udliwanondlebe kunye
Rhonda Berry
UMlawuli oyisiseko, Ihlathi lethu leSixeko
Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf?
Ndasebenza njengabasebenzi baseCalifornia ReLeaf ukusuka ngo-1989 ukuya ku-1991 eSan Francisco. Ngowe-1991, ndaqalisa ukusebenza eSan Jose ukuze ndiqalise ishishini elingenzi ngeniso kwihlathi lasezidolophini. Ihlathi lethu lesiXeko lidityaniswe njengelingenzi nzuzo ngo-1994. Sililungu eliseka iNethiwekhi kwaye ndasebenza ixesha elithile kwikomiti yeengcebiso yeReLeaf ngeminyaka yoo-1990.
Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe?
Kwakucacile kum kwasekuqaleni ukuba amahlathi asezidolophini yayilidabi elinyukayo apho kukho imida emininzi: amavolontiya, imithi, kunye nokungenzi nzuzo. I-California ReLeaf yenzeka nje malunga nazo zontathu ezi zinto. Ndifunde kwangethuba ukuba zontathu zifuna ukuthethelelwa ukuze siphile, kungenjalo siyasikwa. I-California ReLeaf imele i-advocacy! Amahlathi aseCarlifonia angenzi nzuzo angekhe abe kule ndawo sikuyo namhlanje ngaphandle kweReLeaf kunye nenyaniso yokuba elona dabi libalulekileyo laseCalifornia ReLeaf kunye negalelo lithethelela le miba mithathu. I-advocacy ikwalikhonkco lethu lenkxaso-mali kuba ngombutho singakwazi ukufumana inkxaso-mali. I-California ReLeaf iyasisebenzela ngokuzisa inkxaso-mali karhulumente kunye neyembumba kumaqela angenzi nzuzo asezidolophini.
Eyona nkumbulo ilungileyo okanye isiganeko seCalifornia ReLeaf?
Ngenene ndinenkumbulo ezintathu ezintle zeReLeaf.
Okokuqala yinkumbulo yam yokuqala yeReLeaf. Ndikhumbula ndibukele u-Isabel Wade, umalathisi ongumseki weCalifornia ReLeaf, ethethelela ityala lakhe njengoko wayezama ukuzicacisa nokubaluleka kwemithi kwabanye. Umdla awayenawo njengoko wayethetha egameni lemithi wawundikhuthaza. Ngokungenaloyiko wathabatha ucelomngeni lokumela imithi.
Inkumbulo yam yesibini yintlanganiso yelizwe lonke yeReLeaf eyenzeka kwiYunivesithi yaseSanta Clara. Ndakwazi ukukhokela iTree Tour kwaye ndabelana namanye amaqela eReLeaf Network ngomsebenzi wehlathi lethu leSixeko. Kwaye oku kwabuya xa sasingekabinayo nelori.
Okokugqibela, kukho isibonelelo se-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Xa sifumana umnxeba ovela kuReLeaf wokuba ihlathi leSixeko Sethu linyulwe ukuba libe yinxalenye yesibonelelo soBuyiselo, oko kwaba sothusa kakhulu. Akukho nto yayinokongezelela loo mvakalelo. Kwafika ixesha apho sasizibuza ukuba siza kuphila njani. Yayisisibonelelo sethu sokuqala seminyaka emininzi kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yayisesona sibonelelo sethu sikhulu. Yayiyeyona nto ilungileyo eyayinokwenzeka kuthi. Ibintle.
Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
Kum, oku akuyongqondo. Kufuneka kubekho umbutho welizwe jikelele ozinikele kwimibutho engenzi nzuzo esebenza kumahlathi asezidolophini. I-California ReLeaf ibonelela ngenkqubo yamahlathi edolophu enentsingiselo, esebenzayo, kunye nebanzi kulo lonke ilizwe.