Project Description Region: Middle East Country: Egypt Location: Cairo Total Budget: $148,850 Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment View Online Proposal Form The project will provide lifesaving cardiac interventionist 43 Egyptian children in need.The timeline will be from 5/26/2025 to 3/31/2026. All interventions will take place at Cairo University Hospitals . All children will be screened and selected for treatment from the most impoverished areas of Egypt. All surgeries will be performed by Rotarian abdominal Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeon- Dr, Hesham Shawky abandon Rotarian Cardiac Surgeons Dr. Tarek Saleh, Dr. Hussam Hassanien , Dr. Hesham El Kadi and Dr. Ehab El Sharkawi. Host Rotarians will oversee the project from implementation to completion. They will raise funds to support the project budget. They will work with healthcare professionals to collect data for monitoring and evaluation of the project. They will work closely with the University Hospitals to ensure all patients are receiving optimal care during diagnosis and selection, treatment, post op care and follow up care. International Rotarians will will help raise funds to complete the grant. They will raise awareness of the project, the need that exists in Egypt for children with heart disease and of Rotary's impact in treating children who would otherwise perish from a treatable disease. They will communicate with their host partners to obtain updates on the project and report progress to grant partners and contributors. They will manage grant funding and also report to TRF. Primary Host Partner District: 2451 Rotary Club of: Giza Metropolitan Primary Contact: Kamla Tewfik Email: kamla@zero2five.com.eg Primary International Partner District: 5340 Rotary Club of: La Jolla Sunrise Primary Contact: Estelle. Ebert Email: estelleebert@gmail.com Project Status Need $74,950 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 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total La Jolla Sunrise (5340) 6-Mar-25 $20,000 $20,000 $40,000 District 2451 DDF 7-Mar-25 - $3,000 $3,000 La Jolla Sunrise (5340) 26-Mar-25 $12,500 $0 $12,500 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $74,950 - $74,950 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $18,400 $18,400 Total $148,850 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee. 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 6-Mar-25 by Estelle. Ebert System Entry: Creation of project page. 7-Mar-25 by Estelle. Ebert System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Kamla Tawfik of the Rotary Club of Giza Metropolitan, District 2451. 7-Mar-25 by Estelle. Ebert System Entry: Pledge of $3,000 DDF by Kamla Tewfik of the Rotary Club of Giza Metropolitan, District 2451. 14-Mar-25 by Estelle. Ebert System Entry: Pledge of $17,000 DDF by Lou Auricchio of District 6960. 26-Mar-25 by Estelle. Ebert System Entry: Pledge of $12,500 by Estelle. Ebert of the Rotary Club of La Jolla Sunrise, District 5340.