Ulendo Woyamba Kwa Nyanja

Mafunde abuluu a t-shirts, zipewa, ndi zikwangwani zidasefukira pa National Mall Loweruka, Juni 9. Mwezi woyamba wa Marichi ku Ocean (M4O) unachitikira ku Washington, DC pa tsiku lotentha, lachinyezi. Anthu anabwera kuchokera padziko lonse lapansi kudzalimbikitsa kusunga chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri, nyanja ya nyanja. Kupanga 71% ya padziko lapansi, nyanjayi imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri paumoyo wapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kayendedwe ka chilengedwe. Zimagwirizanitsa anthu, nyama, ndi zikhalidwe. Komabe, monga momwe zasonyezedwera ndi kuwonjezereka kwa kuipitsa m’mphepete mwa nyanja, kusodza mopambanitsa, kutentha kwa dziko, ndi kuwononga malo okhalamo, kufunikira kwa nyanjayi n’kosafunika kwenikweni.

March for the Ocean adakonzedwa ndi Blue Frontier kuti adziwitse anthu zachitetezo cha nyanja kuti apemphe atsogoleri andale kuti alimbikitse mfundo zoteteza chilengedwe. Blue Frontier idalumikizidwa ndi WWF, The Ocean Foundation, The Sierra Club, NRDC, Oceana, ndi Ocean Conservancy kutchula ochepa. Kuphatikiza pa mabungwe apamwamba azachilengedwe, The Ocean Project, Big Blue & You, The Youth Ocean Conservation Summit, ndi mabungwe ena angapo achinyamata anali nawonso. Aliyense anasonkhana pamodzi kulimbikitsa ubwino wa nyanja yathu.

Mamembala angapo a ogwira ntchito ku Ocean Foundation adawonetsa chidwi chawo chosunga nyanja potenga nawo mbali paulendowu ndikuwonetsa zomwe bungwe la Ocean Foundation likuchita posamalira zachilengedwe kwa anthu omwe ali pamalo athu. M'munsimu muli malingaliro awo pa tsiku:

	Jarrod Curry, Senior Marketing Manager “Ndinadabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu obwera pa ulendowu, poganizira zomwe zidzachitike tsikuli. Tidakhala ndi msonkhano wabwino kwambiri ndikucheza ndi olimbikitsa zanyanja ambiri ochokera kuzungulira dziko lonselo - makamaka omwe ali ndi zizindikiro zopanga. Nangumi wamkulu wamoyo, wotuluka mu Great Whale Conservancy nthawi zonse amakhala wowoneka bwino.
	Alyssa Hildt, Wothandizira Pulogalamu “Uwu unali ulendo wanga woyamba, ndipo zinandipatsa chiyembekezo chodzaona anthu amisinkhu yosiyanasiyana akukonda kwambiri nyanja. Ndidayimira The Ocean Foundation pamalo athu ndipo ndidalimbikitsidwa ndi mitundu ya mafunso omwe tidalandira komanso chidwi ndi zomwe timachita ngati bungwe pothandizira kuteteza nyanja. Ndikuyembekeza kuwona gulu lalikulu kwambiri paulendo wotsatira pamene chidziwitso cha zanyanja chikufalikira komanso anthu ambiri akulimbikitsa dziko lathu labuluu. "
	Alexandra Puritz, Wothandizira Pulogalamu "Gawo lochititsa chidwi kwambiri la M4O linali atsogoleri a achinyamata omwe amalimbikitsa kuti pakhale nyanja yathanzi kuchokera ku Sea Youth Rise Up ndi Heirs to Our Oceans. Anandipatsa chiyembekezo komanso chilimbikitso. Kuyitana kwawo kuti achitepo kanthu kuyenera kukulirakulira m'magulu onse oteteza zapanyanja. "
	Ben May, Wogwirizira wa Sea Youth Ocean Rise Up “Kutentha kotenthako sikukanatilola ife okonda nyanja kuchita nawo chochitika chosangalatsa choterocho, koma zimenezo sizinatiletse! Anthu zikwizikwi okonda nyanja adatuluka ndikuwonetsa chidwi chawo paulendowu! Msonkhanowo pambuyo pake udasintha kwambiri pomwe nthumwi zidadziwonetsa pa siteji ndikuyitanitsa kuti achitepo kanthu. Ngakhale kuti mvula yamkuntho inachititsa msonkhanowo kutha msanga, zinali zabwino kuti tipeze chidziwitso kuchokera kwa achinyamata ena ndi atsogoleri akuluakulu "
	Alexis Valauri-Orton, Woyang'anira Mapulogalamu “Chinthu cholimbikitsa kwambiri pa Marichi chinali kufunitsitsa kwa anthu kuyenda kuchokera kutali kuti akamve mawu a nyama za m’nyanja. Tinali ndi anthu ochokera padziko lonse lapansi omwe adasaina mndandanda wathu wa imelo kuti alandire zosintha pazakuchita zopulumutsa nyanja zathu! Inasonyeza chidwi chawo panyanja ndipo inasonyeza zimene munthu ayenera kuchita kuti asinthe zinthu mpaka kalekale!”
	Eleni Refu, Development and Monitoring & Evaluations Associate “Ndinkaona kuti zinali zolimbikitsa kukumana ndi anthu ambiri, amitundu yosiyanasiyana, omwe ankaoneka achangu kwambiri poteteza nyanja yapadziko lonse. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tidzakhala ndi anthu ochuluka kwambiri pa Marichi yotsatira chifukwa zinali zabwino kwambiri kuwona anthu akubwera pamodzi kuti athandizire zomwe nthawi zambiri sizimanyalanyazidwa. ”
	Julianna Dietz, Marketing Associate “Chomwe ndimakonda kwambiri pa ulendowu chinali kuyankhula ndi anthu atsopano ndikuwauza za The Ocean Foundation. Mfundo yoti ndimatha kuchita nawo zinthu ndi kuwasangalatsa pa ntchito imene tikugwira inali yolimbikitsa kwambiri. Ndinayankhula ndi anthu okhala ku DMV, anthu ochokera ku US konse, komanso anthu ochepa omwe amakhala padziko lonse lapansi! Aliyense anali wokondwa kumva za ntchito yathu ndipo aliyense anali wogwirizana m'chilakolako chawo cha nyanja. Pa Marichi wotsatira, ndikuyembekeza kuwona otenga nawo mbali ambiri akutuluka - mabungwe ndi othandizira."

Koma ine Akwi Anyangwe aka kanali koyamba kuguba ndipo kunali kosintha. Ku malo a The Ocean Foundation, ndinadabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa achinyamata omwe anali ofunitsitsa kudzipereka. Ndinatha kudzionera ndekha kuti achinyamata ndi malo osinthira zinthu. Ndikukumbukira ndikubwerera kuti ndisire chidwi chawo, kufuna kwawo, ndikuyendetsa galimoto ndikudziganiza kuti, "Wow, ife azaka chikwi titha kusintha dziko lapansi. Mukudikirira chani Akwi? Ino ndi nthawi yoti tipulumutse nyanja zathu!” Zinalidi chokumana nacho chodabwitsa. Chaka chamawa ndidzachitanso pa Marichi ndikukonzekera kupulumutsa nyanja yathu!