Afrilu mafi zafi da muka taɓa sani
Haɗu da Afrilu Thompson, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun mutane a cikin al'ummarmu.
Don biyan buƙatun manya da ƙanana, tana da niyyar neman hanya
Shekaru biyu da suka gabata mun fara sabuwar al'adar biki a nan. Muna kiran ta Kwanaki 12 na Kirsimeti kuma hanya ce ta mu na girmama mutane masu ban mamaki a yankin Chapel Hill. Bayan da muka nemi al’umma da su zabi daya daga cikin jaruman su don karbar $1,000 na gyaran mota kyauta, mun zabi mutane 12 wadanda labarin hidima da nasararsu ya fi taba mu. Haka muka hadu da Afrilu Thompson.
Hakan ya fara ne bayan wani babban hadari
Afrilu yana da himma mai ban sha'awa don ba da tallafi da albarkatu ga mutanen da suke bukata. Bayan guguwar Matthew ta lalata sassan tsakiya da gabar tekun North Carolina tare da ruwan sama mai yawa da ambaliya, ta kafa Orange County Strong NC don taimakawa.
"Na farka wata rana na ce, 'Dole ne in yi wani abu," in ji Thompson. “Ba su da ruwa, ba su da albarkatu. Na yanke shawarar fara da cika motata da kayan da zan ajiye."
Kowace rana, Thompson ya kai abinci, ruwa, da sauran albarkatu ga waɗanda guguwar ta fi shafa. Ba sau ɗaya ba imaninta ya karkata.
Guguwa lamari ne mai girma, mai ban mamaki, amma akwai ƴan iska da yawa da kuma hanyoyi da yawa waɗanda igiyar ruwa za ta iya mamaye mu. Don haka Afrilu ya ci gaba da aikin Orange County Strong, yana mai da hankali kan taimaka wa mutane a cikin Chapel Hill County da Orange County.
"Mu dai rukuni ne na mutane a cikin al'umma, ba kungiya mai zaman kanta ba," in ji Thompson.
Kuma yana ci gaba da wanzuwa cikin gadon tausayi
Tare da wannan rukunin mutane, Afrilu ya tattara isassun gudummawar don ƙona gidan uwa ɗaya a cikin matattun hunturu. Ta ba da kudin ginin kabari na tsohon soja. Tana tattara kayan makaranta don makarantun gida. Kirsimetin da ya gabata, ta taimaka wa iyalai 84 su sanya kyaututtuka a ƙarƙashin bishiyar.
“Wannan aikin soyayya ne. Ba abu ne mai sauki ba, yana da matukar damuwa a wasu lokuta, ”in ji Thompson. "A karshen ranar, shine abu daya da na fi alfahari da shi a rayuwata."
Orange County Strong ya fara a cikin 2016, amma ƙauna yana da tushe mai zurfi.
"Na girma ne a cikin dangi mai kyau - iyali mai kyau - kuma koyaushe ana koya mini in ba da kuɗi ga mabukata kuma kada ku manta da inda kuka fito," in ji Thompson.
A cikin 2016, mahaifinta, ɗan asalin Hillsborough kuma ɗan gwagwarmayar zamantakewa, ya mutu. Tun daga wannan lokacin, manufar Thompson ita ce girmama gadon mahaifinta ta ci gaba daga inda ya fara.
Yayin da ta ci gaba da wannan gado, babban zuciyarta tana ɗaukar darajar tausayi a cikin al'ummarmu. Daga kasan zuciyarmu, Afrilu, muna da farin cikin taya ku murna.
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