Ukusukela ekusekweni kwayo ngo-2011, iRed Rocks eRwanda ibisebenza ekudibaniseni ukhenketho kunye nophuhliso loluntu ngokuqeqesha abakhokeli babakhenkethi ukubaxhobisa ngezakhono abazidingayo zokumisa abakhenkethi kwilali yaseNyakinama, kwiikhilomitha ezisixhenxe entshona yedolophu yaseMusanze, emantla eRwanda.
Omnye wabakhokeli babakhenkethi abafumene kweli phulo nguPeterson Akandida. Uthi ujoyine iRed Rocks eRwanda njengomfundi oqeqeshelwa ukutya ekholejini ngo-2016, kodwa ngoku uqeqeshiwe kwezokhenketho, umsebenzi athi umncedile ukunxibelelanisa uluntu nabakhenkethi abatyelela iRed Rocks eRwanda. Isikhokelo sabahlali baseRed Rocks yenye yeeprojekthi ezisekwe leli ziko ukusukela oko lasekwayo njengenxalenye yokuphakamisa umgangatho wokuphila wolutsha lwasekhaya. Yenzelwe ukunceda uluntu lwasekuhlaleni eNyakinama kunye nePaki yeSizwe ebanzi ngokuhlangabezana neemfuno ezandayo zokukhokela iinkonzo kunye nokukhuthaza ukukhula kwezoqoqosho kuluntu lwengingqi.
“Owona msebenzi wam njengesikhokelo kukusebenza njengomguquleli kubatyeleli nakubantu abanokuba nengxaki yolwimi. Baninzi abakhenkethi abanqwenela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwimicimbi yenkcubeko efana nokuluka ibhaskithi nokwenza ibanana yemveli kunye nebhiya yamazimba xa betyelele apha, kodwa ngelishwa uninzi lwabantu balapha abakwazi ukuthetha isiNgesi, ”utshilo u-Akandida.
Uhambisa athi imisebenzi yakhe yemihla ngemihla ikwabandakanya ukukhokela iqela labakhenkethi ejikeleze izinto ezinomtsalane zaseMusanze, iilali kunye nazo naziphi na ezinye iindawo ezibalulekileyo abanokhenketho abanqwenela ukuzindwendwela, ezifana nezikolo zengingqi nezibhedlele.
“Singabameli beRed Rocks eRwanda apho sikhulise khona izakhono zethu. Indima yethu enkulu kukukhuthaza inkcubeko kunye nelifa lemveli laseRwanda nokwenza iindwendwe zikwazi ukubaluleka kwenkcubeko nendalo yethu, utshilo.
UAkandida wongeza ukuba bayabanceda abahambi ukuba baqonde inkcubeko, imbali kunye nendlela yokuphila yoluntu lwasekhaya.
“Njengokuba njengezikhokelo sisazi ukubaluleka kweendawo ekuhlaleni, luxanduva lwethu ukuyichaza kakuhle le nto kubakhenkethi ngolwimi abaluqonda kakuhle,” utshilo.
U-Akandida uqhubeke athi ukuze ube ngumkhokeli wabakhenkethi, awunyanzelekanga ukuba ube nezakhono kulo msebenzi, kodwa kufuneka uthembeke, uthembeke, ube bhetyebhetye, uqeqeshwe kwaye uzinze.
“Apha sijongana nabakhenkethi abavela kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye akukho bakhenkethi babini abaza kuba neemfuno kunye neempawu ezifanayo. Kufuneka sibalungiselele nokuba ngamanye amaxesha inye okanye ezimbini zinokungena kwimithambo-luvo yakho ngenxa yezinto ezibonakala zingenakwenzeka, ”utshilo umkhokeli wabatyeleli.
U-Akandida wongeze ngelithi iRed Rocks ekhokela indawo incede uluntu ukuba lube nonxibelelwano olomeleleyo kunye neendwendwe, esongeza ukuba ukhenketho luyaqhubeka ukukhula eMusanze ngokubanzi naseNyakinama ngakumbi, enkosi kwiRed Rocks eRwanda, imfuno ekhulayo yezikhokelo Ihlala isanda kwaye yiyo loo nto beqhubeka nenkqubo yokuqeqesha abanye abakhokelo kwiziko.
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- Akandida adds that the Red Rocks tour guiding initiative has helped the local community to have a stronger connection with visitors, adding that as tourism continues to develop in Musanze in general and Nyakinama in particular, thanks to Red Rocks Rwanda, the growing demand for the guides is ever increasing and that's why they are continuing with the program to train more guides at the center.
- He says that he joined Red Rocks Rwanda as a trainee in catering from college in 2016, but now he has been trained in tour guiding, a profession he says has helped him to link the community with tourists who visit Red Rocks Rwanda.
- It is designed to mutually benefit the local community in Nyakinama and the wider Volcanoes National Park by meeting the increasing demands for guiding services and to stimulate economic growth within the local community.
