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Ellen Bailey
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Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf?
Ekuqaleni, mna noJane Bender sadibana neqela lamatsha-ntliziyo elibizwa ngokuba yiBeyond War kwiSithili saseSonoma elalisebenzela uxolo nokucombulula iingxabano. Emva kokuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin, iBeyond War yavalwa kwaye mna noJane saye sayiqonda inkxalabo eyandayo malunga nokufudumala kwehlabathi.
Sifunde ukuba imithi yayisisixhobo sokufikelela ebantwini kwaye yanceda ngokuphilisa, yafundisa ukuzinikela, nokuphucula uluntu. Oku kwakhokelela ekubeni sisebenze kunye nabahlobo beHlathi laseDolobheni kwaye ekugqibeleni sakha i-Sonoma County ReLeaf (ngo-1987)- umbutho wamavolontiya onke. Omnye wemisitho yethu yokuqala yoluntu yayikukumema uPeter Glick ukuba eze kuthetha nabaphulaphuli beNqila yaseSonoma abangaphezu kwama-200 malunga nokufudumala kwehlabathi - oku kwakumalunga no-1989.
Iprojekthi yokuqala enkulu ye-Sonoma County ReLeaf yayingo-1990 ebizwa ngokuba yiprojekthi ye-Plant The Trail. Kumsitho wosuku olunye, salungiselela ukutyalwa kwemithi engama-600, amatsha-ntliziyo angama-500, neekhilomitha ezingama-300 zokunkcenkceshela. Le projekthi iphumelele ibhaso ibeke i-Sonoma County ReLeaf kwindawo ebonakalayo kwaye yafumana ingqwalasela entsha yaseCalifornia ReLeaf kunye nePG&E. Inkampani eluncedo ekugqibeleni yenza ikhontrakthi kunye nathi ukuba iqhube inkqubo yemithi yomthunzi kuwo wonke uMntla weKhalifoniya esiyenze ngaphezu kweminyaka emithandathu.
Emva koko i-Sonoma County ReLeaf yaba yinxalenye yenethiwekhi yeReLeaf. Enyanisweni, sasiyinxalenye yenkqubo yenkuthazo yaseCalifornia ReLeaf apho sihlawule i-$500 ukuze sibe yinxalenye yeCalifornia ReLeaf. Ke emva kokuba sinengxelo yobuthunywa, amanqaku okubandakanyiweyo, ibhodi yabalawuli, kwaye ibandakanyiwe, sifumene i-500 yeedola. Ndandinexhala kwaye ndivuya ukuba ngomnye wamalungu okuqala ebhunga leengcebiso laseCalifornia ReLeaf, nangona ndandingazi kangako ngemithi. I-Sonoma County ReLeaf yayililungu leNethiwekhi de yavala iingcango zayo ngo-2000.
Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe?
I-California ReLeaf inike ukuqinisekiswa. SasikwiNetwork of compadres, abantu abanomoya ofanayo, abantu abacinga ngendlela efanayo. Sasinombulelo ngabanye abantu ababesazi okuninzi ababekulungele ukwabelana nathi. Njengabantu ababengena kwizinto ngokungenaloyiko, sayixabisa indlela amanye amaqela awayekwazi ngayo ukusifundisa; abantu abafana noFred Anderson, uAndy Lipkis, uRay Tretheway, uClifford Jannoff noBruce Hagen.
Eyona nkumbulo ilungileyo okanye isiganeko seCalifornia ReLeaf?
Ngesinye isikhathi ndacelwa ukuba ndinike intetho malunga nenkxaso-mali kwintlanganiso yeNethiwekhi. Ndikhumbula ndimi phambi kweqela kwaye ndichaza ukuba kukho iindlela ezimbini zokujonga imithombo yenkxaso-mali. Singakhuphisana omnye nomnye okanye sibonane njengamaqabane. Ndiye ndajonga kulenginginya yabantu yatsho ngentloko wonke umntu. Wow, wonke umntu wayevumelana - ngokwenene sonke singamaqabane apha. Ukuba sonke sisebenza kunye, into yenkxaso-mali iya kusebenza yonke.
Kwakhona, salungiselela ukutyalwa kwesitrato kwidolophu encinci yaseMiddletown ngesibonelelo sokutyala imithi yaseCalifornia ReLeaf. Ngentsasa yomsitho idolophu yonke yabonisa ukuncedisa ukutyala. Intombazana encinci yadlala i-Star Spangled Banner kwivayolin yayo ukuvula umsitho. Abantu beza nezimuncumuncu. Iziko lomlilo lankcenkceshela imithi. Ukuba ndikhe ndibenalo ithuba lokuqhuba ndinqumla eMiddletown ndize ndibone loo mithi sele ikhulile, ndikhumbula la ntsasa imangalisayo.
Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
Ndicinga ngaloo ntetho kaPeter Glick malunga nokufudumala kwehlabathi. Kwanangelo xesha, waxela kwangaphambili oko kwakuza kwenzeka kwisijikelezi-langa sethu. Yonke le nto iyenzeka ngokwenene. Kubaluleke kakhulu kuba ngeqela elifana neCalifornia ReLeaf, abantu bayakhunjuzwa ngexabiso lemithi kunye nendlela yokulungisa umhlaba. Ngokuqinisekileyo kukho amaxesha apho imali yoluntu ixinana kodwa kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba imithi ngumthombo wexesha elide. I-ReLeaf ikhumbuza uluntu, ngokusebenzisa amaqela ayo othungelwano kunye nobukho bayo e-Sacramento, malunga neenzuzo zexesha elide, ezingqinwe ngokwenzululwazi zemithi. Bayakwazi ukufikelela kubantu abangaphandle kwamahlathi asezidolophini. Kuyamangalisa, xa ubuza abantu ukuba yintoni ebalulekileyo kubo kwindawo abahlala kuyo baya kukhankanya iipaki, indawo eluhlaza, amanzi acocekileyo, kodwa ezo zihlala zizinto zokuqala ezicuthwayo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali.
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba i-ReLeaf isinceda sifumane izisombululo ezenza utshintsho oluhle kwilizwe laseCalifornia - utshintsho olunokuthi lwenzeke kuphela xa iqela elicingayo labantu lisebenza kunye kwaye lizingisa kwaye likwazi ukuva.