US Foundation Funds Multi-Storey Marina Building

President Fernanda Kellogg of New York-based Tiffany and Company Foundation, who was in Gaborone recently said the building will be the new home for several activities. These include HIV-AIDS research conducted by doctors from the University of Penn Medical School; teaching classrooms for students and offices for faculty of the University of Botswana University Medical School; a clinic for HIV/AIDS patients; and a pediatric facility.

Kellogg said the budget for the new facility will be over $4 million (P30 million) with the University of Penn providing extra-funding. It is expected that the new building will be completed and opened in the early part of 2011. Kellogg told the Monitor that the building will be owned by the Ministry of Health, under the direction of the Princess Marina Hospital.