U-Irish-American u-philanthropist uqhubeka ukuze asindise i-Ireland yezokhenketho.
UChuck Feeney unikezele ukuxhasa iskimu esinika iivawutsha ezili-100 zeedola kubakhenkethi baseMelika abandwendwela eIreland, iLondon Times ibike namhlanje.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho uMartin Cullen uthe uFeeney oneminyaka engama-78 wanxibelelana emva kwenkomfa yaseFarmleigh, apho izikhanyiso zamashishini ezivela eIreland kunye ne-diaspora zajoyina abezopolitiko ukuze baxoxe ngoqoqosho.
UFeeney uthe ufuna ukunceda ishishini lokhenketho eIreland ngokuthe ngqo, uMphathiswa uCullen uxelele iTimes.
UFeeney wakhulela e-Elizabeth, eNew Jersey, unyana we-inshurensi ephantsi kunye nomongikazi. Ebutsheni bakhe waya eJapan naseKorea njengeGI kwaye kamva wafunda kwiYunivesithi yaseCornell eIthaca. Wenze imali yakhe ngeemveliso ezingahlawulelwayo kwaye uhlala enikela ngemali kwizikim ze-philanthropic e-US, eIreland nakwezinye iindawo.
Ngo-1982 waseka i-Atlantic Philanthropies, isiseko esinika imali kumaphulo aseMntla Ireland kunye neRiphabhlikhi yase-Ireland, kunye noMzantsi Afrika, eMelika, eBermuda nakwamanye amazwe.
UFeeney, ongummi wase-Ireland nowaseMelika, uphila ubomi obungalawulekiyo ngokwakhe, ngokwenqaku elikwiwebhusayithi ye-Atlantic Philanthropies. Unxiba iiglasi zokufunda ezi-9 kunye newotshi ye-15 yeedola.
I-billionaire inika imali kuphela kwizizathu zokukhetha kwakhe - isiseko sakhe asikwamkeli izicelo ezingafunwayo zemali. Kwixesha elidlulileyo wenze igalelo kwinkqubo yoxolo yaseNorthern Irish kwaye wahlawula i-ofisi yase-Sinn Fein yaseWashington iminyaka emithathu. Ukwanike iibhiliyoni kwimfundo ephakamileyo yaseIreland.
Ishishini lezokhenketho lase-Ireland lehle ngepesenti ezili-12 ngo-2009, kwaye uFeeney unethemba lokuba iivawutsha, eziya kufikelela kwisaphulelo seenqwelomoya kunye nendawo yokuhlala, ziya kunceda amanani abatyeleli baseIreland anyuke malunga nama-50,000 kulo nyaka uzayo.
