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Kumanani ndi April Thompson, m'modzi mwa anthu odabwitsa kwambiri m'dera lathu.

Kuti akwaniritse zosowa zazikulu ndi zazing'ono, ali ndi chidwi chofuna kupeza njira

Zaka zingapo zapitazo tinayambitsa mwambo watsopano wa tchuthi kuno. Timachitcha masiku 12 a Khrisimasi ndipo ndi njira yathu yolemekezera anthu abwino kwambiri mdera la Chapel Hill. Titapempha anthu ammudzi kuti asankhe mmodzi wa ngwazi zawo kuti alandire $ 1,000 pokonza magalimoto kwaulere, tinasankha anthu 12 omwe nkhani zawo zautumiki ndi kupambana zidatikhudza kwambiri. Umu ndi mmene tinakumana ndi April Thompson.

Zonsezi zinayamba pambuyo pa chimphepo chachikulu

April ali ndi kudzipereka kolimbikitsa popereka chithandizo ndi zothandizira kwa anthu osowa. Mphepo yamkuntho Matthew itawononga madera apakati ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku North Carolina ndi mvula yambiri komanso kusefukira kwa madzi, adayambitsa Orange County Strong NC kuti athandize.

"Ndinadzuka m'mawa wina ndikunena kuti, 'Ndiyenera kuchita chinachake,'" anatero Thompson. “Alibe madzi, alibe zothandizira. Ndidaganiza zoyamba ndikudzaza galimoto yanga ndi zinthu zofunika kuzisiya."

Tsiku ndi tsiku, Thompson ankapereka chakudya, madzi, ndi zinthu zina kwa anthu amene anakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mkunthowo. Chikhulupiriro chake sichinagwedezeke ngakhale kamodzi. 

Mphepo yamkuntho ndi chochitika chachikulu, chochititsa chidwi, koma pali mikuntho yambiri yaing'ono ndi njira zambiri zomwe mafunde angatipitirire. Chifukwa chake April adapitiliza ntchito ya Orange County Strong, ndikuganizira kwambiri kuthandiza anthu ku Chapel Hill County ndi Orange County.

"Ndife gulu la anthu ammudzi, osati bungwe lopanda phindu," adatero Thompson.

Ndipo ikupitirirabe mu cholowa chosatha cha chifundo

Ndi gulu la anthu limeneli, April anasonkhanitsa zopereka zokwanira kutenthetsa nyumba ya mayi wosakwatiwa m’nyengo yozizira. Anapereka ndalama zothandizira manda a msilikali wakaleyo. Amatolera zikwama zapasukulu za masukulu amderali. Khrisimasi yapitayi, adathandizira mabanja 84 kuyika mphatso pansi pamtengo.

“Iyi ndi ntchito ya chikondi. Sizophweka, zimakhala zovuta nthawi zina, "adatero Thompson. "Pamapeto pake, ndi chinthu chimodzi chomwe ndimanyadira kwambiri pamoyo wanga." 

Orange County Strong idayamba mu 2016, koma chikondi chili ndi mizu yozama.

"Ndinangokulira m'banja labwino - banja labwino kwambiri - ndipo nthawi zonse ndinkaphunzitsidwa kupereka ndalama kwa omwe akusowa thandizo ndipo musaiwale kumene mumachokera," adatero Thompson.

Mu 2016, abambo ake, mbadwa ya Hillsborough komanso wolimbikitsa anthu, adamwalira. Kuyambira pamenepo, ntchito ya Thompson yakhala yolemekeza cholowa cha abambo ake popitiliza pomwe adayamba. 

Pamene akupitiriza cholowa ichi, mtima wake waukulu umasonyeza kufunika kwa chifundo m’dera lathu lonse. Kuchokera pansi pamtima, April, ndife olemekezeka kukuyamikirani.

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