Kusukela yasungulwa ngo-2011, iRed Rocks iRwanda ibimatasa ekuxhumaniseni ezokuvakasha kanye nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi ngokuqeqesha abaqondisi bezivakashi ukuze babahlomise ngamakhono abawadingayo ukuze baqondise izivakashi ezisesigodini saseNyakinama, amakhilomitha ayisikhombisa entshonalanga yedolobha laseMusanze, enyakatho neRwanda.
Omunye wabaqondisi bezivakashi abazuzwe kulolu hlelo nguPeterson Akandida. Uthi ujoyine iRed Rocks yaseRwanda njengoba eqeqeshelwa ukuphakela ekolishi ngo-2016, kodwa manje useqeqeshelwe ukuqondisa izivakashi, umsebenzi athi umsize ukuthi axhumanise umphakathi nezivakashi ezivakashela iRed Rocks Rwanda. I-Red Rocks Community Guide ingenye yezinhlelo ezisungulwe lesi sikhungo kusukela sasungulwa njengengxenye yokufukula izinga lokuphila lentsha yendawo. Iklanyelwe ukusiza umphakathi wendawo eNyakinama kanye ne-Volcanoes National Park ngobubanzi ngokuhlangabezana nezidingo ezikhulayo zezinsizakalo eziqondisayo kanye nokugqugquzela ukukhula komnotho emphakathini wendawo.
“Indima yami enkulu njengomhlahlandlela wukusebenza njengomhumushi ezivakashini nakubantu bendawo abangase babe nesithiyo solimi. Kukhona abavakashi abaningi abafisa ukubamba iqhaza emisebenzini yamasiko efana nokuluka ubhasikidi nokwenza ubhiya wendabuko kabhanana nowemillet uma bevakashele lapha, kodwa ngeshwa iningi lendawo alikwazi ukukhuluma isiNgisi,” kusho u-Akandida.
Wengeza ngokuthi imisebenzi yakhe yansuku zonke ihlanganisa nokuhola ithimba lezivakashi ezindaweni ezikhangayo zakwaMusanze, izigodi kanye nanoma yiziphi ezinye izindawo ezibalulekile izivakashi ezingafisa ukuzivakashela, njengezikole nezibhedlela zendawo.
“Singabamele iRed Rocks yaseRwanda lapho sikhulise khona amakhono ethu. Elinye iqhaza lethu elikhulu ukukhuthaza amasiko nemvelo yaseRwanda nokwenza izivakashi zazi ngokubaluleka kwamasiko nemvelo yethu,” usho kanje.
U-Akandida wengeza ngokuthi basiza nabahambi ukuthi baqonde isiko, umlando kanye nendlela yokuphila yomphakathi wendawo.
“Njengoba njengabaqondisi sazi ukubaluleka kwezindawo emphakathini, kuwumthwalo wethu ukuchaza kahle lokhu ezivakashini ngolimi eziluqonda kahle,” usho kanje.
U-Akandida uqhube wathi ukuze ube umqondisi wezivakashi, akufanele nje ube nekhono kulo mkhakha ngokwamakhono olimi, kodwa kufanele futhi ube qotho, uthembeke, uguquguquke, uziphathe ngendlela efanele futhi uqine.
“Lapha sisebenzelana nezivakashi ezivela ezindaweni ezahlukene emhlabeni wonke, futhi akukho zivakashi ezimbili ezizoba nezidingo nezici ezifanayo. Kumelwe sibamukele ngisho noma ngezinye izikhathi oyedwa noma ababili bengase bakuphazamise ngenxa yezidingo ezibonakala zingenakwenzeka,” kusho umqondisi wezivakashi.
U-Akandida wengeza ngokuthi uhlelo lokuqondisa ukuvakasha kwe-Red Rocks lusize umphakathi wendawo ukuthi ube nokuxhumana okuqinile nezivakashi, wengeza ngokuthi njengoba ezokuvakasha ziqhubeka nokuthuthuka eMusanze jikelele naseNyakinama ikakhulukazi, ngenxa yeRed Rocks Rwanda, isidingo esikhulayo sabaqondisi. liyakhula yingakho beqhubeka nohlelo lokuqeqesha abanye abaqondisi kulesi sikhungo.
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- Akandida adds that the Red Rocks tour guiding initiative has helped the local community to have a stronger connection with visitors, adding that as tourism continues to develop in Musanze in general and Nyakinama in particular, thanks to Red Rocks Rwanda, the growing demand for the guides is ever increasing and that's why they are continuing with the program to train more guides at the center.
- He says that he joined Red Rocks Rwanda as a trainee in catering from college in 2016, but now he has been trained in tour guiding, a profession he says has helped him to link the community with tourists who visit Red Rocks Rwanda.
- It is designed to mutually benefit the local community in Nyakinama and the wider Volcanoes National Park by meeting the increasing demands for guiding services and to stimulate economic growth within the local community.
