Citizen Journalist: Impumelelo

About Impumelelo

The Impumelelo Social Innovations Centre champions social solutions to encourage the adaptation of these proven bright ideas around South Africa - promoting African Solutions to African Problems!

Pellets help solve pit latrine problem

Two million Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines (VIPLs) have been created in South Africa since the early 1990s. As they become full and unusable, VIPLs pose […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category General CommentsComments Off Tagged Bill Gates, e'Thekwini Municipality, LaDePa technology, Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines

Initiative Helps Raise R17.5 Million Worth of Nappies

In April this year, the Ministry of Women, Children and People with Disabilities reported to Parliament that their department had under-spent their 2010/11 disabilities programme […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Health CommentsComments Off Tagged Association of Round Table of Southern Africa, Children and People with Disabilities, Ministry of Women, nappyrun.org.za, National Association for Persons with Cerebral Palsy, National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA), The Nappy Run Campaign

What women can do with R2 a week!

Rural women who live below the poverty line have limited access to formal financial institutions and often do not know about options for making sound […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Business CommentsComments Off Tagged community, community upliftment, education, entrepreneurs, group savings, KwaZulu-Natal, Leadership, micro-financing, rural, self-reliance, Sinamandla, skills development, social grants, women

Ablution Blocks as Development Hubs

Earlier this year, the Department of Water Affairs published a report on the quality of sanitation in South Africa. Eleven percent of households have no […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Health CommentsComments Off Tagged ablution, community, community involvement, community upliftment, disease control, e'Thekwini Municipality, employment, environment, pollution, Public Health Care, Sanitation, shipping containers, waste management

Equipped for Living

It is youth month and youth unemployment is in the spotlight. The figures are shocking: over 70% of the unemployed are younger than 34. This […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Education, Sport CommentsComments Off Tagged community upliftment, employment, National Youth Month, President's Awards, Rhoda Kadalie; Skills Development; Job Creation; Khayelitsha; learn to earn; impumelelo social innovations Centre; training, skills development, solutions, Youth, youth development

Fit for Life, Fit for Work

June is National Youth Month. Sadly there is little to celebrate. 42% of youth under the age of 30 are unemployed. The employment rate of […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Education CommentsComments Off Tagged Annie Lennox, Cape Town, community, community upliftment, computer skills, counselling, David Furnish, Elton John, employment rate, Etafeni Day Care Trust, health, library, life skills, music therapy, National Youth Month

Lucrative service delivery

South African municipalities are plagued with inefficiencies, but local government can be creative and cost-effective in delivering services. e’Thekwini Metro in Durban is one such […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Green, Health, Politics CommentsComments Off Tagged change the headlines - change south Africa, community, Durban, e'Thekwini Municipality, entrepreneurs, environment, informal housing, international award, job creation, Sanitation, service delivery, South Africa, waste management, water

Hospitals get smart about HIV adherence

The recent UNICEF report paints a grim portrait of life for the 19 million children in South Africa. Most live in poverty; almost two million […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Design, Health CommentsComments Off Tagged Dr Paul Roux, impumelelo, Kidzpositive Family Trust, Positive Beadwork Project

Local Technology Simple Enough for Rural Clinics to Operate Autonomously

The problem of disposing medical waste in South Africa gives government sleepless nights. The average patient produces 400g of it daily and in 2010 reportedly […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Health, Science & Tech CommentsComments Off Tagged Dr Hugo Tempelman, medical waste, Moutse District, Ndlovu Care Group, T2, T2 Micro Medical Waste Incinerator™, Tim Simons, Ultrafurn

Combating HIV with Mobile Technology

The 12th May was International Nurse’s Day. However hardworking nurses in South Africa are hardly celebrated or appreciated enough. Those who work in the public health […]

Impumelelo Cape Town 24 PUBLICATIONS Go Getter Category Education, Health, Science & Tech CommentsComments Off Tagged Frog Design, hiv, iTeach, Lifeline, MTN, National AIDS Helpline, PopTech!, Praekelt Foundation, Project M, Project Masiluleke, SocialTxt, TextAlert, Themba Lethu Clinic

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