I-SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Ulutsha lokusiNgqongileyo kunye nokuZinza, okanye i-YES, iNkomfa, ibuyela kwi-Bay Area ngo-10 ekuseni ngoMgqibelo, ngoFebruwari 25, 2017, kwi-Bay Area Metro Centre kwi-375 Beale Street eSan Francisco.
Inkomfa yengingqi yasimahla yosuku iya kuhlanganisa abafundi besikolo esiphakathi kunye nabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo ukusuka kwiingingqi ezilithoba zeNdawo yaseSan Francisco Bay ukuxoxa ngezihloko ezisusela kutshintsho lwemozulu kunye nempilo yoluntu ukuya kwezothutho kunye nongcoliseko lomoya. I-Bay Area Air Quality Management District kunye ne-Metropolitan Transportation Commission ixhasa inkomfa yonyaka.
"INkomfa ye-YES yindibano yengingqi eyoyikekayo edibanisa intshukumo yemozulu ekhokelwa ngabafundi kwizikolo zethu nakuluntu lwasekuhlaleni," utshilo uNoah Preute, umfundi waseSt. Vincent de Paul High School eSanta Rosa kunye nelungu lekomiti yocwangciso lwabafundi iNkomfa ye-YES. “Ndichulumancile ukunceda ukucwangcisa inkomfa kunye nokwazisa isizukulwana sam ngeziphumo ezibi zokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nongcoliseko lomoya kubomi bethu nakwiplanethi.
Abafundi abazimasayo baya kuba nethuba lokufunda ngokuthe ngqo kwiinzame zoontanga babo ngokuxoxa ngenkxaso, unxibelelwano, uphuhliso lobunkokeli kunye nokwakhiwa kwezakhono. Le nkqubo iya kubandakanya iinkcazo-ntetho eziqhutywayo ezikhokelwa ngabafundi neenkokeli zolutsha ezivela kwizikolo nezixeko ezahlukeneyo kulo mmandla. Inkomfa ye-YES ka-2017 iya kuba ngunyaka wesine wokudibanisa ulutsha ukuze lukwabelana ngolwazi lokujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu. Le nkomfa yawonga i-2014 Breathe California Award kudidi lokwazisa uluntu.
Akukho ndleko yokuya kwinkomfa kwaye isidlo sakusasa nesasemini siya kubonelelwa ngabathathi-nxaxheba. Abazali nootitshala nabo bamkelekile. Abafundi kufuneka bafumane imvume yabazali babo ukuba baye.
Injongo ye-Spare the Air Youth program kukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi eluhlaza kunye nokuqhuba ngokunyuka ukuhamba kunye nokuhamba ngebhayisikili njengendlela yokuthutha phakathi kolutsha kunye neentsapho zabo ngaloo ndlela kuphuculwe umgangatho womoya kwindawo yaseSan Francisco Bay.
ISithili soMoya yi-arhente yengingqi enoxanduva lokukhusela umgangatho womoya kwingingqi ye-Bay Area. I-MTC lucwangciso lwezothutho, ulungelelwaniso kunye ne-arhente yenkxaso-mali kwiingingqi ezilithoba zeNdawo yaseSan Francisco Bay.