Isihlahla singaba yizinto eziningi: isihlungi somoya, inkundla yokudlala, isakhiwo somthunzi, indawo ephawulekayo. Nokho, enye yezinjongo eziphakeme kakhulu isihlahla esingafeza iwukuba isikhumbuzo.
Muva nje, ngokusekelwa okuvela eCalifornia ReLeaf, i Ingadi Yomphakathi Enhle Kakhulu (IECG) ikwazile ukutshala izihlahla ezingama-50 ngenhloso enjalo.
NgoMashi 23, kwatshalwa izihlahla endaweni California State San Bernardino Veteran Isikhungo Sempumelelo ukuhlonipha nokukhumbula omakadebona besikhathi esidlule, esamanje, nesakusasa. Isikhungo Sempumelelo Somakadebona sihlinzeka ngezinhlelo namasevisi ahlukile ezidingweni zamalungu esevisi, okuhlanganisa negumbi lapho omakadebona babafundi bengahlangana khona phakathi kwamakilasi, baxhumane bodwa futhi babambe amaqembu okufunda. I-Veterans Tree Garden entsha ngeke igcine nje ngokukhumbula inkonzo yabo, kodwa izophinde inikeze labo bafundi abafana enye indawo yokuxhuma nokuzindla.
Elinye lamavolontiya ngalolo suku, elingumakadebona Wezempi e-Iraq, laqaphela ushintsho engadini esanda kutshalwa eyayivele lwenza kudadewabo, Umakadebona Wezempi wase-Afghan. “Kwaze kwamnandi ukubona udadewethu emamatheka futhi ezijabulele.”
I-Veterans Living Memorial Garden izohlinzeka ngalolo hlobo lokukhululeka kwabanye omakadebona nabafundi abasebenzisa le ndawo, nabo. Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubonise ukuthi isikhathi esichithwa ezindaweni eziluhlaza hhayi kuphela kunciphisa ukukhathala kwengqondo, kodwa futhi iletha izinzuzo ezibalulekile ze inhlalakahle yengqondo.
Omunye wabahlanganyeli uthe, “Lokhu kungase kungabonakali njengokukuningi, kodwa kumuntu odinga isikhashana sokuthula nokuzindla ngenkathi esesikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, le ingadi izohamba ibanga elide ukuze baqhubeke nosuku lwabo.”
Kwa-California ReLeaf, siyaziqhenya ngamadoda nabesifazane abasebenzele leli zwe. Sizizwa sihloniphekile ukubambisana kumaphrojekthi afana nalona aqedwe Ngengadi Yomphakathi Enhle, Edliwayo. Sithemba ukuthi uzosijoyina emizamweni efanayo kulo lonke elase-California isekela i-California ReLeaf namuhla.
