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	D-1842    India - Kolkata Swabalamban Self reliance $25,000 Villages of West Bengal and urban slums of thickly populated Kolkata are full of migrant population which lives on barely $1/day. Unemployment amongst young population is on the rise both in urban & rural poor. On a survey done by Rotary Club of Saltlake Metropolitan it was found that most of the families do not have any earning member and they in turn cannot send their children to schools and do not even get two square meals a day. This leads to nutritional deficiency, malnutrition & ill health. On the other hand unemployed youths with their energy gets diverted towards the unsocial activities leading to alteration of social fabric and increased criminal activities. The Project involves – providing cycle vans to rural poor youths who shall utilize them to ferry people and vegetables to City markets. They in turn can easily earn about INR 4000/month (less than $100), which shall help to put children back in school, take care of their nutritional needs and bring peace to the elderly family members of each youth. Such young entrepreneurs shall lead an honourable life. Crime rates will decrease substantially. This project is going to benefit 100 families of 6 each totaling 600 people for years to come. The Cycle rickshaws will be given to unemployed urban poor youth who will be provided a comprehensive package including specially built cycle van with extra space to keep mineral water/newspaper for additional income & health insurance for whole family for whole family for Rs. 1 lakh and Accident coverage of Rs. 1 lakh and Vehicle insurance and maintenance cost. This will help them to earn about Rs 8000 – Rs. 10000 (i.e. $150-200) per month. The project shall be completed in 12 months from receipt of grant funds. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Salt Lake Metropolitan Kolkata District: 3291 Primary Contact: Dr. Aruna Tantia Email: arunatantia@gmail.com Check all projects from: [District 3291] [Salt Lake Metropolitan Kolkata Rotary Club] [Dr. Aruna Tantia] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Gold Coast, Lake Success District: 7250 Primary Contact: Manny Sethi Email: mannysethi@yahoo.com Check all projects from: [District 7250] [Gold Coast, Lake Success Rotary Club] [Manny Sethi] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Salt Lake Metropolitan Kolkata $200 District 3291 DDF $6,050 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Gold Coast, Lake Success $8,400 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $10,350 Total $25,000 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2010-11 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #73772. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is laura bradley (laura.bradley@rotary.org). <21-Jun-10> System Entry Creation of project page. <30-Jun-10> System Entry Pledge of $8,400 by manny sethi of the Rotary Club of lak sucess, District 7250. <2-Oct-10> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <2-Oct-10> by Aruna Tantia Project has been submitted to TRF. International partner's few querries are being sent by rc gold coast. Awaiting decision by Trf. <20-Oct-10> System Entry TRF Grant Number assigned: 73,772. <6-Jan-11> by Aruna Tantia Project has just cleared its last hurdle. Now sent for decision of trustees by RF. <16-Mar-11> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <16-Mar-11> by Aruna Tantia Project approved. Both parties sending their contributions to TRF. <2-Oct-11> by Aruna Tantia The project is still ongoing. Onne hundred cycle vans distributed to the poor unemplyed youths in 2 Rcc area. The remaining 25-30 cycle rickshaws are going to be distributed to equal no of unemployed urban youths on 23 November . <21-Apr-12> by Aruna Tantia Project completed . Final report sent to RF and partners. Avaiting closure report.it has created a vast impact on the community . <16-Nov-12> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". <16-Nov-12> by Aruna Tantia The project has been completed and file closed by TRF. Partners are now ready to file for phase 2 of project. Web site design by Philippe Lamoise, D2G Pages, pictures and video on this site © Philippe Lamoise 2001, 2005 This website is a private initiative by Rotarian Philippe Lamoise, Torrey Pines Rotary Club, District 5340, to help the clubs and districts worldwide to do matching grants with The Rotary Foundation.