Sele igqithile iveki ukusukela ukuba inqanaba lesi-5 leNkanyamba u-Irma laqala ukuwa, lonakalisa iindawo ezazingqonge isiqithi saseBarbuda kwaye lishiya ngasemva izisele zamakhaya, izikolo, iivenkile zelali- iipesenti ezingama-90 zezakhiwo.
Kwiintsuku ezalandelayo sabona indalo kwindawo yayo etshabalalisayo, eyonakalisayo neyonakalisayo, njengoko isaqhwithi esikhulu sahlasela inani lamazwe ethu angamalungu kwiZiqithi ezisemantla eLeeward kwaye siqhubela phambili emantla ngemimoya yaso yeemayile ezili-185 ngeyure, zisenza ingozi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ubungqongqo.
Ekuvukeni kwesiqhwithi siye sabona iintlungu zabo baphulukana nabantu ababathandayo, intlungu yabaninzi abaphulukene namakhaya kunye neento zonke abanazo, kunye ne-angst yeCaribbean iphela ejongene nentlalontle yabachaphazelekayo.
Kodwa sikubonile ukuzimisela okuchazwe ngabantu baseCaribbean abangafuniyo ukunikezela nakwezona zihlandlo zinzima.
Kungenxa yolu kuqina okumangalisayo ukuba amazwe amaninzi achaphazelekayo aqala ukuvula kwakhona ishishini; ukuba abona bantu bachaphazeleke kakhulu banezikhululo zeenqwelo-moya zabo zisebenza kwakhona, ukuba kuphela zinokufumana izinto zokunceda nokukhupha iindwendwe; kwaye kuko oku komelela okumangalisayo okuqhuba inkqubo yokubuyisela, ukwakha ngokutsha kunye nokuhlaziya. Kukho ukuzibophelela kokuvela kule nto inamandla kakhulu kunangaphambili, kwaye kwiveki edlulileyo okanye kunjalo siye sabona ukuthanda, ukuzimisela kunye nokusebenza kanzima ukuba amaqela asekuhlaleni, ommandla kunye namazwe ngamazwe abekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba amazwe achaphazelekayo abuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. elona xesha likhawulezayo. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwe-Irma kuye kwaqinisa ukuzimisela kweCaribbean ukwakha kwakhona ngendlela echanekileyo, iqinisekisa ukuzinza kunye nokubonisa intlonipho yokusingqongileyo. Eli lithuba lokuba yonke iCaribbean iphumelele umyalezo wophuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye nokunceda ukugxila kuluntu kwimiba enxulumene nobungozi bokutshintsha kwemozulu.
Umbutho wezoKhenketho kwiCaribbean uvakalisa uvelwano lwethu olusuka entliziyweni kwiintsapho zabo baphulukene nabantu ababathandayo, kunye nenkxaso yethu engagungqiyo kuye wonke umntu ochaphazelekayo yiNkanyamba uIrma.
Ukusebenza kunye ne-Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, amaqabane ethu abucala e-Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association, i-cruise lines, iinqwelo-moya, amanye amaqabane oshishino kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe, siyakhuthazwa ngokuphuma koncedo. Inkxaso ikwavela kumazwe ethu amaninzi angamalungu athe asindiswa ngumsindo wesi saqhwithi siyingozi, nakwabo bathe bachaphazeleka kodwa basinda kwezona zibi. Bona, kunye nabemi abaninzi baseCaribbean kuyo yonke indawo babonelela ngoncedo, okanye baqalisa amanyathelo okunyusa imali yoncedo. Abanye bathumela abasebenzi, abanye iimpahla kunye nemali. I-CTO iyababulela kwaye ibaqhwabela izandla bonke.
Njengosihlalo wethu, umphathiswa wezokhenketho we-The Bahamas, u-Dionisio D'Aguilar uthe, sinyamezele iinkqwithela ezininzi, somelele kwaye siza kuhamba kwindlela yokubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo kunye. Sisebenzise iNgxowa-mali yokuNceda iNkanyamba ukuze sincede abantu bethu namazwe akhe kwakhona emva kwesiphango. Ndiyacela Cofa apha ukunikela kwingxowa-mali. Siyalixabisa igalelo lakho kwaye siyakukhuthaza ukuba ube nesisa.
I-CTO iyaqhubeka nokubonelela ngenkxaso yethu kumazwe angamalungu achaphazelekayo. Sikwabonelela ngohlaziyo kwi OneCaribbean.org njengoko befumaneka.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- There is a commitment to emerge from this much stronger than before, and over the past week or so we have witnessed the will, determination and hard work that the local, regional and international teams are putting in to ensure the affected countries return to normality in the quickest possible time.
- Ekuvukeni kwesiqhwithi siye sabona iintlungu zabo baphulukana nabantu ababathandayo, intlungu yabaninzi abaphulukene namakhaya kunye neento zonke abanazo, kunye ne-angst yeCaribbean iphela ejongene nentlalontle yabachaphazelekayo.
- Kwiintsuku ezalandelayo sabona indalo kwindawo yayo etshabalalisayo, eyonakalisayo neyonakalisayo, njengoko isaqhwithi esikhulu sahlasela inani lamazwe ethu angamalungu kwiZiqithi ezisemantla eLeeward kwaye siqhubela phambili emantla ngemimoya yaso yeemayile ezili-185 ngeyure, zisenza ingozi ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ubungqongqo.
