HACT showered with love

WITH the generous donation from Container Conversions, the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust was able to open it brand new bathroom facilities recently.

The addition was part of its ongoing expansion project, which is being designed by Hewitt Velissariou Architecture, which has taken the Centre under its wing.

“For a long time we have been short of toilets versus the amount of staff, visitors and patients at the Centre,” said Olivia Myeza, CEO at the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust.

“We have 67 permanent staff, 350 crafters, 30 home-based carers as well as the visitors and we only had six toilets to facilitate all of these people with.”

The two sleek new container bathrooms contain, for the women, four toilets, two showers, a urinal for male children to use, a baby changing table and two sinks.

The men’s bathroom is similar in ablution facilities but also houses a locker room for the horticultural team.

All of the staff members at HACT gathered to celebrate the opening of the two new shower/toilet blocks, with a bottle of non-alcoholic bubbly being popped and a delicious chocolate cake, inscribed with the words “Happy Flushing”, being shared.

“We have recently partnered with SRC, a Dutch tourism company, and they are planning on sending through regular groups of tourists to the Centre.

The tourists will then be taken on a tour of our facilities and then will go into the community and have a traditional Zulu lunch which will be prepared by one of the granny support groups.

These new bathrooms will allow us to accommodate the groups of up to 29 people,” said Olivia. She thanked Container Conversions for their generous donation to the Centre.