Amagqala oMkhosi aseMelika alishumi elinesibini kunye neeMbaleki eziNgcaliyo zinyuke iMount Kilimanjaro eTanzania ukuze ziqokelele imali yokubonelela ngamanzi acocekileyo kubantu abamalunga nesigidi kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi.
Iintsuku ezintandathu “Ukoyisa iKili” Uhambo luqale ngoLwesibini weveki ephelileyo, itshilo iTanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) kwingxelo. Injongo ye-Conquering Kili trekking mission yayikukuxhobisa abadlali abakhoyo kunye nabangaphambili, amagqala omkhosi wokulwa, kunye nabameli bamanzi acocekileyo abavela e-United States of America ukuba bahlanganise impembelelo edibeneyo kunye noluntu olungcono ngokunyuka kweNtaba iKilimanjaro kunye nokunyusa imali yokwakha amanzi azinzileyo. amaqula.
Iqale ngoGreen Beret kunye nowayesakuba nguSeattle Seahawk Nate Boyer ukujoyina uChris Long kumngeni amagqala okulwa kunye neNational Football League (NFL) alumni ukubajoyina kuphulo olutsha – olokoyisa eyona ncopho iphakamileyo yaseAfrika, iMount Kilimanjaro.
Iklasi nganye entsha yeConquering Kili yalwamkela ucelomngeni lokuya encotsheni.
Uhambo oluya kule ngqungquthela lumele umgama ohanjwa ngabasetyhini abaninzi base-Afrika mihla le ukuya kukhelela iintsapho zabo amanzi.
Ngelixa uqeqesho lokunyuka, ilungu ngalinye leqela lasebenza ukunyusa imali kunye nokuguqula uluntu ngesipho samanzi acocekileyo.
Ngokomzekelo, i-Well Site #20 ifumaneka kwiSitishi saseSanya kwingingqi yaseKilimanjaro kwaye yagqitywa ngo-Oktobha 2017. Lo mthombo ukhonza i-7,500 yabahlali baseMassai kwaye ivelisa i-10,000 ilitha zamanzi ngeyure. Eli qula laxhaswa ngemali yiklasi ye-2017 Conquering Kili. Igcine abahlali belali uhambo lweemayile ezi-5 ukuya kwindawo yabo yangaphambili yamanzi, elingana ne-1,643,104 yeeyure zonyaka ezigciniweyo.
“Ubukho bamanzi acocekileyo kule lali kuza kunceda abantu ukuba bachithe ixesha elininzi besenza ezinye izinto zophuhliso, nto leyo echaphazela ngqo ifuthe lokugula okubangelwa ngamanzi kwanentlalontle yoluntu lonke,” utshilo uSanya Station, umhlali wale lali.
Abathathi-nxaxheba be-Conquering Kili kulo nyaka baquka uCalder Kegley, uColin Anderson, uDavid Aberg, uErin Baskin, noJoe Pompliano kunye noJoe Witte, uJordan Heath, uKerry Rock, uScott Hardesty, uShane Harris, noShawn Carter.
NgokukaNks. Nancy Hopkins, uMlawuli oLawulayo weChris Long Foundation, oLona iKili linyathelo labo laManzi acocekileyo, eli qela lafikelela kwi-Uhuru Peak, eyona ndawo iphakamileyo e-Afrika nge-26 kaFebruwari 2022, kwaye yayibuyele kwisixeko saseTanzania sabakhenkethi. Arusha nge-27 kaFebruwari.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The goal of the Conquering Kili trekking mission was to empower current and former athletes, military combat veterans, and clean water advocates from the United States of America to unite for a collective impact and better communities by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and raising funds to build sustainable water wells.
- “Ubukho bamanzi acocekileyo kule lali kuza kunceda abantu ukuba bachithe ixesha elininzi besenza ezinye izinto zophuhliso, nto leyo echaphazela ngqo ifuthe lokugula okubangelwa ngamanzi kwanentlalontle yoluntu lonke,” utshilo uSanya Station, umhlali wale lali.
- Nancy Hopkins, Executive Director of the Chris Long Foundation, whose Conquering Kili is their Clean Water Initiative, the group reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa on February 26, 2022, and was back in Tanzania's northern tourist city of Arusha on February 27.
