Poor AIDS patients in South Africa will have bathrooms and a garden at their clinic, restoring dignity.

Health > Refilwe Clean Water Project

Refilwe Clean Water Project

Summary

Help us build a 10 unit sanitation facility for this community project. Our zero discharge sanitation systems require no water or chemicals and will enhance users personal hygiene standards. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $19,025 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

This project provides critical medical, childcare, education, skills development and sanitation facilities to a community where few have access to clean water, electricity or basic social services. The projects original sanitation system is beyond repair and is polluting the nearby river and underground water supply. Home to 25 orphans it also operates a school for 67 children and a skills development center for 25 adults. Its clinic provides care for several hundred patients a month.

Activities

Include a school and children’s shelter. Each child gets breakfast, lunch and fruit before they go home, for most this will be the only food they get. It operates a 20-bed Aids hospice and the only registered TB clinic and HIV/AIDS in the area.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $19,025

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $19,025. The original project funding goal was $19,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

This sanitation system will prevent further pollution, reduce the gastro intestinal disease levels in the area and significantly enhance the comfort and personal hygiene of the underprivileged currently served by the Refilwe Community Project.

Project Message

"All men and women are created equal. Just because people are poor does not mean they lack dignity. When they are sick they need comfort and help from those who are more fortunate."
- Dr. Brian La Trobe, Project Leader, 2005 Tech Museum Award Winner

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Brian La Trobe,
Project Leader
10 Brookfield Close.
Paulshof 2056
Johannesburg, South Africa. BOX 247
South Africa
++27.11.467.2461
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Tech Museum Awards

Organization

The Brian La Trobe Foundation
40 Alphen Close. Paulshof
Johannesburg, Box 247 Paulshof 2056
South Africa
++27.11.267.2461
http://www.eloo.co.za

Learn more about The Brian La Trobe Foundation and the project team.

The Brian La Trobe Foundation's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Provide the World's Poor With Safe Sanitation

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in South Africa and can also be found under Health.

For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on June 26, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 09, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Refilwe Community Project Update

By Brian LaTrobe - , June 26, 2007 06:27 PM

Thank you for giving so freely to this project. You have made a tremendous improvement to the daily lives of all who live and are associated with Refilwe. Having given them hygienic sanitation, showers and a laundry, our next project is to improve their living conditions. Please read the attached update on this project.

We have also just posted our new project, Build a new life for 12 orphans in South Africa. (see link below) Please do take a look at our new project.

Again, thank you very much.

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