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	D-1847    India - Kolkata Healing Little Heart $48,889 To provide heart surgeries for little children from poor income families. Thousands of children in India are born with a hole in the heart and unless this anomaly is addressed through surgery the child cannot live beyond a few years. Surgery however can ensure a healthy and long life to the child. The fear of loss of life of the children plunge the poor family into darkness and the only ray of hope is surgery which is beyond the capacity of these poor families. The cost of surgery is $ 1500 to $ 3000 depending on the complication whereas the average income of such families is about $ 50 – 70 per month. Surgery therefore, is impossible for them without help from us. We have negotiated with hospitals to bring down the cost of surgery to Rs (INR) 50,000/- equivalent to $ 1086 per patient. The project envisages heart surgeries for 44 children over a period of 12 – 15 months. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Calcutta-Mahanagar District: 3291 Primary Contact: Rita Jhawar Email: jhawarrita@gmail.com Check all projects from: [District 3291] [Calcutta-Mahanagar Rotary Club] [Rita Jhawar] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Woodstock-Oxford District: 7080 Primary Contact: PDG Doug Vincent Email: rotary@teamvincent.com Check all projects from: [District 7080] [Woodstock-Oxford Rotary Club] [PDG Doug Vincent] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar $3,000 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Woodstock-Oxford $7,145 District 7080 DDF $7,145 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts District 3260 DDF $5,000 District 3120 DDF $5,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $21,599 Total $48,889 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 #75273. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Colleen O'Donnell (colleen.odonnell@rotary.org). <25-Jun-10> System Entry Creation of project page. <4-Jul-10> by Deepak Choudhury The application is uploaded. <27-Jul-10> System Entry Pledge of $1,300 by Hajra Wilson of the Rotary Club of Cambridge North, District 7080. <27-Jul-10> System Entry Pledge of $1,300 by Hajra Wilson of the Rotary Club of Cambridge North, District 7080. <13-Sep-10> System Entry Pledge of $1,500 by Doug Vincent of the Rotary Club of Woodstock-Oxford, District 7080. <23-Sep-10> System Entry Pledge of $2,000 by Terry Hemsworth of the Rotary Club of Meaford, District 6330. <1-Oct-10> System Entry Pledge of $3,000 by Janet Gray of the Rotary Club of Palgrave, District 7080. <1-Oct-10> System Entry Pledge of by Hajra Wilson of the Rotary Club of Cambridge North, District 7080. <1-Oct-10> by Deepak Choudhury Trying to correct Cambridge North pledge info <29-Nov-10> System Entry Pledge of $300 by Hajra Wilson of the Rotary Club of Cambridge North Club# 4693, District 7080. <8-Dec-10> System Entry Pledge of $1,550 by John Zinkie of the Rotary Club of Burlington North, District 7080. <13-Jan-11> System Entry Pledge of $6,317 by John Zinkie of the Rotary Club of Burlington North, District 7080. <31-Mar-11> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <3-Jun-11> System Entry TRF Grant Number assigned: 75,273. <2-Sep-11> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <2-Aug-12> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". <2-Aug-12> by PDG Doug Vincent Closure letter received, dated May 8, 2012. Thanks to everyone for their time and effort to make such a significant difference in the lives of these children. We were pleased to meet some of the patients and doctors during our recent travels to India and I hope that we can continue working together to help others in need. PDG Doug