UCarolyn Gruber, oneminyaka engama-91 ubudala, ufumana izidlo ngokuhanjiswa kwamavili kwiOfisi yeSullivan County yokuGuga eGlen Spey, eNew York. I-Gruber, njengamakhulu abantu abadala abaphuma ekhaya abanokuhamba okuncinci kumaphandle asemantla eNew York, baxhomekeke kwinkonzo karhulumente, ehambisa ukutya okushushu mihla le ekhayeni lakhe. Inkqubo yesondlo ixhaswa ngezimali ngumdlelwane, urhulumente kunye neegranti.UJohn Moore / imifanekiso kaFetty I-Democrat yesine e-House of Representatives yase-US ithi ukusika kukaMongameli uDonald Trump kwi-Community Development Grants (CDBGs) kuya kuba nefuthe elibi kubantu abadala kwiSixeko saseNew York nakwilizwe lonke abathembele kwiinkqubo ezibanika ukutya kwemihla ngemihla.
Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lukaTrump lonyaka-mali olucetywayo ibandakanya ukupheliswa kwe-CDBG, Inkqubo yeSebe lezeZindlu noPhuhliso lweeDolophu e-U.S. enceda oorhulumente basekhaya ukuba bajongane nemiceli mngeni kwiindawo zabo ezinje ngezindlu ezifikelelekayo. Ukusika ezo zoncedo kuya kunciphisa imali kwiinkqubo ezinje ngeeMilo kwiWheel America, enothungelwano olungaphezulu kwama-5 000 lweenkqubo ezizimeleyo ezisebenza kwilizwe lonke ezijongana nendlala ephezulu kunye nokuzihlukanisa.
I-Citymeals on Wheels, umbutho wokutya onamavili ongena nzuzo nobambiswano phakathi kukarhulumente kunye nabucala neSebe lesiXeko sokuguga, uhambisa izidlo ezizizigidi ezi-2 minyaka le, ngokukaBeth Shapiro, umlawuli olawulayo weSixeko saseMexico.
Umbutho ufumana i-2,5 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwizigidi ezi-3 zeedola esixekweni, nge-1.3 yezigidi zeedola ezivela kwinkxaso-mali yomdibaniso, utshilo uShapiro. Inxalenye yoku ivela kuMthetho waseMelika amaDala, isibonelelo somdibaniso esibonelela ngeenkonzo eziphambili kubantu abadala njengokutya, uqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye namaziko aphezulu. Urhulumente wobumbano ubonelela ngeesenti ezingama-67.
Ngelixa babetyelele abamkeli beCitymeals kwicandelo laseParkchester leBronx ngoLwesine kusasa, uSihlalo weNdlu yeDemocratic Caucus u-Rep. UJoe Crowley (D-Bronx / Queens) uxelele i-Braganca ukuba uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lukaTrump luza kuba nefuthe elibi kwiiCDBG.
Iziphumo ezinokuthi zibe nazo ngokubanzi kubantu abaqhelekileyo zininzi kwaye zibeka bucala i-65 yezigidigidi ezisikiweyo kukhuseleko lwezeNtlalontle, isiqingatha se-trillion yedola esikwe kwi-Medicare, i-1.5 yezigidigidi zeedola kunqunyulwa kwinkqubo yeMedicaid, ukusika iinkqubo zebhloko zokubonelela, hayi ukuxhasa abantu abadala Umthetho waseMelika kunye neemali abazakuphuma nazo ziya kuba nefuthe ngqo kubantu esibabonileyo namhlanje, utshilo uCrowley.
Uceba ukubuyela koogxa bakhe aze athethe nabo malunga neenkqubo ezinje ngeeM Wheels.
Isixeko sifumana imali kurhulumente nakurhulumente womanyano, uCrowley uyaqhubeka. Ke ukungabikho kophuculo lwayo nayiphi na inkqubo kuya kuba nefuthe ngqo kubuchule babo bokwenza iinkonzo abazenzayo.
Kwaye wayigcina ingekuko malunga nokutya, kodwa kodwa nangokunxibelelana.
Kwipesenti ezingama-40 zabantu abafumana ukutya kwiivili, abanonxibelelwano oluncinci okanye abanalo kwaphela nelangaphandle kodwa ngeZidlo ezinamavili, yongeze loo nkongolo.
UHattie Alexander, 88, uthetha ngefuthe lokutya kwiivili nge @iamfanlalisa kunye neBeth Shapiro yesiXeko seSixeko pic.twitter.com/fTShSsvHSp
-Madina Toure (@madinatoure) NgoFebruwari 22, 2018
UShapiro uxelele i-Braganca ukuba ii-Citymeals zasekwa kwiminyaka engama-36 eyadlulayo ukongeza inkqubo yedolophu yokutya phakathi evekini, eqhuba ngoMvulo ukuya ngoLwesihlanu kodwa hayi ngeholide.
Ngo-Novemba u-1981, abasunguli be-Citymeals bafunda inqaku lephephandaba malunga nabantu abadala base New York bengafumani kutya kwiintsuku ezine ngenxa yeholide yokubulela. Kwakuloo mzuzu apho bathathe isigqibo sokubonelela ngokutya ngeKrisimesi.
Ukusukela ngoko, sihambise izidlo ezizizigidi ezingama-56 ngeempelaveki, ngeholide nangamaxesha kaxakeka, ucacisile uShapiro. Ke sondla abantu abafanayo ukuba isixeko siyayixhasa kodwa sikhulisa imali ngasese.
INew York inabantu abadala abasisi-1.4 sezigidi-inani elilindeleke ukuba likhule ngeepesenti ezingama-40 ngo-2040, ngokukaShapiro. Ngo-2030, abantu abadala baya kudlula abantwana eNew York okokuqala kwimbali yesixeko.
Ukutya kweedolophu kwizihlalo ezinamavili azifumani sibonelelo sebhlokhi kodwa zininzi — amakhulu ama-5 000 okutya kwiinkqubo zamavili kwilizwe lonke abathembele kuwo kakhulu kwaye bezitsala ezo ziya kutshabalalisa iziseko zophuhliso ezakhiweyo kumashumi eminyaka, uqhubeke uShapiro.
Ukutya kwabameli bamavili kwilizwe liphela baya kudibana namagosa anyuliweyo eWashington, D.C. ngoMeyi ukuxoxa ngexabiso lenkqubo. UShapiro udibene nabaphathiswa besizwe kunye nabaphathiswa bezomthetho abavela kwamanye amazwe, athe waqaphela ukuba bayayamkela injongo yenkqubo.
Bambalwa kakhulu abakuqondiyo ukubaluleka kokutya kwiivili kwaye oko kundenza ndibenethemba lokuba xa isiza kuwo, baya kuyikhumbula loo nto kwaye bangavumeli ukusikwa kwenzeke, wongeze watsho. Kwaye eneneni, ayihlali nokufana-inyanzelekile inyuse ukuba ujonga ukukhula.
UHattie Alexander, 88, umsebenzi weposi othathe umhlala-phantsi nohleli eParkcester ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane, uxelele i-Braganca Citymeals ukuba imncedile ekubeni angazithengisi yedwa.
Kuya kufuneka ndibenomntu oza kuhamba nam, watsho uAlexander.
