Incoko noRick Hawley

Indawo yangoku: UMlawuli weSigqeba, iGreenspace – iCambria Land Trust

Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf?

Iqela lenethiwekhi - 1996, unyaka ngaphambi kokuba iCambria ibuyele.

Ibhunga leeNgcebiso - Ndibandakanyeke ngexesha lotshintsho xa i-advocacy yaba yinxalenye yeNethiwekhi kwaye yayingomnye wabakhi bezakhiwo ekufumaneni i-ReLeaf kwindawo yokubandakanywa okungenzi nzuzo.

Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe?

Kum iReLeaf ithetha ukuba baninzi abantu apha phandle abacinga ngemithi – ayindim ndedwa. Yinethiwekhi yenkxaso yemithi yaseCalifornia - abantu esithembele kubo. Ngenxa yeReLeaf siyazi ukuba kukho umsebenzi womthi owenziwayo kulo lonke ilizwe. Kuzo zonke izixeko needolophu kukho isigidimi sokuba imithi ibalulekile. Kwaye imithi iya isibaluleka ngakumbi njengoko ukufudumala kwehlabathi kubeka ubunzima kwiingqondo zabantu.

Eyona nkumbulo ilungileyo okanye isiganeko seCalifornia ReLeaf?

Intlanganiso yaseCambria ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyenye yeembalasane. Maninzi amaqela abezimase. Kwakhona indibano eyayiseSanta Cruz - ngo-2001. Kulapho ndaye ndakwazi ukwenza intetho malunga nokutsala imali eninzi ngokuba ngumthetheleli wemithi - ukunceda amaqela ukuba asebenze ngakumbi kuba imali ayingeni nje emathangeni akho. Kufuneka sithethelele imithi ngokusebenzisana nabantu abanemali kunye nabathatha izigqibo. Imalunga nonxibelelwano lomntu nomntu kunye nobudlelwane. Ndifumene isibonelelo kwi-ReLeaf ukuze ndibe nokucebisa amanye amaqela ngokuba ngumthetheleli wemithi ngaphandle koloyiko lokubeka esichengeni isimo sokungenzi nzuzo.

Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?

Inika ubunkokheli bothungelwano lomthi kunye nesikhokelo. I-ReLeaf lilizwi lethu e-Sacramento kwaye iyaqhubeka nokuphembelela imali kwiiprojekthi zamahlathi asezidolophini!