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	D-1686    Mexico - El Fuerte Laparoscopic equipment $16,000 Medical services are being provided by volunteers in three clinics near El Fuerte, Mexico, a town of approximately 30,000 population, much of which is rural. Liga International volunteer medical personnel have worked in conjunction with Mexican physicians to hold monthly clinics for indigent persons of that area since the 1934. Numerous surgeries are performed during these clinics which occur over the course of a weekend. Project objective is to purchase laparoscopic surgical equipment. Such equipment allows for less invasive surgeries and thus a safer and quicker patient recovery. These clinics are also provided in the nearby communities of San Blas and El Carrizo and once or twice annually for the indigenous people of nearby Copper Canyon. With limited availability of follow-up patient care, the laparoscopic equipment and surgeries provide for a much more comfortable and positive patient outcome. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Ciudad Obregon District: 4100 Primary Contact: Sergio Duarte Felix Email: laboratorioduarte@hotmail.com Check all projects from: [District 4100] [Ciudad Obregon Rotary Club] [Sergio Duarte Felix] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: San Marino District: 5300 Primary Contact: Greg Thompson Email: Wthom35@aol.com Check all projects from: [District 5300] [San Marino Rotary Club] [Greg Thompson] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Ciudad Obregon $100 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of San Marino $3,583 District 5300 DDF $7,950 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Arcadia $1,000 Rotary Club of Pasadena $3,367 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation (waived) - Total $16,000 Status and Progress Information Approved This project has been approved by the Rotary Foundation. The parties are sending the money and the project is being implemented. Project listed for the 2009-10 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #72,170. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Mireya Morales (Mireya.Morales@rotary.org). Executed grant documentation has been sent to TRF. <13-Nov-09> System Entry Creation of project page. <13-Nov-09> System Entry Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Robert Novell of the Rotary Club of Arcadia, District 5300. <18-Nov-09> System Entry Pledge of $3,367 with $2,525.25 DDF by Hassan Kheradmandan of the Rotary Club of pasadena, District 5300. <10-Dec-09> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <10-Dec-09> System Entry TRF Grant Number assigned: 72,170. <16-Feb-10> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <24-Mar-10> by Greg Thompson Executed grant documentation has been sent to TRF.