U-Edward Norton kanye noMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi bathembisa u-$1 million kuMaasai Wilderness Conservation Trust  

Umlingisi waseMelika kanye nesazi somhlaba wonke u-Edward Norton kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSaudi Arabia u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb namuhla bathembise ngomnikelo ka-$1 million wokuxhasa umsebenzi weMaasai Wilderness Conservation Trust eKenya.

UMnu. Norton unguMongameli weTrust futhi wenze lesi simemezelo engqungqutheleni yama-22 yoMkhandlu Wezokuvakasha Nezokuvakasha Yomhlaba wonke eyayibanjelwe e-Riyadh UMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseSaudi inikela ngesigidi esingu-$1 egameni likaMnu. Norton njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwayo okuqhubekayo ekusekeleni ukongiwa kwemvelo kanye nezokuvakasha ezisimeme.

Ekhuluma eNgqungqutheleni, uMnu. Norton uthe: “Inselelo enkulu yekhulunyaka lama-21 ukulungisa umnotho nezimboni zethu ukuze zisimeme emvelweni futhi kunqandwe ukufudumala komhlaba.

“Le nselelo kumele ihlangatshezwe yimboni yezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke njenganoma yimuphi omunye umkhakha. Ezokuvakasha zithola udumo olufanele ngenxa yokuxhumana okuhle ezizikhuthazayo kodwa zingaba imboni ekhiphayo enemiphumela engemihle kwezemvelo nenhlalo njengazo zonke ezinye lapho zinganakwa ngendlela efanele.

“Kufanele sinyuse izinga lezinga lokusimama kwemboni yezokuvakasha futhi ngikwazisa kakhulu lokho WTTC ungimemile ukuthi ngivuse inkanuko kancane ekuphonseni inselelo imboni ukuthi ingamukeli izinguquko ezikha phezulu 'njengokwanele'.

“Futhi ngibonga kakhulu ngegalelo WTTC kanye nabasingathi bethu eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha wase-Saudi benze umsebenzi obalulekile we-Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. Le nhlangano iyisibonelo esihle sokuthi imiphakathi yomdabu ephambili ingakha kanjani ithuba elisha lezomnotho ngokuphatha ngobuhlakani imithombo yemvelo.”

Lo mlingisi kanye ne-philanthropist ungumgqugquzeli omdala wezokongiwa kwemvelo kanti ngo-2010 uNorton waqokwa njengeNxusa leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezinhle Nezokuphila Kwezinto Ezinhlobonhlobo yilowo owayenguNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-Ban Ki-moon, naye owakhuluma emhlanganweni. WTTC Ingqungquthela.

UNorton uphinde abe nguMongameli weBhodi le-Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, inhlangano yokongiwa kwemvelo yomphakathi ezinze eKenya ebambisene nemiphakathi yendabuko yaseMpumalanga Afrika ukuze kugcinwe imvelo ebalulekile ngokuthuthukisa imali engenayo yezomnotho esimeme, esekelwe emithonjeni yemvelo.

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSaudi HE Ahmed Al-Khateeb wathi: “Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuba noMnu. Norton eNgqungqutheleni futhi sincoma ukuzinikela kwakhe ekusekeleni ukugcinwa, ukusimama kanye nezinhlelo zemvelo emhlabeni wonke.

“Isu lezokuvakasha loMbuso lakhelwe ekusebenziseni izindlela ezivuselelekayo zokuthuthukisa, ukulondoloza indawo kanye nokuthuthukisa imiphakathi. Ukukhulumela okushisekayo kukaMnu. Norton kungasikhuthaza lapha nasemhlabeni wonke ukuthi silandele isibonelo sakhe ekwakheni ikusasa elisimeme.”

UMnu. Norton ubeyisimenywa esikhethekile eNgqungqutheleni futhi uhlanganyele engxoxweni yemizuzu engama-45 nge-Sustainability Movement no-Fahd Hamidaddin, oyi-CEO kanye nelungu lebhodi le-Saudi Tourism Authority. Ingxoxo ibigxile ekuhlangenwe nakho kukaMnu. Norton njengomuntu oxoxa izindaba, isishoshovu sezemvelo, kanye nosomabhizinisi wezenhlalo.