Usuku Lomhlaba Wonke LweNgane Yase-Afrika: Joyina Iphathi Cishe!

Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ufuna umhlaba ujoyine iqembu. Iphathi imayelana noSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwezingane zase-Afrika. Kokubili kuyingxoxo ebucayi nabaholi, kodwa futhi neqembu elinabathintekayo, i-African Children - kanti kulo nyaka cishe impela.

Ukugubha uSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwezingane zase-Afrika, i Ibhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika izodingida izingqinamba ezisondele ezibhekene nezingane zase-Afrika kanye nezinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo zokuthuthukisa imfundo ezinganeni zase-Afrika namasiko okuhamba ngemfundo.

Iphethe isibhengezo esithi “Targeting Children and Youths in African Tourism Development” iBhodi Yezokuvakasha yase-Afrika ibilwela umkhankaso wamalungelo ezemfundo ezinganeni zase-Afrika. Ingxoxo ebonakalayo izoba kusasa, ngoJuni 16 lapho kuzomakwa khona umcimbi.

Umcimbi uyingxoxo nomgubho. Noma ngubani ofuna ukujoyina cishe angakwenza lokhu ukuya ku- https://africantourismboard.com/international-day-of-the-african-child/ kanye nerejista.

Lo mcimbi uhlelwe ngaphansi kobuholi buka-Abigail Olagbaye, iNxusa le-ATB eNigeria. U-Abigail ubesebenza ngokungakhathali ukuhlanganisa lo mcimbi obalulekile.

USihlalo we-African Tourism Board uMnu Cuthbert Ncube uthe emlayezweni wakhe ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angama-60 abantu base-Afrika angaphansi kweminyaka engama-25 ubudala, okwenza i-Afrika libe izwekazi elincane kunawo wonke emhlabeni uma kukhulunywa ngezibalo zabantu base-United Nations.

UNcube uthe intsha yase-Afrika ingumthombo omkhulu futhi iyintsha ekhulayo ezwenikazi.

“Isibalo sabantu sinamandla amakhulu, kodwa cishe amaphesenti ayi-14 abasebenzi abhekene nokushoda kwemisebenzi. Lokhu ngeke kube yibhizinisi njengenjwayelo ”, wengeze uNcube emlayezweni wakhe.

USihlalo we-ATB uqhubeke wathi sekuyisikhathi esifanele sokuthi abaholi base-Afrika basukume babe yizibonelo futhi baphathe ubuciko bokudlulisa ulwazi, amakhono, nobuciko bokwenza izinqumo ezihlakaniphile nokukhetha.

“Umoya wokweneliseka kumele ususwe wumdlandla wokuqopha enhliziyweni yabasha, isifiso sokuphila kakhulu kunendlala nesifiso sanamuhla. Kukhona ikusasa okufanele siphile ngalo nanamuhla okufanele sithathe isinqumo ngalo ”, kuphawula uNcube.

NgoJuni 16 minyaka yonke, ohulumeni, Izinhlangano Ezizimele (NGO), izinhlangano zamazwe omhlaba kanye nabanye ababambiqhaza babuthana ukuxoxa ngezinselele namathuba ezibhekene nezingane e-Afrika ngokugcwaliseka ngokugcwele kwamalungelo azo.

Wusuku lapho i-Afrika kanye nomhlaba wonke bekhumbula ukubulawa kwamakhulu ezingane zase-Afrika ezazimesha emigwaqweni eSoweto, eNingizimu Afrika, zifuna amalungelo alinganayo emfundweni.

Izingane zahamba emigwaqweni yaseSoweto ngalo lolo suku ngo-1976, zifanelana nekholamu elingaphezulu kwengxenye yemayela ubude, ziphikisana nezinga eliphansi lemfundo yazo futhi zifuna ilungelo lazo lokufundiswa ngolimi lwazo.

Amakhulu abafundi abasha badutshulwa babulawa ngamaphoyisa kahulumeni wobandlululo.

I-ATB ibuye isebenze ukuheha izingane zase-Afrika ukuthi zihambe ngohambo lwemfundo emazweni abo, bese zivakashela ezinye izifundazwe zase-Afrika ezingaphandle kwamazwe azo omama.

Ngokugxilisa isiko lokuhamba ngemfundo, izingane zase-Afrika zizoba ngabaholi abalungile bakusasa nabaholi kwezokuvakasha ngokutshala imali, ukuqeqesha nokunikezela ngezinsizakalo ezisezingeni.

Ukuhlwanyela imbewu yezokuvakasha ezinganeni zesikole kungathela izithelo zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha zasekhaya, zesifunda nezangaphakathi kwe-Afrika ukuze leli zwekazi lichume njengendawo ehamba phambili yezokuvakasha emhlabeni, ibhenka ngezinsizakusebenza zayo ezicebile zezilwane zasendle, izindawo zomlando nezamagugu kanye namasiko acebile kubantu base-Afrika .

Ngaphandle kukaMnu Ncube, ezinye izikhulumi eziqavile okubalwa kuzo uDkt Walter Mzembi, owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eZimbabwe, u-Allan St Ange, owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha eSeychelles.

IBhodi Lezokuvakasha lase-Afrika, elizinze eNingizimu Afrika, limaketha futhi likhuthaze i-Afrika njengendawo yezokuvakasha kanye nezindawo zokunxenxa ukuhamba ngokukhululeka kwabantu base-Afrika kulo lonke izwekazi, kanye nokunxenxa ukuhamba kalula kwezivakashi emazweni ahlukene e-Afrika.

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