Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Indvuna, Mnu. U-Edmund Bartlett, izolo uklonyeliswe ngendondo yodumo yeGusi Peace evela kwiGusi Foundation yaseManila, ePhilippines.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ukucatshangelwa yiGusi Foundation ehlonishwayo kulesi sikhathi esibucayi somlando womhlaba. Impela, umsebenzi wethu maqondana nezokuvakasha kanye nokuqiniswa komhlaba wonke wenze uphawu. Ngicabanga ukuthi iJamaica, futhi nakithina sonke esike saba sebhizinisini lokuphatha ezokuvakasha esiqhingini, singazizwa siziqhenya ngokufanele ngokuthi siyabhekwa nokuthi umsebenzi wethu waziwa ngaphezu kwamaphethelo, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
IGusi Foundation yinhlangano esiza abantulayo, inhloso yayo enkulu “ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlonishwa okufanele, ngokunikezwa kwemiklomelo yokwenza kahle nokuhlukanisa, kubantu ngabanye noma emaqenjini emhlabeni wonke azibonakalise njengezibonelo ezinhle zomphakathi.”
Ngokuqondile, abagqugquzeli baqaphele ukuthi laba bantu noma amaqembu kumele enze iminikelo eyisibonelo ekuthuleni nasemalungelweni esintu, ekutholeni kwesayensi, kwezepolitiki, ku-academe, kwezobuciko, ezincwadini, kwezokwelapha noma kwe-physiology, ezobuntatheli, ezobuntu, i-physics, i-chemistry, inkolo, ibhizinisi kanye ububele, ezomnotho kanye nobuzwe.
Lo Mklomelo uqanjwe ngegama likaCaptain Gemeniano Javier Gusi ongasekho, umakadebona eMpini Yesibili Yomhlaba owalwa nengcindezelo yaseJapan futhi waba ngummeli odumile wamalungelo abantu.
Kuthathwa njengokulinganisela udumo nenhlonipho enikezwe iNobel Peace Prize yaseNorway, kanye nePulitzer yase-United States of America.
“Ngijabule ukwamukela lo mklomelo, yize kunjalo nje, futhi nginethemba lokuthi ngizokwazi ukulandela ngokulandelayo ukuwuthola eManilla. Egameni lethu sonke, ngempela lesi yisikhathi esithobisa kakhulu kodwa esibalulekile empilweni yami futhi nakithina sonke kwezokuvakasha, ”kusho uNgqongqoshe.
UBartlett ujoyina izindondo ezihlonishwayo zakudala ezifana nomkhangisi ongumakadebona waseJamaican kanye nodiplomate u-Arnold Foote Jr, owathola udumo ngo-2010; UDkt Isaias Salas Hererra waseCosta Rica owathola lo mklomelo ngo-2016; Usomabhizinisi waseJamaican, uLascelles Chin, uklonyeliswe ngo-2017 kanye ne-Jamaican Humanitarian, uFather Richard Ryan Ho Lung, owanikezwa ngo-2011.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- I think Jamaica, and certainly all of us who have been in the tourism management business in the island, can feel justly proud that we are being considered and our work is recognized well beyond our shores,” said Minister Bartlett.
- The Gusi Foundation is a charitable organization, whose main objective is “to give proper recognition, through the conferment of awards of excellence and distinction, to individuals or groups worldwide who have distinguished themselves as brilliant exemplars of society.
- On behalf of all of us, this is indeed a very humbling but significant moment in my life and certainly for all of us in tourism,” said the Minister.
