UMseki uAdam Stewart wabelana ngokubaluleka kweSandals Foundation

Yile nto siyiyo.

Into oyifumanayo ngaphakathi kwindawo yokubhenela ngeembadada ingaphandle kakhulu, nayo. Ubuhle. Ithemba. Umbulelo. Kodwa kuninzi kakhulu ngaphandle.

UAdam Stewart usungule Isiseko seembadada Iminyaka eli-10 eyadlulayo kuba ukhule eyibona yonke, ngaphakathi nangaphandle, kwii-engile kungekho namnye umntu owakha wayibona. Kude kube ngoku.

Mhlawumbi eli ayiloxesha elifanelekileyo lokungena kwi-ofisi ka-Adam Stewart. USekela-Sihlalo weSandals Resorts International kunye noMsunguli weSandals Foundation usandula ukugqiba intlanganiso yemarathon, ebikade inde kancinci kunesiqingatha somdyarho azakuwuqhuba kule mpelaveki.

Ngu-4 emva kwemini, usibeka phakathi phakathi kwesidlo sasemini sika-Adam kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa. UAdam uphunga emanzini ukuze ambambe.

“Uqinisekile ufuna ukuyenza ngoku le nto?” ubuza.

UAdam akanakukhanyela ukuba kungcono abe kwelinye icala leofisi yakhe. Yiyo loo nto enezikhumbuzo "apha phandle" apha. Kukho umhlaba obonakala ngathi umile phakathi kwe-spin ukuze iziqithi zeCaribbean zijongane nedesika yakhe. Kukho imifanekiso yeembadada ezimangalisayo zeembadada kunye neendawo zegalufa kwaye… hey, nguRichard Branson lowo!

Kodwa ibekwe kufutshane noAdam ngumqolo weefoto eziyi-8 × 10 ezinomxholo wesinye: Usapho. Umfazi ka-Adam kunye nabantwana abathathu bahlala bema kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo bevela kwi-intshi ezimbalwa kuye, imini yonke.

Uthi: "Intsapho yam iyongeza kumnqweno wam wokunceda abantu baseziqithini zethu," utshilo.

Xa ubuza ukuba uyilungele na le ncoko, amehlo ka-Adam ayacenga njengelizwi lakhe. "Ngokuqinisekileyo." Uthatha iisiphu ezimbini zamanzi ngelixa uqala ukuthi, “Isikhumbuzo seminyaka elishumi yeSandals Foundation…”

UAdam uyithatha ukusuka apho.

Kuqala kufuneka wazi ngabazali bam.

Batyale imbewu yeSiseko xa ndandikhula apha eJamaica. Kodwa bayenze ngokwahlukileyo.

Utata (uMsunguli weSandals kunye noSihlalo uGordon “Butch” Stewart) wayecinga ukuba kufuneka akhe ishishini eliyimpumelelo ukuze anikele. Khumbula, ishishini elibandakanya konke lalisencinci kakhulu ukuqala kwakhe ngo-1981 - kwakulo nyaka ndazalwa ngawo. Wayekholelwa ukuba amava eSandals angaphezulu kokulindelweyo kweendwendwe, emva koko kuza kuza iindwendwe ezininzi. Kwaye iindwendwe ezininzi zazithetha ukuba angadala imisebenzi kwaye ahlangabezane neemfuno kwiindawo zethu ezinomngeni. Utata wayecinga ngabo bantu njengentsapho. Kungenxa yoko le nto wayesebenza iiyure ezingama-20 ngosuku.

Umama, kwelinye icala, ucinga ukuba awudingi kuninzi ukunceda abantu. Wayenalo ixesha lokwakhela amahlwempu izindlu nokwenza iimpahla ezintle kwabo bangenako ukuyifumana. Ngapha koko, ndimbuzile ukuba angabajonga na abantwana bethu ngexesha lemarathon kule mpelaveki, kodwa usebenzela umbutho wesisa obizwa ngokuba yi-Back on the Rack e-Kingston, ke akakwazi.

Mna? Ndingumxube wabo bobabini.

Abantu babengazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni emfihlekweni.

Bobabini abazali bam bavela kwisizukulwana esithi, "Xa usenza izinto ezintle zenze uzolile."

