Isisa samanzi acocekileyo, i-Just Drop, ibhenela kushishino lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho ukunyusa imali yokubonelela ngamanzi acocekileyo akhuselekileyo eHaiti emva kwentlekele yakutshanje. Njengoko ii-arhente zoncedo olungxamisekileyo zizama ukufumana izinto eziyimfuneko ngoko nangoko emva kwenyikima, iJust a Drop icela iminikelo yokubonelela ngenkxaso eqhubekayo kwiilali kunye noluntu.
Ukulandela intlekele yendalo, amakhulu abantu baye bafa ngaphandle kokufikelela kumanzi acocekileyo, akhuselekileyo, ngelixa iipesenti ezingama-50 zabantu abakwizibhedlele zaseHaiti ngoku bakhona ngenxa yamanzi amdaka. I-Just Drop iya kuthumela amaqela kamsinya nje lakuba ixesha lokuqala loncedo liphelile ukunceda ekwakhiweni ngokutsha kweziseko zoncedo zamanzi nogutyulo kunye nokukhuthaza uluntu olugxothiweyo ukuba lubuyele ezilalini nakumakhaya abo.
UFiona Jeffery, umseki nosihlalo weJust a Drop nosihlalo weWorld Travel Market, wathi: “Enoba lenzelwa ishishini okanye ulonwabo, eyona ndlela yoshishino lokukhenketha nokhenketho kukuba idibanisa abantu abavela kwihlabathi lonke. Kufuneka sijongane nemingeni emikhulu eHaiti kwaye njengeshishini kufuneka sihlangane kwaye siboleke inkxaso yethu kubantu balo. Ngazo zonke iintlekele ezilolu hlobo, ukunqongophala kwamanzi yingxaki enkulu kwaye izinto ezintsha zithunyelwa ngokukhawuleza kwisiqithi. Kodwa xa iimfuno ezikhawulezileyo zihlangatyezwa, kubalulekile ukuba inkxaso iqhubeke ukuze inkqubo yokubuyisela izinze. Oko kuthetha ukwakhiwa ngokutsha kweziseko ezingundoqo zamanzi nogutyulo. Isibheno nje sika-Drop sika-“JUST HELP HAITI” kushishino lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho yinxalenye encinci yempendulo yehlabathi kule ntlekele yehlabathi. Kodwa amanzi acocekileyo nacocekileyo ayinto enika ubomi, kwaye isisa sinendima ebalulekileyo. Ndibongoza wonke umntu ukuba anike inkxaso yakhe kuba yonke into encinci yongeza ekwenzeni umahluko omkhulu. ”
UMike Spinelli, owayesakuba ngumongameli weAmerican Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) nosekela sihlalo weHaitian League, wathi: “Okuhlekisayo kukuba, eyona ngxaki inkulu iHaiti ejamelene nayo yeyokunceda abantu banikele ingqalelo ekupheliseni iingxaki zaseHaiti, kungekhona oonobangela. Awuyinyangi ngokufanelekileyo indlala kwilizwe elizaliswe ziilwandlekazi ngokubanika iintlanzi, kodwa, kunoko, iipali zokuloba. Ukuhanjiswa kwezikhitshane zamanzi amatsha acocekileyo eHaiti kuyafana noku, njengoko ngokucacileyo, amanzi ayaphela. Ekubeni ama-50 ekhulwini azo zonke iibhedi zesibhedlele eHaiti zizaliswe ngabantu abathwaxwa ngamanzi amdaka, yaye umntwana omnye kwabali-10 usweleka ngaphambi kweminyaka emihlanu ngenxa yamanzi angacocekanga, iJust a Drop’s project yiGodsend eya eHaiti. Ukwenziwa kwamaqula neminye imithombo eqhubekayo yamanzi acocekileyo kuyintsikelelo ngokwenene kwilizwe eliqhele ukuhamba iikhilomitha ezintlanu ukuze lifumane le ntswelo isisiseko, yaye iJust a Drop ifanele iqhwatywe izandla.”
Kwiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, iJust a Drop iye yanceda abantwana abangaphezu kwesigidi kunye neentsapho zabo ezisuka kumazwe angama-29 ngokwakha amaqula akhuselweyo, ukufakela imibhobho nokubonelela ngenkqubo yogutyulo, kuquka nomsebenzi onempumelelo emva kweTsunami neNkanyamba uMitch eGrenada ngowe-2004. Emva kwezi ntlekele. kwenzeka, umbutho wamanzi wamazwe ngamazwe uqhube izibongozo zokunyusa ingxowa-mali yokwakha kwakhona amanzi azinzileyo kwaye wakhuthaza abantu abafudukayo ukuba babuyele ekhaya.
Zininzi iindlela zokunikela ngemali kwi-Drop nje. Iinkampani ezinqwenela ukuxhasa isibheno zinokungenisa iminikelo kwi-intanethi nge-website ye-Just a Drop's website www.justadrop.org , okanye zithumele iitshekhi ezenziwe zihlawulwe kwi-Just Drop, ingqalelo ka-Ana Sustelo - uMququzeleli nje weDrop, i-Gateway House, i-28 I-Quadrant , Richmond TW9 1DN. Kungenjalo, ukwenza ukudluliselwa kwe-BACS, nceda uqhagamshelane noNikki Davis kwidilesi ye-imeyile engezantsi.
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi malunga nomsebenzi we-Drop's Drop nceda undwendwele www.justadrop.org.
IINKCUKACHA ZOQHAGAMSHELWANO:
Ukuba ungathanda ukuqhuba umsitho wokunyusa imali yeeprojekthi ze-Just a Drop, nceda uqhagamshelane noNikki Davis, ku:
Ifowuni: +44 (0) 20 8910 7981
email: [imeyile ikhuselwe]
Ngemibuzo yemithombo yeendaba, nceda uqhagamshelane noFiona Jeffery kwi-Drop nje:
Ifowuni: 0208 910 7043
email:[imeyile ikhuselwe]
www.pax.travel
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukwenziwa kwamaqula neminye imithombo eqhubekayo yamanzi acocekileyo ngokwenene kuyintsikelelo kwilizwe eliqhele ukuhamba iikhilomitha ezintlanu ngenxa yale mfuno isisiseko, yaye iJust Drop ifanele iqhwatywe izandla.
- Ekubeni ama-50 ekhulwini azo zonke iibhedi zesibhedlele eHaiti zizaliswe ngabantu abathwaxwa ngamanzi amdaka, yaye umntwana omnye kwabali-10 usweleka ngaphambi kweminyaka emihlanu ngenxa yamanzi angacocekanga, iJust a Drop’s project yiGodsend eya eHaiti.
- Njengoko ii-arhente zoncedo olungxamisekileyo zizama ukufumana izinto eziyimfuneko ezifunekayo emva kwenyikima, iJust a Drop icela iminikelo yokubonelela ngenkxaso eqhubekayo kwiilali kunye noluntu.
