IZiko loQeqesho lokuziNcedisa kunye neNgqesho likaVisalia laliphantse libe neminyaka elishumi xa lalithatha indima yalo njenge-arhente yoluntu yaseTulare County ngeminyaka yoo-1980. Kungekudala emva koko, i-Tulare County Conservation Corps yaqaliswa njengenkqubo yentlangano yokusebenzela abantu abatsha abafuna ukuqhubeka nemfundo yabo kunye nokufumana izakhono ezibalulekileyo zomsebenzi. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amane kamva, igama elithi IiNkonzo zoLuntu kunye noQeqesho lweNgqesho (CSET), kunye ne-Sequoia Community Corps (i-SCC) idibanisa umsebenzi wabo wokuqinisa ulutsha, iintsapho, kunye nommandla ojikelezileyo ngeenkonzo zentlalo ezininzi ezibandakanya amahlathi asezidolophini.
Amalungu e-Corpsmembers aphumla emva kosuku oluninzi lokucoca i-corridor ye-Tule River.
I-SCC yenziwe lulutsha oluhlelelekileyo, oluneminyaka eli-18-24. Uninzi lwaba bantu baselula alukwazi kukhuphisana ngengqesho. Abanye abakagqibi kumabanga aphakamileyo. Abanye baneengxelo zolwaphulo-mthetho. I-CSET kunye ne-SCC zibonelela aba baselula ngoqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye nokubekwa, kunye noncedo kumalungu ebhodi ukuze bafumane iidiploma zabo zezikolo eziphakamileyo. Baye banikezela ngoqeqesho lomsebenzi kunye namathuba emfundo kwiminyaka engama-4,000 edlulileyo.
Ezinye zeeprojekthi zokuqala ze-SCC zibandakanya ukulungiswa kwendlela kunye nophuhliso eSequoia kunye neKings Canyon National Parks. Umsebenzi wabo kwamanye amahlathi anomtsalane esizwe uye waqhubela phambili waba ngamathuba okuzisa amahlathi kwiindawo zasezidolophini i-CSET ebonelela ngayo. Iiprojekthi zokuqala zeSCC zamahlathi ezidolophini zazibambisene ne-Urban Tree Foundation.
Le mibutho mibini isasebenza ngezandla ukutyala imithi namhlanje. Uninzi lwezi projekthi zijolise kwimigca engasetyenziswanga apho imi-oki yemveli kunye nezityalo eziphantsi komhlaba zibekwe ecaleni kwendlela entsha yokunyuka intaba esikwe ngamalungu e-SCC. Le mizila ibonelela ngokubaleka okuluhlaza kwindawo ebiya kuhlala ingasetyenziswa, kwaye inika abahlali kunye neendwendwe ngokufanayo umbono wokuba iingenelo zenkqubo yemfundo eqinileyo yokusingqongileyo zinokuthetha ntoni kummandla kunye nolutsha olusemngciphekweni.
Ngelixa uluntu oluninzi bonwabela ubuhle bezi ndawo, abaninzi abaqondi ukuba uncedo olongezelelekileyo olubonelelwa yi-CSET kuluntu ngenkqubo yayo yamahlathi ezidolophini. Imizila eluhlaza ibamba amanzi esiphango, yandise indawo yokuhlala yezilwanyana zasendle, kwaye iphucula umgangatho womoya kwindawo ehlala ibekwe njengeyona ndawo imbi esizweni ngenxa yongcoliseko lomsi kunye ne-ozone.
I-CSET iyaqhubeka neenzame zayo zokwandisa ukubonakala kwiinzuzo ezibonakalayo zeprojekthi yayo ngokusebenzisa izixhobo ezahlukeneyo kunye nezibonelelo. Esinye sezibonelelo esinjalo sisibonelelo somanyano esikhuselwe yi-CEST ngo-2010 ngoMthetho wokuBuyisa nokuTyalwa ngokutsha waseMelika. Ezi nkxaso-mali zilawulwa yi-California ReLeaf zixhasa iprojekthi eneenkalo ezininzi apho amalungu e-SCC aya kube esebenzela ukubuyisela ihlathi lemveli lase-Valley Oak elisecaleni komlanjana ongenazityalo ngoku ngeli lixa ikwaphucula ubume basezitalatweni bamahlathi e-Visalia. Le projekthi izisa inzuzo eyongezelelweyo yokudalwa kwemisebenzi ebalulekileyo kwisiphaluka esinezinga lentswela-ngqesho le-12% ukususela ngo-Oktobha, ka-2011.
