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	D-654    Ecuador - Guayaquil Mechanical Cow $45,000 La Puntilla Rotary Club of Guayaquil, Ecuador and La Mesa Sunrise Rotary of La Mesa, California propose to provide five “Mechanical Cows” (soy bean milk machines) for school sites in the Greater Guayaquil area. The five sites are in impoverish areas and will serve up to 500 Nursery/K-6 children daily in each site with severe nutritional deficiencies. The two foundations involved for this project are: Fundacion Kairos and Fundacion Ciudadela Municipal Rotaria. The idea of both foundations is to allow these children to become the future leaders of Ecuador. With proper diet and education and solid spiritual and moral values and with a high self esteem, similar to that of a well being family, these children will become productive citizens of Ecuador. The Foundations support themselves with material donations, as well as personal time of many people and institutions. Feeding these children as if they were their own has been a main worry of these Foundation Boards so that the children can grow physically and mentally in a strong way to face the challenges of the future. Because of this, the Foundations are requesting the generous assistance of Rotary International to obtain funds for these soybean milk-producing machines. Fundacion Kairos will act as the primary Foundation and be responsible for and manage the operation of the soy milk producing machines at the selected locations and take fiscal responsibility for the Project with Fundacion Ciudadela Municipal Rotaria playing a collaborative role at the Ciudadela Rotaria and La Puntilla Rotary Club overseeing the progress at the school sites and assuring that the Project goals and objectives are carried out. Soy beans grow abundantly in Ecuador and thus producing the very nutritious drink of soy milk is very cost effective, about 15 cents a liter, versus nearly a dollar for whole milk. With this equipment the Fundacion Kairos will be able to better handle the feeding requirements and balanced diet for these children. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: La Puntilla District: 4400 Primary Contact: Xavier Gomez Email: [invalid email on file] Check all projects from: [District 4400] [La Puntilla Rotary Club] [Xavier Gomez] 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 La Puntilla $1,000 District 4400 DDF $1,125 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of La Mesa Sunrise $18,167 District 5340 DDF $7,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $17,708 Total $45,000 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2006-07 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #62160. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Valerie Pereira (Valerie.Pereira@rotary.org). <12-Oct-06> System Entry Creation of project page. <7-Feb-07> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <28-Feb-07> by Brennan Pate Application was resubmitted to TRF with D 5340's DRFC signature. <17-May-07> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <24-Jun-08> by Susan Thorning Our District 5340 Matching Grants Report indicates that a 12 month interim report with a bank statement and receipts is due as of the end of June. Final reports are due 2 months after the project is completed. This is just a reminder to prepare the appropriate reports as soon as possible. <25-Feb-09> System Entry Grant status changed to "Completed". 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.