Dzina langa ndine Trang Nguyen ndipo ndine UTMB katswiri wazakudya wozungulira ku Galveston County Food Bank (GCFB). I interned at GCFB for four weeks from October to November 2020, and now coming back after more than chaka kwa milungu ina iwiri mu November 2021. Ine kwathunthu akhoza kuona kusiyana mkati GCFB, osati maonekedwe a ofesi komanso mwanzeru ogwira ntchito komanso kuchuluka kwa pulogalamu iliyonse.

Kupyolera mu masabata anayi omwe ndinali kuno chaka chatha, ndinapanga zipangizo zophunzitsira zakudya monga mavidiyo, maphikidwe, ndi timabuku. Ndidaphunzitsanso maphunziro a kadyedwe kabwino m'gulu la ana ndi akulu ndikugwira ntchito ndi Healthy Pantry Initiative Projects mothandizidwa ndi thandizo la SNAP-Ed pansi pa Feeding Texas. Ndinathandizanso GCFB paketi mankhwala kuona zosakaniza iwo ali mmenemo, kotero ine ndikhoza kuwagwiritsa ntchito popanga maphikidwe. Nthawi zonse ndimayesetsa kuphatikiza ana muzochita za kukhitchini kotero kuti Chinsinsicho chikhale chosavuta kuti ana achite, ndipo sichingaphatikizepo luso lodula, kudula, kapena mipeni yolimba. Ndi mabokosi azakudya, ndidapanga maphikidwe okhala ndi zosakaniza zotsika mtengo komanso zokhazikika pashelufu kuti anthu azigula mosavuta, kuzisunga, ndikuphika.

Chaka chatha pa nthawi yomwe ndinali ku GCFB, tidakali pansi pa mliri wa Covid-19, kotero makalasi onse a maphunziro a kadyedwe kake ndi zochitika zinasunthika. Mlungu uliwonse, ndinkajambula ndi kukonza makalasi awiri a kanema amphindi 20 a dimba la kinder kwa ana a sitandade XNUMX. Ndimakonda pulogalamuyi chifukwa aphunzitsi a sukulu zonse za pulayimale ku Galveston County angagwiritse ntchito izi m'makalasi awo pophunzitsa ana za zakudya. Maphunzirowa amaphatikizapo zinthu zokhudzana ndi gawo lomwe ziwalo ndi chakudya zimagwira m'matupi athu, vitamini, ndi mchere womwe matupi athu amafunikira, ndi zina zotero.

Chaka chino, ndi anthu ochulukirachulukira akulandira katemera wa Covid, titha kupita kusukulu ndikuphunzitsa makalasi okhudzana ndi kadyedwe kazakudya pomaliza maphunziro. Ine ndithudi ndikuganiza kuti n'zogwirizana kwambiri motere chifukwa ana akhoza kuchita zambiri mu zochitika osati kukhala pansi kumvetsera ku makalasi pafupifupi. Kuphatikiza apo, ndidamasulira zolemba zina zamaphunziro a kadyedwe ku Vietnamese. GCFB ikupanga "zopatsa thanzi m'zilankhulo zambiri" patsamba lawo kuti zithandizire anthu osiyanasiyana. Chotero ngati mumadziŵa bwino zinenero zina zilizonse ndipo ndinu wofunitsitsa kuthandiza, mungagwiritse ntchito chidziŵitso chanu, luso lanu, ndi luso lanu lopanga zinthu kuti muthandize anthu ambiri.