Lo mnikelo uzoya empumelelweni yoSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuhlanza Ugu, olwenzeka ngoSepthemba 16, 2023. Umcimbi waminyaka yonke, obanjelwe ezindaweni eziyi-186 e-Jamaica yonkana, uhloselwe ukulondoloza ugu oluhlanzekile lwesiqhingi nokulwela ukusimama kwemvelo.
Ezwakalisa ukweseka kwakhe umcimbi, Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica Ungqongqoshe, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, ugcizelele ukubaluleka koSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lokuhlanza Ugu lwekusasa laseJamaica. Uthe, “Ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi i-Coastal Cleanup ibaluleke kakhulu ngekusasa laseJamaica. Ugu lwethu oluhlanzekile aluyona nje isango lemboni yethu yezokuvakasha ephumelelayo kodwa futhi luyisibonakaliso sokuzinikela kwethu ekusimamiseni imvelo.”
Ungqongqoshe uqhube wathi, “Ngiyajabula ngenani labantu baseJamaica engibabona bebamba iqhaza ngenkuthalo ku-International Coastal Cleanup unyaka nonyaka, njengoba kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekugcineni ubuhle bemvelo baseJamaica, siqinisekisa ukuthi ugu lwethu luhlala lumangalisa futhi lumema izizukulwane ezizayo.”
Njengomxhasi wesihloko se-International Coastal Cleanup initiative kusukela ngo-2008, I-TEF ibona indima ebalulekile yokuvikelwa kwemvelo ekulondolozeni nasekuthuthukiseni umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica.
Imiphumela encomekayo ezuzwe ngalolu hlelo iwubufakazi bokuzinikela kwamavolontiya nezinhlangano.
Ngo-2022, amavolontiya angu-6,020 avela emaqenjini angu-134 ahlangana ukuze aqoqe udoti ongamakhilogremu angu-79,507 ukusuka kumakhilomitha angu-124 ogwini kuzo zonke izifunda ezingu-14 eJamaica.
Ngesikhathi kuhlanzwa indawo ephambili ye-JET ethrekhi ye-Palisadoes Go-Kart ngoMgqibelo (Septhemba 16), uDkt. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, i-Environmental Scientist kanye ne-CEO e-Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), wagqamisa ukugxila ekubhekaneni nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki ngalesi sikhathi. imizamo yonyaka yokuhlanza. Ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokufundisa amavolontiya ngokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye kanye nokugqugquzela izindlela zokugaywa kabusha.
Nakuba isibalo samavolontiya sehlisiwe kulo nyaka ngenxa yezimo ezithuthukisiwe ezindaweni ezithile, wagcizelela ukuthi ukuhlanzwa kogu kusabalulekile ekuvimbeleni amapulasitiki kanye nodoti ukuba ungangeni endaweni yasolwandle.
“Sibe nokuhlanza okuncane kulo nyaka. Ngonyaka odlule sibe namavolontiya ayi-1000, ngo-2019 saba namavolontiya angu-2000 kuyo kanye le ndawo. Sinqume ukunciphisa isibalo samavolontiya [kulo nyaka] ngoba sesike sayihlola indawo kusengaphambili, sabona ukuthi ayikubi kangako. Esinye sezizathu esisicabangayo, kungenxa yephrojekthi yokuhlanza ulwandle eyenziwa ngokubambisana neGrace Kennedy Foundation lapho benezithiyo phambi kwemisele emikhulu embalwa futhi sinohlelo lokugaywa kabusha olukhona. Kodwa ukuhlanzwa kogu kusabaluleke kakhulu ngoba kuyithuba lokugcina okufanele sikhiphe amapulasitiki kanye nodoti ngaphambi kokuba kufinyelele endaweni yasolwandle futhi kubangele izinkinga ezengeziwe,” kusho uDkt. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, i-Environmental Scientist kanye ne-CEO e-Jamaica Environment. Themba.
I-International Coastal Cleanup Day, ebanjwa ngoMgqibelo wesithathu kaSepthemba minyaka yonke, ihlonishwa njengomcimbi wamavolontiya wosuku olulodwa omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni. Uqalwe yi-Ocean Conservancy e-Texas eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule, lo mcimbi uhlanganisa ndawonye amavolontiya avela emazweni angaphezu kwe-100 ukuze aqoqe izigidi zamaphawundi kadoti. E-Jamaica, i-Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) yaba umxhumanisi kazwelonke wemisebenzi ye-ICC ngo-2008, ngokwesekwa yi-Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) njengomxhasi wayo oyinhloko.
I-TEF isalokhu izinikele ekukhuthazeni ukusimama kwemvelo e-Jamaica futhi izoqhubeka nokusebenzisana nezinhlangano nabantu ngabanye ukuze kuvikelwe ubuhle bemvelo bezwe.
