DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – Kwiinyanga ezine ezizayo, iTanzania iqalise iphulo leendaba ukutsala abatyali-zimali base-Afrika baseMelika ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwiNgqungquthela yeSibhozo yeLeon Sullivan eza kubanjelwa kwisixeko saseTanzania sabakhenkethi esikumantla e-Arusha ngoJuni.
Amaphulo eendaba esizwe nakwamanye amazwe ajolise ekutsaleni ama-Afrika angaphandle kwamanye amazwe kunye nabanye abachaphazelekayo kwezoshishino abasuka e-United States, e-Afrika nakwezinye iindawo zehlabathi ukuba beze eTanzania baze bathathe amathuba akhoyo kutyalo-mali lwabakhenkethi nophuhliso lweziseko ezingundoqo.
Bangaphezu kwama-4,000 abathunywa abaqulunqwe ngabantu abadumileyo kuquka zonke iintloko zamazwe ase-Afrika abaye bamenywa ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kule ngqungquthela yeentsuku ezine, eququzelelwe ngokudibeneyo yi-US-based Leon H. Sullivan Foundation kunye norhulumente waseTanzania.
Umququzeleli weNgqungquthela yaseTanzania uLeon Sullivan uNksk. Shamim Nyanduga uthe iphulo leendaba lenziwe ngamaphulo ehlabathi ngeefilimu ezibhalwe kwi-Delta Airlines, CNN kunye ne-Tanzania diplomatic missions.
Umongameli waseTanzania uJakaya Kikwete usungule iphulo lezizwe ngezizwe lengqungquthela eNew York ngoSeptemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Ngomxholo othi “uKhenketho noPhuhliso lweZiseko ezinguNdoqo,” injongo yale ngqungquthela kukukhuthaza uphuhliso lweziseko ezingundoqo nokhenketho eTanzania nakwilizwekazi le-Afrika ngokubanzi.
UMongameli uKikwete uthe kukho imfuneko yokuba abantu baseTanzania baqonde ukuba iNgqungquthela kaLeon Sullivan imalunga nantoni ukuze babe nomfanekiso ocacileyo. “Le nto siyenzayo izalisekisa umnqweno wethu wokuba abantu bethu baqonde ukuba iNgqungquthela yeSullivan imalunga nantoni na, into abayimeleyo, kunye nemigaqo kunye nezimvo ezisemva kwazo,” utshilo.
Umongameli wongeze ngelithi ezi ngqungquthela ziququzelele indima ebonakalayo yeembono zongasekhoyo uMfundisi uLeon Sullivan, ingakumbi iphupha lakhe lokwakha ibhulorho phakathi kwe-Afrika neMelika.
"Eneneni iingqungquthela zeSullivan ziya ziphumelela ngakumbi ekusekeni ibhulorho apho iAfrika kunye ne-Afrika eDiaspora inxibelelana kwaye ilandele intlalontle kunye nomdla wabo," utshilo uKikwete.
Umongameli uvumile ukubamba indibano yembali eza kubanjwa ukusuka ngomhla wesibini ukuya kowesithandathu kweyeSilimela kulo nyaka. Ufumene ithotshi njengomkhosi wengqungquthela ecwangcisiweyo evela kuMongameli wangaphambili waseNigeria uMnu Olusegun Obasanjo ngexesha lengqungquthela yokugqibela e-Abuja, eNigeria kwi-2.
Ebonisa ukuba unomdla kakhulu kuphuhliso lokhenketho kwilizwe lakhe, uMongameli Kikwete uthe inkomfa yeSibhozo kaLeon Sullivan iza kubanjelwa eArusha, iziko lokhenketho laseTanzania. “Ndiyanamkela ukuba nidibane e-Arusha, iziko lelizwekazi lase-Afrika apho ukhenketho lugqugqisa khona kwaye liphi ikhaya leendawo ezinomtsalane zabakhenkethi eNgorongoro, Serengeti naseMount Kilimanjaro,” utshilo uMongameli Kikwete kubathunywa e-Abuja xa efumana ithotshi yale ngqungquthela. .
Uthe le ngqungquthela iza kubonelela ngamathuba abanzi kubaboneleli babakhenkethi baseMelika kunye nabathengisi bemveliso yabakhenkethi baseAfrika ekutshintshiselaneni ngoshishino phantsi kweAfrican Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) owasungulwa ngurhulumente waseMelika.
ILeon Sullivan Foundation ibikhuthaza ishishini phakathi kweAfrika kunye nabantu abazizityebi base-Afrika baseMelika ngaphesheya kweAtlantiki ukuba badibane kwaye baqokelele izixhobo zokuphuhlisa ilizwekazi laseAfrika.
Ingqungquthela yeLeon Sullivan Foundation yalo nyaka iya kuba yindibano yesithathu enkulu yaBantu baseAfrika abaPhumayo eMelika. I-23rd Africa Travel Association (ATA) yaqala ukuhlangana ngoMeyi 1998 kwaye inkomfa ye-ATA yamashumi amathathu anesithathu ukusuka ngomhla we-19 ukuya ku-23 kaMeyi iya kuba yindibano yesibini elolu hlobo ukuba ibanjelwe kwindawo enye.
Usihlalo wesiseko kunye nonozakuzaku owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku waseMelika kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo u-Andrew Young, uthe uza kusebenza ngokusondeleyo nomongameli waseTanzania ekutsaleni abalawuli abadumileyo bamashishini eMelika ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwinkomfa ecwangcisiweyo.
IiNgqungquthela zeSullivan ziququzelelwe yiLeon H. Sullivan Foundation ukugqamisa imiba ephambili kunye nezenzo ezilungileyo, ukuvuselela iingxoxo kunye nokuchaza amathuba, ukukhuthaza ishishini labucala kunye nokukhuthaza ubuhlakani obuphezulu besicwangciso.
Amanyathelo oyilo kunye nentshayelelo avela kwiingxoxo kunye nothetha-thethwano kwisamithi, kwaye ubudlelwane obutsha buqhagamshelwe ukuze kwenziwe loo manyathelo abe yinyani.
Imi kanye kanye kumbindi welizwekazi lase-Afrika, i-Arusha ngoku imiselwe ukwamkela abathunywa base-Afrika baseMelika kumfanekiso wayo okhula ngokukhawuleza wabakhenkethi ngeehotele zale mihla, iindawo zokulala, iindawo zokutyela kunye neenqwelo-moya zabakhenkethi.
I-Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) kunye ne-Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge yongezwe kunye nezixhobo zenkomfa ukuze kuhlaliswe abathunywa beenkomfa zamazwe ngamazwe.
Inkomfa yeSibhozo kaLeon Sullivan iza kuba yeyokuqala ngqa indibano eMpuma Afrika eza kuqhutyelwa kumazantsi entaba iMount Kilimanjaro, eyona ncopho iphakamileyo eAfrika.
