ICaribbean Tourism Organisation Foundation ibhengeza izifundiswa zika-2008

EBRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – Ngaphezu kweshumi elinesibini labemi baseCaribbean baza kufumana inkxaso-mali kwi-arhente yophuhliso lokhenketho, iCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), ukuqhubela phambili ulwazi nezakhono zabo kwezokhenketho/zokwamkela iindwendwe.

I-CTO, ngenkqubo yayo yokufunda, iCTO Foundation, kulo nyaka ibonelela ngenkxaso-mali yokufunda exabisa i-US$31,000 kubafundi abathandathu baseCaribbean abaqhuba izifundo kwinqanaba leMasters kumaziko ohlukeneyo. Ezimbini kwezi zifundo zisegameni lika-Audrey Palmer Hawks, owayesakuba yintloko yoMbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean (umanduleli we-CTO), owasweleka ngo-1987 eneminyaka engama-44 ubudala.

Ookhetshe, ababezinikele ekukhuthazeni ukhenketho lweCaribbean, wazalelwa eGuyana kodwa wakhulela eGrenada. Wayesakuba ngumphathiswa welizwe kwezokhenketho eGrenada, kwaye engowasetyhini wokuqala kunye nelizwe lokuqala leCaribbean ukuba abe yintloko yeCTA.

Enye yezifundo ezisegameni lakhe iya kwiGrenadian, uDiane Whyte, olandela iMSc yakhe kwezoKhenketho kunye noLawulo loBundwendwe kwiDyunivesithi yaseWest Indies.

“Esi sikolo siza kundinceda ekufezekiseni iphupha lam lokukufanelekela ukufundisa kwinqanaba eliphezulu. Ukongeza, ngendizifezekisile, ”utshilo uWhyte.

Eyesibini i-Audrey Palmer Hawks Scholarship inikezelwe kuBasil Jemmott, umfundi waseBarbadian ophinde afumane isidanga seMasters kwezoKhenketho noLawulo lwezokuBulungisa, kodwa kwiKholeji yaseYunivesithi yaseBirmingham e-UK.

“Obu kufunda bundinike ithuba lokuzalisekisa iphupha lobomi bam kusukelo lwam lokugqwesa kwimfundo. Ikwandinika nethuba lokuncedisa ngakumbi kuphuhliso lwemveliso yezokhenketho ngokufundisa noqeqesho kulwazi, izakhono namava endiya kuwafumana,” utshilo uJemmott.

Abantu abathathu baseJamaican - u-Synethia Ennis (i-MBA kwi-International Hospitality & Tourism Management kwiYunivesithi yamazwe ngamazwe e-Schiller), uZane Robinson (i-MSc. kwi-Hospitality Management kwiYunivesithi yaseFlorida International) kunye noPatricia Smith (i-MSc. Ukhenketho kunye noLawulo lwezoKhenketho kwiYunivesithi yaseWest Indies) , kunye ne-Trinidadian Priya Ramsumair (i-MSc kuPhuhliso loKhenketho kwiYunivesithi yaseSurrey), gcwalisa uluhlu lwabaphumeleleyo be-scholarship.

“Eli nyathelo le-CTO lincomeka kakhulu kwaye limele ukuzibophelela kwayo okuqhubekayo kuphuhliso lwabasebenzi bommandla,” utshilo uRamsumair.

“Kuziva kumnandi ukwazi ukuba kukho imibutho ezimiseleyo ukuxhasa amabhongo abantu abancinci abanolwazi lokubuka iindwendwe abasuka kwiCaribbean,” utshilo uRobinson.

“Emva kokuphumelela iMBA yam, ndiyathemba ukuba ndiza kuba negalelo elikhulu kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo lwemveliso yokhenketho yeCaribbean ngokusebenzisa uqeqesho lwam kunye nembono entsha,” wongeze watsho uEnnis.

USmith, nowake wafumana iCTO Foundation Scholarship kulo nyaka uphelileyo, amehlo akhe athe njo ekufundiseni ngokhenketho kwinqanaba leyunivesithi.

“Ngoku ndijonge phambili ekusasazeni ulwazi namava am kubafundi, abaqulunqi bemigaqo-nkqubo nakubaphathi kwishishini lezokhenketho njengoko ndizama ukwenza igalelo elibonakalayo kuphuhliso lokhenketho kulo mmandla,” utshilo.

Ukongeza kwi-scholarships, i-CTO Foundation ibonelele ngenkxaso-mali yokufunda ye-US $ 2000 nganye kubantu abasixhenxe abavela e-Antigua, eDominican Republic, eJamaica, eSt Kitts, eSt. Lucia naseTrinidad naseTobago. Abemi abathathu baseCaribbean nabo bafumene i-US$10,000 yenkxaso-mali yokuthatha inxaxheba kuLawulo loKhenketho loLonwabo loNxweme kwiKhampasi yaseCave Hill yeYunivesithi yaseWest Indies. Isixa esipheleleyo kwi-scholarship kunye nezibonelelo yi-US $ 55,000.

I-CTO Foundation, eyasekwa ngo-1997, ibhaliswe kwi-New York State njengequmrhu elingenzi nzuzo, elisungulwe kuphela ngeenjongo zesisa kunye nezemfundo. Injongo yayo ephambili kukubonelela ngenkxaso-mali yokufunda kunye nezibonelelo zokufunda kubafundi kunye nabasebenzi beshishini abangabemi baseCaribbean, abavela kumazwe angamalungu e-CTO, abanqwenela ukulandela izifundo kwimimandla yokhenketho / yokubuka iindwendwe kunye noqeqesho lolwimi. ISiseko sixhasa abantu ababonisa amanqanaba aphezulu okuphumelela kwizifundo kunye nokubanakho ubunkokeli kwaye babonisa umdla oqinileyo wokwenza igalelo kukhenketho lweCaribbean.

Ukusukela oko yasekwayo, iCTO Foundation ibonelele malunga nama-50 amakhulu okufunda kunye nezibonelelo zokufunda ezingaphezu kwama-90. Abaxhasi abakhulu be-CTO Foundation baquka i-American Express, i-American Airlines, i-Interval International, i-Universal Media, izahluko ze-CTO kwihlabathi jikelele kunye namalungu amaninzi angama-CTO.

Ulwazi malunga neNkqubo ye-CTO ye-Scholarship kunye noluhlu lwabafumana i-scholarship kunye nabafumana isibonelelo banokufumaneka www.onecaribbean.org.