The drought has broken!
Great news from ground zero in Datam, India – the drought has finally broken and ‘it’s raining cats and dogs’!
It’s wonderful news for Datam and surrounds, and for TH as through our visits to India we’ve come to care greatly about all the beautiful people in Datam, so are so pleased to hear our friends are out of the danger the drought was posing….it also means the Oct trip should be a very fruitful one! Jo
Bricks, beats & pockets fundraiser
Family fun day poster.
Save the date: Friday 3 June, 7pm til late. Traditional Healthcare and supporters are showcasing Melbourne’s urban culture with with the maddest local street artists, DJ’s and MC’s. Watch this space – online auction bids to start soon.
Help us with the clinic roof!
Thank you for all the generous supporters and volunteers. Any donation large or small will help us put the final touch to our first clinic – the roof!
Water crisis in Datom
Due to very little rain around the Datom clinic, the closest river became desert. Now the cattles are suffering but in the peak of summer, the well and pond will be the same as the river. A huge water crisis is coming for this area soon.
Clinic photos
The clinic is taking shape:
Accomodation rooms in progress.
Education building - front wall.
Treatment room in progress.
TH Volunteer Hugh Adamson and a local make sure the bamboo pieces are tied securely.
Mulching: not an easy task in 30 - 40 degree heat!
The banana circle beginning to take shape.
Volunteer Jeremy Lavender gets the cement ready for bricklaying.
Local magic stone will be used to make the clinic.
TH Volunteer Hugh Adamson and a local show that makeshift tools can easily get the job done.
One of the two completed banana circles
The heart of the permaculture garden - the two banana circles - finally finished!
Huge welcome back to Datom
We have arrived in Datom to a great reception. We will be getting out to the site this afternoon and marking out the new building sites and road ways…and beginning the temporary clinic tommorow.
Wheelbarrow discovery
We have landed in Kolkata and found a wheelbarrow it is amazing that has taken 2 years to find! Hope the rest of the trip has as much luck.
Off to India to finish the clinic
We are getting very excited about the next trip to India – we will be putting the roof on the clinic and begin the research and planning to operate the clinic once it is complete.
With the team leaving on 10 & 19 Feb, we are doing all humanly possible to raise funds – if you can help out with street collections, donations, or have a FUNdraising idea you would like to implement please let us know – thanks!
Stage two contruction complete
Stage two of the construction of the Datam clinic is now complete. Photos soon…
Walls are looking like walls!
It’s all happening at the site today!
Machines and labourers everywhere. Five no dig gardens covered and completed. Excavator’s filling in the backfill for the floor and the walls are actually starting to look like walls. It’s really starting to take shape.