Ha palo ea baahi ba sehlekehlekeng sena e ntse e eketseha 'me ho na le tlhokahalo e kholo ea ho hlahisa mekhoa e tsitsitseng le e tsitsitseng ea tlhahiso ea lijo, the Motheo oa meqathatso e matlafatsa bokhoni ba baithuti ba ngolisitseng lenaneong la temo Kolecheng ea Sechaba ea sehlekehlekeng sena ho fihlela litlhoko tsena ka ho fana ka lisebelisoa tse hlokahalang bakeng sa ho nchafatsa sebaka sa bona sa temo le ho se hlomella ka mokhoa oa ho nosetsa.
E le karolo ea #40for40 Initiative, letsoho la philanthropic la Li-Sandals Resorts International e eketsa matsete a eona ho tsa temo le litsi tse koetlisang moloko o latelang oa bahlahisi ho pholletsa le Caribbean.
Heidi Clarke, Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Sandals Foundation o hlalosa bohlokoa ba ho tsebisa baithuti mekhoa e tsitsitseng ea temo.
"Ha re ntse re tsoela pele re le sebaka, re tlameha ho etelletsa pele ts'ireletso ea lijo le ho rala motheo oa tharollo e sebetsanang le sehokelo se seng le se seng sa tsamaiso ea tlhahiso ea lijo."
"Monehelo oa lisebelisoa tsa bohlokoa, lisebelisoa le lisebelisoa ho tšehetsa koetliso e sebetsang ho Barbados Community College e tla matlafatsa bokhoni ba liithuti le ba fumaneng mangolo ho finyella litlhoko tse fetohang tsa boemo ba leholimo le tikoloho, hammoho le litlhoko tsa phepo ea sehlekehlekeng sena."
"Nakong e telele, ba tla be ba itokiselitse hamolemo ho kenya letsoho boitekong ba naha ba ho thibela khaello ea lijo tse atileng," Clarke a eketsa.
Lenaneo la hajoale la Associate Degree le fanoang ke Karolo ea Saense le hlophisitsoe ho thusa baithuti ho kopanya tsebo ea thuto ea boits'oaro le mesebetsi ea temo ea letsatsi le letsatsi ka mokhoa o tsoelang pele.
Program Tutor, Zhara Holder, o hlokomela hore morero ona o qalile ka 2020 ke baithuti ba nakong e fetileng ba neng ba batla ho ba le boiphihlelo bo eketsehileng kolecheng.
“Ka tataiso ea motataisi oa ka oa nakong e fetileng, Mofumahatsana Marcia Marville, liithuti li ile tsa qapa sebaka se senyenyane ka har’a Natural Science Division—ho lema le ho kotula lijalo tse neng li tla rekisetsoa batho ba khamphaseng. Leha ho le joalo, lenaneo le ile la emisoa hanyenyane ha ho nahanoa ka lintho tse etsahetseng lilemong tse peli tse fetileng.”
Holder o ile a tsoela pele ho hlalosa hore ho kenya letsoho ha Sandals Foundation ho file morero ona bophelo bo bocha 'me ho tlisa phetoho ho baithuti ha ba ntse ba itokisetsa ho kenela liki ea naha ea bahlahisi ba lijo.
Re ile ra thabela ho utloa ka thahasello ea Sandals Foundation morerong ona.
"Seabo se tsoang ho Foundation e bile se makatsang."
“E re thusitse ho reka lisebelisoa tse fapaneng tse tla thusa ho nolofatsa tlhahiso. Ho feta moo, re khonne ho hlomella baithuti ka lisebelisoa tse hlokahalang tsa ho sebetsa mabaleng - ho tloha liatlana le libutsi ho ea liferekong le sistimi ea nosetso e hlileng e fetotseng sebaka sena ha limela li ntse li hola hantle mme Agri Square e khahla haholo.
O boetse a bontša hore ka sebaka sena sa thuto se sebetsang, basebetsi ba bone mokhoa o nang le tjantjello ea baithuti ho ithuta.
Moithuti oa selemo sa pele, Shaka John, o re esale a le lilemo li ka bang 10 kaha ntate-moholo oa hae o ne a e-na le masimo a mabeli. Hona joale o na le tšepo ea hore ka letsatsi le leng o tla nka khoebo ea lelapa ho ntat'ae.
"Ha ke qala ho fihla Barbados Community College, hang-hang ke ne ke batla ho ba karolo ea Agri Square 'me ke ile ka thabela ho tseba hore Sandals Foundation e ne e re thusa ho etsa hore Square e 'tšehetsoe'. Ke tlatsetso e kholo, haholo ho rona bacha.”
"Ke lumela ka bonna hore re hloka ho fumana baithuti ba bangata ba amehang temong kaha motho e mong le e mong o hloka ho ja - ho tloha ho lingaka, babuelli ba molao, ba fanang ka chelete le rona lefapheng la temo re fana ka litlhoko tsa lijo tsa sehlekehleke sena," John a eketsa.
Ntle le mekhoa e bohlale ea ho hlahisa lijo ka boemo ba leholimo, baithuti ba tla ithuta mekhoa e metle ea ho fokotsa komello ka ho kenyelletsa mekhoa ea ho nosetsa. Ha nako e ntse e ea, lebala la temo le lebelletsoe ho ntlafatsa butle-butle mobu le boleng ba mobu.
Tšehetso ea temo le temo ke e 'ngoe ea libaka tse tšeletseng tsa bohlokoa tsa ho kenella tse sebelisoang ke Sandals Foundation ha e ntse e kenya ts'ebetsong merero e tsitsitseng ea sechaba ea 40 e nang le matla a ho fetola metse ea Caribbean le ho ntlafatsa bophelo. Merero ea tlatsetso e kenyeletsa khaho ea likarolo tsa hydroponics Setsing sa Gilbert Agricultural and Rural Development Centre Antigua, kaho ea khoho ea likhoho le sethopo sa sethopo Sekolong se Phahameng sa LN Coakley se Bahamas, ho matlafatsa Grenada Network of Rural Women Producers (GRENROP) ka lithupelo tsa ho aha bokhoni, le ho kenyelletsa koetliso ea manyolo a sechaba ho Lihlekehleke tsa Turks le Caicos.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- As the island’s population grows and there is a greater need to develop resilient and sustainable food production systems, the Sandals Foundation is strengthening the capacity of the students enrolled in the agriculture program at the island's Community College to meet these demands by donating much needed supplies to revamp their agriculture square and equip it with an irrigation system.
- Additional projects include the construction of hydroponics units at the Gilbert Agricultural and Rural Development Centre in Antigua, the construction of a chicken coop and greenhouse at LN Coakley High School in The Bahamas, empowering the Grenada Network of Rural Women Producers (GRENROP) through capacity building trainings, and introducing community compost training in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- In addition, we were able to equip students with the necessary tools to work in the square – from gloves and boots to forks and an irrigation system which has truly transformed the area as plants will grow better and the Agri Square is more aesthetically appealing.
