Isimemo esikanye ebomini sokujonga eyona kona yasendle yeCaribbean

NguFernando Bretos, uMlawuli weCMRC

Lo ka-Okthobha uza kuphawula unyaka wama-54 wothintelo lwase-US ngokuchasene neCuba. Ngelixa uvoto lwakutsha nje lubonisa ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseCuba-baseMelika ngoku bayakuchasa ngamandla oku inkqubo, lihlala linenkani endaweni. Isithintelo siyaqhubeka nokuthintela utshintshiselwano olunentsingiselo phakathi kwamazwe ethu. Amalungu amaqela ambalwa enzululwazi, ezenkolo nezenkcubeko avumelekile ukuba aye esiqithini ukuze enze umsebenzi wawo, ngakumbi iProjekthi yoPhando lwaseLwandle lwaseCuba ye-Cuba ye-The Ocean Foundation.I-CMRC). Nangona kunjalo, bambalwa abantu baseMelika abazibonele ngokwabo imimangaliso yendalo egcwele kumanxweme namahlathi eCuba. Iimayile ezingama-4,000 zaselunxwemeni zaseCuba, iintlobo ngeentlobo zeendawo zokuhlala zaselwandle kunye neendleko eziphezulu kunye nenqanaba eliphezulu le-endemism zenza ukuba kube nomona weCaribbean. Amanzi ase-US axhomekeke kwi-coral, intlanzi kunye ne-lobster spawn ukuze azalise ngokuyinxenye i-ecosystem yethu, akukho ndawo ngaphezu kwe-Florida Keys, yesithathu ngobukhulu barrier reef emhlabeni. Njengoko kubonisiwe kwi Cuba: IEden Ngengozi, i-documentary yamva nje yeNdalo / ye-PBS ebonisa umsebenzi weCMRC, ininzi yemithombo yonxweme yaseCuba iye yasinda ekuwohlokeni kwezinye iintlanga zaseCaribbean. Ukuxinana kwabemi abaphantsi, ukwamkelwa kolimo oluphilayo emva kokuba iinkxaso zeSoviet zanyamalala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990 kunye nendlela eqhubela phambili karhulumente waseCuba kuphuhliso lonxweme, kunye nokusekwa kweendawo ezikhuselweyo, kushiye amanzi amaninzi eCuba ecocekile.

I-CMRC isebenze eCuba ukusukela ngo-1998, ixesha elide kunayo nayiphi na enye i-NGO esekwe e-US. Sisebenza namaziko ophando aseCuba ukuze sifunde ngobutyebi baselwandle besiqithi kwaye sincede ilizwe ekukhuseleni ulwandle nobutyebi balo baselunxwemeni. Ngaphandle kwemiceli mngeni i-embargo iveza kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi baseCuba, izazinzulu zaseCuba ziqeqeshwe ngokugqwesileyo kwaye ziqeqesheke kakhulu, kwaye i-CMRC ibonelela ngezixhobo ezilahlekileyo kunye nobuchule obuvumela abantu baseCuba ukuba baqhubeke nokufunda kunye nokukhusela izixhobo zabo. Sisebenze kunye phantse iminyaka engamashumi amabini kodwa bambalwa abantu baseMelika abaye babona iindawo ezintle esizifundayo kunye nabantu abanomdla esisebenza nabo eCuba. Ukuba uluntu lwaseMelika lunokuqonda ukuba yintoni esemngciphekweni kwaye lubone ukuba kwenziwa ntoni ukukhusela ubutyebi baselwandle emazantsi omlambo, sinokuthi sicinge nje iimbono ezimbalwa ezintsha ezifanele ukuphunyezwa apha e-US. Kwaye kwinkqubo yokomeleza ukhuseleko lobutyebi baselwandle ekwabelwana ngaso, ubudlelwane nabazalwana bethu basemazantsi bunokuphucula, ukuze kuzuze amazwe omabini.

Amaxesha ayatshintsha. Ngo-2009, ulawulo luka-Obama lwandisa igunya leSebe likaNondyebo ukuze livumele uhambo lwemfundo oluya eCuba. Le migaqo mitsha ivumela nawuphi na umMelika, hayi nje oosonzululwazi, ukuba bahambe kwaye bazibandakanye kwingxoxo enentsingiselo nabantu baseCuba, ukuba benza njalo ngombutho onelayisensi okhuthaza kwaye udibanise olo tshintshiselwano nomsebenzi wabo. NgoJanuwari 2014, usuku lwe-Ocean Foundation lwade lwafika xa ifumene ilayisenisi yayo ethi “People to People” ngeNkqubo yayo yeCMRC, esivumela ukuba simeme abaphulaphuli baseMelika ukuba babe kufutshane nomsebenzi wethu. Abemi baseMelika ekugqibeleni banokuzibona iindlwane zofudo lwaselwandle kwiPaki yeSizwe yaseGuanahacabibes kwaye banxibelelane nezazinzulu zaseCuba ezisebenzela ukubakhusela, amava eemanatee ezondla amadlelo olwandle akwi-Isle of Youth, okanye izitiya zekorale kwezinye zezona ndawo zisempilweni zekorale eCuba, ngaphandle UMaria La Gorda kwintshona yeCuba, iiGadi zikaKumkanikazi kumazantsi eCuba, okanye nguPunta Frances kwiSiqithi soLutsha. Abahambi banokufumana eyona Cuba yokwenyani, ekude kumzila wabakhenkethi, ngokunxibelelana nabalobi kwidolophu yaseCocodrilo enomtsalane, kunxweme olusemazantsi e-Isle of Youth.

I-Ocean Foundation iyakumema ukuba ube yinxalenye yolu hambo luyimbali ukuya eCuba. Uhambo lwethu lokuqala lwemfundo lwenzeka ngoSeptemba 9-18, 2014. Uhambo luya kukuthatha ukuya eGuanahacabibes National Park, ummandla osentshona wesiqithi kunye nenye yezona ndawo zihlukeneyo zebhayoloji, ezihlambulukileyo kunye neepaki zendalo ezikude eCuba. Uya kunceda izazinzulu zaseCuba ezivela kwiDyunivesithi yaseHavana kwiinzame zabo zokubeka iliso kufudo lwaselwandle oluluhlaza, i-SCUBA intywila kwezinye zezona ndawo zisempilweni zekorale kwiCaribbean, kwaye undwendwele iViñales Valley ephefumlayo, indawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO. Uya kudibana neengcali zaselwandle zasekhaya, uncedise uphando ngofudo lwaselwandle, iwotshi yeentaka, ukuntywila okanye i-snorkel, kwaye uyonwabele iHavana. Uya kubuya unombono omtsha kunye noxabiso olunzulu ngobutyebi obumangalisayo bezinto eziphilayo zaseCuba kunye nabantu abasebenza nzima ukubafundela nokubakhusela.

Ukufumana ulwazi oluninzi okanye ubhalisele olu hambo nceda undwendwele: http://www.cubamar.org/educational-travel-to-cuba.html