Sponsor: a new water tank and repairs for the kitchen for Our Lady’s Hospice in Lusaka, Zambia
- At May 21, 2012
- By getchart
- In Sponsor A Project
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Our Lady’s Hospice was started in 2001 in Kalingalinga, one of the poorest and most populated areas of Lusaka, Zambia, by four religious congregations, one of them the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Hospice is a faith-based institution that provides palliative end-of-life care for patients with HIV/ AIDS.
Hospice’s services include: (1) an Outpatient Department that offers Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART), Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) and TB treatment. The hospice’s Laboratory can perform blood tests and people testing positive for HIV are then enrolled in an ART program; (2) a Children’s clinic, established in 2004 under the Zambian Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, provides paediatric palliative care; and (3) Inpatient Services, using 30 beds across 5 wards to provide palliative care to HIV patients. The Hospice also admits and cares for patients with opportunistic infections, such as TB or cancers such as Kaposi Sarcoma.
At present, Our Lady’s Hospice needs to:
(1) renovate the water system in the premises. The water tank is integral to the functioning of the hospice to provide clean and uninterrupted water supply to the patients. Water is basic to keep the hospice focused on providing good and hygienic palliative care to patients and a clean and friendly environment. Water is obtained through boreholes in the premises and stored in a tank used to channelize water to the inpatient and outpatient areas.
The tank has become inefficient and is in a dire need of repair because it is resulting in loss. The estimates obtained point towards replacing rather than further repairing the tank. The estimated cost of dismantling the tank and replacing it with a new one is 26 Million ZMK or around US$5,000.
Detailed budget:
| Description |
Total Amount (US$) |
| Dismantling the existing system/ bringing down the tank |
300 |
| Wire brush the steel section to receive red oxide |
100 |
| Supply & fix the timber to support the tank |
400 |
| Supply & fit 12000 ltr PVC tank in place |
1,900 |
| Weld a steel cage around the tank |
400 |
| Paint all the steel section |
500 |
| Test the water supply & hand over |
150 |
| Labor |
500 |
| Mark up, supervision & transportation of tank |
700 |
| Total |
4,950 |
(2) repair the kitchen. The kitchen is used to heat food for patients, prepare food for impromptu patient needs, and to boil water for the wards. The roof requires a coat of paint and also needs to be fixed at several places, the sink and shelving need to be replaced, and the windows need to be replaced along with the meshing. Besides, the kitchen has a pantry area which is not really used as food is not stored here; hence it has been decided to break down the wall separating the pantry to ensure the space is bigger and easier to work in. The kitchen will also get false roofing inside to seal it from outside elements and therefore make it easier to keep clean. The cost of breaking down the pantry and renovating the kitchen is estimated at 27 Million ZMK or around US$5,200.
Detailed budget:
| Description |
Total Amount (US$) |
| Demolish existing blockwork/ shelving/ windows |
200 |
| Redo windows/electrical/shelving/ painting |
4,150 |
| Mark up, supervision & transportation |
870 |
| Total |
5,220 |
The hospice has limited funds available for operational and project expenses and needs external support to replace the water tank and to repair the kitchen.
If you would like to sponsor either of these projects totally or partially please, contact:
Arthur A. Pingolt, Jr., at
Telephone: +1 612- 810-9147
Email: apingolt@oblatepartnership.org
