Amanda Derham

Amanda Derham ni umujyanama mu by'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe n'imyitwarire ku ivuriro rya Jordan Valley rya Grand. Ashyira indangagaciro z'ibanze z'umwuga wo kwita ku mibereho myiza y'abaturage ku isonga mu kazi ke, bikamufasha guha abarwayi be ubuvuzi bwiza bushoboka. Amanda yarangije muri Missouri State University afite impamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya gatatu cya kaminuza mu bijyanye no kwita ku mibereho myiza y'abaturage. Igihe yigaga mu cyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza, Amanda yakoze imenyerezamwuga mu Biro by'Umushinjacyaha wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, ari umuvugizi w'abahohotewe mu ishami rishinzwe ihohoterwa rikorerwa mu ngo. Aho, yavuganiraga abahohotewe n'abatangabuhamya b'ihohoterwa rikorerwa mu ngo, akabaha ubufasha bwo kwita ku buzima bwo mu mutwe kandi akabohereza aho bahabwa izindi serivisi bakeneye. Amanda azobereye mu buvuzi bwo mu mutwe bugenewe abana, urubyiruko n'imiryango, abantu bo mu muryango wa LGBTQIA+, n'imiryango igizwe n'abashakanye n'abana bakomoka ku mubano umwe cyangwa bombi bagiranye mbere.

Amanda yabaye utanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi kubera indangagaciro z'ibanze z'umwuga wo kwita ku mibereho myiza y'abaturage, zirimo gukorera abandi, ubutabera, n'agaciro n'icyubahiro bya muntu. Ababyeyi be na bo bagize uruhare rukomeye mu guhitamo umwuga we. Bamutoje guha agaciro imibanire y'abantu no kugira ubuntu. Mu byo Amanda yibuka kuva akiri muto harimo ababyeyi be bakoreraga mu miryango y'abaturage yo mu gace kabo kandi bagatera inkunga imiryango idaharanira inyungu—bityo umwuga wo kwita ku mibereho myiza y'abaturage uba ari wo abona ko akwiye gukurikira. Nka utanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi bw'ubuzima bwo mu mutwe n'imyitwarire by'abana, Amanda akunda gukorana n'abatanga serivisi z'ubuvuzi n'abajyanama b'ubuzima, ndetse n'abandi bo hanze y'ikigo, nk'abo mu miryango y'abarwayi, abarimu, abashinzwe gukurikirana abana barererwa mu miryango itari iyabo, n'ibigo bafatanya. Gukorana n'ayo matsinda atandukanye bifasha Amanda guha abarwayi be ubuvuzi bwiza bushoboka. Uburyo Amanda yita ku barwayi bushingiye ku bunyangamugayo n'ubufatanye. Yizera ko guhuza abantu benshi bashoboka bagakorana bifasha guteza imbere ubuzima bw'abarwayi be bakiri bato.

Amanda amaze igihe kirekire akora ibikorwa by'ubukorerabushake. Kuva mu bwana bwe, yibuka akorana n'ababyeyi be ibikorwa by'ubukorerabushake mu miryango yo mu gace kabo nka The Kitchen, Inc., Camp Fire Girls, PTA, na James River Basin Partnership. Mu myaka ya vuba aha, yashinze GLSEN Springfield anayibera umuyobozi mu gihe cy'imyaka 5. Yanakoze ibikorwa by'ubukorerabushake muri Springfield Symphony Guild no mu itsinda rishyigikira ikipi y'umuhungu we y'imvugo n'impaka. Mu gihe cye cy'ikiruhuko, akunda gutembera n'amaguru mu bidukikije, gutwara ubwato bwa kayak no gukambika ari kumwe n'umuryango we.