(Ku ya 17 Mutarama 2023)
Lilly Endowment Inc. yatanze inkunga ya $900,000 kuri Firefly Children and Family Alliance yo gushyigikira ibikorwa byo kongerera ubushobozi mumyaka itatu iri imbere.
Iyi nkunga ni imwe mu nkunga 28 zose hamwe zingana na miliyoni $41 zagenewe gufasha imiryango itanga serivisi z’abantu n’ibigo by’abaturage muri Indiana yo hagati kongera ubushobozi bwabo bwo guhaza ibyo abantu n’imiryango bakorera.
Firefly izakoresha inkunga kugirango ikomeze kandi ishimangire ibikorwa byinshi byihohoterwa rikorerwa mu ngo na serivisi z'abacitse ku icumu. Inkunga y'inkunga izafasha Firefly gutanga serivisi zinoze ku barokotse ihohoterwa rikorerwa mu ngo kugira ngo barusheho gukemura ibibazo by'abaturage mu gufasha abacitse ku icumu mu gihe bava mu ihohoterwa rikorerwa abafatanyabikorwa, bagakemura ibibazo, kandi bagakemura ihungabana bagize.
Mu myaka itatu iri imbere, iyi nkunga idasanzwe yo gutera inkunga izafasha Firefly guhindura ubuzima bwabacitse ku icumu 2500 buri mwaka. Icyo tuzibandaho tuzibanda ku gukemura ibibazo biri muri serivisi mu baturage batishoboye, bigatuma abaturage barushaho kumenya ubufasha buhari no kwagura serivisi zitangwa mu turere. Umuntu wese akwiye umutekano no kubahwa, kandi gahunda zitangwa nitsinda ryacu rishinzwe kurokoka zagenewe gufasha abarokotse kubigeraho.
“Firefly Abana hamwe nubufatanye bwumuryango ashimishijwe no guhitamo kwakira iyi nkunga yo gushyigikira iterambere ryacu gahunda zihohoterwa rikorerwa mu ngo, ”Ibi bikaba byavuzwe na Tina Cloer, Perezida akaba n'Umuyobozi mukuru wa Firefly. Ati: “Firefly iri mu batanga bike bajya mu baturage guhura n'abacitse ku icumu aho bari, tuzashobora kwaguka kubera ubuntu bwa Lilly Endowment. Twishimiye cyane ishoramari ryabo mu bikorwa byacu n'umuryango warokotse. ”
Ronni Kloth, visi perezida wa Lilly Endowment ushinzwe iterambere ry'umuryango yagize ati: "Indianapolis ifite ihuriro rikomeye ry'imiryango igamije gufasha abantu gutsinda ibibazo no gutangira kubaka ubuzima bushimishije kandi bwihagije". Ati: “Izi nzego zifasha Indianapolis kuba umujyi ugira impuhwe kandi wita ku bandi, kandi turizera ko izo nkunga zibafasha gushimangira ubushobozi bwabo bwo kuzuza serivisi bakeneye.”
Yamazaki Inc. ni fondasiyo ya Indianapolis, yigenga y'abagiraneza yashinzwe mu 1937 na JK Lilly n'abahungu be, Eli na JK Jr., binyuze mu mpano z'imigabane mu bucuruzi bwabo bwa farumasi, Eli Lilly na Sosiyete. Mugihe izo mpano zikomeje kuba uburiri bwamafaranga ya Endowment, Endowment nikintu gitandukanye nisosiyete, gifite inama nyobozi itandukanye, abakozi n’aho biherereye. Mu rwego rwo kubahiriza ibyifuzo byabashinze, Endowment ishyigikira ibitera iterambere ry’abaturage, uburezi, n’idini, kandi ikomeza kwiyemeza bidasanzwe umujyi yavukiyemo, Indianapolis, na leta y’iwabo, Indiana.