I-US Fish and Wildlife Service Partners kunye ne-Ocean Connectors kwiNkqubo eYodwa yoLutsha lwaseziDolophini

San Diego, CA, nge-30 kaJulayi 2019- Izihlanganisi zoLwandle, iprojekthi exhaswa ngemali yi-The Ocean Foundation, isebenze ukususela ngo-2007 ukubandakanya amawaka abantwana kuluntu lwaseSan Diego County kunye nakwiindawo zaseMexico ukukhuthaza imfundo yendalo kunye nokugcinwa kolwandle. Uluntu oluninzi oluhlelelekileyo ngokwezoqoqosho alukwazi ukufikelela kwiipaki, iindawo zokuzonwabisa ezingaphandle ezikhuselekileyo, nendawo evulekileyo, nto leyo edla ngokukhokelela ekungabikho kolwazi lokusingqongileyo nokuqonda. Oku kukhokelele ekudalweni kwee-Ocean Connectors, ezinombono wokudibanisa ulutsha ukuze lulondolozwe ngokusebenzisa ubomi baselwandle obufudukayo ukukhuthaza kunye nokubandakanya abantu abangagcinwanga kakuhle abahlala kwimimandla yonxweme lwePasifiki. 

Kwintsebenziswano eyodwa phakathi kwe-Ocean Connectors kunye ne Inkonzo yeentlanzi zase-US kunye nezilwanyana zasendle, amaqela asekuhlaleni agxininisa kwiindlela zokubandakanya ulutsha lwasezidolophini kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo zohambo lwaselwandle kunye neesemina zemfundo. INkonzo yase-US yeentlanzi kunye neZilwanyana zaseNdle, ngokusetyenziswa kwayo Inkqubo yoLondolozo lweZilwanyana zasezidolophini, ikholelwa “kwindlela exhobisa imibutho yasekuhlaleni, izixeko, needolophu kwilizwe lonke ukuba zifune izisombululo ezintsha ezisekelwe kuluntu zokulondoloza izilwanyana zasendle.”

Abaphulaphuli babafundi bale projekthi baquka ama-85% abafundi baseLatino. Kuphela i-15% yeLatinos engaphezu kweminyaka eyi-25 ibambe isidanga seminyaka emine e-US, kwaye ngaphantsi kwe-10% yeedigri ze-Bachelor kwisayensi kunye nobunjineli zinikezelwa kubafundi baseLatino. Uluntu lwesiXeko seSizwe, apho i-Ocean Connectors isekelwe khona, ikwi-10% ephezulu yeekhowudi ze-zip kwilizwe lonke kwiimpembelelo ezidityanisiweyo zongcoliseko kunye nokuba sesichengeni kwabemi. Ezi nkxalabo zinokunxulunyaniswa nembali yokunqongophala kwemfundo ngokusingqongileyo kunye nokufikelela kwiipaki kunye nendawo evulekileyo kwisiXeko sikaZwelonke. Ngale nkqubo, i-Ocean Connectors iya kubonelela ngemfundo yokusingqongileyo elungiselelwe ukuphumeza iimpembelelo ezihlala ixesha elide kubantwana besikolo abafumana umvuzo ophantsi kunye neentsapho, ukubanceda ukuba bafikelele, babandakanyeke, kwaye baqonde imeko-bume yabo yendalo. 

Iprogram ifumene ingxelo eyakhayo kubathathi-nxaxheba, njengoko omnye wootitshala basekuhlaleni wathi, “Le yiprogram emangalisayo. Abasebenzi besikolo sethu babechukumiseke gqitha kukulungelelana kohambo lwasentsimini neentetho ezazinikelwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni nale nkqubo kunyaka ozayo!”

Iinkcazo-ntetho zeklasi ze-Ocean Connectors zibonelelwa kabini ngonyaka wesikolo ngamnye. Ngexesha lokutyelela eklasini, i-Ocean Connectors iqhuba "utshintshiselwano lolwazi" olubandakanya unxibelelwano lweelwimi ezimbini zesayensi phakathi kwabafundi kwiSixeko seSizwe kunye nabantwana abahlala ekupheleni kwePacific Flyway. Obu buchule bokufunda umgama budala incoko yababini noontanga ekhuthaza ukwabelwana kobugosa bezilwanyana zasendle ezifudukayo.

