“No school should be without proper
functioning and clean sanitation units. It’s called human dignity” said Albert
Weber, CEO of the Infrastructure Specialist Group (ISG) when he recently handed
over 16 Rocla precast concrete sanitation units to the Sifunindlela Primary
School, based at Kabokweni in Mpumalanga Province.
“At ISG, our Corporate Social Initiative
focuses on early learning development projects. At Sifunindlela Primary School,
we saw a need for hygienic and safe sanitation units and knew we could assist
through Rocla’s the expertise in this sector. Our belief that functional
ablution facilities should be provided for learners attending educational
establishments, stems from our belief in the right to basic human dignity. We
at ISG and Rocla are proud to have supplied the 16 dignified and safe
sanitation units” Weber said.
“We contracted Enviromould Product
Solutions for the installation of the toilets. They supplied amenities for
upstream water and downstream sewer management. The finished product comprised
two sets of toilets for both girls and boys. The seats supplied, include for a
built in baby-seat to accommodate both pre-schoolers and children in primary
school.
These sanitation units are safe,
hygienic and fully functional and replace previously dangerous Pit toilet
installations” commented Andre Labuschagne, Product Development Manager at
Rocla. He added “The sanitation unit itself is a cost-efficient unit. There is
no need for any educational establishment not to have units such as these
installed for their learners and their staff “.
Enviromould supplied all associated
sanitation unit fittings such as stop cocks, water connection fittings,
infiltrator soak away chambers, sewer pipes, water troughs and vent valves as
well as conducting the excavation, installation and backfilling of the septic
tank as well as the installation of a 5000-litre water tank on a raised
platform to gravitationally feed the toilet cisterns.
Rocla’s Precast Concrete Toilet unit is
a cost-effective solution to one of the essential needs in South Africa’s
high-density urban and rural communities. The stand-alone unit has been developed
to be used as either a leach pit configuration or as a full water borne system.
The unit is supplied complete with high
quality, polymer pivot door and the optional concrete add-on wash basin. Where
running water is available, plastic fittings are used to prevent theft as these
have no scrap value.
In the case of leach pit latrines, the
leach pits themselves are also manufactured from concrete and supplied together
with the toilet unit. This provides a system in line with the Water Research
Commission’s findings for a cost effective and viable on-site water borne
system.
Sifunindlela Primary School is a no fee
public school and has over 1,100 registered learners with over 100 in Grade R.
Rocla is part of the ISG which also
includes Technicrete.
More information from Malebusa Sebatane,
Tel: 011 670 7600
email: Malebusa.Sebatane@isgroup.co.za
