I-Spanish Jamaica Foundation inikele ngama-US$200,000 (J$28 million) kuHulumeni JamaicaUhlelo lwe-COVID-19 Lokubuyisela. Umnikelo uzoya ekuthengeni amagiya okuvikela adingeka kahle kanye nama-ventilators. Lesi simemezelo senziwe ngesikhathi kunesithangami sabezindaba esidijithali ebesibanjwe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha ekuqaleni kwanamuhla.
I-Spanish Jamaica Foundation ihlanganisa amalungu avela emahhotela ahlukahlukene aphethwe yi-Spanish nezinkampani ezibamba ukutshalwa kwezimali e-Jamaica. Kuyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo inhloso ukugqugquzela ubambiswano phakathi kwamazwe womabili ngamaphrojekthi kanye nezinhlelo zokufundisa, amasiko nezenhlalo.
“Lo mnikelo ubaluleke kakhulu kithina ngoba imboni yezokuVakasha iyingxenye ebalulekile yohlelo lokuhlenga i-COVID-19. Sithinteke kakhulu yikho, njengoba nazi, kodwa futhi kufanele sibe yingxenye ebalulekile yokuphatha kanye nemisebenzi yokulungisa isimo,” kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha u-Edmund Bartlett.
Inxusa lase-Spain e-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa u-Josep Maria Bosch, uthe “Amalungu enhlangano azwakalise isifiso sokubambisana noHulumeni wase-Jamaica… Ezempilo ukusekela ukulwa negciwane. ISpain izozama ukusondela eJamaica, kungase kube yingxenye encane yokulwa, kodwa sijabule kakhulu ngokuba nesandla kulo mzamo. Imali izoba ngu-$200,000 kanti ezinye zezinkampani zicabanga ukwenza iminikelo emisha ekhethekile. Ngakho mhlawumbe isibalo sizokwenyuka ngokuzayo.”
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett wengeze ngokuthi lo mnikelo ungomunye weminikelo eminingi nezenzo ezenziwa yilo mkhakha. Uveze ukuthi kwezinye izikhathi, abasebenzi abadiliziwe banikezwe izinsiza zokunakekela ukuze babasize ngalesi sikhathi phakathi kwezinye izikhuthazo.
"Umnikelo ovela ku-Spanish Jamaica Foundation manje usiletha emalini engaphezu kuka-US$1.2 wezigidi ukusuka emahhotela ethu ezicini ezihlukahlukene zohlelo lokubuyisela i-COVID-19," kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Umeluleki Omkhulu kanye Nosomaqhinga, uDelano Seiveright uphawule ukuthi ababambiqhaza abaningi benza ingxenye yabo ukusiza Uhulumeni emizamweni yakhe enamandla yokuphatha i-COVID-19.
“Amalungu e-Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) abambisana noMnyango Wezempilo Nezempilo ukuze ahlinzeke ngamakamelo adingeka kakhulu ukuze alulame/ahlukaniselwe iziguli ze-COVID-19. ISandals Resorts International ihlinzeke ngamagumbi, izinto zokuhamba zabasebenzi bezempilo, amathemometha aphethwe ngesandla kanye nama-ventilator angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-J$20; I-Issa Trust Foundation inikele nge-J$32 million yezimpahla ezibalulekile; I-Round Hill Hotel and Villas isebenza ne-Hanover Charities ukuze isebenzise zonke izinto ezibolayo ukuze isekele amakhishi esobho e-Lucea, lapho ezoqhubeka khona nokondla abantu abangafika kwabangu-700 njalo; iqembu le-Hendrickson lihlanganisa ukwesekwa okukhulu futhi abanye abaningi bakhona noma basazongena,” kuphawula uSeiveright.
