This is the case for effectively impacting present and future generations through palliative care. Globally, palliative care relieves suffering—whether through serious illness, impending death, poverty, displacement, climate impacts, famine, migrations, etc. It also positions community-based agencies and health systems to proactively be positioned with resilience and infrastructure to respond to future shocks and impacts that arise within the vulnerable populations they serve. For an overview of applicable studies and projections, please review the recent Lancet Commision Report on Palliative Care: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2818%2930082-2/fulltext This is a case for philanthropic support for the Kath Defilippi Fund at South Coast Hospice in South Africa: https://www.schospice.co.za
Forty years agao, Kath Defilippi was the founder of this early pioneering hospice in South Africa. She later became the first Board chair of the continent-wide African Palliative Care Association: https://www.africanpalliativecare.org Kath and her hospice developed the community-based model of palliative care that has become the standard of care in much of Africa for non-profit palliative care organizations to be intimately connected to vulnerable populations with health and social services to relieve suffering and promote wellness. Tens of thousands of beneficiaries are served each year by South Coast Hospice, in collaboration with a network of health and social services providers. The Hospice has been remarkably adaptive in identifying and responding to emerging challenges to the people of KwaZulu Natal Province in South Africa. Some of these challenges include the impacts of climate change on the eastern coast of Africa, the critical water shortage for rural families (so necessary for survival, and for the uptake of HIV and other medications), electrical power grid load-shedding, devastating mental health issues within all ages of the population, and the need for vastly more efficient technology in the operation of public health services. The flexibility, grass roots base, and resilience of this program (like many palliative care programs globally) renders is a most suitable candidate for effective giving philanthropic investment to address both present and future needs.
With the population of Africa exploding to the point of becoming the most populous continent, the youth dividend on such investments will be significant. And for a continent that has contributed so little to global warming, the investment in renewable energy will have huge impact of the future state of poverty and wellness. The cost-effectiveness of South Coast Hospice services today ($7 per beneficiary) will be increased with the added efficiencies to be realized from the Kath Defilippi Fund investments. However, it is the positioning of South Coast Hospice to assist vastly more future beneficiaries that makes the proposed one-time investment in the Kath Defilippi Fund a real impact multiplier.
The Fund proposed approximately $200,000 to be invested in three key infrastructure components: > Inverters and conversion to Solar Energy for all facilities > On-site borehole and water filtration and distribution system for facilities and for home-based clients in the communities and villages > Purchase of state-of-the art software and hardware for operations and communications. This Fund will also be a model for other global palliative care programs that serve vulnerable populations challenged with similar trends and shocks now and in the future. This is an opportunity to support a very local grass roots effort in a developing country, in an established agency that has a proven track record over many years, and is positioned to effectively impact future generations holistically with a demonstrated model of care.
Please visit the South Coast Hospice website (above) for more information. Donations in the USA may be made to Global Partners in Care, https://www.globalpartnersincare.org a 501(c)(3) organization that receives donations, provides IRS recognition, and transfers funds to the Africa-based Kath Defilippi Fund. International donors may also contribute directly to South Coast Hospice on their website, or to the African Palliative Care organization. A one-time gift will generate returns long after the technical components of the Kath Defilippi Fund are implemented. Thank you for your consideration!
NOTE: The Kath Defilippi is not part of the GiveWell system, as it is a one-time initiative outside of GiveWell’s current priorities. The studies that support the effectiveness of palliative care are generic to the field of palliative care, and have not been specifically applied to South Coast Hospice. Studies are available through the Center to Advance Palliative Care in New York City: https://www.capc.org
Effective altruism and global palliative care: One project case
This is the case for effectively impacting present and future generations through palliative care. Globally, palliative care relieves suffering—whether through serious illness, impending death, poverty, displacement, climate impacts, famine, migrations, etc. It also positions community-based agencies and health systems to proactively be positioned with resilience and infrastructure to respond to future shocks and impacts that arise within the vulnerable populations they serve. For an overview of applicable studies and projections, please review the recent Lancet Commision Report on Palliative Care: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2818%2930082-2/fulltext This is a case for philanthropic support for the Kath Defilippi Fund at South Coast Hospice in South Africa: https://www.schospice.co.za
Forty years agao, Kath Defilippi was the founder of this early pioneering hospice in South Africa. She later became the first Board chair of the continent-wide African Palliative Care Association: https://www.africanpalliativecare.org Kath and her hospice developed the community-based model of palliative care that has become the standard of care in much of Africa for non-profit palliative care organizations to be intimately connected to vulnerable populations with health and social services to relieve suffering and promote wellness. Tens of thousands of beneficiaries are served each year by South Coast Hospice, in collaboration with a network of health and social services providers. The Hospice has been remarkably adaptive in identifying and responding to emerging challenges to the people of KwaZulu Natal Province in South Africa. Some of these challenges include the impacts of climate change on the eastern coast of Africa, the critical water shortage for rural families (so necessary for survival, and for the uptake of HIV and other medications), electrical power grid load-shedding, devastating mental health issues within all ages of the population, and the need for vastly more efficient technology in the operation of public health services. The flexibility, grass roots base, and resilience of this program (like many palliative care programs globally) renders is a most suitable candidate for effective giving philanthropic investment to address both present and future needs.
With the population of Africa exploding to the point of becoming the most populous continent, the youth dividend on such investments will be significant. And for a continent that has contributed so little to global warming, the investment in renewable energy will have huge impact of the future state of poverty and wellness. The cost-effectiveness of South Coast Hospice services today ($7 per beneficiary) will be increased with the added efficiencies to be realized from the Kath Defilippi Fund investments. However, it is the positioning of South Coast Hospice to assist vastly more future beneficiaries that makes the proposed one-time investment in the Kath Defilippi Fund a real impact multiplier.
The Fund proposed approximately $200,000 to be invested in three key infrastructure components:
> Inverters and conversion to Solar Energy for all facilities
> On-site borehole and water filtration and distribution system for facilities and for
home-based clients in the communities and villages
> Purchase of state-of-the art software and hardware for operations and
communications.
This Fund will also be a model for other global palliative care programs that serve vulnerable populations challenged with similar trends and shocks now and in the future.
This is an opportunity to support a very local grass roots effort in a developing country, in an established agency that has a proven track record over many years, and is positioned to effectively impact future generations holistically with a demonstrated model of care.
Please visit the South Coast Hospice website (above) for more information. Donations in the USA may be made to Global Partners in Care, https://www.globalpartnersincare.org
a 501(c)(3) organization that receives donations, provides IRS recognition, and transfers funds to the Africa-based Kath Defilippi Fund. International donors may also contribute directly to South Coast Hospice on their website, or to the African Palliative Care organization. A one-time gift will generate returns long after the technical components of the Kath Defilippi Fund are implemented. Thank you for your consideration!
NOTE: The Kath Defilippi is not part of the GiveWell system, as it is a one-time initiative outside of GiveWell’s current priorities. The studies that support the effectiveness of palliative care are generic to the field of palliative care, and have not been specifically applied to South Coast Hospice. Studies are available through the Center to Advance Palliative Care in New York City: https://www.capc.org
Phil Di Sorbo, MS, BCPA pdisorbo@fairpoint.net