GOLD COAST, Australia - Women in Tourism International Alliance (WITIA), he pūnaewele puni honua o nā ʻoihana huakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, ke kāhea nei i kona mau lālā a puni ka honua e hāʻawi i ke kōkua i nā poʻe i loaʻa i ke kahe nui ma Australia. ʻO ka ua nui i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua pule i hoʻopiha i nā muliwai i nā wahi nui o Queensland a me ka ʻākau o New South Wales, e waiho ana i kahi ala o ka make a me ka luku. Aia nā mākaʻi a me nā limahana hoʻopakele i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka poʻe i nalowale ma waena o nā puʻu o ka muliwai.
Ma waena o kēia pōʻino, pili nui ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Hoʻopili ʻia nā keʻena mālama mālama, ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻelele ke hāʻawi i nā passport me nā visa i hoʻopuka ʻia, hele i nā mokulele a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hōkele, ʻaʻole hiki i nā hōkele ke komo i nā lako pono a ʻaʻole hiki i nā limahana ke hele i ka hana. ʻAʻole pili kēia mau kūlana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko wale nō, akā hoʻonui ʻia e like me ka wai kahe i hoʻoiho iā lākou i nā pilikia i nā wahi mamao. ʻOiai kēia mau kūlana, ʻo ia
ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻike ʻana ʻo nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ka mea mua e hele aku e kōkua.
"He mana nui ka mākaʻikaʻi e piʻi i luna i ka pā i nā kūlana pilikia," wahi a WITIA Pelekikena Mary Mahon Jones. "Ma kēia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui, e hāʻawi nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i nā hale noho manuahi, kōkua kaʻa, meaʻai, a me nā lako i nā wahi i loaʻa i ka pōʻino. Paipai ʻo WITIA i nā hana a kona mau lālā e hāʻawi i ke kōkua i ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka waikahe Queensland a e hoʻolaha i kēia mau hana ma o kāna pūnaewele a me nā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha e hoʻomau nei.
Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina i loko o Australia ma ke kāleka hōʻaiʻē ma ww.qld.gov.au/floods , he punaewele e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻike hou aku. Hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā haʻawina kālā ma ka hoʻoili pololei ʻana i ka inoa moʻokāki penei: Premiers Disaster Relief Appeal, BSB 064 013, helu helu 1000 6800; SWIFT Code: CTBAAU2S.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Mahon Jones e hāʻawi nui ana ʻo WITIA i kēia waihona ma ka inoa o kona mau lālā. Eia kekahi, paipai ka Alliance i ke kōkua pololei. Ua hoʻomaka ka lālā ʻo Adelaide WITIA ʻo Gudrun Tamandl o Cruise Connection i ke kaʻina hana ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hale noho manuahi no kahi ʻohana haʻalele. Wahi a Tamandl, "ʻO ka huki pū ʻana e kōkua i kekahi i kekahi i ka wā pilikia, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana iā Aussies a ʻo kēia manawa kekahi o ia mau manawa."
ʻAʻole i ʻike mua ʻia ka laulā o kēia pōʻino. I ka lā 10 o Ianuali, ʻo ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "kahi kai eʻe i uka" ua hoʻohāinu i ke kūlanakauhale uka o Toowoomba ma ka hikina hema o Queensland, aia he 2,000 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma ka piko o ka Great Dividing Range - kahi hope loa e loaʻa ai kahi hanana like ʻole. i manaʻo ʻia. Ua hōʻike ʻo Queensland Premier Anna Bligh he nui nā kūlanakauhale e kū nei i ka lua a me ke kolu hoʻi o ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai kahe. ʻO nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ka Sunshine Coast kaulana i ʻike i ke kahe nui ʻana.
ʻO ke kapikala mokuʻāina ʻo Brisbane, ke kolu o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Australia, ua ʻike i nā kūlana waikahe i ka wā i kahe nui ai ka wai i nā kapa kahawai, e hoʻopilikia ana ma luna o 30,000 mau hale a waiho i ka lepo a me ka lepo ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ka Central Business District o Brisbane ua pani ʻia me nā lawelawe kaʻa liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka lawelawe uila, ma lalo o ka honua, ua hoʻopau ʻia i ka wā e kahe ana ka ʻōnaehana, e waiho ana i nā tausani me ka mana ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻohaumia wai, ka luku nui, ka home ʻole a me ka ʻimi ʻana
ʻo ka poʻe nalowale ka hopena weliweli i ka emi ʻana o ka wai.
Ua hōʻike mai ke kākau ʻōlelo WITIA ʻo Anne Isaacson, he kamaʻāina ʻo Gold Coast: “He mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomaopopo i ka paʻakikī o kēia mau waikahe. Ua haehae ʻia nā hale mai ko lākou kumu a me nā waʻa i huki ʻia mai ko lākou paʻa ʻana me ka wikiwiki o ka muliwai. ʻAʻole au i ʻike i kekahi mea like me kēia. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i ka nui o ka poʻe i nalowale i ko lākou ola ʻoiai ke kahe ʻana o nā wai ʻino i kā lākou mau kaʻa i loko o nā kahawai. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo kēia lā ka nani a me ka lā, ma Gold Coast a ma Brisbane no laila me he mea lā ʻaʻole kūpono loa ua ʻike ʻo Brisbane i ka hanana nui loa i loko o 100 mau makahiki!
ʻO Women in Tourism International Alliance (WITIA) he hui pūnaewele puni honua no ka poʻe ma ka huakaʻi, ka mākaʻikaʻi, ka hoʻokipa a me nā ʻoihana pili. Hana ʻo WITA e hoʻolaha a hoʻonui i nā manawa ʻoihana a paipai i ka waiwai o ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻoulu i ka ʻike moʻomeheu a me ka maluhia o ka honua. Kākoʻo ia i nā hana aloha e hāʻawi i ka mālama a me ka palekana i nā wahine a me nā keiki, kōkua i ka poʻe ʻōpio i ka ʻoihana a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe o ka honua.
