Indawo yangoku: Ngoku ndinguMlawuli weMveliso yeDijithali kwiNtengiso ye-DGWB eSanta Ana California. Ndilawula ngokusisiseko isicwangciso, uyilo kunye nophuhliso lwewebhusayithi, ii-apps ze-facebook, ii-apps zeselula kunye namaphulo e-imeyile kubathengi abafana neCafé kaMimi, iToshiba, iHilton Garden Inn, iYogurtland kunye neDole.
Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf (ngendlela yomgca wexesha)?
Umnxibelelanisi weSibonelelo seLeaf laseCalifornia ukusukela ngo-1994 ukuya ku-1997. Ndilawule inkqubo yokutyalwa kwemithi kunye nenkxaso yamahlathi asezidolophini exhaswa ngemali yiCDF, USFS kunye neTPL. Oku kubandakanya ukuhlolwa kwendawo kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwimisitho eyahlukeneyo kumazwe ngamazwe, ukuphonononga izindululo zezibonelelo, ukunxibelelana kunye nokulungelelanisa amabhaso ezibonelelo kunye nokulawula intlawulo. Kwakhona kuveliswe iingxelo ezisisishwankathelo zeCDF kunye neNkonzo yeHlathi ebonisa indlela iimali ezisetyenziswe ngayo.
Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe, buqu?
I-California ReLeaf yandinceda ukuba ndiqonde ukubaluleka kokwakhiwa koluntu. Ndibe nethamsanqa lokundwendwela iiprojekthi ezininzi apho abahlali bendawo baphuma ukuze bathathe ubunini kwiindawo zabo. Babenebhongo ngokwenza into entle kwindalo esingqongileyo ngelixa becoca izikolo zabo, izitrato kunye neendledlana. Indincedile ukuba ndibe lilungu lebhodi kwiqela lesixeko sam sokutyala imithi (ReLeaf Costa Mesa) ndisebenze iminyaka emithathu ndityala imithi engama-2,000 kwiipaki zesixeko sethu, ezikolweni nakwiipaki. Amaxesha amaninzi, sihlaselwa ngamabali abonisa oko kusahlulayo. UReLeaf wandibonisa ukuba kusekho okungakumbi okusimanyayo.
Yeyiphi eyona nkumbulo yakho ilungileyo okanye umsitho weCalifornia ReLeaf?
Iinkomfa. UGenni Cross, uStephanie Alting-Mees, uVictoria Wade kunye nam sasiza kusebenza nzima ukuze sibeke iinkomfa, ngamnye uphume ngendlela engcono kunokuba bekulindelwe kulwabiwo-mali ebesifanele sisebenze nalo. Ababekho abazange bazi ukuba sasihlala emva kwexesha elingakanani silungiselela izinto ngesandla. Kodwa ndandiyithanda. UStephanie, uGenni noVictoria yayingabantu abathathu abona bantu bahlekisayo endakha ndasebenza nabo kwaye ezo busuku zazaliswa yintsini njengoko sonke sasizama ukuqhekezana! INkomfa yePoint Loma mhlawumbi yayiyinto endiyithandayo: indawo enhle kunye neqela elikhulu labantu abavela kuwo onke amalungu eNethiwekhi.
Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
Abahlali baseCalifornia kufuneka baqonde amandla abanawo ezandleni zabo. I-ReLeaf ikunceda ukuba uqonde kwaye uhlakulele loo mandla kwisenzo soluntu. Ukuba abahlali banokubandakanyeka kwaye basebenze ngokubambisana neenkokheli zabo zoluntu ukuba batyale imithi, bahlambulule iindawo zokuhlala kunye nokuhlobisa izitrato, banokuthatha ubunini besixeko sabo kwaye babe lilizwi loluntu olungcono. Ubunini bengingqi obuthe kratya bukhokelela kumazinga asezantsi olwaphulo-mthetho, i-graffiti encinci, inkunkuma encinci kunye nendawo enempilo jikelele yokuhlala. Ukutyalwa kwemithi yeyona ndlela ilungileyo, (ngokomlinganiselo) engaxabaniyo yokukhuthaza oku kubandakanyeka. Elo ligalelo leReLeaf kuluntu lwaseKhalifoniya, kwaye yenye exabisa ngokuphindwe kalishumi imali eyixabisayo ukuxhasa inkqubo yeReLeaf.