Umzekelo, uTata angathintela iintsuku ezithile kwi Iilwandle Indawo yokuhlala kwaye uzise ukulayisha abantwana ngebhasi kwiindawo ezingakhuselekanga ukuba bonwabele iholide encinci kwaye bafunde ngokhenketho- uyayenza loo nto. Wanika nayiphi na imali ayifumeneyo ngokusebenzela ukuba nguMongameli we-Hotel Association kubalobi. Uya kuqesha kuphela abaqhubi abazimeleyo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ukuze iiholide zibe nokubonelela ngemisebenzi kunokuba zibasuse. Kutshanje abantu baye bazi ukuba iipesenti ezingama-96 zemveliso kwiivenkile zivela kumafama endawo. Ezo ke ziindidi zezigqibo zeshishini ahlala esenza ngazo ukuxhasa abantu abayifunayo.

Ndingaqhubeka nokuqhubeka, kodwa utata ebengafuni ukuba ndenze njalo.

Ngo-2009 sagqiba kwelokuba siyise kwelinye inqanaba.

Umbono ibikukwenza lento besihlala siyenza, kodwa ngendlela ehlelekile njenge “Sandals Foundation.” Kwiminyaka eliqela bendicinga ukuba kungakanani esinokukwenza ukuba sinokwenza amaqela aliqela kwimizamo yethu:

-Iindwendwe eziResort ezithanda iiCaribbean kwaye zifuna ukudlala indima ekwenzeni zikhule- kwaye ziyonwabele irhafu.

-Amaqabane adibeneyo anokwenza ifuthe elihle kwiziqithi.

-Iearhente zokuhamba eziza kukhuthaza iinkqubo ezinje ngePakethe yeNjongo kunye nohambo lokuFunda ezindleleni.

-Amalungu eqela leSandals ayi-14,000 ahlala kwezi ndawo.

Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva siphumeza ngaphezulu kweenkqubo ezili-120 kunye neeprojekthi ngonyaka. Ibonisa ukuba xa sisebenza kunye, akukho mda kwizinto ezimangalisayo esinokuzenza.

ISiseko asifani nawo nawuphi na umbutho wokufikelela ebantwini.

Into esiyenzayo ayinakusebenza kwenye indawo. Hayi eAsia. Hayi eYurophu. Sihlala apha, kwiCaribbean. Abazali bethu noomawokhulu babehlala apha. Aba ngabahlobo kunye neentsapho zethu. Akuzange kufuneke siqinisekise umntu osebenza eSandals ukuba abe yinxalenye yeenzame zeSiseko, ukusuka kubasebenzi abalindayo ukuya kubaphathi ngokubanzi. Hayi kube kanye.

Sonke siyinxalenye yethintestry yeziqithi. Iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide kunye nabathengi bethu baba yinxalenye yethayile.

Iindwendwe zethu zikwimeko ekhethekileyo.

Ekugqibeleni, sifuna abantu beze kwaye bonwabele iindawo ezintle esizingcayo ukuzibiza ngokuba likhaya. Chukumisa isanti kunye neentaba kunye nolwandle. Kodwa qaphela phakathi kobuhle, ngaphakathi kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide nangaphandle, sisidingo sokunceda. Simema iindwendwe ukuba ziphume noonozakuzaku bethu ukuze zizibonele ngokwazo.

Cinga ngebartender egalela into eselwayo.

Umnikelo weedola ezingama-25 unokunceda ukubonelela ngemfundo enentsingiselo ebantwaneni bakhe kwizikolo zabo zengingqi eziphuculwe yimizamo yeSiseko .. Umnikelo weedola ezingama-50 unceda ekuthengeni izixhobo ezisindisa ubomi kwiklinikhi yengingqi ekhonza ilungu leqela lethu, uluntu kunye neendwendwe .. sinceda ukwenza ulwandle ludlamke ngakumbi kwaye lomelele ekuphuculeni indlela zokuphila zabalobi bendawo .. Imantra yethu ithi, “Akukho nto siyifunayo kancinane. Sifuna intwana kuninzi. ” Ezi zenzo zibonakala zincinci ziguqula uluntu. Ndiyibonile.

