Molo! ? Igama lam ndinguSarah Bigham, kwaye ndingumfundi we-dietetic kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas Medical Branch (UTMB). Ndafika kwiBhanki yokutya yaseGalveston kwi-4-iveki yokujikeleza koluntu ngoJulayi 2022. Ixesha lam kunye nebhanki yokutya yayingamava athobekileyo. Yayilixesha elinobutyebi elandivumela ukuba ndenze iiresiphi, ndenze iividiyo zokubonisa ukutya, ndifundise iiklasi, ndidale ii-handouts, kwaye ndiphonononge ifuthe lesondlo kuluntu njengomfundisi wezondlo. Oko kukuthi, ndibone iindawo ezahlukeneyo zoluntu ezisebenzisana neBhanki yoKutya, ndifunde malunga nemigaqo-nkqubo kunye neenkqubo zoncedo lokutya, kwaye ndibone ifuthe lokusasaza ulwazi lwezondlo kumaqela eminyaka emininzi.

Ngeveki yam yokuqala, ndasebenza no-Aemen (uMhlohli weZondlo) ukuba ndifunde malunga neenkqubo zoncedo zikaRhulumente, kuquka i-SNAP kunye ne-Healthy Eating Research (HER), kunye nekharityhulam yabo. Ndafunda malunga nefuthe labo elithile kwibhanki yokutya. Ngokomzekelo, basebenzela ukudala i-pantry ekhethiweyo ngokutya okubhalwe eluhlaza, obomvu, okanye ophuzi. Uhlaza luthetha ukutya rhoqo, umthubi uthetha ukutya ngamaxesha athile, kwaye ubomvu buthetha ukunciphisa. Oku kwaziwa ngokuba yindlela yokumisa isibane se-SWAP. Ndafunda kwakhona malunga nentsebenziswano yabo kunye neSeeding Galveston kunye neprojekthi yevenkile yekona apho basebenza khona ukwenza ukutya okunempilo kufikeleleke.

Kwafuneka ndihambe noKaree (uMququzeleli weMfundo yeZondlo ngelo xesha) ukuya kuqwalasela kwisikolo saseMoody Methodist Day apho ndaye ndabona indlela abasebenzisa ngayo Ikharityhulamu esekelwe kubungqina be-Organwise Guys, esebenzisa abalinganiswa be-cartoon organ ukufundisa isondlo ebantwaneni. Iklasi yayigubungela isifo seswekile, kwaye ndachukumiseka kukubona indlela abanolwazi ngayo abantwana nge-pancreas. Ekupheleni kweveki, ndiye ndabona uAlexis (uMlungelelanisi Wemfundo Yezondlo) noLana (uMncedisi Wezondlo) befundisa iklasi yeMibutho YamaKatolika, eyayigubungela iinkozo ngokubonisa i<em>hummus neechips zengqolowa ezenziwe ekhaya.

Ndaye ndafumana uncedo kwiMarike yeFama yaseGalveston. Sibonise indlela yokwenza iitshiphusi zeveggie kwaye sanikezela ngeeflaya malunga nendlela yokunciphisa isodium ekutyeni. Senza iitshiphusi zeveggie kwi beet, iminqathe, ibhatata, kunye nezucchini. Sazenza ngezinongo ezifana nomgubo wegalikhi kunye nepepile emnyama ukongeza incasa ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ityuwa.

Ndasebenza no-Alexis, uCharli (uMhlohli weSondlo), noLana ngalo lonke ixesha lokujikeleza kwam. Kwiveki yam yesibini, ndaqalisa ukusebenza nabantwana kwisikolo saseMoody Methodist Day eGalveston. U-Alexis uholele ingxoxo kwi-MyPlate, kwaye ndakhokelela umsebenzi apho abantwana kufuneka bachonge ngokuchanekileyo ukuba ngaba ukutya bekukuluhlu oluchanekileyo lwe-MyPlate. Umzekelo, ukutya okunenombolo ezintlanu kuya kuvela phantsi kodidi lwemifuno, kodwa ezimbini aziyi kuba yimifuno. Abantwana kwakufuneka bachonge ngokuchanekileyo abangalunganga ngokubonisa iminwe yabo. Yayisisihlandlo sokuqala sam ukufundisa abantwana, yaye ndafumanisa ukuba ukufundisa abantwana yeyona nto ndiyithandayo. Kwakuvuyisa ukubabona bevakalisa ulwazi lwabo nomdla wabo wokutya ukutya okusempilweni.

