kuyankhulana ndi
Rhonda Berry
Woyambitsa Woyambitsa, Our City Forest
Kodi ubale wanu ndi ReLeaf ndi wotani?
Ndinagwira ntchito ku California ReLeaf kuyambira 1989 - 1991 ku San Francisco. Mu 1991, ndinayamba ntchito ku San Jose kuti ndiyambe ntchito yopanda phindu m'nkhalango za m'tauni. City Forest yathu idaphatikizidwa ngati yopanda phindu mu 1994. Ndife membala woyambitsa Network ndipo ndidakhala pa komiti yolangizira ya ReLeaf m'ma 1990.
Kodi California ReLeaf imatanthauza chiyani kwa inu?
Zinali zoonekeratu kwa ine kuyambira pachiyambi kuti nkhalango za m'tauni inali nkhondo yokwera yomwe ili ndi mbali zingapo: kudzipereka, mitengo, ndi zopanda phindu. California ReLeaf imangokhala pafupifupi zinthu zitatu izi. Ndidaphunzira koyambirira kuti onse atatu amafunikira kulimbikira kuti tipulumuke, apo ayi timadulidwa. California ReLeaf ikuyimira kulengeza! Zopanda phindu zazankhalango zaku California sizingakhale pomwe tili lero popanda ReLeaf komanso kuti nkhondo yofunika kwambiri ya California ReLeaf ndikuthandizira mbali zitatuzi. Kulimbikitsana ndi njira yathu yopezera ndalama chifukwa kudzera m'bungwe titha kupeza ndalama zothandizira. California ReLeaf imatigwirira ntchito pobweretsa ndalama za boma ndi boma kumagulu osapindula a nkhalango za m'tauni.
Kukumbukira bwino kapena chochitika cha California ReLeaf?
Ndili ndi zokumbukira zazikulu zitatu za ReLeaf.
Choyamba ndikukumbukira kwanga koyambirira kwa ReLeaf. Ndikukumbukira kuonerera Isabel Wade, mkulu woyambitsa wa California ReLeaf, akuchonderera mlandu wake pamene anali kuyesa kufotokoza yekha ndi kufunika kwa mitengo kwa ena. Chilakolako chomwe anali nacho polankhula m'malo mwa mitengo chinali cholimbikitsa kwa ine. Mopanda mantha iye anayamba ntchito yolimbikitsa mitengo.
Chokumbukira changa chachiwiri ndi msonkhano wapadziko lonse wa ReLeaf womwe unachitikira ku yunivesite ya Santa Clara. Ndinatha kutsogolera Ulendo wa Mtengo ndikugawana ndi magulu ena a ReLeaf Network ntchito ya Forest City Forest. Ndipo izi zinali kumbuyo pomwe tinalibe ngakhale lole.
Pomaliza, pali thandizo la American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Titalandira foni yochokera ku ReLeaf yoti Forest Forest Yathu yasankhidwa kukhala gawo la thandizo la Recovery, zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri. Palibe chimene chikanakweza kumverera koteroko. Inafika nthawi yomwe tinali kudabwa kuti tipulumuka bwanji. Unali thandizo lathu loyamba lazaka zambiri ndipo inali thandizo lathu lalikulu kwambiri. Chinali chinthu chabwino koposa chimene chikanatichitikira. Zinali zokongola.
Chifukwa chiyani kuli kofunikira kuti California ReLeaf ipitilize Ntchito yake?
Kwa ine, ichi sichinthu chanzeru. Payenera kukhala bungwe ladziko lonse lodzipereka ku mabungwe osapindula omwe amagwira ntchito m'nkhalango za m'tauni. California ReLeaf imapereka mapulogalamu othandiza, ochitapo kanthu, komanso omveka bwino a nkhalango zamatawuni m'boma lonse.