Stowe, Vermont, USA – IIPT Umsunguli kanye noMongameli, uLouis D'Amore umemezele namuhla ukuthi uCassandra (Cassie) De Pecol uzoba isivakashi esikhethekile eNgqungqutheleni Yomhlaba ye-IIPT: Ukuhlakulela Imiphakathi Nezizwe Eziqinile Nezokuthula Ngezokuvakasha, Amasiko Nezemidlalo ezibanjwayo. e-Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni, eNingizimu Afrika, February 16-19, 2015.
I-Symposium izohlonipha izingqwele ezintathu zomhlaba zokuthula nokungalwi, uNelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi kanye noMartin Luther King, Jr ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa amafa abo ngokwakha amabhuloho ezokuvakasha, ubungane nokuthula ezifundeni zonkana. umhlaba.
I-Symposium egxile ezenzweni izoba nokwethulwa kohambo lukaCassie emhlabeni wonke oluya emazweni angu-195 azimele njengoba ezimisele ngokuphula irekhodi lomhlaba ngesikhathi eqhakambisa “Ukuthula Ngezokuvakasha” emazweni, amadolobha, amadolobhakazi namadolobhana awavakashelayo. .
UCassie uzoqala uhambo lwakhe ngoJulayi 1, 2015 ngenhloso yokuvakashela amazwe azimele ayi-195 esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka emithathu, ngaleyo ndlela abeke irekhodi elisha leGuinness World futhi abe ngumuntu omncane kunabo bonke ukwenza lokho - futhi abe ngowesifazane wokuqala.
UCassie uzohamba “njengesakhamuzi somhlaba wonke” njengoba egqugquzela “Ukuthula Ngezokuvakasha” ngemvume ye-International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT). I-IIPT izophinde isekele uhambo lukaCassie lomhlaba wonke ngokuhlela ukuthi ahlangabezwe oNgqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha lapho kungenzeka khona kanye nezimeya zamadolobha, amadolobhana namadolobhana ahlela ukuwavakashela ezweni ngalinye.
UCassie wathi: “Ngizobethula isimemezelo sokuthula, ngenze ama-photo ops futhi ngihlangane nezingane, intsha nabantu besizukulwane sami, ngidingide “Ukuthula Ngezokuvakasha” nokuthi kusho ukuthini kubo.” Uhlose nokuba umthombo wogqozi ezinganeni, entsheni nakubantu besizukulwane sakhe: “Ngiyethemba ukuthonya abantu esizukulwaneni sami ukuba baphishekele amaphupho abo kanye nempilo enomvuzo, negculisekile.”
Enye inhloso yohambo lomhlaba wonke lokuqopha umlando ukukhuthaza uhlelo lwe-IIPT/Skal Cities, Towns and Villages ngethemba lokuthi ukuvakasha kukaCassie kuzogqugquzela amaDolobha, amaDolobha kanye namaDolobhana ukuthi “avume ukuzinikela ekukhuthazeni izindinganiso zokubekezelelana. , ukungabi nodlame, ukulingana ngokobulili, amalungelo abantu, ukuhlonyiswa kwentsha, ubuqotho bezemvelo, kanye nentuthuko esimeme yabantu, yezenhlalakahle nezomnotho.”
Isithombe senhlonipho u-Cassie De Pecol egumbini labahlala abantu abane e-Ecuadorian Amazon nopende ongokomfanekiso we-Achuar
Umgomo kaCassie wokuqhakambisa i-“Peace through Tourism” uzoqhubeka ngemva kohambo lwakhe ngokukhululwa kwe-documentary ezoboniswa ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi ne-Netflix futhi ihlanganiswe nezinye izinto ezisetshenziswayo ukuze isebenze njengesethi yamathuluzi ekilasi lezikole zamabanga aphezulu nasekolishi, esho. UCassie uhlela nokuvakashela izikole akhulume ngohambo lwakhe kanye nethi “Peace through Tourism” kuyilapho ebanxusa ukuba baphile amaphupho abo.
U-Cassie unolwazi olunzulu lokuhamba njengoba evakashele e-Amazon, eTurkey, e-Italy, e-Egypt nakwamanye amazwe amaningana ngenkathi enza ama-internship ekwamukela izihambi ezivuselelwayo emahhotela emhlabeni jikelele.
Uhambo lukaCassie selunezinyanga eziyisikhombisa ezigabeni zokuhlela futhi nakuba enabatshalizimali abathile kanye nezincomo zosaziwayo, manje usefuna abaxhasi bezinkampani ukuze bamsize ngezimali zohambo lwakhe.
UCassie uhlose nokwakha umphakathi ohambweni lwakhe, amema abantu abanentshisekelo ukuthi bamjoyine ngezinkundla zokuxhumana. Unenqwaba yamakhasi - i-Facebook, i-Twitter, i-Instagram, i-Snapchat, i-Vine, i-Pinterest futhi uzobe enza amavidiyo amasonto onke e-YouTube ukukhombisa amaphuzu avelele alapho kade ekhona. Isistimu yokulandelela bukhoma izobonisa indawo yakhe kumephu kuwebhusayithi yakhe futhi uzophatha i-Q & As kubhulogi yakhe.
"Ngijabule ngokuthola isiko, umphakathi ohambayo wabantu abanentshisekelo." kulolu hlobo lwento. Ngiyethemba ukuthi abantu bazongenela,” kusho yena.
Mayelana ne-International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT)
I-IIPT izinikele ekukhuthazeni nasekuqhubeni izinhlelo zezokuvakasha ezifaka isandla ekuqondeni nasekubambisaneni kwamazwe ngamazwe, izinga elithuthukisiwe lendawo ezungezile, ukulondolozwa kwamagugu, ukuncishiswa kobumpofu, nokuxazululwa kwezingxabano - futhi ngalezi zinhlelo, ukusiza ukuletha ukuthula nokusimama okwengeziwe. umhlaba. I-IIPT izinikele ekugqugquzeleni ezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha, imboni enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, njengemboni yokuqala “Yokuthula Yomhlaba Wonke,” imboni ekhuthaza futhi esekela inkolelo yokuthi “Wonke umhambi ungaba yiNxusa Lokuthula.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- A further goal of the record setting global journey is to promote the IIPT/Skal Cities, Towns and Villages initiative with the hope that Cassie's visits will inspire Cities, Towns and Villages along the way to “agree to be actively committed to promoting values of tolerance, non-violence, gender equality, human rights, youth empowerment, environmental integrity, and sustainable human, social and economic development.
- Cassie's goal of promoting “Peace through Tourism” will continue after her trip with the release of a documentary that will be shown in theaters and on Netflix and paired with other materials to serve as a tool kit for high school and college classes, she said.
- The action oriented Symposium will feature the launch of Cassie's global journey to all 195 of the world's sovereign nations as she sets out to break a world record while promoting “Peace through Tourism” in each of the nations, cities, towns and villages that she visits.
