Project Description Country: USA Location: Chula Vista Total Budget: $3,000 Area of Focus: Community economic development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: Three industrial sewing machines provided for refugees to start their tailoring businesses in San Diego, California In our community, Afghan refugees can't easily obtain jobs due to language and cultural barriers. Chula Vista Rotary Club has supported "Bless these hands" in the past two years and provided two consumer-grade sewing machines. Now, We identified two professional tailors and a seamstress who worked with American troops in Afghanistan. They are currently unemployed.The project "Bless These Hands" will provide three industrial sewing machines to the refugees.This will enable them to start their own altering and tailoring businesses. Upon disbursement of funds, the machines will be purchased and delivered within 45 days. Rotarians of the Chula Vista club, who are experts in financing will provide advice to guide these refugees to start their businesses. Within four months, Rotarians will also assist the refugees in obtaining the proper licenses. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Chula Vista Primary Contact: Rasha Roshdy Email: rroshdy@amnasanctuary.org Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Chula Vista (5340) 22-Jul-22 $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 Total $2,000 $1,000 $3,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [13-Jun-23] Final Report [13-Jun-23] Amna Sanctuary proof of payment from club [27-Sep-22] DDF Bank Information [22-Jul-22] Example of sewing machine [13-Jun-23] New machine receipt [13-Jun-23] Receipt Singer machine

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History Log Entries 22-Jul-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 5-Sep-22 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 5-Sep-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Rasha Roshdy. 5-Sep-22 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 27-Sep-22 by Marta Knight Club banking information needs to be uploaded to Documents. 30-Sep-22 by Marta Knight Club banking information received. 14-Oct-22 by James Morrison System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 2-Jun-23 by Rasha Roshdy The project is completed. Two Afghan refugee families started their tailoring businesses. One family hired another refugee to support the growth of their business. The other family is successful. The husband and wife are both tailors. They create beautiful Afghan clothing articles and sell them in the community. 13-Jun-23 by Rasha Roshdy System Entry: Final Report signed by Rasha Roshdy. 13-Jun-23 by Alan Turner System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.