Inkokheli yomfazi kwezokhenketho eUganda iyenza ibe yi-ADWTA Hall of Fame

I-UGANDA (eTN) – Umsitho we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards (ADWTA) ngumsitho wokuqala ngqa wokunika imbeko kwiinkcubeko zabantsundu kunye nelifa lemveli njengempembelelo kukhenketho. Yenzelwe ukuxabisa inkonzo kunye nokuzinikela kweenkokeli ezivela kwihlabathi jikelele eziye zanempembelelo enkulu kukhenketho kwaye zakhuthaza ukuphononongwa kwenkcubeko yabantu abamnyama kunye neendawo zelifa lemveli kwihlabathi jikelele. Umsitho wamaMbasa wawubanjwe ngomhla wama-27 kuTshazimpuzi ka-2013 e-Atlanta, eGeorgia, kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya saseAtlanta eMarriott.

Ezi mbasa ziwonge ezo nkokeli zibe ngamacandelo amabini: “Who’s Who” kunye “neHall of Fame” kwiNkcubeko yabaNtsundu kunye noKhenketho lweLifa leMveli. Udidi luka-“Who’s Who” luye lwaqaphela iingcali ezenze umsebenzi obalaseleyo kwiinkalo ezahlukeneyo zenkcubeko nezokhenketho. Udidi lwe-“Hall of Fame” ibiyeyabantu abaqaphelekayo abenze igalelo elidumileyo nelithe lachaphazela kakhulu inkcubeko yabantsundu kunye nophuhliso lokhenketho lwelifa.

U-Maria Baryamujura, uMseki kunye ne-CEO ye-Community Based Tourism Initiatives (COBATI), i-NGO yezoKhenketho yasekhaya e-Uganda, wayephakathi kwabo bangeniswe kwiHolo yodumo ye-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards. UMaria wawongwa “ngegalelo lakhe elibalaseleyo kunye nenkonzo ezinikeleyo kuKhenketho lweLifa leNkcubeko.” Igama likaMaria lalifakwe ngokusesikweni nguKitty Pope, emva kokuchongwa kulo mbhaleli ovakalelwa kukuba uMaria ufanelwe leli nqanaba lokuwongwa ehlabathini lonke ngomsebenzi wakhe obalaseleyo kukhenketho, ulondolozo, kunye nenkonzo yoluntu eUganda. Abanye abawongwayo abadumileyo baquka owayesakuba yiNkulumbuso yaseBermuda uGqr Ewart Brown.

Umsitho wamabhaso osesikweni we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards ububanjelwe e-Atlanta, eGeorgia, eMelika, kwaye ubusingathwe nguMonica Kaufman ophumelele iimbasa ezininzi zika-Emmy, ongumdlali kamabonakude. Ngaphambi kwesi siganeko, kwakukho i-Africana Extravaganza yemidlalo yenkcubeko kunye nomboniso we-Travel Expo. Umsitho wamabhaso wakhatywa kwangaphambili kukuboniswa kwengxelo entsha yohambo yomzukulwana kaBob Marley uDonisha, “Rasta: A Soul’s Journey.”

U-Kitty Pope, umshicileli kunye noMhleli woPapasho we-AfricanDiasporaTourism.com, ungumdali kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko we-African Diaspora World Tourism Awards. La mawonga aveliswa ngabakwaAfricanDiasporaTourism.com ngokubambisana neAD King Foundation, umbutho ongajonganga ngeniso uqaphela ukuzibophelela, igalelo, kunye nelifa letshantliziyo elilwela amalungelo oluntu nongasekhoyo, uMfundisi uAlfred Daniel King, umntakwabo ongasekhoyo uGqr. UMartin Luther King, Omnci.

UMaria Baryamujura ebephambili kuphuhliso lokhenketho eUganda kule minyaka ingama-30 idlulileyo, enomdla wokukhuthaza ukhenketho kunye nemekobume ezinzileyo yophuhliso loluntu. Umsebenzi kaMaria uye wamkelwa ekhaya nakumazwe ngamazwe. Uye waba ngu-Ashoka Fellow ukususela ngo-2006, kwaye wayengowokugqibela kwi-World Bank Development Marketplace 2000 Innovative Competition, kunye nomzuzi weMbasa yokuGqwesa evela kurhulumente wase-Uganda ngokuqaphela igalelo lakhe kukhenketho kunye nokuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini. Yuganda. Umsebenzi kaMaria uye wavunywa liBhunga loShishino lweCommonwealth/Africa Magazine ngo-2008 kudidi lwe “Leader in Social Innovation” ngokukhuthaza amalinge oshishino anokufaka isandla kwimpumelelo yoqoqosho lwaseAfrika. UMaria ukwafumene iwonga elithi “Ngegalelo elibalaseleyo ekuphuculeni ubomi babanye abantu ukuze bafumane iUganda engcono.” Uchongwe ngabafundi beNew Vision phakathi “kwabantu baseUganda Abenza Umahluko” ngokuthatha inyathelo lokuqala lokujongana neengxaki zoluntu lwabo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo ngeeprojekthi zentlalontle.

Njengomseki weCOBATI, uMaria wenze i-niche njengomphuhlisi wezakhono ukuze uluntu luze neengcamango ezintsha ezivelisa ingeniso ngokhenketho oluzinzileyo. Inkalo yakhe yobungcali kukhenketho olusekelwe kuluntu olugxile ekunciphiseni intlupheko, ukulondolozwa kwendalo kunye nokuxhotyiswa kwabasetyhini basezilalini. Ungummeli wolwazi olwandisiweyo lwabadlali kwicandelo lezokhenketho kunye namathuba anokuthi aveliswe ukuba i-Uganda ne-Afrika ngokubanzi, ibonelele ngeenkqubo eziqhutywa yimarike ezikhusela okusingqongileyo, ukugcina ilifa lenkcubeko, kunye negalelo kuphuhliso loqoqosho oluzinzileyo. Umsebenzi wakhe uquka ukusebenza noluntu lwasemaphandleni ingakumbi ukugcina nokukhusela okusingqongileyo kunye nelifa lenkcubeko.

UMaria uye waqeqesha abantu basemaphandleni ekusebenziseni ubutyebi bendalo ngokuzinzileyo nasekungeniseni ingeniso ngokhenketho lwamakhaya, imisebenzi yezandla, kunye nokuphucula imeko-bume yekhaya ukuya kwinqanaba apho amakhaya asemaphandleni anokwamkela abakhenkethi abafuna ukunxibelelana nendalo nenkcubeko.

Imodeli yakhe eyodwa yokhenketho loluntu ijikeleza amakhaya kunye noluntu, kunye nokusingqongileyo. Igxile kulondolozo, ukusetyenziswa ngokuzinzileyo, ukuphuculwa kwendlela yokuphila, imfundo, kunye nobunkokeli obufanelekileyo. Ikwakhuthaza izenzo zokhenketho ezithembekileyo kwaye itsale abakhenkethi abakhathalele ukuphila kwabantu basekuhlaleni, okusingqongileyo kunye nenkcubeko. Umsebenzi wakhe wangoku wokukhuthaza ukhenketho kunye nelifa lenkcubeko kuluntu lwaseNubian eBombo uxhaswa yiMTN Uganda Foundation. UMaria lilungu leTrasti le-Uganda Wildlife Education Centre kunye nelungu leBhodi yeGreenwatch Uganda. Sivuyisana kakhulu noMaria ngalo msebenzi ubalaseleyo.