Project Description Region: South-East Asia Country: India Location: Tiruchirapalli Total Budget: $40,000 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development View Online Proposal Form The city of Tiruchirapalli, has a population of more than a million people spread over an area of around 40 sq. kms. This city has few institutions catering to the needs of autistic children. Maharishi Vidhya Mandir is one such school. The children now travel in rented vehicles. But this makes it very expensive and few parents can afford the cost. This project aims to buy a van for the school to transport poor autistic children who otherwise would not have access to school and treatment. In addition a portion of the funds will be used to purchase training materials and computers with special software to educate these children. Girls from economically backward families mostly do no have the habit of using sanitary napkins, but make use of cotton or waste cloth as make shift napkins. The very few girls who do use napkins do not dispose of these in a proper manner, which constitute a major threat to the health and hygiene of the community. Unfortunately this need is not currently being addressed. The proposal is to purchase a sanitary vending machine with a built-in incinerator; and a sewing machine. The vending machine would be provided to schools for girls and the sewing machine to the local women who would make a living by stitching napkins out of the waste cloth that will be donated by Rotarians from local textile mills. Interact and Rotaract Clubs would buy napkins from the women, mark up the cost marginally to take care of maintenance of the vending machine. This would provide a livlihood for the women in the Village. Primary Host Partner District: 3000 Rotary Club of: Tiruchirapalli Shakthi Primary Contact: Shirley Deepak Email: winreach@yahoo.co.in Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Vista Primary Contact: Larry Sundram Email: larrysundram@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by The Rotary Foundation. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2010-11 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #25027.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Vista (5340) 30-Apr-10 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 Tiruchirapalli Shakthi (3000) 30-Apr-10 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 La Jolla Golden Triangle (5340) 5-May-10 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $4,000 $14,000 $18,000 Total $40,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [6-Feb-13] Audit findings [7-May-10] Shakthi Revised Proposal

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History Log Entries 30-Apr-10 System Entry Creation of project page. 30-Apr-10 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Shirley Deepak of the Rotary Club of Tiruchirapalli Shakthi, District 3000. 30-Apr-10 System Entry Pledge of $1,000 by Linda Sundram of the Rotary Club of Camp Pendleton, District 5340. 5-May-10 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 5-May-10 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 5-May-10 System Entry Pledge of $1,000 with $2,000 DDF by Dale Barnes of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, District 5340. 5-May-10 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 6-May-10 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 7-May-10 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 9-May-10 by Philippe Lamoise The $12,000 District 5340 DDF contribution towards this project has been approved, pending the final approval by TRF. 18-May-10 by Larry Sundram Proposal approved by TRF and assigned Global Grant number: 25027 7-Jul-10 by Larry Sundram Application submitted to TRF for Review and Approval 30-Sep-10 by Larry Sundram Grant #25007 approved. 1-Oct-10 System Entry Proposal Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 1-Oct-10 System Entry Proposal approved by The Rotary Foundation. 1-Oct-10 System Entry Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access. 1-Oct-10 System Entry Application approved by The Rotary Foundation. 14-Dec-10 by Larry Sundram All requirements for funding this project have been satisfied. Next, RI will transfer funds to the project account 16-Mar-11 by Larry Sundram Payment Made 9-Aug-11 by Philippe Lamoise Interim report accepted by TRF. Next due date for report is 31-Mar-12. 22-Dec-11 System Entry Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation. 13-May-12 by John Fistere Report due on May 31, 2012. 16-Jul-12 by Larry Sundram Report updated in Member Access. Awaiting DRFC Pam's authorization. After authorization, DRFC Gopal (D3000) will submit the report online. Hard copy will follow to RI South Asia Office (RISAO). 6-Feb-13 by Larry Sundram Audit completed. Awaiting response from D3000 19-Aug-13 by Larry Sundram Laura Bradley of TRF advised that GG 25027 is open. TRF is working with D3000 to meet the grant requirements. TRF waived 5340 reporting responsibilities in September of 2012 2-Mar-14 System Entry Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation. 25-Mar-14 by Larry Sundram Final Report Accepted by TRF 25-Mar-14 System Entry Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.