NgoMgqibelo odlule, i-Cyclamen, ingxenye yabavakashi baseLebanon i-TLB Destinations, ihlele umhlangano womfelandawonye wabesifazane i-Wadi El Taym, Rashaya, Lebanon. Lokhu bekungokokuqala ochungechungeni lwezinkambiso zokubungaza uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezokuvakasha Oluzibophezele Kakhulu ngoNovemba 11. I-TLB Destinations, eyilungu le-TOI (Tour Operator Initiatives for Sustainable Development) igqugquzela ukuhambela imifelandawonye yabesifazane ukuze kuqwashiswe ngempumelelo yabesifazane basemakhaya kanye nokukhiqizwa kwe umkhiqizo wemvelo.
Umgwaqo oya eRashaya udlula ezweni elimangalisayo lewayini laseLebanon. Kutholwe uhambo lwamahora angu-2 ukusuka e-Beirut kungenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu e-Lebanon, equkethe izakhiwo zendabuko zezindlu zamatshe ezinophahla olubomvu. Kwaziwa abambalwa; iningi labantu baseLebanon alikaze livakashele lesi sifunda ngenxa yeminyaka yokungazinzi kwezepolitiki esifundeni.
“Umphakathi wasesigodini sase-Rashaya kufanele ngandlela thize uzuze ngokuvakasha kwethu, ngakho sikhuthaza abantu ukuthi bathenge imikhiqizo kumfelandawonye wendawo,” kusho uNassim Yaacoub, umphathi wezinhlelo, uCyclamen. I-Mousakka btein Jein yabesifazane, i-aubergine, utamatisi, ne-chickpea dip, manje isithunyelwa kwamanye amazwe futhi iyathengiswa esitolo segolide sase-London. Uhambo olunjalo lokuthenga ngokusobala luyimbangela yeFair Trade emiphakathini yasemaphandleni eLebanon.
“Ukuvakasha kwethu phakathi nosuku kwi-co-op yabesifazane kuqwashise ngemikhiqizo yasendaweni kanye namasiko okudla, futhi kukhulise intshisekelo yami ezintweni eziyisipesheli zesifunda,” kusho uSusan Short, uprofesa wasenyuvesi ojoyine lolu hambo. “Lokhu okuzuziwe kwabesifazane kuyakhuthaza impela, futhi kufanele sibaseke.”
Usuku lwaphela ngokuvakashela emigedeni yasendulo yendawo yewayini yase-Ksara ngeseshini yokunambitha iwayini kanye nefilimu ebonisa amasiko okwenza iwayini e-Bekaa.
“Okwangihlaba umxhwele ngempela ngosuku izakhamuzi zaseRachaya village, zamukelekile ngempela; njengoba sidlula emakhaya, sasimenywa njalo,” kwenezela uDiana Baily. "Okuvula amehlo ngempela, futhi ngingancoma uhambo lokuyohlola izindawo zasemaphandleni zaseLebanon kuwo wonke umuntu - uzothola umoya omuhle wokungenisa izihambi, ukudla okumangalisayo, nezinhlelo ezimangalisayo."
