Vera Gonzalez-Howard, mai sa kai a matsayin mai ba da agaji daga Tumwater, Washington, ta fashe da kuka lokacin da kyaftin ɗin ƙungiyar United States Tim Ream ya ba ta kek ɗin da aka ƙawata da launukan ranar hutu ta 4 ga Yuli, tare da godiya ta zuciya game da sadakar da ta bayar a FIFA World Cup 2026. "Ban cancanci wannan ba," in ji ta tana share hawaye — wani amsa da, ga mutane da yawa, ya nuna ruhin dubban masu ba da agaji da ke sa gasar ta yiwu.
Awowi hudu kowace rana, ba tare da la'akari da kome ba
Vera tana tafiya har awowi hudu a kullum daga Tumwater zuwa wurin horar da ƙungiyoyi na Seattle a Jami'ar Washington, inda take aiki a cikin ƙungiyar Team Services. Aikinta ya ƙunshi kula da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa da ke can — ɗaukar ruwa, shirya kayan aiki, da tabbatar da cewa kowane ƙungiya tana da abin da take bukata don shirya.
An zaɓe ta a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin Unsung Heroes na FIFA don Seattle, kuma Vera ta nanata cewa ta ɗauki kanta a matsayin wakiliyar dukkan masu ba da agaji na yankin. "Team Services suna tallafawa ƙungiyoyinmu da ke horarwa a sansanin. Muna tallafa musu da duk abin da suke bukata," in ji ta. "Idan suna bukata a kawo musu ruwa, muna yin hakan. Muna taimakonsu da duk kayan aiki, sanya su a wurinsu da shirya su. Ina tsammani wannan ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da nake son da gaske — muna can domin su."
Ta kuma ambaci ƙungiyoyi biyu ta hanyar musamman. "Dole in faɗi cewa ƙungiyata ta so ita ce US kuma ƙungiyata ta biyu zai zama IR Iran saboda suna da kirki sosai. Sun yi mu'amala da mu da yawa."
Ba da agaji a lokacin jiyar sunadarai
Abin da ya sa sadakar Vera ta fi ban mamaki shi ne yaƙin na kansa da ta yi a lokaci ɗaya. An gano cewa tana da ciwon lymphoma kuma ta yi chemotherapy — amma har yanzu ta sami ƙarfin ba da agaji a FIFA Club World Cup 2025, tana tafiya zuwa Portland, Oregon, don gasar.
"Ina har yanzu ina yin chemotherapy lokacin da Club World Cup ta faru, kuma na sami irin wannan kyakkyawar kwarewa da na ce, 'Wannan ya cancanci.' Ko da na gaji, ina farin ciki sosai," in ji ta.
Ƴar uwanta Fatima da mijinta Allan sun kasance a wurin bikin, inda Vera ta karɓi kek ɗin da aka ƙawata da launukan tutocin Stars and Stripes daga hannun Ream, da kuma ƙaramin kofin FIFA World Cup.
Abota da zai dawwama har abada
Ga Vera, ladan ba da agaji ya wuce gasar da kanta. "Haduwa da sauran masu ba da agaji shine mafi kyawun abu saboda muna da manufa ɗaya wanda shine taimakawa. Ba da agaji, taimaka wa wasu, haduwa da mutane daga wurare daban-daban, asali daban-daban, sanin juna da yin abota har abada," in ji ta.
"Taimaka wa wasu ya biya maka rai, da haduwa da sabon mutanen da za ka gani har ƙarshen rayuwarka."
Kalaman ta sun nuna wani ji da masu ba da agaji a dukkan biranen masu masaukin baki 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 ke raba — cewa a bayan kowane wasa, kowane zaman horarwa, da kowane shirye-shiryen ƙungiya mai kyau, akwai wata rundunar mutane masu shiru da ba sa neman kome a mayar da martani.