Ngokutsho koMlawuli oyiNtloko we-Ocean Connectors, uFrances Kinney, "Ubudlelwane bethu ne-US Fish and Wildlife Service ibe sisixhobo ekuncedeni i-Ocean Connectors ukuba ikhule, yongeze amalungu amatsha kwiqela lethu, kwaye ekugqibeleni ifundise ngakumbi nangakumbi abantwana besikolo bendawo abasebenzisa i-Urban Refuges njengendawo yokuhlala. igumbi lokufundela elingaphandle lokufundisa ngenzululwazi yokusingqongileyo kunye nolondolozo. Abasebenzi beNkonzo yeentlanzi zase-US kunye ne-Wildlife basebenza njengemizekelo enika abafundi ithuba lokuzibonela ngawabo amakhondo emisebenzi yangaphandle. "

Emva kweenkcazo-ntetho zaseklasini, malunga nama-750 abafundi bebanga lesithandathu baqhuba ukubuyisela indawo yokuhlala phezu kweehektare ezimbini kwiNdawo yokuKhuselwa kweZilwanyana zeSizwe yaseSan Diego Bay, kubandakanywa nokuthuthwa kwenkunkuma, ukucocwa kwezityalo ezihlaselayo, nokufakela izityalo zemveli. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abafundi batyale ngaphezu kwe-5,000 yezityalo zomthonyama kule ndawo. Bakwatyelela izikhululo zemfundo ezahlukahlukeneyo ukuze basebenzise imikroskopu neebhayinotyhulasi ukuze basebenzise ubuchule benzululwazi behlabathi bokwenene. 

INkqubo yoLondolozo lweZilwanyana zaseMdleni zase-US kunye neNkonzo yeZilwanyana zaseMdlelweni igxile kwilifa lolondolozo ngokumisela imodeli entsha egxile kuluntu ukuze kuqondwe ngcono ukuba uluntu lwasekuhlaleni luchaphazeleka njani kwaye lungenza ntoni ngalo. Le nkqubo igxile kwizixeko ezikufutshane nalapho 80% abantu baseMelika bahlala kwaye basebenza. 

Ukusebenzisana namahlakani afana ne-Ocean Connectors, bayakwazi ukubonelela ngamathuba kuluntu olungqonge i-National Wildlife Refuges.

Umnxibelelanisi weNdawo yeeNdawo zeeNtlanzi kunye neNkonzo yeZilwanyana zasezidolophini, uChantel Jimenez, ugqabaze ngentsingiselo yendawo yale nkqubo, esithi, “Amaqabane ethu abonelela ngentlantsi kunye nokufikelela kuluntu, abamelwane, izikolo kunye neentsapho ukuba zamkelwe kwiNkqubo yeSizwe yokuPhepha kweZilwanyana zasendle. I-Ocean Connectors ivula iingcango zokuba abafundi kwiSixeko sikaZwelonke baqhagamshelane nendalo kwaye bakhuthazeke ukuba babe ngamagosa omhlaba kwixesha elizayo. "

Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, i-Ocean Connectors ibonelele ngeenkcazo-ntetho zeklasi ezingama-238 kubafundi abangama-4,677 bebonke, kwaye yaqhuba iihambo ezingama-90 kulo lonke elase-United States naseMexico kubathathi-nxaxheba abangaphezu kwama-2,000. Zonke ezi ibiyirekhodi eliphezulu kwi-Ocean Connectors, ejonge ukwakhela phezu kwalo nyaka. 
 
Ngolu thelelwano, i-Ocean Connectors isebenzisa indlela yokufundisa yeminyaka emininzi ukwakha isiseko solwazi ngokusingqongileyo, kwaye iphakamisa ubuchule babasebenzi beNkonzo yase-US yeentlanzi kunye ne-Wildlife ukufundisa abafundi malunga nezityalo nezilwanyana zendalo, ukugcinwa kwendalo, kunye ne-ecosystems yaseSan Diego Bay. Iikharityhulam ze-Ocean Connectors zihambelana neMigangatho yokuKhusela kweZilwanyana zaseziDolophini zaseZidolophini, iNqaku eliQhelekileyo, iMigaqo yoLwazi lokuFunda nokuBhala ye-Ocean, kunye neMigangatho yeSayensi yesiZukulwana esilandelayo. 

Ikhredithi yeefoto: Anna Mar