Launceston nurse and charity founder Diana Butler is busy taking the model for sustainable development she helped create in Tanzania to the world.
abc.net.au/news/care-for-africa-diana-butler-template-sustainable-charity/102195124Launceston nurse Diana Butler does not stop to think about how far she has come in her aid work."[And] I'm actually scared of heights, so if I'm climbing a mountain I can't look down ... I just have to keep on going."
Next Friday, Ms Butler will travel from her hometown of Launceston to Tarime, a remote region of Tanzania, for a month-long stay. The encounter prompted Ms Butler to make a promise to the people that she would help them, one she says she will honour for the rest of her days.Ms Butler co-founded the not-for profit aid organisation Care for Africa in 2006, and she has volunteered as its chief executive since then.
"What I've learnt over the years is it's all very well to put in a water well, but the springboard effect of putting it in is greater if we extend beyond that," she said.If you also provide health care for people in the communities, she explained, you can then get them to school and get them educated."[Then] they are not dependent on the donor, and at the end of the day that's what sustainability is about.
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