The St Eustatius I-Tourism Development Foundation (STDF) iqinisekise iqela leengcaphephe zeshishini phakathi koluhlu lwezithethi zeNkomfa yeSibhozo ye-Statia Sustainability (SSC) yalo nyaka enesihloko esithi “Inkcubeko, iminyhadala, uQoqosho – Indlela eZinzileyo ePhambili.” Ababonisi u-Allen Cooper, u-Anthony Reid, kunye noGerjanne Voortman baya kwazisa kwaye bafundise abathunywa beendlela onokuqinisekisa ukuba iziganeko zizinzileyo phantsi kweseshoni eqhelekileyo ebizwa ngokuba "Inyathelo eliNgaphezu koZinzo - Ukwenza iMfashini yoMnyhadala wokuHlaziya kwiCaribbean." Le nkomfa iza kubanjelwa kwiZiko loLutsha iMike van Putten ngosuku lokhenketho lwehlabathi, ngoLwesihlanu, umhla wama-27 kuSeptemba.
U-Cooper unamava abalulekileyo kwi-innovation kunye noshishino "kuqoqosho lohlaza". A Trinidad umthonyama, Cooper usebenze kumazwe angaphezu kwama-16. Ulilungu leQela lokufunda leCaribbean Action kuQoqosho oluHlaza, kunye nelungu lebhodi yeFuture Fishers kunye neTrinidad kunye neTobago Music Festival Association. Ngo-2018, wakhethwa njengenxalenye yeqela lokucinga elijongene nemiba yohlaza lwe-CARIFESTA 2019, kwaye, nangonyaka odlulileyo, wasungula ishishini lakhe lenkcubeko eligxile kwizinto ezincinci zenkcubeko eziphezulu ezibonisa uxanduva lwentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Kwakhona kudweliswe kuluhlu lwezithethi ngu-Anthony Reid. Usebenze kumacandelo aliqela, kwicandelo likarhulumente nelabucala. Phakathi kuka-2009-2010, uReid wasebenza yiNational Women's Movement njengomcebisi wezolimo kwiNkqubo yoPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho enobulungisa efundisa ubuchule obutsha bokulima eMarrons ehinterland yaseSuriname. Phakathi kwe-2011 kunye ne-2013, njengomphathi weprogram, u-Reid ukhokele imibutho yendawo ekuphuhliseni uqoqosho lwamathemba phantsi kwesambulo se-Foundation Federation Heepi U See. Ngo-2015, uReid wafudukela kwi-Statia apho wayesebenza njengomphathi weyunithi kwiSebe lezoLimo phambi kokuba athathe uxanduva njengoMlawuli weThutyana wezoQoqosho kunye neZiseko zoPhuhliso ngo-2017.
UGerjanne Voortman ukhethekileyo kwimpembelelo yokhenketho kunye nokuvolontiya kwamanye amazwe. Usebenza njengomcebisi ozimeleyo kwiinkalo zonxibelelwano, uluntu, kunye nozinzo. Uqhube uphando lwe-ethnographic, ngakumbi kuMbindi Melika, efunda uluntu oluncinci ngokwembono yasekhaya neyehlabathi. Yomibini imisebenzi yakhe yezenzululwazi kunye namava akhe amaninzi okuhamba akhokelele kumdla wakhe kumathuba okuba ukhenketho lukhule luzinze ngakumbi okanye lube negalelo kwiindawo ekusingwa kuzo.
KwiiNdawo eziHlaza, isiseko esingenzi ngeniso kukhenketho oluzinzileyo, uphonononga iindawo ekusingwa kuzo kwingingqi yeCaribbean ukuze avavanye iindlela abanokwenza ngazo iindawo eziya kuzo zigcineke kwaye zibemnandi ngakumbi kubakhenkethi nabemi ngokufanayo. Ngexesha lenkcazo-ntetho yakhe kwiNkomfa yoZinzo, uVoortman uya kugxininisa kwizinto ezenziwayo nezingenziwayo kwaye aphonononge kunye nabathunywa ngamathuba okubhiyozela imisitho neminyhadala ngendlela ezinzileyo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- During her presentation at the Sustainability Conference, Voortman will focus on practical do’s and don'ts and explore with delegates the possibilities for celebrating events and festivals in a more sustainable way.
- He is a member of the Caribbean Action Learning Group for the Green Economy, and board member of Future Fishers and the Trinidad and Tobago Music Festival Association.
- In 2015, Reid migrated to Statia where he served as unit manager at the Agriculture Department before taking up the responsibility as Interim Director of Economy and Infrastructure in 2017.
