwayo kwingcinga tikkun olam: ukulungisa umhlaba. I-Y ihlala inyusa ibha kwiinkqubo zayo, ukubuza ukuba bangashiya njani ubumelwane bekwimeko engcono kunaleyo beyiyo. Ngale ndlela, umbutho ujonge phambili kwiminyaka emininzi ngakumbi yenkonzo, kunye nembuyekezo ehambelana nayo yokusebenza phakathi koluntu ezimisele ukuphumelela kunye.
