Wasweleka eneminyaka eyi-100, kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kokubhiyozela usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kwiFox Theatre eAtlanta. I-ADT ikhumbula ubomi bakhe kunye nemisebenzi yakhe.
UMongameli Carter wayengumntu wehlabathi owachitha ubomi bakhe bonke esebenzela abanye. Wayeyindoda yakwaThixo eyayidla ngokufundisa kwisikolo seCawa kwidolophu yakowabo iPlains, eGeorgia.
UKitty J. Pope, umshicileli weADT, kunye nomhlali waseAtlanta uthi wayebanjelwe ezintliziyweni zabantu baseGeorgia, ababekhumbula ngobubele owayesakuba ngumongameli kunye nomlimi wamandongomane njengendoda enenkathalo.
“Bendisoloko ndimbeka imbeko njengendoda enemfezeko kwaye yenye yabona bantu babalaseleyo kwihlabathi, kungoko bendifuna ukuba abandakanywe kwiinkomfa zoxolo ezifana neNkomfa ye-IIPT eMzantsi Afrika kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo kunye noNelson Mandela noMahatma Gandhi,” utshilo. Pope.
“Nangona ngokwahlukileyo, ubomi bakhe babusebenzela abanye njengala madoda. Ndichukumisekile yindlela uCarter, ngomsebenzi wakhe neHabitat for Humanity, akhela abantu abahluphekayo izindlu ngezandla zakhe, igazi, ukubila kunye neenyembezi.
Nangona wayenewonga nodumo lwakhe, wahlala ephantsi, engumkhonzi wabantu owayesebenzisa iqonga lakhe njengomongameli ukuphucula uluntu. Wayeyintshatsheli yamaLungelo oLuntu kunye noLuntu kunye nokuxhasa ukulingana kunye namathuba kubo bonke abantu. Wenza okuninzi ukuzisa uxolo emhlabeni kwaye wazama ukuthengisa uxolo phakathi kwamazwe. Wonke umsebenzi awawenzela uluntu kunye nemibutho yesisa uyazithetha.
UMongameli Carter wayekhaliphile kwaye wanikezela ubomi bakhe ekuxhobiseni abantu kwihlabathi jikelele. Ufumene iBhaso loXolo lweNobel ngayo yonke imizamo yakhe yobuntu kunye noxolo. Ndiyathemba ukuba bonke bangenza okuthile ukunceda ihlabathi libe ngcono, besebenzisa uMongameli Carter njengomzekelo. Thina be-African Diaspora Tourism siya kuqhubeka nokuhlonela ilifa lakhe. Uvelwano lwethu olunzulu kusapho lwakwaCarter kunye nabo sibathandayo kwihlabathi liphela. Lala ngoxolo, mongameli wethu wanaphakade. Wenze kakuhle umsebenzi wakho.