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Rotary Club: Carlsbad Project Title: Rotary-Smiles Generator 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? Due to the relative frequency of hurricane related and other local power outages, the lack of electrical backup during times where clinical and surgical services are being provided can lead to serious medical life-threatening scenario. It is for this reason, both during and after the Rotary Mission projects are being completed, as well as for the community overall, this Matching Grant is developed to provide funds for the purchase, installation, and provision of an electrical backup generator for the local community's outpatient clinical surgical facility used. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 8,000 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? In the process of providing children and patients located in the regions of Mexico with underserved populations afflicted with Facial Cleft deformities, the mission surgeons and nurses of the Rotary-Smiles International Foundation projects Baja-Smiles which include Cabo San Lucas clinics have noted a deficiency of life-saving electrical power backup availability at the sites served. This project will involve the participation of several Rotary Clubs located in the region of Cabo San Lucas and Los Cabos and will be a conjoined project of the Rotary Club of Carlsbad, Rotary Club of Carlsbad High Noon, and the Rotary Club of Los Cabos. Over 20 Rotarian will be participating and this project is estimated to provide benefits for over 8,000 people directly in the 2 years to follow the project completion. Hundreds of children receiving facial cleft repairs along with many families receiving other medical surgical care at this community hospital will benefit from secure power to their operating rooms, clinics, and hospital rooms for years to come during times of power instability to this physical location on the point of the Baja California, Mexico. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 20 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Helped to coordinate the purchase, obtain installation engineer electricians, plumbers, concrete workers for platform stabilization, wiring to conduit panels connecting to existing hospital supply routes, crane lift workers and trucking drivers for the placement of the purchased generator. Provide monitoring of equipment and supplies. Also, Rotarians helped with meal coordination and social interaction at their meetings and host project workers for the care of the clinic. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? N/A 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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