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Fresh thinking as CPC2017
fundraising and sponsorships launch
World Plumbing Day 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia, was marked with the exclusive
unveiling of Community Plumbing Challenge 2017 (CPC2017).
Approximately 150 representatives of the Indonesian Plumbing
Industry plus other governmental delegates were present at
the 4th Annual IAPMO Indonesia Education Conference, to hear
IAPMO CEO, GP Russ Chaney, announce that Cicau Village, in
Cikarang, Bekasi (West Java), will play host to the next edition of
the programme.
CPC2017 aims to introduce a groundbreaking, longer-term village
sanitation corporate social responsibility initiative in the surrounding
region. In the weeks since this announcement, an extensive sponsorship
and partnership framework has been released by the International Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) — the organisation primarily
responsible for the delivery of the CPC initiative.
IWSH managing director, Megan Lehtonen, says, “This is a very exciting point
in time for the CPC, with a new programme launching in a third country in
as many years. Based on detailed feedback and guidance from participants
across all our previous projects, our IWSH team is continuing to make
improvements to the overall format of CPC2017, not least for the benefit
of our partners without whose generous and visionary support, none of this
would be possible.”
“For the first time — in Indonesia, this year — we are launching a
comprehensive partnership framework that clearly explains return on
investment for new and existing sponsors, plus further guidelines for value-
in-kind partnerships,” adds CPC project manager and IWSH representative,
Grant Stewart. “Previous CPC editions have set out strict national team
guidelines, with fixed numbers of skilled participants required from each
country involved. We’ve listened closely to those young people involved, to
their team leaders, and to our host partners, and — for CPC2017 — we are
now working with WPC members to bring this international team together.”
CPC2017 will be hosted in two parts: Design Week from 31 July to 5 August
2017, and a Construction Week from 5 to 10 November 2017. The project
will focus on improving sanitation facilities for about 300 children between
the ages of seven and 13 at government school SDN Cicau 02, with
supporting activities that promote public health awareness taking place in
the surrounding village throughout the duration. PA
IDC R218m loan for Free State
natural gas project
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has approved a R218-million loan to
finance the further development of a natural gas resource in the Free State through
the creation of a 107km pipeline network and associated gas processing facilities.
The funding, which remains subject to the fulfilment of certain
conditions, will be used by Tetra4, the natural gas subsidiary of JSE-
listed energy company Renergen, which is also planning to raise an
additional R145-million in equity finance to implement the project.
Tetra4 owns South Africa’s sole onshore petroleum production right,
which in 2015, was acquired from Molopo South Africa Exploration and
Production in a de al valued at R650-million. It has since started producing
limited volumes of gas, which is processed at a recently completed
natural gas compression station in Virginia and sold to Megabus, which
uses compressed natural gas to fuel its bus fleet.
Renergen has also concluded a helium take-or-pay agreement with
industrial gas giant Linde, which is attracted by the helium-rich nature
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of the gas found in the Free State. Linde plans to build a facility by
2019 to purify, compress, liquify, and store helium for sale domestically
and abroad.
The helium component of the project will not feature in the current phase,
which is designed to upscale gas production to well above 1 300GJ/day
and enable Tetra4 to pursue new markets for the gas, including gas-to-
power opportunities.
The IDC stated that the funding of Tetra4 was in line with the
development financier’s strategy of promoting gas usage in the
country, particularly through exploitation of indigenous gas resources.
The IDC loan has an eight-year term and should be drawn down by
August 2019. PA
August 2017 Volume 23 I Number 6