Lapho i-California ReLeaf iklonyeliswa ngoxhaso ngohlelo lwe-EPA's Environmental Education Sub-Grant, inhlangano yaqala ukufuna uthisha wezemvelo ozosebenzisana nathi ukuze enze imihlahlandlela yezibonelelo futhi abuyekeze iziphakamiso zezibonelelo. U-ReLeaf ube nenhlanhla yokuthola u-Rue Mapp, umsunguli we-Outdoor Afro.
Selokhu yaqala umsebenzi wayo nge-Rue ngonyaka odlule, i-California ReLeaf iklomelise izibonelelo kumaqembu angenzi nzuzo angama-25 kanye namaqembu omphakathi okutshala izihlahla kuso sonke isifunda. Enye cishe i-$ 40,000 okwamanje iyatholakala ukuxhasa ngezimali amaphrojekthi akha amathuba emfundo yezemvelo ngokutshala izihlahla nokunakekelwa kwezihlahla.
U-Rue Mapp ube ngumeluleki omuhle kakhulu we-California ReLeaf njengoba inhlangano inweba amasevisi ayo ku-ReLeaf Network kanye nesinyathelo samahlathi sase-California samahlathi. Inhlangano yethu akuyona yodwa ehlatshwe umxhwele uRue. Waqanjwa ngeQhawe Umagazini we-Backpacker, ohlonishwe njengengxenye ye-Root 100 yabaphumelele nabanamandla abamnyama abaphezulu ngo-2012, futhi wathola indondo kaJosephine noFrank Duveneck ngemizamo yakhe yokusiza abantu.
Funda kabanzi mayelana no Rue kanye nomsebenzi wakhe, bheka le interview enkulu kusukela ku-Children in Nature Collaborative.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nemizamo yemfundo yezemvelo ye-California ReLeaf, vakashela ikhasi lethu lezibonelelo.