URodney, i-orangutan, uthabathe iklasi yabantwana besikolo saseBritane kutshanje njengoko wayekhuthaza iSarawak e-UK. Abantwana abancinci kwiSikolo saseColleton e-Twyford, eBerkshire babefunda ihlathi lemvula njengenxalenye yezifundo zabo zejografi xa uRodney ejika ngoSuku lweMvula yemvula kwaye wakhuthaza abaselula ukuba baxhase iBorneo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle.
Bonke abantwana babezenzele baza bapeyinta iimaski zabo ezibonisa izilwanyana ezahlukahlukeneyo zasemahlathini, kwaye uRodney wayenebhongo ngendawo engaphambili kumgca weconga njengoko abantwana nootitshala babo babedanisa bejikeleza isikolo bebonisa umsebenzi wezandla zabo.
“URodney yimascot yethu ethandekayo,” utshilo uChristina Wendt, umalathisi wentengiso nentengiso kwiZiko leNgqungquthela yaseSarawak. “Uyi-orangutan enkulu yokudlala ethambileyo, kwaye siyamsebenzisa xa sibambe iminyhadala yentengiso eYurophu njengoko esenza indawo yokuthetha emnandi, kwaye wonke umntu uyakuthanda ukufotwa kwakhe kunye naye. URodney wade wadibana noMkomishinala oPhezulu waseMalaysia eLondon xa sasisungula iZiko leNkomfa yaseBorneo Kuching kwimarike yase-UK kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Emva kotyelelo lukaRodney kwiSikolo saseColleton, abantwana bacelwa ukuba basebenze kwiprojekthi ekhaya eyayiza kubonisa yonke into abayifundileyo malunga nehlathi elinemvula.
Omnye wabantwana, oneminyaka emi-6 ubudala, wagqiba ekubeni amkele i-orangutan kwinkqubo entsha ye-Heart to Heart esungulwe yi-Sarwak Forestry Corporate Sbd Bld exhasa i-Semenggoh kunye ne-Matang Wildlife Centres.
Wathi: “Ndisifumene isatifikethi, yaye ndikhangele phambili ekufundeni ngakumbi ngeeorangutan zaseSarawak. “Sonwaba kakhulu mhla uRodney weza kwisikolo sethu!
“KwiZiko leNgqungquthela yaseSarawak, sinqwenela ngokwenene ukuba ummandla waseSarwak naseBorneo ufanele unyuselwe kuyo yonke iminyaka kwihlabathi liphela. Ngapha koko, abantwana beSikolo saseColleton basenokuba sisizukulwana esilandelayo sabaququzeleli beenkomfa!” watsho uWendt.
Ngolwazi oluthe vetshe, nceda uqhagamshelane noJulie Watterston, Watterston Associates Ltd, Ummeli wase-UK-Sarwak Convention Bureau ku +44 118 934 5542 okanye i-imeyile [imeyile ikhuselwe].
