Umdlali weqonga waseMelika kunye no-philanthropist wehlabathi u-Edward Norton kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho wase-Saudi u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb namhlanje bathembise nge-1 yesigidi seedola ukuxhasa umsebenzi we-Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust eKenya.
UMnu. Norton nguMongameli weTrust kwaye wenze isibhengezo kwi-22nd World Travel and Tourism Council Summit eyayibanjelwe eRiyadh kunye UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi ukwenza i-$1 yesigidi egameni likaMnu. Norton njengenxalenye yokuzinikela kwayo okuqhubekayo ekuxhaseni ulondolozo nokhenketho oluzinzileyo.
Ethetha kwiNgqungquthela, uMnu. Norton uthe: “Owona mceli mngeni weNkulungwane yama-21 kukulungelelanisa uqoqosho lwethu kunye namashishini ethu ukuze alondolozeke ngokwendalo kwaye abeke imiqobo ekunyukeni kobushushu behlabathi.
“Lo mceli-mngeni kufuneka kuhlangatyezwane nawo lishishini lezokhenketho kwihlabathi njengalo naliphi na elinye icandelo. Ukhenketho lufumana ikhredithi efanelekileyo ngenxa yoqhakamshelwano olukhuthazayo kodwa lunokuba lushishino olutsalwayo oluneziphumo ezibi kokusingqongileyo nezentlalo njengazo naziphi na ezinye xa zingathathelwa ngqalelo ngokufanelekileyo.
“Kufuneka sinyuse umgangatho wemigangatho yozinzo kwishishini lezokhenketho kwaye ndiyayibulela kakhulu loo nto WTTC undimeme ukuba ndibe nomsindo kancinane ngokucela umngeni kwishishini ukuba lingalwamkeli utshintsho olungeyonyani 'njengokwaneleyo'.
“Kwaye ndilibulela kakhulu igalelo WTTC kunye nababuki zindwendwe bethu kwiSebe lezoKhenketho laseSaudi benze umsebenzi obalulekileyo weMaasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. Lo mbutho ngumzekelo oqaqambileyo wendlela abantu bomthonyama abaphambili onokwakha ngayo inguqu ithuba elitsha loqoqosho ngolawulo olulumkileyo lobutyebi bendalo. "
Umdlali weqonga kunye ne-philanthropist ngumthetheleli ekudala ekho kwizizathu zolondolozo kwaye ngo-2010 uNorton wonyulwa njengonozakuzaku wokuqala weZizwe eziManyeneyo we-Biodiversity nguNobhala Jikelele we-UN uBan Ki-moon, naye owayethetha kwi-United Nations. WTTC Ingqungquthela.
UNorton ukwanguMongameli weBhodi yeMaasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, umbutho wolondolozo loluntu waseKenya osebenzisana noluntu lwemveli eMpuma Afrika ukulondoloza izinto eziphilayo eziphambili ngokuphuhlisa ingeniso yezoqoqosho ezinzileyo, esekelwe kwimithombo yendalo.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSaudi u-HE Ahmed Al-Khateeb uthe: “Sinebhongo kakhulu ngokuba sisindleke uMnu. Norton kwiNgqungquthela kwaye sixhasa ngenkuthalo iphulo lakhe lokuxhasa ulondolozo, uzinzo kunye namaphulo okusingqongileyo kumazwe ngamazwe.
“Isicwangciso sokhenketho soBukumkani sakhelwe ekusebenziseni iindlela ezihlaziyiweyo zophuhliso, ukulondoloza imbonakalo yomhlaba kunye nokuxhobisa uluntu. Uthethelelo olunenzondelelo lukaMnu. Norton lungasikhuthaza kuphela apha nakwihlabathi liphela ukuba silandele umzekelo wakhe ekwakheni ikamva elizinzileyo.”
UMnu. Norton wayelundwendwe olukhethekileyo kwiNgqungquthela kwaye wabandakanyeka kwingxoxo yemizuzu engama-45 kwiMovement yoZinzo kunye noFahd Hamidaddin, i-CEO kunye nelungu lebhodi ye-Saudi Tourism Authority. Ingxoxo yayigxile kumava kaMnu. Norton njengombalisi wamabali, umlweli wendalo esingqongileyo, kunye nosomashishini kwezentlalo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Norton is President of the Trust and made the announcement at the 22nd World Travel and Tourism Council Summit being held in Riyadh with the Saudi Ministry of Tourism committing $1 million on behalf of Mr.
- “Kufuneka sinyuse umgangatho wemigangatho yozinzo kwishishini lezokhenketho kwaye ndiyayibulela kakhulu loo nto WTTC invited me to be a little bit provocative in challenging the industry not to accept superficial changes as ‘enough'.
- Norton was a special guest at the Summit and engaged in a 45-minute conversation on the Sustainability Movement with Fahd Hamidaddin, CEO and member of the board Saudi Tourism Authority.
