Umboniso wamavolontiya: URobert (Bob) McKechnie

Rhoqo ngenyanga, sabelana ngamabali World BEYOND War amavolontiya emhlabeni jikelele. Ufuna ukuzithandela World BEYOND War? I-imeyili greta@worldbeyondwar.org.

Indawo: California, USA

Wayebandakanyeka njani nawe World BEYOND War (WBW)?
Ndingutitshala odla umhlala-phantsi. Emva kokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ndanyusa imali yokhathalelo lwezilwanyana kunye namashishini abemi abaphezulu- umsebenzi olungileyo. Nangona kunjalo, kuyo yonke loo minyaka, ndiqhubekile ndizibuza ukuba kunjani ukufumana imali ngesizathu esivela entliziyweni yam. NgoJanuwari 2020 ndaya kwiNkomfa yaMazwe ngaMazwe yoXolo nezoLuntu kwiRotary kwaye ndamamela uDavid Swanson ethetha neqela malunga indlela eya kuphelisa ngayo imfazwe. Ndandithandabuza de wasikhumbuza iinyani ezilula: siphelise ipoliyo nezinye izifo ezoyikekayo. Sibuphelisile ubukhoboka. Siphelile ukujijisana. Ngesizathu esithile, la magqabantshintshi alula abangele ukutshintsha kwendlela ndicinga ngayo. Mhlawumbi ibingumbandela nje wokukulungela. Ngapha koko, oku kungangunobangela osuka entliziyweni yam.

Kwangoko kulo nyaka xa yonke into isiya ku-Zoom, ndiphonononge i website kwaye waya kwezinye iziganeko echaze ezinye zeembalasane ze World BEYOND WarImvelaphi kunye nokuxhasa. Oko kubangele ukuba ndicinge ngokuqala isahluko kwindawo yengingqi yam, i-Coachella Valley ye-Southern California. Kwangelo xesha, ndadibana UDarienne Hetherman, owayecinga ngokuqala isahluko eSan Gabriel Valley, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka. Enkosi kuZoom kunye nomnxeba, sahlangana saza sagqiba ukuqala isahluko kulo lonke ilizwe laseCalifornia. Oku kunomdla. Ndithathe ikhosi esisiseko malunga nokubhengeza kwaye ndaqala ukufunda izixhobo ezixhasayo zombutho woxolo. Zoom iseyindlela yethu ephambili yokunxibelelana (ukusukela ngoSeptemba 2020). Ndiyamangaliswa kukuqonda ukuba mna kunye nomsunguli wam uDari asikaze sidibane ubuso ngobuso.

Ziziphi iintlobo zemisebenzi yokuzithandela onceda ngazo?
Umququzeleli wam uDari kwaye sisebenze nzima ukudibanisa uluntu oluncinci lwabantu ukuba baxoxe ngezimvo zethu malunga nokukhuthaza. Sicwangcisa kwaye sicwangcise iintlanganiso, sithethe namalungu esahluko malunga neendawo abanomdla kuzo, sibeke amathuba abantu ukuba bathathe inxaxheba, kunye nophando olunokubakho lokuxhasa okuzayo. Le nkqubo ikhokelele kwisakhelo somsebenzi wethu wesahluko. Njengeqela silindele uku:
• Sazise ngemiba yemfazwe noxolo sisebenzisa iqela eliza kufunda qho ngenyanga
• Khankanya i Uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali loxolo eCalifornia
• Uphando kunye nommeli we-Congresswoman uBarbara Lee umthetho wokunciphisa inkcitho kwezomkhosi e-United States nge-350 yeebhiliyoni zeedola

Ndilindele ukusebenza nabantu kwezinye zezinto abanokuzenza ukuqhubela phambili unobangela njengabantu ngabanye. Kwimeko yam, ndiza kuthetha noluntu kunye namaqela ecawa kulo lonke elaseMazantsi California kwimicimbi yemfazwe noxolo. Sele ndinesimemo sam sokuqala sokuthetha kwiklabhu yeRotary. Icawe yethu yase-Unitarian ikulungele ukundamkela. Ndikwalindele ukuba ndibhale kwaye ndingenise ii-op-ed kunye neeleta kumhleli.

Ingqondo yam kukuba uluntu lwabantu kufuneka lukhokelwe siseti yeenqobo ezisisiseko somsebenzi. Ngenxa yoko, ndacacisa umbono kunye neenkcazo zemishini kunye nemigaqo eli-12 yokukhokela iqela. Umququzeleli wam uDari ngoku uthathela ingqalelo amaxwebhu okusekwa kweli nqanaba.

Ingcebiso yakho ephezulu kumntu ofuna ukubandakanyeka neWBW?
Nazi ezinye zeengcinga:
Yiba nomnqweno malunga nesenzo esiya kuqinisekisa uxolo lwakho;
• Cacisa ukuba uzimisele ukwenza ntoni kwaye yintoni ongazimiselanga kuyenza;
• Xelela wonke umntu owaziyo ukuba wenzani ngoxolo nobulungisa kwezentlalo.

Yintoni egcina ukuba uphefumlele ukuxhasa utshintsho?
I-United States iyahlakazeka. Sineengxaki zokungaziphathi kakuhle ezitalatweni zethu, ubhubhane obulalayo ongaphathwa kakuhle, kunye nokuwohloka kwezoqoqosho okuchaphazela ngokungathethekiyo amahlwempu nabantu bebala. Ngenxa yoko, ndiphefumlelwe kwaye ndikhuthazekile. Kwangelo xesha, ndinomsindo. Sigcwele imipu ephethwe kwaye isetyenziswa ngabantu abacinga ukuba kufanelekile ukuthabathela umthetho ezandleni zabo. Inqanaba eliphezulu lobutyebi obungalinganiyo luyaluphazamisa uluntu. Inkqubo yobuhlanga iyasibulala. Sikwachitha nobutyebi esinabo kumatshini wemfazwe ongasenzi sikhuseleke. Abantu ababawayo baqokelela imali eninzi kumanqanaba enkcitho kwezomkhosi. Okwangoku, ubunkokheli belizwe buqhubeka njengesiqhelo. Njengoko benditshilo- ndiyakhuthazeka, ndinomdla, ndinomsindo.

Ngaba ubhubhane we-coronavirus ikuchaphazele njani ukusebenza kwakho?
Okokuqala, ndiyayithanda Zoom. Yandisa amathuba esahluko esigubungela yonke iCalifornia, ilizwe elikhulu elinamathuba amaninzi. Zoom yavula indlela yokuba ndidibane kwaye ndazi umququzeleli wam uDari ngokulula. Kwakhona, Zoom isenza sikwazi ukumema umntu othile kubasebenzi beCongresswoman uBarbara Lee ukuba eze kudibanisa iqela lethu. Ukuba kuyenzeka oku, siya kumema abantu abavela kwamanye amaqela kwaye sisebenzele ukuphakamisa ukubonakala kwento kaLee, kuyo yonke iZoom.

Okwesibini, ubhubhane ucacisile inyani eyoyikisayo, ukufa kwam. Ukuba ndiza kuchaphazela umhlaba ngeendlela ezintle, kufanelekile ukuba kungoku. Ixesha lilinganiselwe. Kufuneka siye phambili ngokukhawuleza. Thetha phandle ngokucacileyo nangokunyanzela. Hambela phambili. Ibango lotshintsho.

Ithunyelwe ngoSeptemba 20, 2020.