Project Report
| Aug 27, 2010
Treatment center is developing with your help
By Ingrid Leinus | communications and PR
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RTC (Rehabilitation Treatment Center) has been with SEDA since 2005. In 2010, the RTC has updated the patients’ residence buildings, brought in the electricity, created the clean water system, supplied with wheel chairs, medical supplies, new ceiling fans, and new tank for the sauna steamer. Every day around 10 inpatients and more than 400 outpatients have benefited from donations. It has made traditional medicine available to low income patients. The RTC and SEDA are very grateful to all donors, fans and supporters.
The next goal is to make the treatment more effective and available for more patients, which would be possible with the larger water tank. As there is a need for big amount of clean water for treatment with medical herbs, that tank is necessary for further development. Now RTC has good electricity system that makes it possible to install bigger tank. New tank with installation costs around 700 dollars and could contain up to 400 liters of water. We hope to raise enough funds by the end of the year.
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Jun 1, 2010
RTC Redevelopment Project
By Alex Stott | PR and Communications
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RTC Building
Out at the RTC it is as busy as ever, with patients calling in from the surrounding villages to receive treatment. Due to a recent termite infestation, SEDA is supporting the construction of a new patients building for the RTC. The construction of the building is around 85% complete. The doors are finished but the painting, gutters and floor tiles still need a little work. We are also waiting on an order of beds for the patients. Once this construction is complete we are hoping to get the water treatment installed as soon as we can. We are looking for more funding to successfully install the water treatment facility, so we urge donors to continue their support in order for us to meet our deadline by the end of this year. The seasons are changing and soon it will be monsoon season which will last until late October, so there may be some delays with construction and the roads leading to the RTC may become too muddy to drive on. The electricity in the RTC is around 95% complete, after creating a new electricity supply from the main road 4km away. We were anticipating these projects to be completed in March, but due to some delays caused by problems with local builders, having to hire a new local contractor and waiting for parts to be shipped from Thailand, we estimate that the redevelopment project will be complete by the end of the year. Funds for these projects are coming from the generous donations of private donors, patient funding, microfinance programs and the RTC budget.
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Building the RTC
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Dec 23, 2009
Thank you for the donation!!!
By Kelly Stevenson | PR/Communication Manager
SEDA has raised approximately 10% of the project fundraising. We are still urgent more donors to supports the RTC. While RTC is trying to match with GlobalGiving fund to help complete this project within next six months.
RTC is trying to solve the electricity problem how to get the pump work and while bring in the electricity to area.
At this same, the RTC is critically important in Laos because it provides free health checks to patients, as well as low cost alternative treatments to both in-patients and out-patients suffering from disease and sickness.
The RTC is now seeking funding to help reconstruct their current building which has been severely damaged by termites. At this same time we are hoping to have new water treatment equipment set up to RTC within six months.
Thank you for all of your supports and we will up date more ....
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