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Genevieve Cross
Umeluleki Webhizinisi/Usomabhizinisi
Ngisebenza neqembu elihlukene lamabhizinisi nezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo. Isibonelo nguzakwethu wamanje owakha amaphrojekthi elanga, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zaseziqhingini, ukunciphisa izindleko zikagesi ezimakethe lapho amanani kagesi ephakeme ngokungavamile ngenxa yokuntuleka kokuncintisana. Omunye umlingani wamanje yinkampani ekhiqiza imikhiqizo yasengadini, okuhlanganisa namahhoko ezinkukhu angemuva kwendlu, ngezinkuni ezibuyisiwe nezivunwa ngokuqhubekayo. Umsebenzi wami unikezelwe ekuqhubekiseni phambili ukuqonda kwami kokuthi lapho amaphuzu anamandla okwenza ushintsho olunengqondo emhlabeni.
Buyini/bebuhlobene buni ne-ReLeaf?
Abasebenzi baseCalifornia ReLeaf, 1990 - 2000.
I-California ReLeaf yayisho ukuthini kuwe siqu?
Inhloso yami yokujoyina i-California ReLeaf eminyakeni engu-24 edlule kwakuwukuthuthukisa izinga lomoya e-Southern California ukuze ngingaguli njalo uma sinosuku olushunqa intuthu. Njengezinto eziningi kangaka ekuphileni, ngokuvamile kuba yimiphumela engahlosiwe egcina inenjongo kakhulu. Okwakusho i-California ReLeaf kimi kwakuyithuba lokusebenza nenhlobonhlobo yabantu nezinhlangano. Isikhathi engisichithe lapho sangihlanganisa nawo wonke umuntu kusukela kumavolontiya omphakathi kuya kubasebenzi abazinikele bamaqembu angenzi nzuzo kuya kubaholi bamabhizinisi, abacwaningi, othisha, izikhulu ezikhethiwe, abasebenzi bakahulumeni ezingeni lendawo, lesifunda, kanye nenhlangano kanye neqembu lami eliyigugu e-California ReLeaf.
Njengomuntu ohlale eholwa uthando lwami, i-California ReLeaf ibe yithuba lokuveza uthando lwami ngemvelo, abantu, kanye nokuhlela ukwenza izinto zenzeke.
Iyiphi inkumbulo yakho engcono kakhulu noma umcimbi we-California ReLeaf?
Hmmm. Inzima leyo. Nginezinkumbulo eziningi ezijabulisayo nezithandwayo. Ngicabanga ngemicimbi yokutshala izihlahla egcwele amavolontiya aphefumulelwe, imihlangano yethu yaminyaka yonke lapho sathola khona ukuhlanganisa abaholi abavela kuwo wonke amaqembu e-California ReLeaf, ilungelo obekuba yilo ukusebenzisana nebhodi yethu yabeluleki kanye nebhodi yezwe yabeluleki, futhi ngicabanga ikakhulukazi ngemihlangano yethu yabasebenzi lapho, ngemva kokufunda zonke izicelo zesibonelelo, senza izinqumo zokugcina ezibuhlungu ngesinye isikhathi mayelana nokuthi imaphi amaphrojekthi.
Kungani kubalulekile ukuthi i-California ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
Izihlahla, abantu, nokubamba iqhaza komphakathi—yini okungafanele ukuthande ngalokho?
Ngingumkhulumeli omkhulu wamaphrojekthi womphakathi kanye nabantu ababamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwemvelo ebazungezile. Ngikholelwa ukuthi amahlathi asemadolobheni ayindlela enhle yokuthi abantu abasha bafunde ngezinhlelo zokuphila kanye nokuthi wonke umuntu abambe iqhaza ekudaleni okuthile okuhlala njalo, okuvumelana nemvelo, futhi okuzuzisa umphakathi wabo.