Ekuholeni ama-Olimpiki ka-2020 azobanjelwa eTokyo, Inxusa Lokuthula le-IIPT lika-2012 le-Olympic Truce uVictor Mutanga wethula umkhankaso wokuthula emhlabeni jikelele. Kuyadingeka manje kunanini ngaphambili, uVictor uthemba ukuthi lo mkhankaso we-Imagine Peace uzosiza ukubandakanya abantu abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuthi basebenze ngokubambisana nobunye nokuzwana lapho bebhekene nodlame oluthatha izimpilo zabantu abaningi.
UVictor, uqobo lwakhe, ubhekane nalolu dlame lokuba yisisulu sokuhlaselwa kwabokufika eKapa, eNingizimu Afrika ngo-2008 nango-2015. Lokhu kuhlasela kwaholela ekutheni uVictor ayohlala ekamu lababaleki lapho ezwa khona ukuthi kunjani ukuxoshwa izwe ngenzondo engacelwanga. Lokhu kwamkhuthaza ukuthi enze ushintsho emhlabeni nokusiza ukufundisa isizukulwane esisha ukuthi siyeke udlame olungadingekile.
Ngemuva kokuhlala kwakhe ekamu lababaleki, uVictor uqhubeke nokulandela isifiso sakhe se-basketball, lapho asebenze khona ephusheni lakhe lokuba ngumdlali webhasikidi okhokhelwayo kanti futhi ubevolontiya njalo eHoops for Hope, i-NGO ekhuthaza ezemidlalo njengemoto yezenhlalo nezomuntu siqu ukuthuthukisa nokunikeza amandla abantu abasha ukuba babe ngabaholi emiphakathini yabo. Ukulimala ngehlombe okubuhlungu kwamvumela ukuthi aguqule imboni yakhe futhi wakhuphula isitebhisi kwezokukhangisa.
Ngo-2012, waqokwa futhi waxhaswa yi-International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) ukumela iNingizimu Afrika kanye neZimbabwe kuhlelo lwe-UNESCO Olympic Peace Ambassadors Training and Assistance Programme ngesikhathi sama-Olimpiki aseLondon. Lolu hlelo luqhakambisa amasonto ayisithupha eGlobal Truce ahlehlela emuva ngonyaka we-776 BC kanti nanamuhla asavunywa futhi asekelwa yiwo wonke amazwe angamalungu e-UN. Ukuhlanganisa intsha evela kuwo wonke umhlaba kubandakanya izindawo ezinokungqubuzana nezindawo ezihlukunyezwa nsuku zonke, ngenkathi e-UK uVictor kanye nabanye abamele intsha bekhethwe umhlangano omkhulu wezinsuku eziyishumi, ebaqeqesha ukuba babe ngamanxusa e-UNESCO Olympic Youth Peace.
Ebuyisela lawa makhono e-Afrika, u-Victor wethula i-Afro Global Youth Exchange, inhlangano yentsha yase-Pan African, egxile ekuhlinzekeni izinhlelo zokushintshisana ngamasiko osomabhizinisi abasha bezenhlalakahle kanye nabaholi bomphakathi wezemidlalo abavela ezindaweni ezingqubuzanayo zase-Afrika. Umgomo kaVictor wale nhlangano ukusiza intsha yase-Afrika ukuthi yakhe amakhono aqinile okusebenzelana nabantu, izibandakanye ekwazini ukuhlalisana kwabantu, ukwakha ubungane obusekela umphakathi futhi iphinde iqinise ithemba ngekusasa.
Kwakungenxa yalonyaka kuphela, lapho, phezu kwawo wonke umthelela omuhle uVictor awenzile ekuthuthukiseni ukuthula ezweni, wahlaselwa kabuhlungu ngemuva kokusiza abesifazane abasebasha abasebezoshayiswa yimoto. Ngaphandle kokucasulwa, wagwazwa ebusweni nasekhanda yiqembu lezinsizwa ezinamabhodlela kabhiya aphukile, ngemuva kokuhlaselwa wazabalaza kodwa wakwazi ukufika esiteshini samaphoyisa esiseduze lapho anikezwa khona usizo oluncane kakhulu futhi ekugcineni yathunyelwa esibhedlela esizimele iyokwelashwa. Ezinsukwini ezine ezedlule esibhedlela futhi ngenhliziyo eqinile wasebenza ukuxolela amadoda enza lokhu okubi, okungavunyelwe ukuhlaselwa.
Emele lokho akholelwa kukho nalokho akwaziyo ukuthi umhlaba udinga, uVictor akazange anqandwe esimweni sakhe sokuthula. Ezinyangeni eziyi-11 ezizayo, uVictor uzokwakha izinkundla zangempela nezidijithali zabantu abasha emhlabeni wonke ukuthi bazibandakanye ezinhle, babelane ngemibono nezinsizakusebenza zokukhuthaza ukuthula komhlaba okusimeme. Uzobuye ahlanganyele izakhamizi zomhlaba wonke kubandakanya intsha, abenzi bomgomo kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni emkhankasweni wokugqugquzela ukubamba iqhaza kwentsha ekwakheni ukuthula nasekulweni nodlame kanye nokweqisa. Lo mkhankaso wezinyanga eziyi-11 uhlose ukufundisa imiphakathi nokwakha ikusasa elingcono ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
