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Rotary Club: E-Club of San Diego Global Project Title: College Scholorships 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? Please note: In the Description part of the document, there are many files marked "monograms (MoneyGrams) that contain all receipts for the project in Guatemala. Funds were sent by MoneyGram from Maureen Duncan to Lilian Gonzalez, project manager in Guatemala for tuition, books, internet, and transportation. The expenses list for this is file "Grant Expenses: 22-23" ". The tally is as bit over the $5000 because many people sent money for disaster relief etc as part of the MoneyGrams. The document marked "3rd Year !st Semester subjects" lists the courses these 7 students are taking in college, thanks to this grant. This grant has made possible a university education for seven students. Seven Guatemalan university students living in Santa Lucia/Antigua have completed their college year.Five are now in their third year, one in his second and one completing her fifth year in social work. I have attached their classes they are taking. They also have received stellar grades this past year, overcoming such adversity such as domestic violence, severe poverty, family illness and two students got Covid. These students are not only the first in their families to attend college, but also the first to attend high school. This is very meaningful for their communities as they will be the leaders in education, economics and politics where they live. Besides scholarship money, other contributors support then all taking a class call E4CC English for Call Centers. where they are learning English in an intense online class. Many of them are almost ready to apply to a call center for work. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 50, including their family members 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? Reyna, an A student is studying Industrial Engineering, a very rigorous program. Since Covid been she has taken all her courses online st the university. Her father, the family breadwinner is seriously ill with kidney failure animist be taken for dialysis every two weeks. Its not enough but is all the government will; supply. Reyna has to take him to the dialysis center and back. This is very stressful for the family and Reyna. in particular. We contributed our own money for the dialysis appointments. Her mother has no skill she can provide for the family economic and the family is barely getting by. Reyna he is an A student. She has 2 siblings - an older sister who works and helps maintain the family and a little brother. Nallely has a father and mother who earn minimum wage, but they work part time. She is studying Business Administration and his an A student. Her English skills are excellent thanks o the E4CC class. She hopes to get employed at a call center soon to help her family and college education. Cindy lives in a family where domestic violence persists daily. Her family is very poor and internet access where the lives is not very good, which affects her college education. Despite emotional problems she has persisted in her studies with a B average and is halfway toward a degree in Business Administration. Byron is a native Mayan and contributes to the support of his family who lives in the mountains 12 hours by bus away. He is in his second year of college studying Computer Engineering receiving all As. He lives alone and has to manage his own health and well being, and tough math and computer classes. He knows if he finishes college he will be able to help his impoverished family. He also helps to work at a Call Center soon as his classes at E4CC have greatly improved his English (which is his third language. Victoria, a Business Administration major, is another A student. This past fall 2022 she and her family fell on extremely hard times. Both her mother and father were bedridden and care of the and her younger siblings fell on her. Then the family was evicted since no one could pay the rent. They were on the street during Christmas time. Caring Rotarians and others came to their rescue so they could get into a shelter with medicine and food. Then Victoria came down with Covid and was not going to continue at the university this semester because she did not have internet access. The caregivers once again provided means for Victoria to continue her studies. Lilian has struggled for 20 years to finish her degree in Social Work, with poverty and family obligations in the mix. This grant has provided her tuition and books and she will be awarded her degree in May of this year 2023, with an A average. She is impassioned about helping others and will be a moving force for an equitable empowered Guatemala in the near future. Oscar takes care of his grandmother with whom he lives and is attending his third year at the university in Business Administration. He works and studies without complaint. He loves there E4CC Engl 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 7 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. The club members who contributed to this grant are known as Madrinas. Not only do they provide additional scholarship funds outside of this Rotary Grant but moral and educational su[port. We have Zoom sessions with the students often to check in on their mental health and help provide English improvement classes that supplement their E4CC classes. 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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