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	D-1702    Ecuador - Cumbayá (quito) Brain Gym $17,000 Brain Gym is a Literacy project destined for low-income children attending neighborhood schools in Quito and Guayaquil, the two largest cities in Ecuador. The idea is to promote critical thinking with emphasis on auditory, visual, and kinetic skills. Brain Gym is based on the program PACE, Processing and Cognitive Enhancement. The intent is to better children's learning and their self-esteem which helps to break the circle of poverty. Staff training and application of PACE will be undertaken by Fundacion Educando al Ecuador based in Quito. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Quito Equinoccio District: 4400 Primary Contact: Tania Morán Domínguez Email: tmorand@hotmail.com Check all projects from: [District 4400] [Quito Equinoccio Rotary Club] [Tania Morán Domínguez] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: La Mesa Sunrise District: 5340 Primary Contact: David Ballesteros Email: david.ballesteros@sdsu.edu Check all projects from: [District 5340] [La Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club] [David Ballesteros] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Quito Equinoccio $1,000 District 4400 DDF $9,500 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise $1,000 District 5340 DDF $4,500 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts Rotary Club of Quito $500 Rotary Club of Chula Vista Sunrise $500 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation (waived) $0 Total $17,000 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 #72,306. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Valerie Pereira (Valerie.Pereira@rotary.org). Host Partner collaborators will be Guayaquil La Puntilla and Guayaquil Cerro Azul. International Partner collaborator will be Chula Vista Sunrise; 2009 GSE Team Leader Marta Knight recently visited project site in Quito. <16-Dec-09> System Entry Creation of project page. <11-Jan-10> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <14-Jan-10> System Entry TRF Grant Number assigned: 72,306. <14-Jan-10> by Susan Thorning On 12 January 2010, The Rotary Foundation (TRF) received a request to help provide staff training for a literacy for low income children in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador. Your request has been assigned the file number, Matching Grant #72306. Please reference this number on all future correspondence with Foundation Staff. <26-Feb-10> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <26-Feb-10> by Richard Tolken Your announcement letter has been loaded to the web page for D-1702 at matchinggrants.org. Please have your current club president sign the terms and conditions, complete the payee information for the project account and submit your donations. <19-Mar-10> by Susan Thorning A past due report on Microcredit grant # 65755 will delay funding of this grant. Please clear up that reporting issue. <7-Apr-10> by Susan Thorning The grant report issue has been cleared and this grant has been authorized to move ahead for payment <4-May-10> by Susan THorning Payment authorized. Start watching the project account for payment over the next 2 to 4 weeks.