UMlawuli oLawulayo weNtsako Travel Africa uLipian Mtandabari wawongwa ngewokuqala kumazwe ngamazwe LGBTQ + I-Travel Association Foundation i-scholarship ukuba ithathe inxaxheba kwiprogram ye-master's-level kwi-CETT, iSikolo soKhenketho, uBundwendwe kunye neGastronomy kwiYunivesithi yaseBarcelona. Inkqubo yenyani yonyaka omnye kwi-LGBTQ + ukhenketho yeyokuqala yohlobo lwayo, inika abathathi-nxaxheba ithuba lokuba babe ziinkokeli zotshintsho kukhenketho ngomzekelo osekwe kwintlonipho nokubandakanywa.
ULipian, osuka eZimbabwe, useke iNtsako Travel Africa ngo-2018 ukuphuhlisa ukhenketho lweLGBTQ+ e-Afrika, egxile eZimbabwe, eMzantsi Afrika, eBotswana naseZambia. Uthi ukuqhubela phambili ibali kunzima ngaphandle kwemfundo esemthethweni, nangona iminyaka yamava kukhenketho.
“Ukuba yincutshe emsebenzini LGBTQ + ukhenketho kwilizwekazi le-Afrika, ilizwekazi apho imfundo isenendima enkulu ekuqinisekiseni ubungcali bomntu kunye nobuchule bomsebenzi, linemingeni emininzi,” utshilo uLipian. “Ndikholelwa ukuba esi siqinisekiso siza kundivumela ukuba ndikhulise ulwazi lwam, izakhono zam kwaye ndifaneleke ngakumbi kunobangela wokuba ndiwuthanda kakhulu umhla nezolo. Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngokukhethwa kwaye andithandabuzi ukuba iinzame zam zokuqhubela phambili ukhenketho lweLGBTQ+ ngoku ziya kwandiswa.
Le mali yokufunda yadalwa ngentsebenziswano ngesisa Queer Destinations ukuze kuzuze ilungu ishishini elincinci IGLTA kunye nokuxhasa ikhosi entsha ye-CETT, esungule imodyuli yayo yokuqala kule nyanga.
Ikomiti yokufunda ye-IGLTAF yakhuthazwa libali likaLipian kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe kulo LGBTQ + ukhenketho. Ngaphambili waye wafumana i-IGLTAF uDavid Martin Martin Small Business Fellowship ukuba aye ku-2019 IGLTA INdibano yeHlabathi kwisiXeko saseNew York.
“Siyavuyisana noLipian ngokukhethelwa inkqubo yeCETT ka-2022. Isicelo sakhe sinyukele phezulu ngenxa yokuthanda kwakhe ukuba nefuthe elincomekayo kukhenketho lweLGBTQ + kungekuphela nje eAfrika, kodwa kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye siyazi ukuba uya kwenza igalelo elikhulu kwishishini lethu,” utshilo uNobhala we-IGLTAF u-Eddie Canaday, okhokela ikomiti yokhetho. “Sifumene izicelo ezivela kwiqela elimangalisayo labagqatswa beshishini be-IGLTA kwaye sibaqhwabela izandla bonke ngokuzinikela kwabo kulo LGBTQ + ukhenketho kwaye sinethemba lokubonelela ngamathuba anjengala kwiminyaka ezayo. ”
Ukukhonza kwikomiti yokukhetha i-IGLTAF ye-scholarship: Eddie Canaday, Tyelela i-Salt Lake; Pamela Herr, PH Iziganeko; Rika Jean-Francois, ITB Berlin; uDougal Mckenzie, uGoogle; UJim McMichael, eLas Vegas CVA; kunye noGary Murakami, iTeneo Hospitality Group.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Ukuba yincutshe kukhenketho lweLGBTQ+ kwilizwekazi laseAfrika, ilizwekazi apho imfundo isadlala indima enkulu ekuqinisekiseni ubungcali bomntu kunye nobuchule bomsebenzi, inemingeni emininzi,” utshilo uLipian.
- Inkqubo yenyani yonyaka omnye kwi-LGBTQ + yokhenketho yeyokuqala kolo hlobo, inika abathathi-nxaxheba ithuba lokuba babe ziinkokeli zotshintsho kukhenketho ngomzekelo osekwe kwintlonipho nokubandakanywa.
- “Sifumene izicelo ezivela kwiqela elimangalisayo labagqatswa beshishini le-IGLTA kwaye sibaqhwabela izandla bonke ngokuzinikela kwabo kukhenketho lweLGBTQ+ kwaye sinethemba lokubonelela ngamathuba angakumbi anjengala kwiminyaka ezayo.
