Vanessa Irons

Vanessa Irons ni umujyanama wabigize umwuga ufite uruhushya rwo gukora, wagarutse aho yatangiriye umwuga we. Agira ati: "Natangiye umwuga wanjye mu kwita ku buzima bwo mu mutwe mu baturage, kandi nyuma y'imyaka icumi nkorera mu ivuriro ryanjye bwite, numvise nshaka gusubira aho natangiriye." Vanessa yabonye impamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya mbere cya kaminuza mu bumenyi bw'imitekerereze muri Missouri State University, akomereza ku mpamyabumenyi y'icyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza mu bumenyi bw'imitekerereze bushingiye ku bujyanama, mu Ishuri ry'Ubumenyi bw'Imitekerereze ry'Abanyamwuga muri Forest Institute. Mu myaka amaze akora, yahaye ubujyanama abana, ingimbi n'abangavu, abantu bakuru, abashakanye, imiryango n'amatsinda.

Uburyo Vanessa akoresha bwibanda ku bushobozi umuntu asanganywe, ku bushobozi bwo kwihangana no kongera kwiyubaka, no ku bufatanye nyakuri. Asobanura agira ati: "Nkunda gukorana n'abantu bafashe umwanzuro ko barambiwe 'guhora bananiwe' kandi bafite intego yo guhindura ubuzima bwabo mu buryo bwiza." Azi ko byanze bikunze ubuzima bugerageza ukwihangana kw'umuntu, kandi ko byoroshye kumva ko "watsinzwe" muri urwo rugendo. Intego ye ni ugufasha abarwayi kubona izo nzitizi mu bundi buryo, gushingira ku bushobozi basanganywe, no kubona uburyo n'ibikoresho bibafasha kugira ubuzima bwiza n'imibereho myiza birambye. Icyo akunda cyane ni ubusabane agirana n'abantu n'iterambere abona bagira: "Guhura n'abantu benshi bakomoka mu buzima butandukanye kandi banyuze mu bintu bitandukanye, no kubona abarwayi banjye bumva bageze ku ntego kandi bifitiye icyizere nyuma y'uko imbaraga bashyizemo zitangiye gutanga umusaruro."

Uretse akazi ke ko kwita ku barwayi, Vanessa ni umwarimu wubashywe kandi uharanira inyungu z'abaturage. Yigisha mu cyiciro cya kabiri cya kaminuza muri Missouri State University, kandi mu gihe amaze akora yayoboye amatsinda afasha abantu guhangana n'agahinda ko kubura ababo, amahugurwa yo kugenzura uburakari, n'ibiganiro byinshi bigamije kwegera no gufasha abaturage. Yanabaye umwe mu bagize inama y'ubuyobozi ya CAPE (Gukumira no Kurandura Ihohoterwa Rikorerwa Abana).