UMoriah Byrd ngumgcini wendalo osemtsha ofuna ukufumana indawo yakhe kwicandelo elingenalo ukumelwa okwahlukeneyo. Iqela lethu limeme uMoriah ukuba asebenze njengeblogi yeendwendwe ukuze abelane ngamava akhe kunye nokuqonda okunxulumene nomsebenzi wakhe osakhulayo wolondolozo lwaselwandle. Ibhlog yakhe iqaqambisa ukubaluleka kokwahlulahlula amacandelo ethu, njengoko ekhuthazwe ngabo bakhangeleka befana naye. 

Ukwakha iintshatsheli kulo lonke uluntu kummandla wolondolozo lwaselwandle kubalulekile ekulondolozweni nasekukhuseleni ulwandle lwethu. Ulutsha lwethu, ngakumbi, kufuneka luxhotyiswe ngezixhobo kunye nezixhobo ezifunekayo ukugcina amandla ethu njengoko sisilwela iplanethi yethu. Funda ibali likaMoriah ngezantsi, kwaye wonwabele isavenge samva nje seReflections yokwenyani kunye neRaw.

Kwabaninzi, ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ubangele elinye lawona manqaku aphantsi kubomi bethu esinyanzela ukuba sibe nelahleko enkulu. Sabukela njengoko abantu abasondeleyo kuthi bezama ukugcina indlela yethu yokuphila. Imisebenzi yathi shwaka ngobusuku. Iintsapho zazahlulwe ngokuvalwa kohambo. Endaweni yokuba sijike kumaqela ethu enkxaso esiqhelo, sabekwa sodwa sinyanzelela ukuba sive intlungu yethu sodwa. 

Amava esiye sajongana nawo sonke ngexesha lo bhubhani ayengumceli mngeni ngokwaneleyo kodwa abantu abaninzi bemibala (POC) banyanzelwa ukuba babe namava eziganeko ezothusayo ngaxeshanye. Ubundlobongela, ucalucalulo, kunye noloyiko olujongwe lihlabathi ngeli xesha yayiliqhezu nje le-POC elijongana nayo mihla le. Ngelixa sisinde kubusuku obubodwa obubodwa obuyi-COVID-19, siye saqhubeka nomlo ongunaphakade wokuba umhlaba uhloniphe amalungelo abantu asisiseko. Umlo owaphula amandla ethu engqondo ukuze sibekho kwaye senze njengamalungu asebenzayo oluntu. Nangona kunjalo, njengabantu abeza ngaphambi kwethu, sifumana iindlela zokuqhubela phambili. Ngobubi, siye safumana indlela yokungaphuculi kuphela kwizinto ezindala kodwa sokuxhasana ngeli xesha linzima.

Ebudeni bala maxesha ovavanyo, abantu abagcina iilwandle baye bavuma ukuba kukho imfuneko yokuxhasa abaNtsundu, abeMthonyama, nabanye abantu bebala kwakunye namanye amaqela achatshazelwa ngokuyingozi yinkcubeko yaseNtshona. Ngokusebenzisa amajelo eendaba ezentlalo kunye nezinye iindlela zonxibelelwano olukude ekuhlaleni, abantu ababejongelwe phantsi baye bahlanganisana ukuze benze iindlela ezintsha zokufundisa, ukubandakanyeka, kunye nokuxhasa abantu abahlelelekileyo kungekuphela nje kwisayensi yaselwandle kodwa nobomi bethu bobuqu. 

Emva kokufunda ingxelo kaMoriah Byrd apha ngasentla, kuyacaca ukuba amajelo osasazo ezentlalo akhulise ulwazi ngeenkxwaleko zabantu bebala. Nangona kunjalo, xa ebuzwa ukuba uyaziva na amajelo eendaba ezentlalo-okanye imithombo yeendaba ngokubanzi-ibonisa abantu bemibala kunye nabantu abancinci ngokukhanya okugqwesileyo waba nempendulo enomdla kakhulu. UMoriah uthi kubaluleke kakhulu kuluntu oluhlelelekileyo ukuchonga iindawo zosasazo eziqhutywa ziinkokeli ezingakhathalelwanga ukuze ibali lakho liyilwe ngokudiza kumajelo eendaba aqhelekileyo. Ihlala ingasibonisi ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo, kwaye idala umbono obhidekileyo woluntu lwethu. Siyathemba ukuba ingcebiso kaMoriah ithathelwe ingqalelo, ngakumbi ngamaxesha obhubhani, njengoko iveze imiba eyingxaki eliqela ethi uMoriah ayiqaqambise ngezantsi.

