Middle Tennessee State University/University of Durban–Westville
Country:
South Africa
Award Date:
1999
Award Amount:
$200,000.00
Cost Share:
$242,460.00
Other Partners:
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; Urban Strategy; Metro Water; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Cato Manor Development Association; Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs (Durban); Pinetown and District Office of Welfare; Cato Crest Informal Settlement; Palmiet River Informal Settlement; Kennedy Road Informal Settlement; The Valley Trust; Adventist Development and Relief Agency
University partners addressed issues of water sanitation, hygiene, and HIV/AIDS in three informal settlement communities in KwaZulu-Natal. The partners developed and surveyed settlement communities and used the results to design training workshops and other outreach programs to deliver in the. A total of 27 community leaders and peer educators supervised the training of residents in all three communities in water sanitation, hygiene, and HIV/AIDS.
Through a “sister to sister” program, the program reached 1,467 community residents. The partners also designed a cross-cultural, trans-disciplinary web-based course on public health concerns in informal settlement communities in South Africa. The course was offered for the first time in spring 2001 at Middle Tennessee State University and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. It was updated and made available in the spring of 2002 and 2003 to research partners at University of Durban-Westville.