P-2396

Approved

District Grant Final Report

District 5340

2018-19

Rotary Club: San Diego Coastal

Project Title: Car for Refugee Mom


Project Description

1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place?

The project was to raise money to purchase a car for a Sryian refugee woman in San Diego. She needed the car to transport her children to and from school and to get to work.

2. How many people benefited from this project? 9 people

3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met?

The beneficiaries were Raouaa, the Sryian refugee mom, and her husband and seven children. She is now able to drive her children to school and appointments without asking her husband to take off time from work. She is starting a culinary skills class October 22 and the car will allow her to get to school and back. This class will pay her a salary for the next 8 weeks. She will then be qualified to work in the food industry. She will be able to start her catering business with her new car.

4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 30 Rotarians from the San Diego Coastal Rotary Club

5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project.

My fellow Rotarians helped me raise funds and submit my grant proposal.

6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role?

Contributions to the car fund were also private and via on line fundraising Go Fund Me. $3500 was raised in all. Enough to purchase the car.


Financial Report

7. Income

Sources of Income

Amount

1. District Grant funds received from District 5340

$1,000

2. Rotary Club Contribution: San Diego Coastal

$1,000

3. Other funding

$0

Total Project Income

$2,000

8. Expenditures

Budget Items

Name of Supplier/Vendor

Amount

1. Toyota Camry

Private owner

$3,500

Total Project Expenditures

$3,500

District must retain receipts of all expenditures for at least five years. Please scan and upload to the project's "Documents" tab all invoices (be sure they are marked "paid"), receipts and/or copies of checks for the full amount of the project budget.


Certifying Signatures

By signing this report, I confirm that to the best of my knowledge these District Grant funds were spent only for eligible items in accordance with Trustee-approved guidelines, and that all of the information contained herein is true and accurate. I also understand that all photographs submitted in connection with this report will become the property of RI and will not be returned. I warrant that I own all rights in the photographs, including copyright, and herby grant RI and TRF a royalty free irrevocable license to use the photographs now or at any time in the future, throughout the world in any manner it so chooses and in any medium now known or later developed. This includes the right to modify the photograph(s) as necessary in RI's sole discretion. This also includes, without limitation, use on or in the web site, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, exhibitions and any other promotional materials of RI and TRF.

Signatory

Email

Sign Date

 

 

Jenny Parker

jenny@jparkermd.net

Signed on 18-Oct-18

 

 

Jessica Long

jessica.long.sd@gmail.com

Signed on 1-Apr-19

 

 

Report submitted by Jenny Parker