Monolithic

Extending a Helping Hand: Nonprofit Activities

In 2005 Rebecca South, together with David South and Andrew South, launched Domes For The World. DFTW, as a nonprofit organization, strives to improve the lives of impoverished people worldwide through the introduction and construction of Monolithic Domes and EcoShells, thus providing permanent, fireproof, disaster-resistant homes and community buildings.

In addition to DFTW, Rebecca, David and Andrew have partnered with rap artist/entrepreneur Won-G to establish One Dome At A Time, a nonprofit that will concentrate on providing first homes to needy families in Senegal, Jamaica and Haiti as well as other areas.

Other nonprofit organizations with similar missions also include Solid House Foundation, Change the World Ministries, World Youth International, Shelters International Disaster Response and the Southern Sudan Education Project.

This section features articles about these growing efforts.

  

Southern Sudan Education Project

Nonprofit

Image: A Southern Sudan school

On Friday, December 2, 2005, the Southern Sudan Education Project (SSEP) held a banquet and fundraiser at the Utah Multicultural Center in Salt Lake City. The keynote speaker for the event was Manute Bol— best known as the “Tallest man in the world.” (Continued…)

Monolithic Partners with Rapper Won-G to Create Foundation

In The Media

Image: Contract signing in Los Angeles

Monolithic is proud to announce that it is partnering with rap artist and entrepreneur Won-G and his Save Haiti Foundation to create “One Dome at a Time,” a charity providing housing to people around the world. (Continued…)

Domes For The World Featured in Concrete International

In The Media

Image:

When an earthquake struck Indonesia’s Island of Java in May 2006, some communities were harder hit than others. Ngelepen, for example, was devastated by a major landslide that wiped away every structure in town. But thanks to generous assistance from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) and Dubai-based Emaar Properties, the Domes For The World (DFTW) Foundation was able to rebuild the community by constructing safe and efficient Monolithic EcoShells. (Continued…)

Small Donation, Big Help!

Domes for the World

Image:

At Monolithic’s Marketplace, the Just Water, Ceramic Drip-Filter is one of our best sellers. A few years ago, the Texas Baptist Men developed this practical, inexpensive, but very effective water filter. They travel to and teach survivors in our planet’s disaster-devastated, war-torn and poverty-stricken areas how to assemble and use the filters for potable water. (Continued…)

October 2008 - Jazz for Peace to Perform a DFTW Benefit Concert

Press Releases

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist, vocalist and composer Rick DellaRatta, will perform a special benefit concert on Saturday, November 15th to raise funds for Domes for the World (DFTW), a Salt Lake City-based foundation that provides safe, affordable housing for those in need. (Continued…)

May 2007-DFTW Completes First Major Project: 71 Homes in Indonesia

Press Releases

Domes For The World (DFTW), a Salt Lake-City-based nonprofit foundation established in 2005 with a mission to improve the lives of people worldwide through the introduction and construction of Monolithic Domes and EcoShells, has completed its first major project: a village of 71 dome homes, six public lavatories, a mosque, a medical clinic and a kindergarten on the Island of Java in Indonesia. (Continued…)

December 2006: Domes For The World Announces First Major Project

Press Releases

Foundation Receives $1 Million Grant to Build Houses in Indonesia (Continued…)

A New Way of Life

Videos

This is a video featuring the project by Domes for the World in New Ngelepen, Indonesia. The New Ngelepen project included 77 houses, 6 MCK’s (bathroom, shower facilities), 6 wells, 6 septic systems, a church, and roads. (Continued…)