IPHINI likaKhomishana wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu u-Ellie Vesey-Thompson uhlanganyele ozakwethu emcimbini obalulekile wokuqhakambisa inhlalakahle yabasebenzi baseSurrey kanye nomakadebona ngeledlule.
I-Surrey Armed Forces Covenant Conference 2023, ehlelwe yi-Surrey County Council egameni lebhodi le-Surrey Civilian Military Partnership Board, isingathwe eSikhungweni Sokuqeqesha Amasosha e-Pirbright.
Lo mcimbi ubuhlanganise abameleli abavela kuyo yonke imikhakha yomphakathi, ezimele kanye neyesithathu ukuze kuxoxiswane ngeqhaza elenziwe emphakathini yiButho Lezempi LaseBrithani, iRoyal Air Force kanye neRoyal Navy.
Usuku lonke, izihambeli zizwe izinkulumo ezivela kuhlu lwabasebenzi bangaphambili nabamanje, kuhlanganise no-WO2 Johnson Beharry VC COG, owaklonyeliswa nge-Victoria Cross ngomsebenzi wakhe e-Iraq.
Izingane ezimbili ezisekelwa i-Army Welfare Service kanye nenkosikazi yesisebenzi samasosha nabo banikeze ukulandisa okuthinta inhliziyo kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo.
Ihhovisi lamaPhoyisa kanye noKhomishana woBugebengu futhi Amaphoyisa aseSurrey basebenza ndawonye ukuze bathole ukugunyazwa okuyisiliva ngaphansi Kwendondo YeSikimu Sokuqashelwa Komqashi Lomnyango Wezokuvikela.
Lesi sinyathelo sisebenza njengesiqiniseko esiphoqa abasebenzi kanye nomakadebona, abalingane babo kanye nezingane zabo ukuthi baphathwe ngokungenzeleli nangenhlonipho futhi kuqinisekisa ukufinyelela okufanayo ezinsizeni njenganoma yisiphi esinye isakhamuzi.
I-Surrey Police iyinhlangano elungele amasosha futhi ihlose ukusekela ukuqashwa komakadebona kanye nabalingani babo. Amaphoyisa asebenzayo nawo ayasekelwa uma ekhetha ukuba ngabaholi bamaReservists noma amaKhadethi, futhi uMbutho ubamba iqhaza ngenkuthalo osukwini lwe-Armed Forces.
U-Ellie, onomthwalo wemfanelo wamasosha kanye nomakadebona e-Surrey njengengxenye yemali yakhe, yathi: “Igalelo emphakathini wethu elenziwa amasosha nabesifazane akufanele nanini lilibaleke, futhi inkulumo ka-WO2 Beharry yaba isikhumbuzo esinamandla sokuthi ukuzinikela kwabo kungaba kukhulu kangakanani.
'Ungakhohlwa'
“Labo abasebenzela noma abake basebenza ebuthweni lethu bafanelwe ukwesekwa konke esingabanikeza kona, futhi isimo sethu samanje sethusi sibonisa ukuzinikela kwethu ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi labo abasebenzela izwe lethu baphathwa ngendlela efanele.
“Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi omunye umsebenzi esiwenzile kusho ukuthi ihhovisi lethu kanye namaphoyisa aseSurrey alungiselela ukufuna isimo sesiliva ezinyangeni ezizayo.
“Omakadebona abaningi bakhetha ukungena embuthweni wamaphoyisa ngemuva kokushiya umbutho nokuyinto esiziqhenya ngayo.
“Abanye bangase bakuthwale kanzima ukulungisa impilo yabantu, futhi nomaphi lapho kungenzeka, kuwumthwalo wethu ukusekela labo abaye badela okuningi kangaka.
“Ngiyawukhumbula futhi umthelela indlela yokuphila yemindeni yezempi engaba nawo ezinganeni nakubantu abasha abasakhula, kusukela ekukhathazekeni ngokuphepha komzali okhonzayo noma umbheki kuya ekucindezelekeni kokuthuthela ekhaya, ukushintsha izikole nokushiya abangani.
“Njengoba ngihola izingane kanye nentsha kanye namasosha kanye namakadebona egameni likaKhomishana, ngizimisele ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ithimba lethu lenza konke esingakwenza, ngokubambisana nozakwethu, ukweseka lezi zingane kanye nabantu abasha.”
U-Helyn Clack, uSihlalo we-Surrey Civilian Military Partnership Board, uthe: “Sibonga kakhulu ku-Pirbright ATC ephinde yabamba ingqungquthela yethu yaminyaka yonke.
'Kuyakhanga'
“Indikimba yomcimbi bekuwuhambo lwezinkonzo futhi besiziqhenya ngokwamukela izikhulumi ezinhle ezifana ne-WO2 Beharry VC COG, obeheha ukusixoxela ezinye zezindaba zakhe, kusukela ebuntwaneni eGrenada kuya e-UK, ngaphambi kokujoyina i- ibutho nokwenza izenzo zakhe zobuqhawe.
“Sizwile nangabanye abampilo yabo ithonywe kakhulu impilo yenkonzo.
“Sijabule ukwamukela inqwaba yozakwethu abebezimisele ukuthola eminye imininingwane ngomsebenzi omuhle owenziwa eSurrey wokuxhasa umphakathi wethu wamasosha.
"Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi izinhlangano kulo lonke isifunda sethu zenze okwengeziwe ukuxhasa omakadebona bethu, abasebenzi benkonzo kanye nemindeni yabo ngaphansi komsebenzi wethu wokuhlonishwa nguMthetho Wezempi ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi abancishwe amathuba."