The Rotary Club of Edina is supporting a project of Modular and Matter and the Rotary Club of Edina Morningside to develop a “holistic health hub” in the Malusi Informal Settlement in South Africa.Modular and Matter paid for a fully equipped medical container with three rooms – a central reception area and patient registration room with examination rooms on the left and right. If it is open five days per week in this impoverished area of South Africa, it is estimated that the container clinic will be visited at least 33,500 times per year by residents of the Malusi village.
The Rotary Club of Edina Morningside learned of the project and committed to raising money to pay for transport of the medical container. At the recommendation of its International Service Committee, the Rotary Club of Edina pledged $8,900 from its foundation for the cause.
“The reduction of neonatal deaths, identification of communicable diseases such as an outbreak of parasitic dysentery caused by dirty drinking water and HIV counseling and testing are just a few of the inventions and improvements to quality of life that this site will offer the members of Malusi,” said Rotary Club of Edina International Service Director Shelly Loberg. “Our club is proud to support the holistic health hub and efforts there.”