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Umdala we-Olympian Redefines Voluntourism kwaye Wenza Impembelelo Engapheliyo

Ubudala beminyaka engama-28 ubudala. Kodwa u-Alex Duckworth ungumdlali we-snowboard kunye ne-Olympian yangaphambili, uguqulelo lwe-snowboarding kunye nesahluko esilandelayo. Njengoko wangena umhlalaphantsi, wenza into eneminyaka engama-28 ubudala engayenzayo: wayeceba uhambo.

Kodwa wayengafuni ukuba kube yiholide nje emva kokuba iminyaka elishumi njengomdlali wezemidlalo egxile kuye, wayefuna ukujonga ngaphandle, afakwe kumava amatsha, aze afumane iindlela zokubuyisa.

Waqala ukuphanda iindwendwe ezilungelelanisiweyo, ii-resorts zokungcebeleka, iinkonzo zenkonzo kunye namazwe angenzi-nzuzo ngaphandle kwehlabathi kodwa kunzima ukufumana intsebenziswano elungileyo eya kumvumela ukuba avelise kwaye enze into enenjongo, ngelixa esenomdla wokuzijabulisa.

Ukuhamba (njengoko Siyazi) Kufile

Xa isizukulwana seminyaka esiwaka sihamba, abajonge iindawo zokuhlala ezibandakanya zonke izinto, unako-unako-udle izibhenge kunye neeholide zeholide. Bafuna ukuhlola umhlaba omtsha, bangcolile, bazame ukutya okungaqhelekanga, ukutshintsha idijithi, ukulungiswa kweposi. Abafuni ukubuyela ekhaya ngokushisa ilanga kunye nesithintelo, bafuna ukubuyela ekhaya bazive bevuselelwe kwaye baxhunyiwe kwakhona, beyazi ukuba baphumelele kwiindawo abaye bazityelela kuzo, kwaye banabali ukwabelana nabo.

Kuze kube ngoku, iindlela ezikhethiweyo ziye zaphela kumntu ofuna ukukwenza okulungileyo xa ehamba. Ukuzithandela kuye kwaba nomlilo omkhulu kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, kunye namanqaku amaninzi abhaliweyo ukugweba "uMsindisi Omhlophe" imbono ebonakaliswe ngophuhliso olubanzi lwamazwe ngamazwe alukhuni okanye alukhunjulwayo.

Ukukhangela kwe-Google elula kubonisa ukuba "kubi" igama elidla rhoqo lidibene "nokuzithandela."

Abaqhubi bezokhenketho, impembelelo yentlalo ihlala ithathwa njenge-add-on, ekhokelela kwiimeko apho iindwendwe zibonakalisa ukuba zisebenze ngemisebenzi yomntu, zibambe izintandane zentsuku okanye zifundise iiklasi zesiNgesi ngaphandle kokungeza ixabiso elibonakalayo, elibonakalayo.

Ezinye iindwendwe zeprogram ezingenzi nzuzo okanye kwindawo ebeka ingcipheko ziye zabizwa ngokuba yi-"safaris yobuhlwempu".

Kodwa ingxaki akuthi akunakwenzeka ukuba nefuthe elifanelekileyo lizwe ngelixa lihamba-lingazange lenziwe ngokufanelekileyo.

Ukusuka ekunikezeni ukubonisa

Tshintsha iHighes yasungulwa nguConstant Conroy ngo-2009 ukusombulula intlungu: ukuba kwenzeke ngokukhawuleza kwaye kube lula ukuphakamisa imali kwiiprojekthi ezingenzi-nzuzo ezenza impembelelo ebonakalayo, ehlala njalo kunye negalelo kuluntu lwayo.

