I-UGANDA (eTN) – Umcimbi we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards (ADWTA) uwumcimbi wokuqala ngqa wokuhlonipha abashisekeli besiko labamnyama namagugu njengethonya kwezokuvakasha. Iklanyelwe ukwazisa isevisi nokuzinikela kwabaholi abavela emhlabeni wonke abaye baba nomthelela omkhulu kwezokuvakasha futhi bakhuthaze ukuhlolwa kwamasiko abantu abamnyama kanye nezindawo zamagugu emhlabeni jikelele. Umcimbi Wemiklomelo wawungo-April 27, 2013 e-Atlanta, Georgia, e-Atlanta Airport Marriott.
Imiklomelo ihloniphe labo baholi ngezigaba ezimbili: “Who’s Who” kanye “neHholo Lodumo” Kwezamasiko Amnyama Nezokuvakasha Kwamagugu. Isigaba esithi “Who’s Who” sihlonishwe ochwepheshe abenze umsebenzi oncomekayo emikhakheni eyahlukene yamasiko nezokuvakasha. Umkhakha othi “Ihholo Lodumo” bekungowabantu abavelele abenze igalelo elibalulekile elibe nomthelela omkhulu kumasiko abantu abamnyama kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezokuvakasha kwamagugu.
U-Maria Baryamujura, Umsunguli kanye no-CEO we-Community Based Tourism Initiatives (COBATI), okuyi-NGO yendawo yezokuvakasha e-Uganda, ubephakathi kwalabo abangeniswe eHholo Lodumo Lodumo Lwe-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards. U-Maria waqashelwa “ngenxa yeqhaza lakhe elivelele kanye nenkonzo yokuzinikela ku-Cultural Heritage Tourism.” Igama likaMaria lalithunyelwe ngokusemthethweni nguKitty Pope, ngemva kokuthola ukuqokwa kwale ntatheli enomuzwa wokuthi uMaria ufanelwe yileli zinga lokuhlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngomsebenzi wakhe oncomekayo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha, ukongiwa kwemvelo, nokusiza umphakathi e-Uganda. Abanye abahlonishwayo abahlonishwayo bahlanganisa nowayenguNdunankulu waseBermuda uDkt Ewart Brown.
Umcimbi osemthethweni we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards ubuse-Atlanta, Georgia, e-USA, futhi ubusingathwe nguMonica Kaufman, osaziwayo kamabonakude, owawina imiklomelo eminingi yama-Emmy. Ngaphambi kwalo mcimbi, bekune-Africana Extravaganza yemidlalo yamasiko kanye nombukiso weTravel Expo. Umcimbi wokuklomelisa waqalwa ngaphambilini ngokukhonjiswa kwedokhumenti entsha yokuvakasha yomzukulu ka-Bob Marley u-Donisha, “Rasta: A Soul’s Journey.”
U-Kitty Pope, Umshicileli kanye Nomhleli Wokushicilelwa kwe-AfricanDiasporaTourism.com, ungumqambi kanye noMqondisi Omkhulu we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards. Le miklomelo ikhiqizwa yi-AfricanDiasporaTourism.com ngokubambisana ne-AD King Foundation, okuyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebona ukuzibophezela, amagalelo, kanye nefa lesishoshovu samalungelo omphakathi esingasekho kanye nesazi sefilosofi, uMfundisi u-Alfred Daniel King, umfowabo kamufi uDkt. UMartin Luther King, Jr.
U-Maria Baryamujura ubehamba phambili ekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha e-Uganda iminyaka engu-30 edlule, enothando lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kanye nendawo eqhubekayo yokuthuthukiswa komphakathi. Umsebenzi kaMaria uye waqashelwa kuleli zwe nakwamanye amazwe. Ube yi-Ashoka Fellow kusukela ngo-2006, futhi ubengowamanqamu ku-World Bank Development Marketplace 2000 Innovative Competition, kanye nomamukeli wendondo Yokuphuma phambili kuhulumeni wase-Uganda ngokubonga iqhaza lakhe kwezokuvakasha kanye nokufukula abesifazane Uganda. Umsebenzi kaMaria wabuye waqashelwa yiCommonwealth Business Council/Africa Magazine ngo-2008 esigabeni esithi “Leader in Social Innovation” ngokuthuthukisa izinhlelo zebhizinisi ezingaba neqhaza empumelelweni yomnotho wase-Afrika. UMaria ubuye wathola indondo ethi “Ngokuba neqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni izimpilo zabanye ukuze kube ne-Uganda engcono.” Uqokwe ngabafundi be-New Vision phakathi “kwabase-Uganda Abenza Umehluko” ngokuthatha isinyathelo sokuxazulula izinkinga zemiphakathi yabo emikhakheni eyahlukene ngamaphrojekthi omphakathi.
Njengomsunguli we-COBATI, u-Maria udale i-niche njengomthuthukisi wamandla ukuze imiphakathi iqhamuke nemibono emisha eyenza imali engenayo ngokuvakasha okusimeme. Umkhakha awuqeqeshelwe wumkhakha wezokuvakasha ogxile emiphakathini egxile ekunciphiseni ububha, ukongiwa kwemvelo, nokuthuthukisa abesifazane basemakhaya. Ungumgqugquzeli wokwandisa ukuqwashisa kwabadlali emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kanye namathuba angavezwa uma i-Uganda ne-Afrika jikelele, ingahlinzeka ngezinhlelo eziqhutshwa yimakethe ezivikela imvelo, zilondoloze amagugu amasiko, futhi zibe neqhaza ekuthuthukisweni komnotho esimeme. Umsebenzi wakhe uhlanganisa ukusebenzisana nemiphakathi yasemakhaya ikakhulukazi ukulondoloza nokuvikela imvelo namagugu amasiko.
U-Maria uqeqeshe imiphakathi yasemaphandleni ngendlela eqhubekayo yokusebenzisa imithombo yemvelo nasekungeniseni imali ngokuvakasha kwasekhaya, imisebenzi yezandla, kanye nokwenza ngcono isimo sasekhaya sibe sezingeni lapho amakhaya asemaphandleni engamukela khona izivakashi ezifuna ukusebenzelana nemvelo namasiko.
Imodeli yakhe eyingqayizivele yokuvakasha komphakathi izungeza imizi nemiphakathi, kanye nemvelo yayo. Igxile ekongiweni kwemvelo, ukusetshenziswa ngendlela eqhubekayo, impilo engcono, imfundo kanye nobuholi obuhle. Iphinde ithuthukise izinqubo zezokuvakasha ezinomthwalo wemfanelo futhi ihehe abahambi abaqaphela indlela abantu bendawo abaziphilisa ngayo, indawo ezungezile namasiko. Umsebenzi wakhe wamanje wokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha namagugu amasiko emphakathini waseNubian eBombo usekelwa yiMTN Uganda Foundation. UMaria uyi-Trustee ye-Uganda Wildlife Education Centre futhi uyilungu leBhodi le-Greenwatch Uganda. Sihalalisela uMaria ngalo msebenzi omuhle kakhulu.
