Owayengumdala we-Olympian Redefines Voluntourism futhi wenza Umthelela Ongapheliyo
Ubuneminyaka engu-28 ubudala. Kodwa u-Alex Duckworth ungu-snowboarder wangaphambili futhi u-Olympian owayengumdlali we-snowboarding futhi wangena esahlukweni esilandelayo. Njengoba engena emhlalaphansi, wenza lokho oneminyaka engu-28 ubudala engayenza: uhlele uhambo.
Kodwa wayengafuni ukuba kube yiholide nje kuphela: ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi njengomdlali wezemidlalo egxila yena ngokwakhe, wayefuna ukubheka ngaphandle, abhapathizwe ezenzweni ezintsha, futhi athole izindlela zokubuyisa.
Waqala ukucwaninga ngezinkambo ezihleliwe, izindawo zokungcebeleka kahle, izinhlangano zezinsizakalo kanye nezinzuzo ezingaphandle kwezenhlalakahle kodwa wazama ukuthola inhlanganisela efanele engamvumela ukuba abonise futhi enze okuthile okubalulekile, ngenkathi enesilinganiso esikhulu sokuzijabulisa.
Ukuhamba (njengoba Siyazi) Kufile
Lapho isizukulwane seminyaka eyizinkulungwane sihamba, asuke sibheke izindawo zokubhuka ezihlanganisa wonke umuntu, konke-wena-ungadla ama-buffets namaholide eholide. Bafuna ukuhlola amazwe amasha, bangcolile, bazame ukudla okungavamile, ukuhlaziya ngamakhodi, ukubuyekezwa kokuthunyelwe. Abafuni ukubuyela ekhaya ngokushiswa kwelanga kanye ne-hangover, bafuna ukubuyela ekhaya bazizwa bevuselelwe futhi bexhunyiwe kabusha, bazi ukuthi babathinteke kahle izindawo abavakashele kuzo, futhi banomlando ukwabelana nabo.
Kuze kube manje, izinketho zikhawulelwe kunoma ubani ofuna ukwenza okuhle ngenkathi ehamba. Ukuzithandela kuye kwaba nomlilo omkhulu eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, kunamaphepha amaningi adluliselwe ukulahla umqondo "woMsindisi omhlophe" owaboniswa ukuthuthukiswa kwamazwe amaningi okungaqondakali noma okucatshangelwayo nokuzikhandla.
Ukusesha okulula kwe-Google kwembula ukuthi "kubi" yigama elivame ukuhlotshaniswa "nokuzithandela."
Kwabaqhubi bezokuvakasha, umthelela womphakathi uvame ukuphathwa njenge-add-on, okuholela ezimweni lapho izivakashi zibonisa khona ukuba zinikezwe imisebenzi yeminyango, zibambe izintandane ngosuku noma zifundise izigaba zesiNgisi ngaphandle kokufaka isikhathi esihlala njalo, inani elibonakalayo.
Ezinye izinkambo zezinhlelo ezingenzi inzuzo noma izindawo ezisengozini ziye zabizwa ngokuthi "ubuphofu besafisa." Kusho u-Enough.
Kodwa inkinga akusilo ukuthi akunakwenzeka ukuba nomthelela omuhle umhlaba uma uhamba-akukwenziwanga kahle.
Ukusuka ekunikeni ekuboniseni phezulu
Shintsha i-Heroes yasungulwa ngu-Taylor Conroy ngo-2009 ukuxazulula iphuzu lobuhlungu: ukwenza kube lula futhi kube lula ukukhulisa izimali zezinhlelo ezingenzi inzuzo ezenza ithonya elibonakalayo, elihlala njalo futhi elibalulekile emiphakathini yabo.
