BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS - Vanopfuura gumi nevaviri verudzi rweCaribbean vachawana mari kubva kusangano rekusimudzira vashanyi redunhu, reCaribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), kuti vafambise ruzivo rwavo uye hunyanzvi mukushanya/kugamuchira vaeni.
CTO, kuburikidza nechirongwa chayo chekufunda, CTO Foundation, gore rino iri kupa mabhezari anokosha US$31,000 kuvadzidzi vatanhatu vekuCaribbean vari kuita zvidzidzo padanho reMasters kuzvikoro zvakasiyana. Zviviri zvezvikoro izvi zviri muzita raAudrey Palmer Hawks, aimbova mukuru weCaribbean Tourism Association (anotungamira kuCTO), akafa muna 1987 aine makore makumi mana nemana.
Hawks, akazvipira kusimudzira kushanya kweCaribbean, akaberekerwa muGuyana asi akakurira muGrenada. Aive aimbova gurukota rezvekushanya muGrenada, uye mukadzi wekutanga uye wekutanga weCaribbean nyika kutungamira CTA.
Imwe yemabhezari muzita rake inoenda kuGrenadian, Diane Whyte, ari kutevera MSc yake muTourism & Hospitality Management paYunivhesiti yeWest Indies.
“Chidzidzo ichi chichandibatsira mukuzadzisa chishuwo changu chekuti ndive nehunyanzvi hwekudzidzisa padanho repamusoro. Pamusoro pezvo, ndingadai ndakazvigona, ”akadaro Whyte.
Yechipiri Audrey Palmer Hawks Scholarship yakapihwa kuna Basil Jemmott, mudzidzi wekuBarbadian achitsvaga Dhigirii reMasters muTourism & Hospitality Management, asi kuUniversity College Birmingham kuUK.
“Chidzidzo ichi chandipa mukana wekuzadzisa chiroto cheupenyu hwose mukutsvaga kwangu kuita zvedzidzo. Zvinondipawo mukana wekuwedzera kubatsira mukusimudzirwa kwechigadzirwa chedu chekushanya kuburikidza nekudzidzisa pamwe nekudzidziswa kubva muruzivo, hunyanzvi neruzivo rwandichawana,” akadaro Jemmott.
Vatatu vekuJamaican – Synethia Ennis (MBA muInternational Hospitality & Tourism Management paSchiller International University), Zane Robinson (MSc. muHospitality Management paFlorida International University) naPatricia Smith (MSc. Tourism & Hospitality Management paYunivhesiti yeWest Indies) , pamwe chete neTrinidadian Priya Ramsumair (MSc muTourism Development paYunivhesiti yeSurrey), zadzisa runyorwa rwevakahwina kudzidza.
"Ichi chirongwa cheCTO chinoyemurika zvikuru uye chinomiririra kuzvipira kwachiri kuenderera mberi mukusimudzira kugona kwevanhu mudunhu," akadaro Ramsumair.
"Zvinonzwa zvakanaka kuziva kuti kune masangano ari kunze uko anoda kutsigira zvishuvo zvevadiki vezvekugamuchira vaenzi vanobva kuCaribbean," akadaro Robinson.
"Mushure mekupedza MBA yangu, ndinotarisira kubatsira zvakanyanya mukusimudzira kwakasimba kwechigadzirwa chekushanya cheCaribbean nekushandisa kudzidziswa kwangu uye maonero matsva," akawedzera Ennis.
Smith, aive zvakare CTO Foundation Scholarship akagamuchira gore rapfuura, ziso rake rakatarisa pakudzidzisa nezve kushanya padanho reyunivhesiti.
“Iko zvino ndiri kutarisira kufambisa ruzivo rwangu neruzivo rwangu kuvadzidzi, vanogadzira mitemo nemamaneja mukati meindasitiri yezvekushanya sezvo ndiri kuedza kubatsira zvakanyanya mukusimudzira kushanya kwedunhu,” vakadaro.
Pamusoro pemabhezari, CTO Foundation yakapa mari yekufunda yeUS$2000 imwe neimwe kuzvizvarwa zvinomwe kubva kuAntigua, The Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia neTrinidad neTobago. Zvizvarwa zvitatu zveCaribbean zvakawanawo mari inosvika US$10,000 yekutora chikamu muManagement of Coastal Recreational Tourism paCave Hill Campus yeYunivhesiti yeWest Indies. Iyo yakazara mari mukufunda uye ma grants iUS $55,000.
Iyo CTO Foundation, yakavambwa muna 1997, yakanyoreswa muNew York State sesangano risiri rekuita purofiti, rakagadzirirwa chete zvinangwa zvekubatsira uye zvekudzidzisa. Chinangwa chayo chikuru ndechekupa mabhezari uye mari yekufunda kuvadzidzi nevashandi veindasitiri vari zvizvarwa zveCaribbean, vanobva kunyika dzeCTO-nhengo, vanoda kuita zvidzidzo munzvimbo dzekushanya / kugamuchira vaenzi uye kudzidziswa mutauro. Iyo Nheyo inotsigira vanhu vanoratidza mazinga epamusoro ekubudirira mune zvedzidzo uye kugona kwehutungamiriri uye vanoratidza kufarira kwakasimba mukuita mupiro kuCaribbean tourism.
Kubva payakavambwa, CTO Foundation yakapa fundo dzinosvika makumi mashanu uye pamusoro pemakumi mapfumbamwe ezvidzidzo. Vakuru veCTO Foundation vanotsigira vanosanganisira American Express, American Airlines, Interval International, Universal Media, zvitsauko zveCTO pasi rese uye nenhengo dzakawanda dzakabatana neCTO.
Ruzivo rweCTO Scholarship Chirongwa uye runyorwa rwevadzidzi uye vanopihwa vanopihwa vanogona kuwanikwa pawww.onecaribbean.org.
