Ithini Leshumi

Ubuwazi ukuthi umkhosi weminyaka eyi-10 womshado ngokwesiko wawugujwa ngesipho sethayela noma i-aluminium? Namuhla, leso sipho asibhekwa njengendlela evamile yokugubha ingqopha-mlando ebaluleke kangaka. Nathi akunjalo. Sigxila kuthrendi eyodwa kuphela: ukwandisa ukongiwa kolwandle nokuqwashisa—kanye nezindlela sonke esingasebenza ngazo ukuze sivikele lo mthombo omkhulukazi ukuze siqhubeke ukuwugubha phakade.

Ngeshwa, kunendlela ithini ne-aluminum ezibamba ngayo iqhaza onyakeni wethu waminyaka yonke we-10.

Unyaka ngamunye, udoti olwandle ubulala izinyoni zasolwandle ezingaphezu kwesigidi kanye nezilwane zasolwandle ezincelisayo nezimfudu ezingu-100,000 lapho ziwudla noma ubhajwa kuwo, ngokusho kwe-Ocean Conservancy. Cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zikadoti otholakala olwandle i-aluminium, insimbi noma amathini kathini. Kungathatha la mathini iminyaka engu-50 ukubola olwandle! Asifuni ukugubha iminyaka yethu engu-50 ngalo lelo thini elachithwa eminyakeni engu-10 edlule lisaphumula phansi olwandle.

Kwa-The Ocean Foundation, sikholelwa ekusekeleni izixazululo, ukulandelela umonakalo, nokufundisa noma ubani ongaba yingxenye yesixazululo manje - sonke, empeleni. Umgomo wethu usalokhu usekela, ukuqinisa, nokukhuthaza lezo zinhlangano ezizinikele ekubuyiseleni umkhuba wokucekelwa phansi kwezindawo zolwandle emhlabeni jikelele. Siyajabula ngokuthi sikhiqize imiphumela emihle kakhulu ehlobene nemishini kule minyaka eyi-10 edlule ngomsebenzi wamaphrojekthi wethu, izibonelelo, izibonelelo, abanikeli, abaxhasi bezimali nabasekeli. Noma kunjalo, imali engaphansi kuka-5% yezemvelo izosekela ukuvikelwa kwe-70% yomhlaba lapho u-100% wethu uhlala khona. Izibalo ezinjengalezi zisisiza ukuba sisikhumbuze ukuthi ubaluleke kangakanani umsebenzi wethu nokuthi ngeke sikwazi ukuwenza sisodwa. Selokhu sasungulwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule sikwazile ukuzuza okuningi:

• Isibalo samaphrojekthi kazakwethu wendawo wokongiwa kolwandle esingethwe yithi sikhule ngamaphesenti angama-26 ngonyaka
• I-Ocean Foundation isebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-21 ekongiweni olwandle ukuze kuvikelwe izindawo ezihlala olwandle kanye nezinhlobo ezikhathazayo, ukwakha amandla omphakathi wokongiwa kwasolwandle nokwandisa ulwazi lolwandle.
• Izimali zethu ezintathu zofudu lwasolwandle kanye namaphrojekthi ethu axhasiwe asindise ngokuqondile izinkulungwane zofudu futhi abuyisele ngempumelelo ufudu lwasolwandle olumnyama onqenqemeni lokushabalala.

Lokho okufanekiselwa yithini njengesipho kuyiqiniso kithi nokho. Kuye kwathiwa ithini lakhethwa njengesipho ngoba limelela ukuguquguquka kobuhlobo obuhle; ukupha nokuthatha okwenza ubuhlobo buqine noma lokho kufanekisela ukulondolozwa nokuphila isikhathi eside. Sichithe iminyaka eyi-10 edlule silwela ukulondoloza impilo ende yolwandle lwethu nezinsiza zalo. Futhi, sizoqhubeka nokusebenza nolwandle ukuze sithuthukise ubudlelwano bethu.

Sicela ucabange ukwenza isipho Sokugubha iminyaka eyi-10 esidonswa intela ku-The Ocean Foundation ukuze sakhele phezu kwezimpumelelo zethu ezedlule kulo nyaka naseminyakeni ezayo. Noma yimuphi umnikelo, kungaba ngeposi noma nge-inthanethi uzokwaziswa kakhulu futhi usetshenziswe ngokuhlakanipha. Ngokuqondene nalawo mathini, sebenzisa kabusha noma sebenzisa konke ongakuthola. Mhlawumbe ufake noshintsho lwakho oluyisipele kokukodwa bese unikela ngenzuzo ku-TOF uma isigcwele. Leyo wumkhuba sonke esingawulandela.I-Ocean Foundation 10th Anniversary