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Rotary Club: E-Club of San Diego Global Project Title: High School Entrepreneurship 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? FINAL REPORT – P2898 GRANT 2019-20 Rotary E-Club of San Diego Global has undertaken this project which takes place in Guatemala with the intent of uplifting high school students out of poverty The high school they attend, IDM in Santa Lucia Milpas Altas, was identified in being active in teaching students with business practices and intent on protecting the environment.. The selected 14 students are the first generation in their families to attend high school (only 25% of Guatemalan actually do and only 10% finish, capable of attending college). Students who only complete 6th grade are doomed to work in the fields or low-level factory work, repeating the cycle of poverty. Our goal is to change that and model how Guatemala can build up a middle class. The District Grant we obtained in September 2019 gave the students a path to create their own eco-friendly businesses: 1) creating their own reusable menstrual pads and protectors and 2) creating their own products using local materials. 1. Reusable menstrual pads. We applied to be a Days for Girls Enterprise and was accepted to participate. However, the students found it not cost effective and decided to create their own. In so doing the grant has hired a local community seamstress, using our design and the students have learned how to educate local girls and women on the use of these recycled inexpensive products. The majority of the population they are targeting to instruct are poor and cannot afford to pay so this project has become a free service to the community. The students are learning the value of giving back and helping others. 2. Other products. This particular high school is all about being eco-friendly, saving the planet. The market is for tourists. The soap is in the shape of a pyramid or volcano. Volcanoes are threatening in Guatemala and are thought to be destructive. But this soap is soothing and cleansing, good for the skin. This is a representation of the new Guatemala. Uplifting! Students have used their own recipe in making the soaps and have worked on marketing and selling. In December they made a profit: $30 each, which helps them and their families with the bare necessities like food and transportation. Since December, they have created other eco-friendly products: candles and table napkins. So far in the grant we have fulfilled the expectation of hiring a local director, buying two sewing machines, paying for internships and scholarships. The students are on the verge of making a profit. However, we have identified two challenges for these students who are starting in their senior year (school year is January – October) and interested in going on to college to study business administration and engineering: passing the college entrance exams and finding scholorships for college 2. How many people benefited from this project? 300 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? The 14 students involved in creating their Entrepreneurship projects were the direct beneficiaries but The students learned marketing, how to create various products, sales and financing. Thei 14 students and their families were recipients of profit and internship funds the students received. One of the students mothers received a salary for sewing the menstrual pads. The teachers and principal of the high school in Guatemala were instumental in allowing the group a room in the high school to make their products. .The other students in the school and the community were the recipients of the students' teaching on how to use reusable menstrual pads the students created and how to develop a product. The local manager received tremendous experience on project management. Humanitarian need met: Economic Development 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 4 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. The project manager, Maureen Duncan, managed the project from afar (San Diego) but made several trips to Guatemala. The project would not have taken place without the local Guatemalan project manager whom Maureen met evaluating a Rotary Cadre project in the area February 2019. Local Guatemalan Rotarians, especially Julio Grazioso, past governor, and Franky Viau, present governor as well as Jorge le Franc helped support the project by encouragement and visits to the high school involved. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? 7. Income
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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. 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.
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