African project
Village of Hope – South Africa
BUILT ON HOPE
Based on the concept of the successful LIV Village that was founded by Tich and Jo
Natal in 2001, the new 20 850m² Village of Hope is situated on 285 hectare land ove
Hartebeespoort Dam in the North West Province of South Africa. It was built entirel
new construction method that incorporates recycled polystyrene. The Polystyrene P
partnered with the Mobile Education and Training Trust (METT), a Non-Profit Orga
R285 million project.
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There are over 5 million orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa, mostly due
12,000 added to this every month. Like the LIV village, the Village of Hope will exist to
leaders in South Africa by placing orphaned and
vulnerable children into a family environment
with a trained foster mother to love them, a
school to educate them, and where all their
physical needs are met,” says Hennie Snyman of
METT.
Revolutionary building method
The pilot programme, which effectively uses polystyrene
which has been separated at source owing to its patented
chemical cocktail that neutralises the bacteria contamination,
was launched in 2012. Building with recycled polystyrene
offers government a much needed solution for reducing
building and construction in low cost housing projects, as well
as to the polystyrene recycling industry. It successfully uses
and includes coloured and black contaminated polystyrene
found in abundance in food packaging applications, including
fast food trays, take away cups or trays used to package meat
and fresh fruit.
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