Xa ubhubhane waqala, mna, njengabantu abaninzi, ndasokola ukutshintshela kumava e-intanethi kwaye ndazilela ukulahleka kwam kwi-internship yasehlotyeni. Kodwa ndaphinda ndazimela kwimifanekiso yobundlobongela nakwintetho yentiyo eyayityatyekwe kumaqonga onxibelelwano endandikhe ndawabona njengoqhwesha. Ukuhlukana nale mifanekiso ndaqala ukulandela amaphepha olondolozo lwaselwandle kuTwitter. Ngethamsanqa, ndadibana noluntu olumangalisayo lwezazinzulu zaselwandle ezimnyama ezazithetha ngemozulu yangoku yentlalo kunye nendlela ebachaphazela ngayo. Nangona ngelo xesha ndandingathabathi nxaxheba, ndifunda kwitweets zabantu ababefana nam nabakwibala elifanayo nam, ndaqonda ukuba andihambi ndedwa kula mava. Kwandinika amandla okuqhubela phambili kumava amatsha. 

Mnyama kwiNzululwazi yaseLwandle (BIMS) ngumbutho onika inkxaso kwiinzululwazi zaselwandle ezimnyama. Baqala ngokufundisa ulutsha olusakhulayo ekuqondeni iindlela ezingenakulinganiswa ngaphakathi kwenzululwazi yolwandle. Ibonelela ngenkxaso kubafundi abajonga imingeni ngoku ekuqaleni kohambo lwabo olulodwa. Kwaye ekugqibeleni, ibonelela ngenkxaso eqhubekayo kwabo sele bezinzile kumsebenzi wabo abafuna umbutho oqondayo umzabalazo wokuba mnyama kwinkalo yenzululwazi yaselwandle.

Kum, eyona nxalenye inefuthe kulo mbutho kukumelwa. Kangangexesha elininzi lobomi bam, ndiye ndaxelelwa ukuba ndikhethekile kuba ndinqwenela ukuba ngusosayensi ontsundu. Ndihlala ndinikwa inkangeleko engakholelekiyo ngokungathi akukho ndlela umntu ofana nam anokuthi aphumelele ngayo kukhuphiswano olunje kunye nocelomngeni. Injongo yam yokudibanisa uphando lobugcisa, ubulungisa kwezentlalo, kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo ugxothiwe ngenxa yokuba namabhongo kakhulu. Noko ke, njengoko ndandiqalisa ukusebenzisana neBIMS, ndaphawula ububanzi bobuchule bezazinzulu zaselwandle ezimnyama. 

Umnyama kwiSayensi yaseLwandle ubambe uDkt. Letise LaFeir, uMcebisi oMkhulu kwi-NOAA ogxininise kwi-intersection ye-biology yolwandle kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo, ukuba abe nengxoxo malunga ne-Ocean Championship. Njengoko uDkt LaFeir echaza uhambo lwakhe, ndahlala ndisiva ixesha elidlulileyo, langoku, kunye nekamva kwibali lakhe. Ubhaqe ulwandle ngokubukela imiboniso zemfundo kwiDiscovery Channel kunye ne-PBS ngendlela efanayo endandisondla ngayo umdla wam ngeenkqubo ezikula majelo. Ngokunjalo, ndathatha inxaxheba kwii-internship kuwo wonke umsebenzi wam wesidanga sokuqala ukuphuhlisa umdla wam kwisayensi yaselwandle njengoGqr LaFeir kunye nezinye izithethi. Okokugqibela, ndabona ikamva lam njengomntu waseKnauss. Ndiye ndomelezwa ndibona aba bafazi banamava amaninzi eemvavanyo kunye neembandezelo ezifana nezam, befezekisa amaphupha am. La mava andomeleza ndisazi ukuba ndisendleleni elungileyo kwaye kukho abantu abanokunceda endleleni.  

