Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hāmeʻa hoʻomau Skal International ma kahi seminar i loaʻa maikaʻi ʻia e pili ana i ke kumuhana ma kāna World Congress ma Opatija, Koloatia.
No nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻo Skal International, ka hui mākaʻikaʻi honua i ka hana ʻoihana ma waena o nā hoaaloha, ua ʻike i nā hana koʻikoʻi i loko o ka ʻoihana ma o kāna mau makahiki Sustainability Awards i hāʻawi ʻia i nā ʻano ʻoihana like ʻole. Maanei ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā mea lanakila a pau i nā makahiki.
"Ua ʻike ʻo Skal International e pōʻeleʻele ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi me ka ʻole o nā hana hoʻomau ikaika i nā wahi o ka mālama wai, nā holoholona hihiu a me ka mālama ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, a me ka mālama moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala," wahi a 2022 World Pelekikena Burcin Turkkan o Atlanta, USA.
"ʻO kā mākou Advocacy and Global Partnerships Committee a me kāna Sustainability Subcommittee ua hoʻopuka i kahi Sustainability Manual no ka hoʻohana ʻana e kā mākou mau hui Skal International āpau, nā hoa hana ʻoihana, a me nā mea kākoʻo o ka lehulehu e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole he wā e hiki mai ana ka mākaʻikaʻi me ka ʻole o kēia mau hana," hoʻomau ʻo Turkkan.
Ua hoʻolauna mua ʻia ka manual hou iā Skal International i ʻOkakopa ma ka World Congress i kahi seminar i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, poʻo ʻia e Skalleagues Kit Bing Wong Ho o Cancun, nāna i ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka mālama wai; ʻO Ville Riihimaki o Finland, nāna i kamaʻilio i nā hana hoʻomau i ka halihali; ʻO Alfred Merse o Hobart, Australia, nāna i hōʻike i nā manaʻo hoʻomaʻemaʻe waiwai kūlohelohe; a me Jane Garcia, ka pelekikena o Skal International Mexico, nāna i hāʻawi i nā manaʻo no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka lāhui.
"E lilo ka hoʻomau i mea koʻikoʻi i ka raison d'etre no Skal International e neʻe nei i mua."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Turkkan: "He mea nui ia no Skal International e loaʻa nā ʻōlelo paʻa i ka ʻoihana a me ka kūleʻa o kā mākou mau lālā a me kā lākou ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ka mea i loaʻa iā Skal International kahi moʻolelo lōʻihi a hiki ke hana i nā mea hou aʻe ma kēlā me kēia pae, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma o kā mākou hui kūloko i ko lākou kaiāulu.
Kākoʻo ikaika ʻo Skal International no ka mākaʻikaʻi honua palekana, e kālele ana i kāna mau pono, "hauʻoli, olakino maikaʻi, hoaaloha, a me ke ola lōʻihi." Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka makahiki 1934, ʻo Skal International ka hui alakaʻi o nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻolaha ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi honua ma o ka pilina, e hui pū ana i nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi.
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia kumuhana a e pili ana iā Skal International a me nā lālā, e kipa skal.org.
