P-3810

Approved

District Grant Final Report

District 5340

2021-22

Rotary Club: Solana Beach

Project Title: Uganda School Latrines


Project Description

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

In simple terms, the overall project involves multiple phases of work, construction, installation and multiple products to complete it. The Solana Beach Eco Rotary Club agreed to fund the cost of the actual 14 toilet bowls identified on the receipt as "Squatting pan complete". They have been purchased and will be installed by a professional contractor. Solar Panel to generate electric power for water pump is being ordered now. The installation of all will be covered by the labor expense. The amount of excess expenses will be provided by additional donations from private donors.

2. How many people benefited from this project? More than 400

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

Children in the Garden of Knowledge school in Gulu Uganda will have a sanitary place to go to poop & pee. Then they can wash themselves with running water from the new system. This is a humanitarian need to improve sanitation and hygiene.

4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? Four Rotary Clubs participated. Three contributed funding and time and effort to complete the project. Two clubs contributed DDF funding and another club just donated $1,000 non-DDF. The club in Uganda did not contribute funds, but they did participate by handling disbursements. If an average of 5 members per club

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

(1) The Solana Beach Eco Rotary Club has been the receiver of all donations. We have used our club foundation to collect donations and channel that by using our foundation guidelines and procedures. The foundation board have managed that for us to be sure all is handled according to protocol.

(2) The Ssese Island Rotary Club of Kampala Uganda D9210 have created a designated bank account to securely handle disbursements of the funds to the school. The procurement committee oversee the purchasing of items for the project.

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

"The only other cooperating organization" besides Rotary is the bank in Kampala where our club foundation deposits the funds that have been donated. It is Centenary Bank in Kampala, Uganda.


Financial Report

7. Income

Sources of Income

Amount

1. District Grant funds received from District 5340

$500

2. Rotary Club Contribution: Solana Beach

$500

3. Rotary Club Contribution: Solana Beach

$1,205

4. District Grant funds received from District 5340

$500

5. Rotary Club Contribution: E-Club of San Diego Global

$500

6. Other funding

$0

Total Project Income

$3,205

8. Expenditures

Budget Items

Name of Supplier/Vendor

Amount

1. Toilets/

Romian General Hardware tel. #0773 118 96

$2,432

2. Lobor to install the plumbing parts

Benjamin Richard tel. #0777 592 940

$1,000

3. SolarPanel to pump water from well to the toilets

Davis & Shift

$1,000

Total Project Expenditures

$4,432

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

 

 

Benjamin Kettor

bences98@yahoo.com

Signed on 19-Apr-22

 

 

Christopher F McBride

tophermcb1@mac.com

Signed on 19-Apr-22

 

 

Lynn Stevens

lynn.stevens@traveledge.com

Signed on 19-Apr-22

 

 

Report submitted by Christopher F McBride