UConnor Schoen (22) kunye noTony Shu (21) bakwiphulo lokuqhawula umjikelo we ukungabi namakhaya kunye Ixesha lekhefu , i-Boston-based non-profit non-profit enceda ekufumaneni umsebenzi wenguqu kubantu abadala abasebancinci abanengxaki yokungazinzi kwezindlu.
USchoen noShu badibana njengabafundi abangekathweswa isidanga eHarvard. Inkuthazo yeBreaktime yeza xa babesebenza kwindawo yokuhlala abantu abangenamakhaya kwaye baqaphela ukuba eyona nto yayifunwa ngabantu abancinci kwindawo yokuhlala. umsebenzi ozinzile . Babefuna umsebenzi ngamanye amaxesha nangaphezu kokuba befuna izindlu, kwaye kungenxa yokuba umsebenzi ozinzileyo yeyona nto ibalulekileyo ekuphumezeni izindlu ezizinzileyo, uShu uxelele In The Know.
Ngelixa uShu noSchoen bevuma zonke iinkampani ezinkulu zoqeqesho lwemisebenzi kwindawo abahlala kuyo, babona ukunqongophala kwenkxaso kwinqanaba lenguqu phakathi kwezo nkqubo zoqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye nokuqinisekisa umsebenzi wokwenene. Aba babini baqala ukusebenzela ukuvula ikhefi, ebizwa ngokuba yiBreaktime Café, eyayiyilelwe ukuba ibe yindawo yengqesho yethutyana, kodwa emva koko ubhubhani we-Covid-19 wabetha kwaye izicwangciso zabo zatshintsha.
UShu noSchoen baxelelwa ukuba balinde ubhubhane kwaye balondoloze izixhobo zabo de uphele, kodwa babenombono ongcono. Into esigqibe kwelokuba siyenze kukusebenzisa ikhitshi ekwisakhiwo sethu, wacacisa uShu. Ukungakhuseleki kokutya yayiyingxaki enkulu ekhulayo ngenxa yobhubhane, kwaye saqonda ukuba singaqesha abantu abadala abasebancinci ukungabi namakhaya ukulungisa kwaye emva koko kuse ukutya okunesondlo kubasebenzi abaphambili, kodwa nakwiintsapho ezinengxaki yokungakhuseleki kokutya.
Indlela inkqubo yeBreaktime isebenza ngayo ngoku abaqeqeshwayo bahamba ngenkqubo yeeveki ezi-2 egxile kuphuhliso lobungcali kunye nokuxhotyiswa komntu, kwaye emva koko baqeshwe kwiiveki ze-13 kwi-non-profits kunye neminye imibutho kwisixeko sonke apho bafunda khona izakhono ezidluliswayo.
Kodwa amabhongo kaShu noSchoen angaphaya kokwenza umahluko kwindawo abahlala kuyo. Aba babini banethemba lokufumana abaqulunqi bemigaqo-nkqubo babandakanyeke kwaye balinganise imodeli yeshishini labo kwisixeko ngokubanzi, kwilizwe ngokubanzi, nakwilizwe lonke. Sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abatsha baviwa ngabawi-mthetho bethu kunye neenkokheli zethu, uSchoen uyacacisa. Sifuna ukuseka iitafile ezijikelezayo apho abawiso-mthetho kunye neenkokeli baye badibane nabantu abadala abasebancinci abanengxaki yokungabi namakhaya, beve ngamava abo, kwaye oko kuyanceda ukwenza izigqibo zomgaqo-nkqubo.