Kwaqala ngesikolo: UTaylor wathatha uhambo oluya kutsho e-Uganda kwaye wayefuna ukuxhaswa isikolo njengalowo wawatyelela. Wayengenelisekanga ngeendlela ezifunwa ngabantu abaninzi, kwaye isisombululo sakhe sakhula saba yinkampani yesoftware eyenza ividiyo yomntu siqu (cinga: Snapchat ngokulungileyo) kunye nezipho ezincinci (amaqela amancinane abahlobo abanika ixabiso lekhofi ngosuku) ukunikezela koontanga. Kwiminyaka engama-3, abasebenzisi abayi-15,000 abavela kumazwe angama-80 baxhaswa ngeeprojekthi ezixhaswa ngabantu abangaphezu kwama-200,000 emhlabeni jikelele, bebambisana nemibutho ehamba phambili efana ne-Free Children, Abalingani bezeMpilo kunye ne-Children's Wish Foundation.

Kodwa kubasebenzisi, kwakungekho okwaneleyo. Babefuna ukubona, ukuchukumisa, ukuva, ukufumana impembelelo yabo. Bambuza, ngokugqithiseleyo, ngaba ndinokundwendwela iphrojekthi yam kumntu?

Impendulo yayisoloko ikhona, Hayi .

Uninzi olungenzi-nzuzo alunayo i-bandwidth yokusingatha iindwendwe ngaphandle kokuba lisebenzise ngqo umsebenzi walo oyintloko. Abaye benzayo, njengeHabitat for Humanity, ababonakaliswa kwiminyaka eyiwaka-mali: I-Habitat iyakhathalela abantu abadala kwaye ifuna iiveki ezipheleleyo zabasebenzi besikhokelo (kunye needola ezili-dollar kwiindleko).

Kodwa saqaphela amandla okuthatha inxaxheba ekuguquleni nasekubandakanyekeni, kwaye sacela, kuthekani ukuba impendulo enokuyenza ndayivakalisa iphrojekthi yam ... nguwe ewe? Kuthekani ukuba uhambo lwaluyimpumelelo epheleleyo, ukudibanisa izandla-kwimpembelelo elandelwa yi-surf kunye ne-yoga, ukutya okubiwe, izithethi zeengcali kunye nokucwiliswa kwamasiko, amaqela omdaniso, mhlawumbi nokuba yinto embi? Kuthekani ukuba sinokudala iinguqulelo ezininzi, ukunyuka kwengqondo, ukuhlawuleka kunye nohambo olonwabisayo olucingekayo?

Uhambo ludibanisa ukuxhamla abantu, iiprojekthi zempembelelo ezibonakalayo, kunye nokuhamba ngamava ukunikela ngeendlela ezi-5 zokuya kwakha amakhaya, ukudibanisa amava kunye nokuphila kakuhle, ukufakela, kunye nokucamngca ogwini lolwandle, nokudala uluntu olunzulu.

Uhambo lwenzeka rhoqo ngenyanga kwiLatin America, ngokubambisana nentsebenziswano engenzi-nzuzo i-TECHO (bakha izindlu ezili-100 000 kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo ngokubambisana nabanye abavolontiya basekuhlaleni abangama-800 000).

U-Alex Duckworth wajoyina uhambo oluya eNicaragua ngo-Apreli 2016, apho wayinceda ukwakha indlu exhaswa ngemali kwiqonga, wadibana nentsapho eya kuhlala ekhaya, yafunda malunga nommandla kwiivolontiya zendawo kunye namalungu oluntu, kwaye yenza abanye abahlobo abakhulu . Kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva, wabamba isidlo emzini wakubo waseVancouver edibanisa abahlobo bakhe abatsha kunye nohambo oludlulileyo, banamathele ngamava ababa nawo.

U-Amy Merrill yiNtloko yeGosa eliPhezulu kwi- Ulendo : ishishini lentlalo elinika uhlobo olutsha lokuhamba kwintlupheko yenjongo, i-adventure kunye noluntu. Umsebenzi wokungena-ngokufihlakeleyo wohambo uhamba ngokukhawuleza uvelwano kunye nokuqonda ngokuncedisa abantu ukuba babe noBunye.