Abafundi beOcean Connectors Bazisa “Ithamsanqa Lomnenga!” Elilungileyo!

NguFrances Kinney, uMlawuli, Izihlanganisi zoLwandle

Abafundi be-Ocean Connectors bafumana igama lokuba nethamsanqa kwi-Marrietta. Ngothelelwano neFlagship Cruises and Events, iOcean Connectors izisa abantwana abangama-400 ababukele iminenga simahla kwiMarrietta nyaka ngamnye. Kwinyanga ephelileyo abafundi beOcean Connectors abavela kwisiXeko seSizwe, eKhalifoniya bebebukele iminenga engwevu efudukayo njengoko idada ngakunxweme lwaseMazantsi eKhalifoniya isiya eMexico. Inani leminenga eliseMpuma yePasifiki liye lisanda ngokuthe ngcembe kwiminyaka yakutshanje, nto leyo ekhokelela ekubonweni okungaqhelekanga kubantwana abangazange bakhwele isikhephe ngaphambili, nangona behlala iikhilomitha nje ezimbalwa ukusuka kunxweme lwePasifiki.

I-Ocean Connectors isebenzisa iminenga njengezixhobo zokufundisa kunye nokudibanisa ulutsha kwiindawo ezingagcinwanga kuNxweme lwePasifiki e-US naseMexico. Le projekthi yemfundo yendalo esingqongileyo ephuma kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo inqumla imida kunye nemida yenkcubeko, idibanisa abafundi bamabanga aphantsi ukudala ingqiqo ekwabelwana ngayo yobugosa nokukhuthaza umdla kwangethuba kwimiba yokusingqongileyo. Le nkqubo igxile kwiindlela ezifudukayo zezilwanyana zaselwandle ukubonisa ukuthungelana kweelwandle, ukunceda abafundi ukuba benze umbono wehlabathi jikelele wolawulo lonxweme.

Ngexesha lohambo lokubukela iminenga nge-12 kaFebruwari, isibini seminenga engwevu yasePasifiki yaphatha abafundi be-Ocean Connectors kumboniso onomtsalane obonakalayo nje ngaphandle konxweme. Iminenga yagqabhuka, yaphosa emanzini, yaza yatsiba-tsiba, phambi kwamehlo abaphulaphuli babafundi bebanga lesihlanu. Iminenga yaphule ngovuyo kuzo zonke iindawo ezijikeleze iMarrietta kangangeyure, inika wonke umfundi ithuba lokubona ubomi baselwandle busebenza. Imvumelwano yayicacile kubasebenzi bezikhitshane, iingcali zendalo, kunye noMlawuli we-Ocean Connectors ukuba sibone into ekhethekileyo ngokwenene ngolo suku. Abafundi bafunde indlela yokuziphatha abayibonayo ukuba ayiqhelekanga kuhambo lomnenga olude oluziikhilomitha ezingama-6,000 ukusuka kwindawo yabo yokutya e-Arctic ukuya kumachibi okuzala amathole eMexico. Iminenga idla ngokungxama ukuya kumachibi, ayifane ime ukuze itye okanye idlale. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo oku kwakungenjalo namhlanje - imikhomo engwevu ibeka umboniso onqabileyo oza kukhunjulwa ngabafundi ngonaphakade.

Kwiveki nje enye emva koko, nge-19 kaFebruwari, iminenga engwevu eya emazantsi yazisa omnye umboniso onamandla phakathi kokubonwa kwamahlengesi, iingonyama zolwandle, kunye neentaka eziziikhilomitha nje ezimbalwa ukusuka kunxweme lwaseSan Diego. Amatsha-ntliziyo nabasebenzi basezikhepheni badanduluka besithi oku akunakwenzeka; kwakunqabile kakhulu ukubona iminenga engwevu iqhekeza kwakhona kungekudala, kwaye kufutshane nonxweme. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo, iminenga yabonakalisa ukuzenzela kwayo ngokutsiba okumbalwa okudlalayo emoyeni, itshiza kanye phambi kwabafundi ababekhwankqisiwe be-Ocean Connectors. Olu yayilusuku apho abafundi baseOcean Connectors baye baziwa njengoMnenga “wethamsanqa”.

Kusasazeke iindaba zokuba abafundi beOcean Connectors banamandla okubiza iminenga engwevu. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ezi zilwanyana zanyisayo zaselwandle ziyaliqonda ithemba kunye nesithembiso esiqaqambileyo emehlweni abafundi - amehlo eengcali zebhayoloji zaselwandle zexesha elizayo, abalondolozi bendalo kunye nabafundisi. Kolu nxibelelwano, isilwanyana esanyisayo ukuya kwisilwanyana esanyisayo, esinceda ukuqinisa ikamva lolawulo lwendalo esingqongileyo.

Ukunikela kwi-Ocean Connectors nceda ucofe Apha.