Likulu la Visalia's Self-Help Training and Employment Center linali ndi zaka pafupifupi khumi pomwe lidayamba kugwira ntchito ngati bungwe lothandizira anthu kudera la Tulare County m'ma 1980s. Posakhalitsa, bungwe la Tulare County Conservation Corps linayambika monga pulogalamu ya bungwe lothandizira achinyamata omwe ankafuna kupitiriza maphunziro awo ndi kupeza maluso ofunikira a ntchito. Zaka XNUMX pambuyo pake, bungwe lotchedwa Community Services and Employment Training (CSET), ndipo linatchedwanso Sequoia Community Corps (SCC) likupititsa patsogolo ntchito yawo yolimbikitsa achinyamata, mabanja, ndi madera ozungulira kudzera mu ntchito zambiri zachitukuko zomwe zimaphatikizapo nkhalango za m'matauni.
A Corpsmembers akumasuka pambuyo pa tsiku lochuluka akuyeretsa mtsinje wa Tule.
SCC imapangidwa ndi achinyamata ovutika, azaka 18-24. Ambiri mwa achinyamatawa sangathe kupikisana pa ntchito. Ena sanamalize sukulu ya sekondale. Ena ali ndi mbiri yaupandu. CSET ndi SCC zimapatsa achinyamatawa maphunziro ndi ntchito, komanso thandizo kwa mamembala kuti alandire madipuloma awo akusekondale. Apereka achinyamata opitilira 4,000 maphunziro a ntchito ndi mwayi wophunzira pazaka 20 zapitazi.
Zina mwazinthu zoyambilira za SCC zikuphatikiza kukonza ndi kukonza njanji ku Sequoia ndi Kings Canyon National Parks. Ntchito yawo m'nkhalango zochititsa chidwi kwambiri mdziko muno idapita patsogolo kukhala mwayi wobweretsa nkhalango kumadera akumatauni omwe CSET idatumizidwa. Mapulojekiti oyambilira a zankhalango a SCC anali mu mgwirizano ndi Urban Tree Foundation.
Mabungwe awiriwa akugwirabe ntchito limodzi kubzala mitengo lero. Ambiri mwa mapulojekitiwa amayang'ana kwambiri mizere ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja yomwe mitsinje ya mitengo ikuluikulu ndi zomera zapansi panthaka zimayikidwa m'mphepete mwa misewu yatsopano yodulidwa ndi mamembala a SCC. Misewu imeneyi imapereka kuthawa kobiriwira m'dera lomwe likanakhala losagwiritsidwa ntchito, ndikupatsanso anthu okhalamo ndi alendo chithunzithunzi cha zomwe phindu la pulogalamu yamphamvu yophunzitsa zachilengedwe lingatanthauze kwa chigawochi ndi achinyamata omwe ali pachiwopsezo.
Ngakhale anthu ambiri ammudzi amasangalala ndi kukongola kwa maderawa, ambiri sadziwa ubwino wowonjezera wa CSET womwe umapereka kwa anthu ammudzi kudzera mu ndondomeko yake ya nkhalango zakumidzi. Misewu yobiriwira imakoka madzi amphepo yamkuntho, imakulitsa malo okhala nyama zakuthengo, ndikuwongolera mpweya wabwino m'dera lomwe nthawi zonse limadziwika kuti ndi limodzi mwamalo oyipa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kwa utsi ndi ozoni.
CSET ikupitirizabe kuyesetsa kuonjezera kuwonekera pa ubwino wowoneka wa pulojekiti yake pogwiritsa ntchito zida ndi zipangizo zosiyanasiyana. Chimodzi mwazinthu zotere ndi thandizo la feduro lotetezedwa ndi CEST mu 2010 kudzera mu American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Ndalama izi zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi California ReLeaf zikuthandizira pulojekiti yamitundu ingapo pomwe mamembala a SCC agwira ntchito yokonzanso nkhalango ya Valley Oak yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa mtsinje womwe pakali pano mulibe zomera komanso kukonza misewu ya nkhalango ya Visalia. Pulojekitiyi ikubweretsa phindu lowonjezereka la kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito kudera lomwe liri ndi 12% ya ulova kuyambira mu October, 2011.
