Mhoro! Zita rangu ndiAlexis Whellan uye ndiri gore rechina MD/MPH mudzidzi kuUTMB muGalveston. Ndiri kunyorera kuInternal Medicine pekugara zvirongwa izvozvi uye kupedzisa Master wangu wePublic Health zvinodiwa kuburikidza nekupinda neDhipatimendi reNutrition kuGCFB!

Ini ndakazvarwa uye ndakakurira muAustin, Texas uye ndakakurira nehanzvadzi yangu, katsi 2 nembwa. Ndakaenda kukoreji muNew York ndisati ndadzokera kuTexas kune mushana kunopinda chikoro chezvokurapa. Kuburikidza nechirongwa cheMD/MPH chedhigirii maviri, ndakakwanisa kuisa pfungwa pakunzwisisa vanhu vasina kuchengetedzwa mune zvekurapa muGalveston County. Ndakaita basa rakawanda paSt. Vincent's Student Clinic uye ndakazvipira neGCFB mumabasa mashoma akasiyana.

Mumwedzi mishoma yadarika, ndanga ndichibatsira pachirongwa chekuisa pamwe zvekudya zvevatengi veGCFB vane uye vari panjodzi yechirwere cheshuga kuburikidza nerubatsiro rwakabva kuBlue Cross Blue Shield yekuTexas (BCBS) ine musoro unoti “GCFB Inorwisa Zvimiro Zveutano Zvisingaperi: Chirwere cheshuga Dzidzo Yekudya Kwekudya uye Rx Meal Kits ”. Ndaifarira kubatsira chirongwa ichi nekuti chakanangana nekushandisa kudya kunovaka muviri kusimudzira hutano hwevanhu, izvo zvinounza pamwe chido changu chezveutano nehutano hweveruzhinji.

Pachirongwa cheBCBS, ndakabatsira kugadzira zveruzivo rwechirwere cheshuga, mabikirwo, nekubatanidza mabhokisi ezvokudya atiri kugovera. Pachikafu chega chega, taida kupa ruzivo nezvechirwere cheshuga uye maitiro ekugadzirisa nekurapa chirwere cheshuga nekudya kwakaringana. Isu taidawo kupa ruzivo rwezvekudya neresipi yega yega yatakagadzira. Izvo zvakakosha kune vatengi vane kana vari panjodzi yekubatwa nechirwere cheshuga kuti vanzwisise kuti chikafu chinotora basa sei muhutano hwavo, uye mabikirwo uye mapepa eruzivo andakagadzira aiitirwa kuwedzera ruzivo rwechokwadi ichi. Isu takagadzira mabikirwo mana ekupa semakiti ekudya kune vanhu muGalveston County. Ndakabatsira kurongedza makiti ekudya uye nekubatsira kugadzira resipi vhidhiyo yemukati kuti vanhu vatevedzere pavanenge vachigadzira chikafu chavo chekudya. 

Ndakaitawo zvidzidzo zviviri zvakadzidziswa neDhipatimendi Rezvokudya Kudonha uku – imwe paTexas City High School uye imwe paNesler Senior Center muTexas City. PaTexas City High School, ndakabatsira vadzidzisi vezvokudya zvinovaka muviri kudzidzisa vadzidzi vechikoro chesekondari nezvemaitiro ekudya zvine hutano uye kubatsira nekuratidzira chikafu chevadzidzi. PaNesler Senior Center, ndakagadzirisa zvinyorwa zvekirasi yekudzidzisa nezve "Kuderedza Kuwedzerwa Shuga" uye ndakatungamirira kuratidzwa kwezvokudya uye hurukuro kukirasi yepamusoro. Kukirasi yeNesler Senior Center, takagoverawo makiti ekudya kune vatori vechikamu uye tikakumbira mhinduro kubva kwavari maererano neruzivo rwavo nekiti yekudya uye mapepa eruzivo. Ivo vakafarira zvakanyanya chikafu chavakagadzira uye vakanzwa senge ruzivo rwatakavapa rwaizovabatsira kuramba vachiita sarudzo dzekudya zvine hutano.

Pakupedzisira, ndakagadzira ongororo kuti ndiongorore zvine hungwaru kushanda kwechirongwa cheBCBS. Mugore rinotevera apo purojekiti iri kuitwa, vatori vechikamu muchirongwa chekudya chekudya uye avo vanogamuchira zvinhu zvekudzidzisa vachakwanisa kuzadza tsvakurudzo kuti vape mhinduro kuDhipatimendi reNutrition uye kuzivisa mapurogiramu erubatsiro mune ramangwana. 

Ndichiri kushanda neDhipatimendi Rezvokudya, ndakawanawo mukana apo neapo wokubatsira vashandi veGCFB pantry. Zvainakidza kuziva vashandi vepantry uye kushanda navo kupa girosari kune dzimwe nguva vanhu vanopfuura 300 muzuva rimwe! Ndakawanawo kuona chirongwa cheCorner Store muSan Leon. Ichi chaive chiitiko chitsva chose kwandiri, uye zvaive zvakanaka kuona zvirimwa zvinyoro zvichipihwa vagari veGalveston County muchitoro chiri nyore. Rimwe zuva muna Mbudzi, Dhipatimendi reNutrition rakapedza mangwanani kuSeeding Galveston, richidzidza nezvekurima kwemadhorobha uye kuchengetedza. Ndinogara paGalveston Island uye ndakanga ndisati ndambonzwa nezvechirongwa ichi, saka ndakafara kudzidza zvakawanda nezve nzira dzakasiyana dziri kushanda nevanhu kurwisa kusachengeteka kwekudya muguta rangu. Takakwanisawo kutora chikamu muMutambo Wemukati wekutanga wepagore paChildren's Museum muGalveston, uko takadzidzisa mhuri kukosha kwekugezesa zvirimwa uye kugoverana navo mabikirwo emuto wechando ane utano. 

Kupinda paGCFB chave chiitiko chinoshamisa. Ndakave nemukana wekushanda nevamwe vashandi vanoshamisa vakazvipira kudzidzisa vagari veGalveston County uye kurwisa kusachengeteka kwezvokudya munharaunda yavo. Ndakanakidzwa nekudzidza kuti bhangi rekudya rinomhanya sei uye basa rese rinopinda mupurojekiti yega yega uye kirasi yega yega yedzidzo. Ndinoziva kuti zvandakadzidza pano mumwedzi mishoma yapfuura zvichandibatsira kuva chiremba ari nani munguva yemberi, uye ndinotenda zvikuru Bato Rezvokudya Nezvokudya nokuda kwomukana uyu.