The Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha YaseCaribbean (CTO) udabukile ngokulahlekelwa ngumngane wakhe wakudala waseCaribbean, uFlora Gilford, owadlula emhlabeni ngo-Okthoba 9, 2019, eMichigan eneminyaka engama-97. UGilford wayengummeli wezokuvakasha owayesebenza njengomongameli we-CTO Northern California Chapter phakathi kongasekho 1980 kuya maphakathi nawo-1990. Ukuvakashelwa kuzoba ngo-Okthoba 21 kusuka ngo-7 - 8 ntambama eGorsline Runciman Funeral Home eLansing, eMichigan.
“UFlora Gilford wayethandwa kakhulu ontanga yakhe; wayezithanda ngenhliziyo yonke iCaribbean futhi wayehlala ezimisele ukuvolontiya lapho sidinga usizo, ”kusho uSylma Brown, umqondisi we-CTO-USA, Inc." Ubephatha abasebenzi be-CTO kanye nabamele abancane abathengisa amazwe angamalungu e-CTO njengezingane zakhe, njalo babheke inhlalakahle yabo ngendlela yomama. Kuze kube namuhla, izingane zami, abashana bami abebemazi besakhula bambiza 'ngoGogo uFlora' ngoba yilokho abatshele khona ukuthi mabambize, ”kwengeza uBrown.
UGilford waba nesandla ekwethulweni kwezingqungquthela zeCaribbean Sales, ezazibanjwa minyaka yonke emazweni angamalungu e-CTO, ezazinikeza amalungu omenzeli wezokuvakasha e-CTO Chapters kulo lonke elase-US naseCanada nethuba lokubamba iqhaza ekuqeqesheni okukhethekile nakuma-workshops asezweni. Ubehlale ehambela iCaribbean Tourism Conferences (CTC) futhi ebezinikela njalo ukusiza i-CTO ekuphatheni abahambeli abebehambele izingqungquthela.
UGilford uphinde wahola phambili nemizamo yokuqongelela imali i-Audrey Palmer Hawks Memorial Scholarship Fund, eyisiqalekisi se-CTO Scholarship Foundation yamanje.
“UFlora ubengowesifazane onothando, onozwelo futhi omuhle ozokhunjulwa ngabaningi abebemthanda,” kusho uBrown.
