Grant
Application

D-953

   South Africa - Greytown

Training AIDS caregivers

$16,985

Umvoti is the epicenter of the AIDS pandemic in Kwazulu Natal. To cope with the pandemic in this vast, sparsely populated area (2,500 sq. km -- 100,000 people), the Umvoti AIDS Centre has home based care in each of the eleven districts in the municipality.

The carers are chosen because they have deep roots in the community, they treat the symptoms of the disease, they bring comfort, they listen, and they bring hope. They are also an indispensable means of distributing food and clothes to the poor.

The vast majority of the carers earn no money - they are true volunteers.

In the past year the 120 UAC carers have seen over 14,000 people.

The work of the home based carer is very stressful and the UAC would like to maintain a "care for the carer" programme where, every month the carers are brought together for fellowship, for debriefing, and a broadening of their understanding of the problems that affect them all.

This matching grant project will fund a full year of "care for the carer" functions.

Many of the carers have had little education, and the majority come from simple rural backgrounds. In order for them to cope with the wonderful work they do, training is a vital and continuing need.

This matching grant project is to support the Umvoti AIDS Centre to develop, and have accredited, their own training programme which will significantly reduce the costs of training. Four training programmes of 25 students would also be funded.

Primary Host Partner in the Project Country

Club: Greytown

District: 9270

Primary Contact: Tony Dutton

Email: mwtonyd@mweb.co.za

Check all projects from: [District 9270] [Greytown Rotary Club] [Tony Dutton]

Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country

Club: Fallbrook

District: 5340

Primary Contact: Dave Breeding

Email: davebreeding@gmail.com

Check all projects from: [District 5340] [Fallbrook Rotary Club] [Dave Breeding]

Proposed Financing

Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District

Rotary Club of Greytown

$100

District 9270 DDF

$1,000

Additional Rotary Clubs/Districts

Rotary Club of Brawley

$1,250

District 5340 DDF

$3,850

Rotary Club of District 5340 AIDS Fund

$907

Rotary Club of Chula Vista

$2,600

Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation

$7,278

Total

$16,985

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 #66103.

The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Alexandra Buerkle (Alexandra.Buerkle@rotary.org).

<6-Nov-07> System Entry
Creation of project page.

<15-Feb-08> by Brennan Pate
Need D9270 DRFC signature and then the application will be ready to forward to other D5340 staff before sending to TRF.

<22-Feb-08> System Entry
Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation.

<27-Mar-08> by Brennan Pate
Jennifer Berg wrote that the following information is needed by April 30, 2008:

The "Care for the Carer" section of the budget is a little unclear.

1. For "Transport" it says that it is 70 care givers and 60 rand per care giver, is this for the whole 12 months or just one month? If this is for just one meeting should it be adjusted for all 12 months?

2. In "Catering" it says 75 people at 50 Rand each, but then the total is 15,000 Rand. 75 times 50 should equal 3,750 Rand. 3,750 times 12 equals 45,000. Need to clarify how this budget item is being calculated and again, would this be for the whole 12 months?

• Host Partner (Greytown) Participation: More detail is needed to describe specific non-financial activities.

• International Partner (Brawley) Participation: need to describe the specific non-financial activities.

<21-May-08> by Brennan Pate
Sandi Rimer emailed detailed info on club participation to Jennifer Berg.

<23-May-08> System Entry
Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation.

<12-Aug-08> by Susan Thorning
TRF reports that they still need the following payment requirements:Host (Greytown), cash contribution of $ 100 USD or 690 ZAR

<15-Oct-08> by Susan Thorning
All payments have been received and the grant is being forwarded to the payments department. Start checking the receiving account in two weeks.

<18-Apr-09> by Tony Dutton
Project on track, draft manual ready, anticipated completion date31 October 2009

<7-Jun-09> by Susan Thorning
12 month report will be due 31-Oct-2009

<8-Oct-09> by Susan Thorning
If not already submitted, please complete and submit an interim report due for this grant on October 31 to the assigned Rotary Staff contact. Past due reports can delay other grant processing.

<10-Dec-09> by Susan Thorning
A project report was due on this grant in October. Please submit a report as soon as possible.

<13-Dec-09> by Tony Dutton
The training manual was completed and was so well recieved that it was decided to translate the manual into isiZulu. This work will be completed by the end of the year, and then there will be proof reading and publishing.
Anticipated completion March 2010

<16-Feb-10> by Susan Thorning
Followup on the report due in October has been initiated.

<19-Mar-10> by Susan Thorning
Please submit an acceptable report this week.

<23-Apr-10> System Entry
Grant status changed to "Completed".

<23-Apr-10> by Susan Thorning
Final report accepted as complete. Congratulations.

<14-Jun-11> by Susan Thorning
This project was incorrectly marked as complete on the matching grants website by DGSC Susan Thorning after an email from Rotary International in April 2010 stated that the interim report was accepted as complete. That email also clearly stated that another report was due April 23, 2011. Please submit one as soon as possible to bring this project reporting up to date. With apologies.

<14-Jun-11> by John Fistere
The Final Report for this project was received by TRF on 7-June-11 and approved 9-June-11. The project is now completed. Congratulations!

<14-Jun-11> System Entry
Grant status changed to "Completed".

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