Ukuphela kweXesha, kunye nokuJonga kwiShumi lethu elilandelayo

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli, i-Ocean Foundation

Kungomxube wentlungu nokuzingca ukuba ndibhengeze ukuba ndiyakwamkela ukurhoxa kukaSihlalo wethu owasekayo, u-Wolcott Henry kwiBhodi ye-Ocean Foundation.

Ngaphandle kweminyaka eli-11 uWolcott wayesele etyale imali kulo mbutho njengosihlalo wokuseka zombini ikomiti yeengcebiso zeqhinga lokuqala kunye neBhodi yabaLawuli, wavuma ukuhlala kulo nyaka wethu we-10th kwaye abone i-Ocean Foundation kwishumi lesibini leminyaka. Sinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngeminyaka yakhe yenkonzo kunye nokukulungela kwakhe ukuwugqiba unyaka we-10 uphela. Sinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngokusingatha kwakhe umsitho eNew York ngoNovemba ophelileyo kunye nenkonzo yakhe njengomphathi wetheko kumsitho owawuseWashington.

Okubaluleke ngakumbi, sibulela u-Wolcott Henry ngengqondo yakhe yesithandathu malunga nesidingo sokuba uluntu lusebenze kunye egameni lolwandle. Njengoko wenzayo nezinye iiprojekthi ezifana ne-DC Marines Community kunye ne-CGBD Marine Conservation Programme, u-Wolcott Henry wayenombono wokuqonda imfuno yokuphendula, indlela yenkxaso-mali eneenkalo ezininzi ukuxhasa abo basebenza nzima egameni leelwandle zethu kwaye uluntu oluxhomekeke kubo. I-Ocean Foundation sisiphumo saloo mbono. Unikele ngexesha lakhe kunye neefoto zakhe ezingaqhelekanga egameni lomsebenzi esiwenzayo- hlala ubukele ezintsha kwiwebhusayithi yethu ephuculweyo. Wanceda ukukhuthaza iiprojekthi ezinjengeMarine Photobank, Ugqirha woLwandle, yaye IBlue Legacy International, ezisele zikhutshiwe ngoku. Usebenzise iindlela ezininzi apho iSiseko se-Ocean sinokunceda ukuqinisekisa impumelelo ye-philanthropic kubaxhasi. Uye wabelana ngamava akhe kuye wonke umntu ukusuka kubasebenzi ukuya kwiBhodi yabaCebisi.

Ukususela kwikota yokuqala yesigidi seerandi kwinkunzi esebenzayo, i-Ocean Foundation ikhule ukuya kumaxesha angama-15 kwingeniso; ube ngumxhasi wemali okwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiiprojekthi ezininzi ezisingethweyo, ezikhuliswe, neziqhutywayo; ifumene amanqaku aphezulu kwi-Guidestar kunye ne-Charity Navigator, kwaye yathumela iziphumo ezingenakulinganiswa zolondolozo lwamafudo olwandle, iingqaqa zekorale, amadlelo engca yolwandle, iminenga, ukuloba, kunye nobunye ubomi baselwandle kwihlabathi jikelele. Sibulela bobabini uWolcott kunye neebhodi azichophelayo (i-Henry Foundation kunye neCurtis kunye ne-Edith Munson Foundation) ngesisa sabo sexesha lakhe, inkunzi yabo yembewu, kunye nenkxaso yabo kwiiprojekthi zethu ezisindleke kunye neNgxowa-mali yobuNkokheli baseLwandle.

Njengoko iBhodi ye-Ocean Foundation yamkela amalungu amatsha ukuba athathe indawo yamagqala ayo, kwaye yandise iBhodi yabaCebisi ukuba ijule ubuchwephesha kwimpompo, ndinombulelo kuba asiyi kuphulukana nobulumko kunye nenkumbulo yeziko kaWolcott Henry kunye nabanye ngenxa yokuba i-Ocean. Ikamva leSiseko limalunga nezifundo ezifundwe kwixesha elidlulileyo. Uboya buneNgxowa-mali eCetyisiweyo yoMnikeli kwi-The Ocean Foundation, kwaye iyakuqhuba ingumxhasi kunye nomcebisi kuthi.

Nceda uhlanganyele nam ekuvuyisaneni no-Wolcott, ngoku onguSihlalo u-Emeritus, ngombono wakhe, iminyaka yakhe yenkonzo, kunye nezipho ezininzi ekusafuneka azisebenzise egameni lolwandle lwethu lwehlabathi.