Sad state of project

Jorgen Arinell recently visited an aid project in De Aar that he helped co-ordinate. The project was between the city of Karlstad in Sweden and the Emthanjeni municipality, set up in 2002. Arinell was shocked and disappointed to see that the refuse recycling project and the Poortjie Nature School were abandoned and in a vandalised state. Swedish taxpayers also gave money to build seven Echo homes. These homes were to have solar panels for heating water. The special toilets, imported from Sweden, that were supposed to be installed in the homes, are nowhere to be found. The vegetable garden, equipped with a water pump and tank installed by the Swedish, has not been used in three years. Since the project was started, Sweden sent out two teams to help with training.