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	D-720    South Africa - Empangeni MusaweNkosi Foster Home $52,223 This is a project of the Rotary Club of Empangeni, District 9270. The purpose of this project is to provide support for vunerable children and their care givers in the community, by developing, upgrading and supporting the foster homes that are situated in the rural community outside Empangeni. Foster mothers are looking after orphan children , typically as a result of the AIDS pandemic, often with little or no formal support. Under such conditions it is very difficult for the children in the foster homes to receive appropriate nutrition, shelter and the attention and stimulation they need to grow up to be educated,successful citizens. The Rotary Club of Empangeni has chosen MusaweNkosi as one of the beneficiaries this year, to assist the founders of the foster homes, Gavin and Elaine Charlton, a local ENT doctor to provide the financial support needed to sustain and develop the foster homes. Presently there are two foster homes, each housing one care giver and 12 children. The future plans are to build more foster homes to accommodate the hundreds of AIDS orphans that reside in the rural areas surrounding Empangeni. It should be noted that the future building of new homes will be financed by a private donor and the the items requested for support in this grant appilcation are those contained in the budget as they are considered a priority. At present over 250 orphans have been indentified in the area. A five year project has been mapped out by MusaweNkosi. The matching grant will assist in the following projects. 1. Chicken Breeding Project This has already been started at the site of the orphanages. The idea is to provide employment to some of the older orphans who have finished school without a matric certificate and are unable to find employment and also to provide extra funds to support the orphans. Initially 200 chickens were sold per month, this figure has now increased to 200 every fortnight. The chickens are sold to the local community providing them with nutritionus food locally. MusaweNkosi require financial assistance with the cost of the feed for the chickens. 2. LDV Vehicle (Bakkie) A bakkie is required to assist the chicken project with the delievering and selling of the feed and chickens. Food parcels are handed out on a regular basis and a Light Delivery vehicle would assist with the deliveries. Future community projects that are planned for this year also require the assistance of a vehicle. 3. Borehole Fresh clean water is a major problem. The existing borehole dried up at the beginning of the year when the rainfall was low. The lack of sufficient water is affecting everything, the children, the chickens, the goats and the gardens. A new deeper borehole and a pump are required urgently. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Empangeni District: 9270 Primary Contact: Jim Dowe Email: jimdowe@vodamail.co.za Check all projects from: [District 9270] [Empangeni Rotary Club] [Jim Dowe] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: Valley Center District: 5340 Primary Contact: Denise McAndrews Email: mcandrews.de@vcpusd.k12.ca.us Check all projects from: [District 5340] [Valley Center Rotary Club] [Denise McAndrews] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Empangeni $20,548 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Valley Center $1,100 Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts District 5340 DDF $4,000 Rotary Club of Escondido $3,500 Rotary Club of Valley Center $2,500 Rotary Club of Beaverton $1,400 Rotary Club of District 5340 AIDS Fund $434 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $18,741 Total $52,223 Status and Progress Information Completed This project is completed. Project listed for the 2007-08 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #65709. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Jennifer Berg (Jennifer.Berg@rotary.org). <28-Dec-06> System Entry Creation of project page. <9-May-07> by Rob Lindsay-Rea The Rotary Club of Empangeni are desperate to get this project off the ground. Any funding would be much appreciated. <18-Sep-07> System Entry Pledge of $2,500 with $2,500 DDF by Megan O'Dowd of the Rotary Club of San Diego Uptown, District 5340. <8-Nov-07> System Entry Pledge of $2,500 by Doug Clements of the Rotary Club of Valley Center, District 5340. <9-Dec-07> System Entry Pledge of $1,100 by Kurt Guter of the Rotary Club of Lansing, District 6360. <18-Jan-08> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <27-Feb-08> by Brennan Pate Jennifer Berg wrote to request the following: Host Partner Authorization- need signed authorization from the current club president (Ernst Loser) Itemized Budget- did not receive this appended budget with the application and the budget as submitted is a little too vague. International Partner (Valley Center) Participation- More detail is needed to describe the International Partner's participation. <27-Feb-08> by Brennan Pate Submitted original detailed budget sheet to Jennifer Berg via email. <12-Mar-08> by Brennan Pate Budget and signature were sent to Jennifer Berg by Rob Lindsay-Rea according to 4-Mar-08 email. <18-Mar-08> by Brennan Pate Dave Breeding emailed the description of Valley Center's participation to Jennifer Berg, per her request. <29-Apr-08> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <3-Feb-09> by Dave Breeding Progress is being made on the project per Jim Dowe, Mike Bunting, and Kurt Guter. Project not expected to be completed before end of 2009. <20-Mar-09> by Susan Thorning Next 12 month report due August 31, 2009 <7-May-09> by Jim Dowe Received approval to change item 3: Borehole to ablution block. The original budget of R55,795 will be supplemented with the interest earned while holding funds. <15-Jul-09> by Jim Dowe See photos of new abultion block which is nearing completion. <2-Sep-09> by Jim Dowe Interim Report completed and sent to Kurt Guter Jim Dowe Secretary: Rotary Club of Empangeni <8-Oct-09> by Susan Thorning Please advise if Interim report due August 31 was forwarded to The Rotary Foundation. <8-Oct-09> by Susan Thorning New report for District shows a report was received but is considered incomplete. <21-Oct-09> by Susan Thorning TRF staff emailed Rotarians Dowe, Guter, and Tolken on 25-September-09 with a request for a copy of the project account's opening statement that shows the deposit of the TRF wire of funds into the bank account. This is the remaining requirement for completing the report. <21-Oct-09> by Jim Dowe Statement required by TRF has been forwarded. <3-Nov-09> by Susan Thorning Interim report accepted as complete. Next report due December 2010 or two months after project is completed. <27-Apr-10> by Jim Dowe Final Report submitted today to TRF. A PDF copy of the FR has also been uploaded to the site. Many thanks to all the partners of this project and for helping us to make this a successful project. If you require a copy of the FR, please contact Jim Dowe. <11-Jun-10> by Susan Thorning Congratulations, your final report has been accepted. Your file has been marked as closed. <11-Jun-10> 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.