Aspire Design Studios, the company responsible for the technical development, design and support fora-ha.com, is currently involved in a very worthy and impactful effort to help orphans in a remote part of South Africa. With the enthusiastic support of a-ha and their management, we want to let you all know about this cause and how your support can make a difference.
The Hut Project
Excerpts fromhttp://thehutproject.org tell the story:
The community of Ingwavuma, a remote rural part of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, suffers from extreme poverty, where 40% of the population are HIV+ and are dying of AIDS related illnesses. The life expectancy is just 39 years. Daily living is already a great struggle, water is scarce and food a constant worry. It is such hard work to build a hut when you are sick and hungry, and yet women and children have to build homes for their families.
Can our volunteers do the same at Hampton Court?
It was a simple and innocent question that inspired our group to build a stick house– home to too many in Kwa-Zulu. We want to draw attention to the poverty, and that we, the fortunate, can make a difference. We will be building and then sleeping in a stick house identical to those found {in Ingwavuma}, but this one will be in the gardens of Hampton Court Palace in August 2010 –a huge contrast.
During August, between the 18th and 21st, a handful of volunteers will be building a Zulu hut on the East Front lawn of Hampton Court Palace. ALL money raised from this project will go directly toOrphan Care, a charity which works in Ingwavuma. Orphan Care is hoping to build the first hospice in the area to provide palliative care for the dying. At the moment there is no support for families and people die without dignity in their huts, with no pain relief.
For more details about the project, it’s mission, the community needs it endeavors to address, and how you can help:
http://thehutproject.org
The Hut Project Facebook Page
The Hut Project Twitter Page
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