Ini zita rangu ndinonzi Trang Nguyen uye ndiri UTMB a dietetic intern anotenderera kuGalveston County Food Bank (GCFB). I interned at GCFB for four weeks from October to November 2020, and now coming back after a more than a year kwemamwe mavhiki maviri munaNovember 2021. Ndinonyatsoona kusiyana mukati meGCFB, kwete chete mukuonekwa kwehofisi asiwo muvashandi vakachenjera uye kuti purogiramu yega yega inokura sei.

Mumasvondo mana andaive pano gore rapfuura, ndakagadzira zvekudzidzisa zvinovaka muviri zvinosanganisira mavhidhiyo, mabikirwo, nemabhurocha. Ini zvakare ndakadzidzisa chaiwo uye-mu-munhu boka dzidzo yehutano yevana nevakuru uye ndikashanda neHealthy Pantry Initiative Projects inotsigirwa neSNAP-Ed rubatsiro pasi peFeeding Texas. Ndakabatsirawo GCFB kurongedza zvigadzirwa kuti vaone kuti ndezvipi zvinongedzo zvavanazvo imomo, kuti ndizvishandise mukugadzira mabikirwo. Ndinogara ndichiedza kubatanidza vana muzviitwa zvemukicheni saka resipi inoda kuve nyore kuti vana vaite, uye haigone kusanganisira hunyanzvi hwekucheka, kucheka, kana mapanga akaomarara. Nemabhokisi ekudya, ndakagadzira resipi ine zvinodhura uye zvakatsiga pasherufu kuti vanhu vagone kutenga, kuchengeta, uye kubika.

Gore rakapera panguva yandaive kuGCFB, takanga tichiri pasi pedenda reCovid-19, saka makirasi ese edzidzo yekudya kunovaka muviri uye zviitiko zvakafambiswa. Vhiki yega yega, ndairekodha nekugadzirisa makirasi maviri emavhidhiyo emaminitsi makumi maviri ebindu revana vegiredhi rechishanu. Ndinoda chirongwa ichi sezvo mudzidzisi wezvikoro zvese zvepuraimari muGalveston County achigona kushandisa chinyorwa ichi mumakirasi avo kudzidzisa vana nezvekudya kunovaka muviri. Aya makirasi ekudya anovaka muviri anosanganisira zvinhu zvine chekuita nebasa rinoitwa nenhengo uye chikafu mumiviri yedu, vhitamini, uye zvicherwa zvinodikanwa nemiviri yedu, nezvimwe.

Gore rino, nekuwanda kwevanhu vari kuwana mishonga yekudzivirira yeCovid, tinogona kuenda kuchikoro uye kudzidzisa makirasi ekudya kunovaka muviri kuchirongwa chekupedza chikoro. Ini zvechokwadi ndinofunga kuti inopindirana nenzira iyi nekuti vana vanogona kuve vakabatikana muzviitiko uye kwete kungogara ipapo vachiteerera kune chaiwo makirasi. Uyezve, ndakaturikira mamwe mapepa ekudzidzisa kwekudya muVietnamese. GCFB parizvino iri kugadzira "zvekudya zvinovaka muviri mumitauro yakawanda" pamawebhusaiti avo kuti ishumire vanhu vakasiyana. Saka kana uchinyatsogona mimwe mitauro uye uchida kubatsira, unogona kushandisa ruzivo rwako, unyanzvi hwako, uye unyanzvi hwako kubatsira vanhu vakawanda.