LONDON, UK – Iprojekthi ye-USAID kaNyungwe Nziza (“iNyungwe eNyungwe”) yabizwa ngokuba ngophumelele iBritish Guild of Travel Writers' (BGTW) Best Overseas and Best Global Project Awards. Kumsitho wamabhaso wonyaka wonyaka we-Guild obubanjelwe eLondon's Savoy Hotel phezolo, uSihlalo weGuild uRoger Bray uthe, “INyungwe Nziza ngumzekelo weprojekthi yokhenketho kumazwe asakhasayo. Ukubandakanyeka kwe-USAID eNyungwe kuqale kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, kwaye ukusukela oko elo hlathi latyunjwa njengepaki yesizwe ngo-2007 i-USAID ineeprojekthi ezisebenzayo kulondolozo nokhenketho lwendalo, isebenzisana ngokubambisana norhulumente waseRwanda ukuxhasa iinzame zabo zokulawula ngokuzimeleyo nangokuthembekileyo le paki kunye. izibonelelo zayo.
Kumsitho wamawonga e-BGTW, iprojekthi yeNyungwe Nziza iye yavunywa ngegalelo layo kukhenketho lwendalo, izinto eziphilayo ezahlukeneyo, kunye noluntu lwasekuhlaleni. Owayesakuba nguSihlalo we-BGTW, uMelissa Shale, uthe: “Amalungu ombutho akhethe iProjekthi yaseNyungwe Nziza emva kokuqwalasela iiprojekthi ezininzi kwihlabathi jikelele. Sivotele iProjekthi yaseNyungwe Nziza kuba luhlobo lweprojekthi efanele ukwenziwa kwihlabathi jikelele. ”
Iprojekthi ye-USAID yeNyungwe Nziza isebenzisana neBhodi yoPhuhliso yaseRwanda ukuguqula iPaki yeSizwe yaseNyungwe ibe yindawo esebenzayo yokhenketho lwendalo. Eyona njongo iphambili luqoqosho oluphumelelayo kwipaki nakwiindawo ezingqongileyo kunye noluntu olubandakanyekayo kunye necandelo labucala elinemodeli yoshishino esekelwe ekukhuseleni nasekusebenziseni indawo eyodwa abahlala kuyo nabasebenza kuyo. Okwangoku, uphuhliso lwemveliso oluqhutywa yimalike kunye nezicwangciso zentengiso zisebenza:
-Ukwahluka koqoqosho lwasekhaya, ukudala imisebenzi, kunye nokwandisa ingeniso yentsapho, okukhokelela ekunciphiseni ubuhlwempu kunye nokunciphisa izisongelo;
-Yenza ubambiswano olunokwehla noluyilayo lwamashishini abucala nakarhulumente ukuze kwandiswe utyalo-mali kwipaki nakwindawo ezingqongileyo, nto leyo ekhokelela kwisicwangciso soshishino lokhenketho oluqhutywa yimalike kule paki;
-Ukuphucula imeko-bume evumela ukhenketho lwendalo, olukhokelela kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo lwezoqoqosho eNyungwe nangaphaya; kwaye
-Kungcono ukudibanisa uluntu lwengingqi kumakhonkco exabiso akhoyo kunye namatsha e-ecotourism.
Njengoko kuchaziwe nguPeter Malnak, uMphathi weMishini ye-USAID/Rwanda: “IPaka yeSizwe yaseNyungwe yenye yezona ndawo zintle zendalo ehlabathini. I-USAID inebhongo ngokuba ibisebenza kunye namaqabane ethu aseRwanda kweli hlathi linemvula ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1980. I-Nyungwe ngoku iguqukela ekubeni yindawo yokhenketho lwendalo etsala abatyeleli abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Okona kubalulekileyo kukuba, urhulumente waseRwanda, amashishini abucala, kunye nabahlali basekuhlaleni bayaliqonda ixabiso leNyungwe, yaye basebenza kunye ukuze bakhusele ihlathi kungekuphela nje ngenxa yobuhle balo obumangalisayo, kodwa kwanangeengenelo zoqoqosho neenkonzo zendalo ezizinikelayo.”
UNyungwe Nziza yi-Arhente yase-US yeprojekthi yoPhuhliso lwaMazwe ngaMazwe. Iphunyezwa yi-Development Alternatives, Inc., ngokubambisana ne-SW Associates, i-Washington, DC-based consulting firming international, kunye ne-US National Park Service.
IBhodi yoPhuhliso yaseRwanda lilungu le IBhunga laMazwe ngaMazwe laBalingani bamaKhenketho (ICTP), umanyano olukhula ngokukhawuleza olusisiseko kunye nomanyano lwezokhenketho lweendawo zehlabathi ezizinikele kwinkonzo esemgangathweni kunye nokukhula okuluhlaza.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The ultimate goal is a thriving economy in and around the park with engaged communities and a private sector with a business model based on protecting and leveraging the unique environment in which they live and work.
- ” USAID's involvement in Nyungwe dates back over 20 years, and since the forest's designation as a national park in 2007 USAID has had active projects in conservation and ecotourism, engaging collaboratively with the government of Rwanda to support their efforts to independently and responsibly manage the park and its resources.
- Most importantly, the Rwandan government, the private sector, and local communities understand the value in Nyungwe, and are working together to protect the forest not only for its remarkable beauty, but also for the economic benefits and ecological services it provides.
