Ukusukela ngokunyanisekileyo iYantlukwano, ubulungisa, kunye nokuBandakanya: Inyathelo lokuqala lokutshintsha iHlabathi.

Ngaba ungumtshintshi wehlabathi¹? 
Lo ngumbuzo onzima endizibuza wona mihla le.

Ukukhula njengomfana omnyama e-Alabama, ndafumana kwaye ndabona ubuhlanga, ucalucalulo lwanamhlanje, kunye nokujolisa. Ingaba ibiyi:

• Ukufumana ukuphela kobuhlobo bobuntwana ngenxa yokuba abazali babo bengakhululekanga ngabantwana babo benomntu webala njengomhlobo.
• Ukudibana kwam namapolisa kuba ayengakholelwa ukuba ndinemoto efana neyam.
• Ukubizwa ngokuba likhoboka kwinkomfa yesizwe yeyantlukwano, yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa endandicinga ukuba ndikhuselekile.
• Ukuva abantu bangaphandle nabanye besithi andingowam kwibala lentenetya kuba ayingomdlalo “wethu”.
• Ukunyamezela ukungcungcuthekiswa kwiivenkile zokutyela okanye ezivenkileni ngabasebenzi nangabaxhasi, kuba nje ndingakhange “ndikhangeleke” ngokungathi ndingowam.

La maxesha ayitshintshe kakhulu indlela endibona ngayo ihlabathi endikhuthaza ukuba ndijonge izinto njengomnyama nomhlophe.

Ukujongana nemiqobo kwiyantlukwano, ulingano, kunye nobandakanyo (DEI) kuphakathi kwamathuba aphezulu elijongene nawo ilizwe lethu, kwaye kufanelekile oko. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba imiba ye-DEI yanda ngaphaya komda wengingqi, wengingqi kunye nowesizwe. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, ndiye ndafunda ukuba baninzi abantu abaxoxa ngale miba, kodwa bambalwa kakhulu abakhokela intlawulo yotshintsho.

Njengoko ndinqwenela ukuba ngumguquli wehlabathi, kutshanje ndiye ndagqiba ekubeni ndiqale uhambo lwam ngokulwa nentlalontle edibeneyo eyenza ucalucalulo, ukungalingani, kunye nokungabandakanywa, ngokukodwa ngaphakathi kwicandelo lolondolozo lwendalo. Njengenyathelo lokuqala, ndaqalisa ukucinga nokubuza uthotho lwemibuzo eyayiza kundilungiselela kakuhle inqanaba elilandelayo.

• Kuthetha ukuthini ukuba yinkokeli?
• Ndingaphucula phi?
• Ingaba ndingaluphakamisa phi ulwazi ngale miba?
• Ndiqinisekisa njani ukuba isizukulwana esilandelayo asiyi kunyamezela into endiyenzileyo?
• Ngaba ndikhokela ngomzekelo kwaye ndilandela imilinganiselo endingathanda ukuyibona imiliselwe kwabanye?

Ukuzibonakalisa...
Ndazintywilisela kwiingcinga ezinzulu kwaye kancinci kancinci ndaqonda ukuba kubuhlungu kangakanani na kwixa elidluleyo, kwaye kungxamiseke kangakanani ukuba sichonge izisombululo zokuzisa i-DEI. Kutshanje ndiye ndathatha inxaxheba kwiRAY Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship, apho ndiye ndakwazi ukuzibonela ngawakho umahluko phakathi kwesini, uhlanga, kunye namanye amaqela angamelwanga kangako kwicandelo lokusingqongileyo. Eli thuba alizange lindikhuthaze nje kuphela kodwa landikhokelela kwiNkqubo yobuNkokheli beNdalo (ELP).

Amava... 
I-ELP ngumbutho ozimisele ukwakha uluntu olwahlukeneyo lweenkokeli ezisakhulayo zendalo esingqongileyo nezentlalo. I-ELP iguqukile kwabo bathatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo kwaye yenzelwe ukwakha phezu kwezakhono zabo ezikhoyo ukunyusa ukusebenza kwabo. I-ELP ibamba ubudlelwane bemimandla emininzi kunye nobudlelwane besizwe obusebenza njengendlela yabo yokuqhuba kunye notshintsho olukhuthazayo.

Ubudlelwane bengingqi nganye bujolise ekukhuthazeni utshintsho ngokubonelela iinkokeli ezisakhasayo ngenkxaso kunye nesikhokelo esifunekayo ukuqalisa imizamo emitsha, ukufikelela kwiimpumelelo ezintsha, kunye nokunyukela kwizikhundla ezitsha zobunkokeli. Bonke ubudlelwane bengingqi bubamba iindawo ezintathu zokurhoxa unyaka wonke kwaye zizimisele ukubonelela ngoku kulandelayo:

• Amathuba oQeqesho kunye nokuFunda ukwandisa amandla obunkokeli
• Ukudibanisa abalingane kunye noontanga ngokusebenzisa uthungelwano lwengingqi nolwesizwe.
• Nxulumanisa oogxa neenkokeli ezinamava zokusingqongileyo
• Gxininisa ingqalelo ekuphuhliseni iinkokeli zesizukulwana esilandelayo.