Uninzi lwempumelelo yale projekthi kunye nenkqubo yeCSET yamahlathi asezidolophini inokunxulunyaniswa noNathan Higgins, uMququzeleli weNkqubo yeMihlathi yaseDolophini yeCSET. Xa kuthelekiswa nobomi obude be-SCC, uNathan usemtsha ngokwentelekiso emsebenzini nakumahlathi asezidolophini. Phambi kokuba eze kwi-CSET, uNathan wayeqeshwe kulondolozo lwendalo endle kwiipaki zelizwe ezikufuphi nakumahlathi esizwe. Kude kube yilapho esebenza kwindawo yasezidolophini apho wafumanisa ukuba amahlathi asekuhlaleni abaluleke kangakanani na.
“Ndifumene isityhilelo sokuba, nangona abantu bolu luntu bahlala kwimizuzu engama-45 kuphela ukusuka kwezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zepaki elizweni, uninzi lwabo alukwazi ukuthatha uhambo olufutshane lokuya kubona ezi paki. Amahlathi asezidolophini azisa indalo ebantwini apho bakhoyo,” utsho uHiggins.
Akabonanga kuphela indlela amahlathi asezidolophini anokutshintsha ngayo uluntu, kodwa kunye nendlela enokutshintsha ngayo umntu ngamnye. Xa ebuzwa imizekelo yento eyenziwa yi-SCC kumalungu e-Corps, uNathan uyakhawuleza ukuphendula ngamabali abafana abathathu abubonileyo ubomi babo buguqukile.
Amabali amathathu onke aqala ngendlela efanayo – umfana osemtsha owajoyina i-SCC enethuba elincinane lokuphucula ubomi bakhe. Omnye waqala njengelungu labasebenzi kwaye uye wanyuselwa ukuba abe ngumphathi wabasebenzi, ekhokelela abanye abafana nabasetyhini ukuba baphucule ubomi babo njengokuba enzile. Omnye ngoku usebenza neSixeko saseVisalia Park kunye neSebe lezoLonwabo njengomfundi owenza umsebenzi wokulungisa ipaki. I-internship yakhe ngethemba iya kujika ibe yindawo ehlawulwayo njengoko inkxaso-mali ifumaneka.
Amalungu ombutho waMahlathi aseDolophini 'ahlaza' iindawo zethu zasezidolophini. Ezi zincinci ze-Valley Oaks ziya kuhlala amakhulu eminyaka kwaye zinike umthunzi kunye nobuhle kwizizukulwana.
Eyona nto inyanzelisayo kula mabali mathathu nangona nguYakobi uRamos. Xa wayeneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, wafunyanwa enetyala lolwaphulo-mthetho. Emva kokuba eqinisekisiwe kunye nexesha elisebenzayo, wafumanisa ukuba akunakwenzeka ukufumana umsebenzi. E-CSET, wafumana idiploma yakhe yesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye wazibonakalisa njengomnye wabasebenzi abazinikeleyo kwi-SCC. Kulo nyaka, i-CSET ivule i-subsidiary eyenza inzuzo eyenza umsebenzi wemozulu. Ngenxa yoqeqesho lwakhe olubanzi olugqityiweyo kunye neCorps, ngoku uJacob unomsebenzi apho.
Nyaka ngamnye, iCSET ityala ngaphezu kwemithi ye-1,000, yenza iindlela zokuhamba ezifikelelekayo, kwaye iqeshe i-100-150
abantu abatsha. Ngaphezu koko, iye yagqitha nangaphaya komnqophiso wayo wokuqinisa ulutsha, iintsapho, noluntu lwaseTulare County. I-CSET kunye ne-SCC zisisikhumbuzo sento enokufezekiswa ngokusingqongileyo nakwizizukulwana ezizayo ngokusebenzisana nokunyamezela.