Ukususela ekufumaneni i-BIMS, ndiye ndakhuthazwa ukuba ndifezekise iinjongo zam. Njengoko ndiqala uhambo lwam lokucebisa, enye injongo ephambili kukubuyisela into endiyinikwe ngokuba ngumcebisi wabanye abancinci kwisayensi yaselwandle. Ngokufanayo, ndijolise ekuphuculeni iinkqubo zenkxaso phakathi koontanga bam. Ngaphaya koko, ndiyathemba ukuba uluntu lolondolozo lwaselwandle lukhuthazekile ngokulinganayo. Ngokuseka intsebenziswano nemibutho efana ne-BIMS, uluntu lolondolozo lwaselwandle lunokufunda indlela yokuxhasa kakuhle abantu abangamelwanga ngokwaneleyo. Ngolu buhlakani, ndinethemba lokubona iindlela ezininzi zamathuba kulondolozo lwaselwandle alungiselelwe abantu abangamelwanga ngokwaneleyo. Ezi ndlela ziinkqubo zenkxaso ezibalulekileyo kubantu abangamelwanga ngokwaneleyo abanokuthi ngenxa yeemeko bangafumani la mathuba. Ukubaluleka kwala makhondo kuyabonakala kubafundi abafana nam. Ngenkqubo yeendledlana zaselwandle ebonelelwa yi-The Ocean Foundation, yonke indawo yolondolozo lwaselwandle iye yavulelwa kum, endivumela ukuba ndifumane izakhono ezitsha kwaye ndenze unxibelelwano olutsha. 

Sonke siziintshatsheli zoLwandlekazi, kwaye ngolu xanduva, kufuneka siziqhelanise ukuze sibe ngamahlakani angcono ngokuchasene nokungalingani. Ndiyasikhuthaza sonke ukuba sijonge ngaphakathi kwethu ukuze sibone apho sinokunika khona inkxaso kwabo bathwaxwa yimingeni eyongezelelweyo.

Njengoko kukhankanyiwe, ibali likaMoriah libonisa ukubaluleka kweyantlukwano kwicandelo lethu liphela. Ukudibanisa kunye nokwakha ubudlelwane kunye nabo bakhangeleka njengaye kwakubaluleke kakhulu kuphuhliso lwakhe, kwaye unikeze indawo yethu ngengqondo eqaqambileyo esinokuthi siphulukene nayo. Ngenxa yobo budlelwane, uMoriya wanikwa ithuba lokuba:  

  • Ukufumana ukufikelela kwimithombo ebalulekileyo ekukhuleni nasekuphuhliseni kwakhe;
  • Ukufumana isikhokelo kunye nengcebiso ngenxa yoqhagamshelo olwenziweyo; 
  • Ukuqonda kwaye azuze ukuvezwa kwimingeni anokuthi ajongane nayo njengomntu webala kuluntu lwaselwandle;
  • Chonga ikhondo lomsebenzi eliya phambili, elibandakanya amathuba angazange awazi ukuba akhona.

Abamnyama kwiSayensi yaseLwandle ngokucacileyo badlale indima kubomi bukaMoriah, kodwa zininzi ezinye iiMoriah kwihlabathi lethu. I-Ocean Foundation ingathanda ukukhuthaza abanye ukuxhasa i-BIMS, njengoko i-TOF kunye namanye amaqela enzile, ngenxa yomsebenzi onzima abawenzayo kunye nabantu ngabanye-njengoMoriya-kunye nezizukulwana abazikhuthazayo! 

Isijikelezi-langa sethu sibekwe emagxeni olutsha lwethu ukuqhubeka noko sikuqalileyo. Njengoko uMoriah watshoyo, luxanduva lwethu ukuziqhelanisa kwaye sibe ngamahlakani ngokuchasene nokungalingani. I-TOF icela umngeni kuluntu lwethu kunye nathi ukuba sakhe iintshatsheli zaselwandle kuzo zonke iimvelaphi, ukuqonda ngcono kunye nokuxhasa uluntu esilusebenzelayo.

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