Ekuqaleni, ndalijonga eli thuba ndizivalele ngengqondo yaye ndingaqinisekanga ngenjongo elaliza kufeza yona. Ndandithandabuza ukufaka isicelo, kodwa ngokuqiniseka kancinci koogxa bam baseThe Ocean Foundation kunye noontanga bam, ndagqiba ekubeni ndamkele isikhundla kule nkqubo. Emva kokuhlehla okokuqala, ngokukhawuleza ndayiqonda intsingiselo yocwangciso.

Emva kokurhoxa okokuqala, ndakhuthazeka ndaza ndafumana inkuthazo koontanga bam. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, ndishiye ndiziva ndikulungele ngokupheleleyo ukujongana nawo nawuphi na umba ngenxa yezakhono kunye nezixhobo endizinikiweyo. Iqela libandakanya abasebenzi abaphezulu, abaphakathi, nabangena kwinqanaba elineemvelaphi ezahlukeneyo kakhulu. Iqela lethu belixhasa kakhulu, linomdla, linenkathalo, kwaye lizimisele ukutshintsha ihlabathi esiphila kulo kunye nokwakha unxibelelwano nelungu ngalinye leqela lidlulela ngaphaya kobudlelwane. Njengoko sonke siqhubeka sikhula kwaye silwela utshintsho, siya kugcina ubudlelwane bethu, sabelane ngayo nayiphi na imibono okanye ukulwa neqela, kwaye sixhasane. La yayingamava avula amehlo andigcwalise ngethemba novuyo, kunye nezifundo ezininzi endinokwabelana ngazo nothungelwano lwam.

IZifundo…
Ngokungafaniyo nobunye ubudlelane, lo ucela umngeni ukuba ucinge ngokunzulu malunga nokuba ungenza njani umahluko. Ayikuvumeli okanye ikushiye ithuba lokuba wamkele ingcamango yokuba yonke into igqibelele, kodwa kunoko ukuvuma ukuba kusoloko kukho indawo yokukhula.

Ukuhlehla ngakunye kugxile kwizihloko ezithathu ezahlukeneyo nezincedisanayo ukuze uphucule ubungcali bakho kunye nezakhono zobunkokeli.

• I-Retreat 1 - Ukubaluleka kweyantlukwano, uBulungisa kunye nokuBandakanya
• Retreat 2 – Ukudala imibutho yokufunda
• Ukubuyela umva 3-Ukwakha ubuNkokheli boBuqu kunye namandla

• Ukwahlukana
• Ngaba siyahluka kwaye siqesha abasebenzi abohlukeneyo, amalungu ebhodi, kunye nabavoti?
• Ngaba siyayixhasa okanye sisebenzisana nemibutho ezabalazela ukuba ngoohlukeneyo, ukulingana, nokubandakanya wonke umntu?
• Equity
• Ngaba sibonelela ngemivuzo ekhuphisanayo kumadoda nabasetyhini?
• Ngaba abasetyhini kunye namanye amaqela angamelwanga ngokwaneleyo kwiindima zobunkokeli?
• ukubandakanywa
• Ngaba sizisa iimbono ezahlukeneyo etafileni kwaye singatyhalela kude uninzi?
• Ngaba uluntu lufakwe ngokupheleleyo kwiinzame zeDEI?
• Ngaba sivumela wonke umntu abe nelizwi?

Njengoko ubudlelane busondela esiphelweni, ndiye ndafumana inkxaso koontanga bam yaye ndiyabona ukuba andindedwa kweli dabi. Umlo usenokuba mde kwaye unzima kodwa sinethuba njengabaguquli behlabathi ukwenza umahluko kwaye simele into elungileyo. Imiba ye-DEI inokuntsonkotha kodwa ibaluleke kakhulu ukuba iqwalaselwe xa ucinga ngeempembelelo zexesha elifutshane nezexesha elide. Kwicandelo lokusingqongileyo, umsebenzi wethu uchaphazela uluntu olwahlukeneyo ngendlela ethile okanye ngefashoni. Ngoko ke, kuxhomekeke kuthi ukuqinisekisa ukuba kwinqanaba ngalinye, sibandakanya ezo luntu kwiingxoxo kunye nezigqibo zethu.

Ndiyathemba ukuba njengoko ucinga ngamava am uyazibuza, ngaba uya kuba ngumguquli wehlabathi okanye ukhwele i-wave? Thetha ngokulungileyo kwaye ukhokele intlawulo kwimibutho yakho.

Ukufunda ngakumbi malunga neYantlukwano yeSiseko se-Ocean, uBulungisa, kunye nePhulo lokuBandakanya, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu.

¹Umntu onomnqweno onzulu wangaphakathi wokuba negalelo ekwenzeni ihlabathi indawo engcono, nokuba kungezopolitiko, iziseko, bugcisa okanye ukuqhubela phambili kwezentlalo, kwaye ibeka ezo mpembelelo kwisenzo ukuze ibone inguqu enjalo ibe yinyani, nokuba incinci kangakanani na.