Project Description Region: South America Country: Ecuador Location: Ribamba Total Budget: $45,000 Area of Focus: Water, sanitation and hygiene Project Title: Rehabilitaon of the Buenos Aires public utilies system. GOALS- The goals of the project are to replace the pipeline (5 km), which has reached its useful life (30 years) and to- Eliminate the current water loss of up to 40%. ACTIVITIES- Maintenance of the well water extracon equipment.- Change in the water conducon piping to their homes. TRAINING PLAN Leadership and Organizaonal Strengthening - Good pracces for the use and exploitaon of water resources - Good environmental pracces for the use of water resources.- Administraon and accounng management pracces of the organizaon.SUSTAINABILITY PLAN- Availability of water in the current subway well.- Decrease pipeline losses.- Make new household connecons.DESCRIPTION OF PARTNERS The Rotary Club of Riobamba with its project commi>ee, the Water Board of the Buenos Aires Campus, and the support of the Cumandá Municipality.ROTARIAN PARTICIPATION PLAN The Rotary Club of Riobamba visited the community to verify on-site the needs and evaluate the same, using two types for this purpose, the meeng or survey to obtain a clear vision of their needs.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT- Unskilled labor for the replacement of the main pipeline and maintenance of the secondary pipelines. - Opening at the household installaons for the installaon of water meters.- Partcipaon in water management training and awareness modules Primary Host Partner District: 4400 Rotary Club of: Riobamba Primary Contact: anna Rive Email: anarive77@hotmail.com Primary International Partner District: 4281 Rotary Club of: Armenia International Primary Contact: ROSSI BIRT Email: rossigerentesunshine2@hotmail.com Project Status Need $42,570 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year. The TRF Grant application number is #2466428.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Armenia International (4281) 18-Jun-24 $100 $0 $100 Las Vegas WON (5300) 18-Jun-24 $100 $100 $200 Amherst (7090) 18-Jun-24 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Washington, D.C. (7620) 18-Jun-24 $50 $0 $50 Delhi South East (3011) 18-Jun-24 $100 $0 $100 District 4400 DDF 19-Nov-24 - $500 $500 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $42,570 - $42,570 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $480 $480 Total $45,000 Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries 5-Jun-24 by Fiona Barretto System Entry: Creation of project page. 18-Jun-24 by Chehab Elawar System Entry: Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Chehab Ekawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300. 18-Jun-24 by Chehab Elawar System Entry: Pledge of $100 with $100 DDF by Chehab Ekawar of the Rotary Club of Las Vegas WON, District 5300. 18-Jun-24 by Jorge Velasco System Entry: Pledge of $50 by SAMUEL LEE HANCOCK of the Rotary Club of Washington, D.C., District 7620. 18-Jun-24 by Jorge Velasco System Entry: Pledge of $100 by Neeraj Bhatnagar of the Rotary Club of Delhi South East, District 3011.