Kwaqala ngesikole: UTaylor wathatha uhambo olushintsha ukuphila oluya e-Uganda futhi wayefuna ukukhokhela isikole njengalawo ayevakashele. Wayengenelisekile ngezinketho zokubambisana ezitholakalayo, futhi ikhambi ayakhe lakhula laba yinkampani yesofthiwe ehlanganisa ividiyo yomuntu siqu (cabanga: i-Snapchat enhle) nezipho ezincane (amaqembu amancane wabangani abanika izindleko zekhofi ngosuku) ukunikeza obala. Eminyakeni engu-3, abasebenzisi abangu-15,000 abavela emazweni angu-80 baxhaswe ngemiklomelo ezuzisa abantu abangaphezu kuka-200 000 emhlabeni jikelele, besebenza nezinhlangano ezihola njenge-Free the Children, Partners in Health, ne-Children's Wish Foundation.
Kodwa kubasebenzisi, kwakunganele. Babefuna ukubona, ukuthinta, ukuzwa, ukuzwa umthelela wabo. Babuza, ngokuphindaphindiwe, ngingavakashela iphrojekthi yami ngedwa?
Impendulo yayihlala njalo, Cha .
Iningi elingenzi inzuzo alinayo ibhukhaphuthini yokwamukela izivakashi ngaphandle kokuthi liqondise ngokuqondile umsebenzi wabo oyinhloko. Labo abenzayo, njengeHabitat for Humanity, abachazwa ngaminyaka eyizinkulungwane: I-Habitat idinga abantu abakudala futhi ngokuvamile idinga isonto eligcwele labasebenzi labasebenzi (kanye nezindleko eziyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa).
Kodwa saqaphela amandla okubamba iqhaza ekuguquleni nasekubandakanyekeni, futhi sabuza, kuthiwani uma impendulo engingayivakashela iphrojekthi yami ... nguyebo? Futhi kuthiwani uma uhambo lwaluyinto egcwele ngokugcwele, ukuhlanganisa izandla-ngomthelela olandelwa ukushona kanye ne-yoga, ukudla okubiwe, izikhulumi ezichwepheshe kanye nokucwiliswa kwamasiko, amaqembu omdanso, mhlawumbe ngisho nokulimala okuncane? Kuthiwani uma singadala ukuguqula kakhulu, ukuqonda-ukwandisa, uhambo olungabizi futhi olujabulisayo olungacabangeka?
Uhambo luhlanganisa ukuxhaswa kwabantu abaningi, amaphrojekthi amathonya angabonakali, nokuhamba okuhlangenwe nakho ukunikeza ukuhamba kwezinsuku ezingu-5 ukwakha amakhaya, ukuhlanganisa ulwazi nge-wellness, surf, nokucabanga ebhishi, nokudala umphakathi ojulile.
Uhambo luya njalo ngenyanga kulo lonke elaseLatin America, ngokubambisana nomlingani olwa nobuphofu ongeyenzi inzuzo TECHO (bakhe izindlu eziyi-100 000 kule minyaka engu-20 eyedlule ngokuhlanganisa izisebenzi zokuvolontiya zentsha ezingaphezu kuka-800 000).
U-Alex Duckworth wajoyina i-Journey eNicaragua ngo-Ephreli 2016, lapho esiza khona ukwakha indlu eyayixhaswa esikhwameni, wahlangana nomndeni ozohlala ekhaya, wafunda ngesifunda kusuka kwamavolontiya asekhaya kanye namalungu omphakathi, futhi wenza abangane abakhulu abakhulu . Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, wabamba isidlo emzini wakubo waseVancouver owahlanganisa abangane bakhe abasha nabagibeli abadlulile, bahlanganiswe nakho ababelwana nabo.
U-Amy Merrill unguKhulu Konke okuPhezulu ku- Journey : ibhizinisi lezenhlalakahle elinikeza uhlobo olusha lokuhamba emkhakheni wezinhloso, i-adventure, nomphakathi. Umsebenzi we-Journey ongeyena-mfihlo ukusheshisa uzwela nokuqwashisa ngokusiza abantu bahlangabezane noBunye.