Kupambana kwakukulu kwa pulojekitiyi ndi ndondomeko ya zankhalango za m'tauni ya CSET ndi Nathan Higgins, Wogwirizanitsa Pulogalamu ya Urban Forestry Programme ya CSET. Poyerekeza ndi moyo wautali wa SCC, Nathan ndi watsopano kuntchito komanso ku nkhalango zakumidzi. Asanabwere ku CSET, Nathan ankagwira ntchito yosamalira nkhalango m’malo oteteza zachilengedwe komanso m’nkhalango zapafupi. Sipanafike pamene anagwira ntchito m’tauni pamene anazindikira kufunika kwa nkhalango za m’midzi.
“Ndinapeza vumbulutso lakuti, ngakhale kuti anthu a m’maderawa amakhala kwa mphindi 45 zokha kuchokera ku malo ena oteteza zachilengedwe abwino kwambiri m’dzikoli, ambiri a iwo sangakwanitse kuyenda ulendo waufupi wokaona malowa. Nkhalango ya m’tauni imabweretsa chilengedwe kwa anthu kumene iwo ali,” akutero Higgins.
Sanangochitira umboni kokha momwe nkhalango za m’tauni zingasinthire anthu, komanso mmene zingasinthire anthu. Atafunsidwa zitsanzo za zomwe SCC imachitira mamembala a Corps, Nathan amafulumira kuyankha ndi nkhani za anyamata atatu omwe moyo wawo wasintha.
Nkhani zitatu zonse zimayamba mofanana - mnyamata yemwe adalowa mu SCC ndi mwayi wochepa wokonza moyo wake. Mmodzi adayamba ngati membala wa gulu la ogwira nawo ntchito ndipo adakwezedwa kukhala woyang'anira gulu, kutsogolera anyamata ndi atsikana ena kuwongolera miyoyo yawo monga momwe adachitira. Wina tsopano akugwira ntchito ndi dipatimenti ya City of Visalia Park ndi Recreation ngati wogwira ntchito yokonza mapaki. Internship yake mwachiyembekezo idzasanduka malo olipidwa ngati ndalama zikupezeka.
Urban Forestry corpsmembers 'kubiriwira' malo athu akutawuni. Achichepere a Valley Oaks adzakhala ndi moyo zaka mazana ambiri ndikupereka mthunzi ndi kukongola kwa mibadwomibadwo.
Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri pa nkhani zitatuzi ndi Yakobo Ramos. Ali ndi zaka 16, anapezeka ndi mlandu wophwanya malamulo. Pambuyo pa kutsimikiza kwake ndi kutha kwa nthawi, adapeza kuti kunali kosatheka kupeza ntchito. Ku CSET, adalandira dipuloma yake ya sekondale ndipo adadziwonetsa ngati m'modzi mwa ogwira ntchito odzipereka kwambiri mu SCC. Chaka chino, CSET idatsegula kampani yopeza phindu yomwe imagwira ntchito zanyengo. Chifukwa cha maphunziro ake ambiri omwe anamaliza ndi Corps, Jacob tsopano ali ndi ntchito kumeneko.
Chaka chilichonse, CSET imabzala mitengo yopitilira 1,000, imapanga misewu yofikirako, ndipo imagwiritsa ntchito 100-150
achinyamata. Kuposa pamenepo, yapitilira ntchito yake yolimbikitsa achinyamata, mabanja, ndi madera a Tulare County. CSET ndi SCC ndi chikumbutso cha zomwe zingatheke kwa chilengedwe chathu ndi mibadwo yamtsogolo kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi kupirira.