Kamva evekini, saya eSeeding Galveston kunye nevenkile yekona. Apha, ndabona okokuqala indlela intsebenziswano kunye nokutshintsha kwendalo okuchaphazela ngayo ukutya. Imiqondiso kwiingcango kunye nokulungelelaniswa kwevenkile kwandichukumisa. Akuqhelekanga ukubona iivenkile zekona zikhuthaza iziqhamo kunye nemifuno emitsha kwindawo, kodwa olu yayilutshintsho oluhle kakhulu lokungqina. Yintoni eyenziwa yibhanki yokutya ngokusebenzisa ubuhlakani babo ukwenza ukhetho olunempilo lufumaneke ngakumbi yinxalenye yento ebendiyithanda ukuyifumana.

Kwiveki yam yesithathu, ndanikela ingqalelo kumsebenzi wokunceda amaKatolika. Ibhanki yokutya ifundisa iklasi apho, kwaye baqala uchungechunge olutsha ngo-Agasti. Ngeli xesha, abathathi-nxaxheba baya kufumana ibhokisi enazo zonke izithako ezifunekayo ukwenza iiresiphi esizibonisayo eklasini. Ndichithe iveki ndisenza iiresiphi, ndizenza kwaye ndizenze bhanyabhanya, kwaye ndenza iividiyo zokubeka kwitshaneli yeYouTube njengoncedo olubonakalayo ekwenzeni iresiphi. Yayilixesha lam lokuqala ukuhlela iividiyo, kodwa ndakha izakhono zam zokuyila apha, kwaye yayizalisekisa ukufumana ukutya okufikelelekayo, okufikelelekayo, okulula ukuba abantu bakwenze kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusenencasa entle!

Ndim umfanekiso ecaleni kwebhodi endiyiyile kwiveki yam yokugqibela. Ihambe ne-handout endiyidale kwi-SNAP kunye ne-WIC kwimarike yamafama. Emva kokuvavanya uluntu kunye nokubona iMarike yamaFama eGalveston's Own, ndiye ndaqaphela ukuba ababaninzi abantu abaziyo ukuba banokusebenzisa iSNAP emarikeni, ndingasathethi ke ngokufumana izibonelelo zabo ziphindwe kabini. Bendifuna ukusasaza ulwazi kuluntu lwalapha ukuze bazuze okuninzi kwiinzuzo zabo kwaye basebenzise umthombo omkhulu weziqhamo kunye nemifuno ekwanceda amafama wethu kwindawo.

Kwakhona ndakhokela iiklasi ezimbini kwiveki yam yokugqibela kwindawo yokugcina ukutya. Ndisebenzise ikharityhulamu esekelwe kubungqina be-Organwise Guys ukufundisa abantwana phakathi kwe-K kunye nebanga lesine malunga namalungu kunye nokutya okulungileyo. Zombini iiklasi zazisa abantwana kubalinganiswa beOrganwise Guys. Ukuze ndibancede bakhumbule onke amalungu, ndenze i-Organ Bingo. Abantwana bayayithanda, kwaye yandivumela ukuba ndibabuze kumalungu ngomnxeba ngamnye welungu ukunceda ukwakha inkumbulo yabo. Ukusebenza kunye nabantwana ngokukhawuleza kwaba ngumsebenzi owuthandayo kwibhanki yokutya. Yayingekonwabisi nje kuphela, kodwa ukwandiswa kolwazi lwesondlo kubantwana kwaziva kunempembelelo. Yayiyinto ababeyivuyela leyo, yaye ndandisazi ukuba baza kuthabatha ulwazi lwabo olutsha baluse ekhaya kubazali babo.

Ukusebenza kuluntu, ngokubanzi, kwakuvakala njengempembelelo ethe ngqo. Ndaye ndancedisa kwindawo yokuhambisa ukutya kunye nevolontiya kwindawo yokuthengisa ukutya. Ukubona abantu besiza kwaye befumana izinto eziyimfuneko, kwaye ukwazi ukuba sibenzela into entle abantu kwandenza ndaziva ngathi ndikwindawo elungileyo. Ndifumene uthando olutsha kwisetingi yoluntu kwi-dietetics. Ukuza kwinkqubo yam e-UTMB, bendiqinisekile ukuba ndifuna ukuba yingcali yokutya kwezonyango. Ngelixa isengomdla wam omkhulu, isondlo soluntu sikhawuleze saba yintandokazi. Yayiliwonga ukuchitha ixesha kunye nebhanki yokutya kunye nokudibana nabantu abaninzi ekuhlaleni. Yonke into eyenziwa yibhanki yokutya iyakhuthaza kwaye iyancomeka. Ukuba yinxalenye yayo yinto endiya kuyixabisa ngonaphakade.