Eli galelo liya kufikelela kwimpumelelo yoSuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lokuCoca iNxweme, ethe yabanjwa ngomhla we-16 kuSeptemba 2023. Umsitho wonyaka, obubanjelwe kwiindawo ezili-186 kulo lonke elaseJamaica, ujolise ekulondolozeni iindawo ezingaselunxwemeni ezicocekileyo zesiqithi kunye nokulwela uzinzo lokusingqongileyo.
Evakalisa inkxaso yakhe kulo msitho, Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa, oHloniphekileyo. Edmund Bartlett, ugxininise ukubaluleka koSuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lokuCoca amaNxweme kwikamva laseJamaica. Uye wathi, "Ndikholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukuCocwa koNxweme kubaluleke kakhulu kwikamva laseJamaica. Iindawo zethu ezingaselunxwemeni ezicocekileyo azikho nje isango kwishishini lethu lezokhenketho eliphumelelayo kodwa zikwayimbonakaliso yokuzinikela kwethu ekulondolozeni indalo esingqongileyo.”
Umphathiswa uqhubeke wathi, "Ndichukumisekile linani labantu baseJamaica endibabona bethatha inxaxheba ngokukhutheleyo kuCwangciso loNxweme lwaMazwe ngaMazwe minyaka le, njengoko lubonisa ukuzibophelela kwethu ekugcineni ubuhle bendalo baseJamaica, siqinisekisa ukuba unxweme lwethu luhlala lumangalisa kwaye lumema izizukulwana ezizayo."
Njengomxhasi wesihloko somxhasi wenyathelo leInternational Coastal Cleanup ukusukela ngo-2008, I-TEF iqaphela indima ebalulekileyo yokhuseleko lokusingqongileyo ekulondolozeni nasekuphuculeni imveliso yokhenketho yaseJamaica.
Iziphumo ezincumisayo eziphunyezwe ngeli nyathelo zibubungqina bokuzinikela kwamavolontiya nemibutho.
Ngo-2022, amavolontiya angama-6,020 avela kumaqela ali-134 adibanisa izandla ukuze aqokelele inkunkuma eyi-79,507 yeekhilogram ukusuka kwiikhilomitha ezingama-124 kunxweme kuzo zonke iirhamente ezili-14 eJamaica.
Ngethuba lemisebenzi yokucoca kwindawo ye-JET ye-Flagship kwi-Palisadoes Go-Kart track ngoMgqibelo (Septemba 16), uGqr. Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, iNzululwazi yezeNdalo kunye ne-CEO kwi-Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), igxininise ekugxininiseni ukujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki ngeli xesha. iinzame zokucoca zonyaka. Ugxininise ukubaluleka kokufundisa amavolontiya malunga nokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweeplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye kunye nokukhuthaza iindlela zokuphinda zisetyenziswe.
Nangona inani lamavolontiya lancitshiswa emva kulo nyaka ngenxa yeemeko eziphuculweyo kwiindawo ezithile, ugxininise ukuba ukucocwa konxweme kuhlala kubalulekile ekuthinteleni iiplastiki kunye nenkunkuma ekungeneni kwendalo yaselwandle.
“Sibe nococi oluncinci kulo nyaka. Kunyaka ophelileyo besinamavolontiya ayi-1000, ngo-2019 besinamavolontiya angama-2000 kwesi siza. Sigqibe kwelokuba sicuthe inani lamavolontiya [kulo nyaka] kuba sikhe sadlula sajonga indawo kwangethuba, safumanisa ukuba ayimbi kangako. Esinye sezizathu esicinga ngazo, kungenxa yeprojekthi yokucoca ulwandle eyenzekayo ngokubambisana neGrace Kennedy Foundation apho banemiqobo phambi kwemijelo embalwa emikhulu kwaye sikwanayo nenkqubo yohlaziyo ekhoyo. Kodwa ukucocwa konxweme kusabaluleke kakhulu kuba lithuba lokugqibela lokuba sisuse iiplastiki kunye nenkunkuma ngaphambi kokuba ifike kwindawo yaselwandle kwaye ibangele iingxaki ezingaphezulu, "kusho uDkt Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, iNzululwazi yezeNdalo kunye ne-CEO kwi-Environment yaseJamaica. Thembela.
USuku lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lokuCoca iiNdawo ezingaseluNxwemeni, olubanjwa ngoMgqibelo wesithathu kaSeptemba rhoqo ngonyaka, luvunywa njengowona msitho mkhulu wosuku olunye lwamavolontiya ehlabathini. Yaqalwa yi-Ocean Conservancy eTexas ngaphezulu kwamashumi amathathu eminyaka eyadlulayo, lo msitho udibanisa amavolontiya asuka kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100 ukuqokelela izigidi zeeponti zenkunkuma. E-Jamaica, i-Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) yaba ngumququzeleli kazwelonke wemisebenzi ye-ICC kwi-2008, ngenkxaso ye-Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) njengomxhasi wayo oyintloko.
I-TEF ihleli izinikele ekukhuthazeni uzinzo lokusingqongileyo eJamaica kwaye iya kuqhubeka isebenzisana nemibutho nabantu ngabanye ukukhusela ubuhle bendalo belizwe.