Enye yezona zinto zipholileyo ebesiyinxalenye yazo…

… Kukhathalelo lwempilo lwabantwana. Okulusizi kukuba, ngaphandle kwetekhnoloji efanelekileyo kwiCaribbean, abantwana abanengxaki yegazi kunye nomhlaza wolutsha bahlala bechazwa gwenxa. Ke iminikelo yeendwendwe isivumele ukuba sisebenzisane neSickKids. Ngoku badibanisa oogqirha abajongwa kakhulu eMntla Melika kunye noogqirha kwiziqithi ngokusebenzisa i-telemedicine. Isindisa ubomi ngokoqobo.

Ndicinga ngobomi bentombazana eneminyaka eli-13 e-Ocho Rios.

Wayekwiziko lamantombazana akhulelweyo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba baya kugxothwa esikolweni. Sisebenzisana nendawo eza ecaleni kwamantombazana ukubonelela ngeeklasi zokufundisa kunye nokuba ngumzali. Imeko efana neyakhe ayinakuba sisiphelo sohambo lwentombazana leyo, amaphupha akhe. Uneminyaka eli-13 kuphela ubudala.

Ngokunyaniseka, andiqondi kakuhle xa ndandisemncinci.

UMama ebendithatha eskolweni ndimise endleleni egodukayo enzele abantu iimpahla. Njengomntwana, bendizakucinga, "Oku kuthatha iiyure ezintathu." Kodwa yayishiya umbono. Xa ndaya kwisikolo ekuhlalwa kuso eBoca Raton, eFlorida, ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba ndizithanda kangakanani na iiCaribbean. Ukutya. Abantu abanobuhlobo. Iimpepho ezibetha emakhaya ngaphandle kwemeko yomoya. Ubuhle bendalo. Kodwa ndiye ndawubona umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwamalungelo kunye neemfuno ezinkulu kwiindawo zaseCaribbean.

Umama notata bebe right bobabini.

Umama uncede abantu kwiindawo eziphambili ngaphambili amashumi eminyaka. Utata wayefuna ukuba ngusomashishini obekekileyo. Wahlala eJamaica ukuqala ishishini ngexesha apho abantu babesiya kwiindawo abanokwenza kuzo imali eninzi, ngokukhawuleza. Wazuza ukuthembeka kunye nokunyaniseka. Yiyo loo nto abantu nakwezona ndawo zoluntu zasemaphandleni bengazazi iiSandals kungekuphela njengendawo yokuphumla, kodwa njengabantu abafuna ukwenza okuhle. Ndicinga ukuba yiyo loo nto iSiseko sikwazi ukwenza okuninzi kule minyaka yokuqala ye-10.

Unyana wam wazalwa kwakamsinya emva kokuba siqalisile iSiseko.

Itshintshe indlela endijonga ngayo. Kwaye ke iintombi zam zazalwa, kwaye oko kwanditshintsha ngakumbi. Ngaphambi kokuba ndibenabantwana, ngendathetha nawe malunga nenjongo yeSiseko. Kodwa abantwana bam bandinike umbono ocacileyo wokuba kutheni sisenza le nto. Ndiyathetha, kuthekani ukuba abantwana bam bebekho ezihlangwini zabo banesidingo?
Le ngcinga iyandikhuthaza yonke imihla.

Thatha umfanekiso wabantwana bakhe.
Jonga indlela abancinci ngayo apha. Kuya kufuneka ndihlaziye le mifanekiso, kodwa ndicinga ukuba kunzima ukuyiyeka.

Usapho lakwaStewart lufuna ukuba wazi:

“Idola nganye enikelwe kwiSandals Foundation iya ngqo kwinjongo. Hayi iipesenti ezingama-50 okanye ama-90 epesenti. Ihlala ipesenti ye-100. Umnikelo we- $ 150 unokunceda ukwakha igumbi lokuhlambela esikolweni okanye ubonelele ngemeko yomoya esibhedlele. Umnikelo weedola ezingama-75 unokunceda amagcisa endawo okanye ifama yosapho. Isipho esinye sichukumisa abantu ngeendlela ongenakucinga ngazo. Kungenxa yokuba isenzo esinye sesisa sibakhumbuza ukuba ukho umntu okhathalele ngokwenene. ”

Ukubeka iidola ezimbalwa ukusebenza ngokukhawuleza, yiya ku KwiSandalsFoundation.org kwaye ucofe kwiqhosha elithi “Nikela Ngoku”. Abantu beendawo zethu zeCaribbean bathi, "Enkosi ngokunika ithemba namathuba."