SATEMWA BUILDS THE GUARDIAN SHELTER FOR THYOLO HOSPITAL USING FAIR TRADE PREMIUM FUNDS

As per our last post, Guardians for patients at the biggest referral hospital in Thyolo were having a night mare.
Either there was no place to sleep or prepare food for the patients.
Having been approached by hte community, assembly and hospital administration, Satemwa came to their rescue by agreeing to use  the Fair trade funds to construct a guardian shelter.
The building has been constructed at the cost of +$65,000 and is at completion stage.
The Managing Director and the General Manager for Satemwa went to inspect the project to ensure quality before handing it over to the hospital. (Photo below).

Mr. C. Kay (MD) and Mr. R.G.Emmott (GM)
(sharing ideas after the inspection of the building)

The photos below are the current guardian shelter with women busy preparing supper for their relatives in hospital and the photo to the right is the Satemwa built Guardian shelter where guardians will be sleeping and preparing food. The building has 2 cooking apartiments with 8 cooking places and sleeping rooms.

Front view of the New Guardian Shelter

                                                                                              

Patient Guardians seen at the old Shelter.

This is a typical example of life before Fair trade.

Without Fair trade it might have been difficult to

assist these people with a decent structure as the one above. 

Indeed Fair Trade does change peoples' lives and livelihoods.

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