Siyabonga ngokwenza u-2014 unyaka omuhle kakhulu olwandle!

NguMark J. Spalding, uMongameli

“Ngomuntu ngamunye, siyiconsi elilodwa. Sisonke, siwulwandle.”

– Ryunosuke Satoro

Omunye wemigomo yokusungulwa kwe-The Ocean Foundation ukuthi ukusebenza ngokubambisana, singakwazi ukufeza izinto ezimangalisayo ekusekeleni impilo nokusimama kwezilwandle. Njengoba u-2014 esondela ekupheleni, sithanda ukubonga bonke abangani bethu, ozakwethu, nabaxhasi ngegalelo labo kuzo zonke izinto zasolwandle. Ukusekela kwenu okuqhubekayo kuqinisa imizamo yethu emhlabeni wonke yokubhekana nezinselele eziqhubekayo zokulondoloza ulwandle. 

Siyazi ukuthi ukuthintwa ulwandle kuwukushintshwa unomphela. Cabanga ngobuso bomntwana ozinyawo zakhe zigezwa yileliya gagasi lokuqala. Izilwandle zisisekela ngezindlela eziningi ezingakabonakali futhi okwamanje, ezingenakulinganiswa, futhi sithatha ngokungathi sína umthwalo wemfanelo wokuvikela ubuhle bakhe, ubuhle kanye nomlingo. 

U-2014 bekuwunyaka omkhulu ku-The Ocean Foundation njengoba sigubhe iminyaka yethu eyishumi. Iminyaka eyishumi yokuzama ngempumelelo ukuhlehlisa ukucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zolwandle. Iminyaka eyishumi yokusebenza ukulondoloza izindawo zokuhlala zasolwandle nezindawo ezikhethekile emhlabeni jikelele. Iminyaka eyishumi kwesinye isikhathi sishaya amakhanda ndawonye sifuna izixazululo ezifanele zezinkinga ezikhathini eziningi ezibonakala zisixakile.

Futhi sikwazile ukukwenza konke ngenxa yokuphana kwenu.

Sigxilise amandla ethu ezigabeni ezine ezikhethekile zokukhathazeka:

1. Ukuvikela Izindawo Zasolwandle Nezindawo Ezikhethekile
2. Ukuvikela Izinhlobo Ezithintekayo
3. Ukwakha Umphakathi Wasolwandle kanye Namakhono
4. Ukwandisa i-Ocean Literacy

Lezi zigaba zihlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo zamaphrojekthi kusukela ku-Ocean Acidification kanye nama-MPA, kuya ekuvikeleni izimfudu zasolwandle, oshaka namahlengethwa. Sakhe isikhwama sokusebenzisana se-“Friends of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network”, ukuze sisekele ucwaningo oludingekayo ukuze kubhekwane nalolu daba olucindezela kakhulu. Sakhe amanethiwekhi akhuthaza izinhlelo zemfundo ezihlukene kanye nama-internship axhuma abafundi namathuba okufunda emazweni angaphandle kwe-United States.

Nge-Ocean Leadership Initiative yethu siyaqhubeka nokukhiqiza imibono mayelana nezinkinga ezivelayo nezisombululo ezisebenzayo, futhi sinikeze izeluleko kulo mkhakha. Ngo-2014 sengeze amaphrojekthi amaningana axhaswe ngezimali ahlanganisa:

• Ukwakha Kabusha Amasu Ephrojekthi Yezokudoba yase-US
• I-SmartFish International
• I-High Seas Alliance
• I-Sonar ne-Whales
• Iminyaka Elahlekile - Iphrojekthi Yomlando Wempilo Ye-Pelagic
• Ocean Defense
• I-Ocean Courier
• Abangane beDelta
• Lagoon Time Book Project

“…Sisonke, siwulwandle.”

Futhi ngokubambisana, singaqhubekisela phambili umsebenzi omuhle. Irekhodi lethu lesibopho sezimali liyazikhulumela. Kuzo zonke izinsiza eziphakanyiswe ngo-2014, Ama-83% aye ukuyoxhasa izinhlelo.

Ngakho sicela ukuba niqhubeke niseseke nganoma iyiphi indlela.

Sicela ucabange ukwenza isipho ku-Ocean Leadership Initiative yethu namuhla. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwakho kusigcina sisebenzela ukuxazulula izinselelo ezicindezela kakhulu olwandle lwethu. Sonke isipho - kungakhathaliseki inani - senza umehluko. Umthelela oyiqoqo wokupha kwakho usinika amathuluzi esiwadingayo ukuze sihlanganyele futhi sisungule, kanye nokukhuthaza nokusebenzisa izixazululo emhlabeni wonke.

Sicela uchofoze LAPHA ukwenza isipho sakho ku-inthanethi. Noma, ungathinta uNora Burke ku-202.887.8996 noma [i-imeyili ivikelwe].

Siyabonga ngokucabangela kwakho. Ngikufisela wena kanye nabathandiweyo bakho amaholide amahle kanye nonyaka omusha onempumelelo. 

Ozithobayo,

Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli

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