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Waterless Toilet - Bila maji Choo

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Bila maji ChooBila maji Choo - Swahili for Waterless toilet.The designer of the moladi construction technology has designed a unique and patented waterless toilet system to enhance the product offering in Africa and the rest of the world. 
Many developments have no infrastructure such as bulk sewage works and this delays the development of homes. 
Hennie Botes has always been a "solve the problem" person and the newly designed Bila maji Choo will change the lives of millions of people for the better.

In South Africa children have to go into the bush to relieve themselves - The Bila maji Choo is simple to install and requires no chemicals.

It is our goal to make the Bila maji Choo the most cost effective waterless toilet on the market, allowing access to the majority of people without proper sanitation.
Bill Gates talks toilets


Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million liv…
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RDP Housing Houses House

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RDP Housing | #RDP House
RDP HOUSE | RDP HOUSING
RDP Housing Building CooperativesTHE PROBLEMUnemployment
Housing Interaction between National - Provincial and Local (Municipalities) Government





Solution
Building co-operatives - Building coops


How? Building Cooperatives

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Building co-operatives - Building coops

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Building co-operatives - Building coops
Building co-operatives | Building coops THE PROBLEMUnemployment
Housing Interaction between National - Provincial and Local (Municipalities) Government





Solution
Building co-operatives - Building coops


How? Building Cooperatives

Building co-operatives - Building coops
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Green Building Council - Sustainable Affordable Housing Delivery

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Green Building Council South Africa - moladiThe Green Building Council of South Africa is dedicated to building a greener future. “Our purpose is to inspire a built environment in which people and planet thrive. Buildings are one of the main contributors to climate change. Building green is an opportunity to use resources efficiently and address climate change while creating healthier and more productive environments for people and communities.”


Appropriate Technology: Small is beautifulThe economist and philosopher, Dr Ernst Friedrich Schumacher, wanted to stress that small-scale technologies are the ones needed in the fight against poverty. These solutions have great advantages: they can be implemented with local resources and skills and they are affordable - which makes them tools that empower people to help themselves. The impact of appropriate technology becomes particularly noticeable when innovative solutions are used and promoted by social entrepreneurs who put social impa…
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Jobs-Producing-Food-Shelter

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Jobs Producing Food and ShelterJobs Producing Food and ShelterWe have simply used South Africa as an example in the article. Obviously the solution is applicable not only to South Africa or Africa, but as a global solution.

Currently there are 800,000 graduates that are unemployed in South Africa. This means that our universities are producing a significant amount of unwanted skills for the needs of industry and our country. 

This prompts the questions: 
Does our higher education system produce unemployable graduates? Does our schooling system create unemployed youth after grade 12? Should we relook at the antiquated 1900 English curriculum applied in schools today? Are what is taught relevant to what is needed? Should we not cater for children who are not mathematical or scientifically inclined? Should we not teach basic entrepreneurial skills?Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
- Albert …
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