- ICawa yaseColin, enye yezolondolozo lodumo lweMpuma Afrika, isweleke ineminyaka engama-81.
- Wayengummeli woluntu kwi-Black Rhino esebenza njengoSihlalo weRhino Ark Charitable Trust.
- Icawe iyakukhunjulwa ngokugqitywa kweprojekthi yocingo lombane ebude buziimayile ezingama-250 ezijikeleze uluhlu lweentaba eKenya ukukhusela ngaphandle kwabazingeli.
“Ndibe novuyo nembeko ngokwazi iCawe yaseColin buqu xa iofisi yakhe yezonxibelelwano, iChurch Orr & Associates, ibimele iSeychelles eKenya nakwiMpuma Afrika iphela.
"Wayeyi-go-getter kwaye ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into ayenzayo enezimvo ezintsha zokugcina amaqabane akhe ephambi kwepakethi," utshilo u-Alain St. Ange, omele IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika wayekwangumphathiswa Wezokhenketho waseSeychelles.
ICawa yaseColin, engomnye wabalondolozi abadumileyo beMpuma Afrika, ikwangummeli woluntu woMkhombe oMnyama osebenza njengoSihlalo Umkhombe weRhinino Isisa Trkunjalo (2002 - 2012) ngelixa wayesebenza ekhusela ezinye izinto ezinomtsalane eAberdare Park yaseKenya nakwizilwanyana zasendle zaseKenya namahlathi akhe.
Yicawe yaseColin eya kukhunjulwa ngokugqitywa kweprojekthi yocingo lombane eliziimayile ezingama-250 ezijikeleze uluhlu lweentaba eKenya ezazenzelwe ukugcina abazingeli ngaphandle kwezilwanyana kunye nezilwanyana.
I-Rhino Ark yasekwa ngonyaka we-1988 njengesixhobo esithembakeleyo sokunceda ukunceda abantu baseKenya abaNtsundu abaNtsundu kwi-ecosystem yaseAberdare. Umkhombe wawuphantsi kwesoyikiso esibi ngelo xesha ukusuka ekuzingeleni ngokungekho mthethweni ngenxa yophondo lwawo oluxabiseke kakhulu.
Izilwanyana zasendle zaziza kungena kwiifama ezikumda wepaki, zonakalise izityalo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha zibulale abantu. Oku kubangele uloyiko kunye nokuchasa izilwanyana zasendle ezisebenza ngokunceda abazingeli abangekho mthethweni abathi emva koko babe nokufikelela ngokulula kuba uluntu lwengingqi alubonangaxabiso ekukhuseleni izilwanyana zasendle okanye indawo yokuhlala yehlathi.
Ukwenziwa kweRhino Ark ngokukodwa yayikukunceda iNkonzo yaseKhaya yaseKhaya (KWS) ukwakha ucingo lombane ecaleni kwamacandelo e-Aberdare National Park kwiMpuma yeSalient yayo eneyona ndawo iphakamileyo yezilwanyana zasendle kunye nemida ngqo kwifama.
ICawa kaColin yazalelwa eNairobi ngo-1940, kwaye wasweleka kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo eneminyaka engama-81.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Colin Church, omnye wabalondolozi bendalo abaziwayo eMpuma Afrika, wayekwangumthetheleli woluntu woMkhombe oMnyama esebenza njengoSihlalo weRhino Ark Charitable Trust (2002 – 2012) njengoko wayesebenzela ukukhusela ezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane zeAberdare Park yaseKenya kunye kunye nezilwanyana zasendle zaseKenya kunye namahlathi ayo.
- Yicawe yaseColin eya kukhunjulwa ngokugqitywa kweprojekthi yocingo lombane eliziimayile ezingama-250 ezijikeleze uluhlu lweentaba eKenya ezazenzelwe ukugcina abazingeli ngaphandle kwezilwanyana kunye nezilwanyana.
- Oku kubangele uloyiko kunye nentiyo malunga nezilwanyana zasendle ezisebenze ngokuxhasa abazingeli abangekho mthethweni abathi ngoko babenofikelelo olulula kuba uluntu lwasekuhlaleni lwalungaboni xabiso ekukhuseleni izilwanyana zasendle okanye indawo yokuhlala yamahlathi.